THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON,
AUTHOR OF
"Young Folks' History of the United States," "Young Folks' American Explorers," "Malbone,"
"Outdoor Papers," "Oldport Days," "Army Life in a Black Regiment," "Atlantic Essays," ETC.
Price, 50 cents.
"So delicate and yet so strong in the style; So apt, yet so abundant his illustrations; So fascinating the easy, polished leisurely diction, that the literary enjoyment cannot be impaired. He has all the charms of Montaigne without his egotism."—Minneapolis Press.
The following from the author's Preface shows the purpose of this volume:—
"The first of these two chapters appeared long since in the Atlantic Monthly, and was afterwards included in the author's volume entitled 'Atlantic Essays.' Teachers have several times urged that it should be reprinted as a little manual of literary composition; and I have indeed seen it used for that purpose in a college class-room. Now that similar suggestions are beginning to come in respecting the other brief essay, 'Hints on Speech-making,' it has seemed well to present the two together in a small volume. The last-named paper appeared first in 'Harper's Magazine' and it is here reprinted with the consent of the publishers."
"THE BOOK IS ADMIRABLE."