HENRY ADAMS.
Historical Essays. (12mo, $2.00.)
Contents: Primitive Rights of Women—Captaine John Smith—Harvard College, 1786–1787—Napoleon I. at St. Domingo—The Bank of England Restriction—The Declaration of Paris, 1861—The Legal Tender Act—The New York Gold Conspiracy—The Session, 1869–1870.
“Mr. Adams is thorough in research, exact in statement, judicial in tone, broad of view, picturesque and impressive in description, nervous and expressive in style. His characterizations are terse, pointed, clear.”—New York Tribune.
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD.
Japonica. Illustrated by Robert Blum. (Large 8vo, $3.00.)
“Artistic and handsome. In theme, style, illustrations and manufacture, it will appeal to every refined taste, presenting a most thoughtful and graceful study of the fascinating people among whom the author spent a year.”—Cincinnati Enquirer.
AUGUSTINE BIRRELL.
Obiter Dicta, First Series. (16mo, $1.00.)
Contents: Carlyle—On the Alleged Obscurity of Mr. Browning’s Poetry—Truth Hunting—Actors—A Rogue’s Memoirs—The Via Media—Falstaff.