# Progress and Poverty (George, D. Appleton & Company, fifth edition)/Advertisements

Works on Political Economy.
Progress and Poverty.
"The received principles of political economy are here submitted to a fresh examination by a courageous thinker, who, though familiar with the learning of the books, follows the conclusions of his own reasoning rather than the instructions of eminent teachers."—New York Tribune.
"We should like to see this volume receive the sober attention of our leading political economists. It is soberly, carefully written, with an honest purpose and an honest conviction manifest throughout, and it raises a question which we believe will some day have to be met."—New York Herald.
"One of the most important contributions yet made to economic literature. It is full of vital thought, is written with earnestness and power, and is a work hard to lay down when once begun."—Popular Science Monthly.
"Let us say, at the outset, that this is not a work to be brushed aside with lofty indifference or cool disdain. It is not the production of a visionary or a sciolist, of a meagerly equipped or ill-regulated mind. The writer has brought to his undertaking a comprehensive knowledge of the data and principles of science, and his skill in exposition and illustration attests a broad acquaintance with history and literature. His book must be accounted the first adequate presentation in the English language of that new economy which has found powerful champions in the German universities, and which aims at a radical transformation of the science formulated by Adam Smith, Ricardo, and J. S. Mill. Few books have, in recent years, proceeded from any American pen which have more plainly borne the marks of wide learning and strenuous thought, or which have brought to the expounding of a serious theme a happier faculty of elucidation."—New York Sun.
By the same author. The Irish Land Question.
Principles of Political Economy,
"Unquestionably the best living writer on political economy."—Prof. Bowen.
"In extent of information, breadth of treatment, pertinence of fresh illustration, and accommodation to the present wants of the statesman, the merchant, and the social philosopher, this work is unrivaled. It is written in a luminous and smooth yet clear-cut style; and there is diffused over it a soft atmosphere of feeling, derived from the author's unaffected humanity and enlightened interest in the welfare of the masses."
Chapters in Political Economy.
Political Economy.
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Miscellaneous Publications.
The Land of Gilead.
"His journeys took him quite off the beaten tracks of tourists and archeological explorers; he got an 'inside view,' so to call it, of native life and manners; he saw something of the wandering Bedouins; and we know of no recent book on Palestine which is really so instructive, from which the reader can derive so large a fund of entertainment."—Eclectic Magazine.
Anecdotal History of the British Parliament.
"As pleasant a companion for the leisure hours of a studious and thoughtful man as anything in book-shape since Selden.—London Telegraph.
"It would he sheer affectation to deny the fascination exercised by the 'Anecdotal History of Parliament'"—Saturday Review.
Young Ireland.
"Young Ireland" is a memoir of the few stormy years in Ireland during which O'Connell was tried and convicted of conspiracy, and Smith O'Brien tried and convicted of high treason, written by one who was in succession the fellow-prisoner of each of them, and has seen since a remarkable career in Australia. The book is founded on the private correspondence of the leading men of the period, and throws a searching light on the Irish politics of the present day.
"Never did any book appear so opportunely. But, whenever it had appeared, with so lucid and graphic a style, so large a knowledge of the Irish question, and so statesmanlike a grasp of its conditions, it would have been a book of great mark."—London Spectator.
A History of Greece.
"While I cheerfully acknowledge my obligations to Gibbon and Grote—the most eminent of modern historians—a careful study of the Greek writers has led me to differ from them on many important matters. The peculiar feature of the present work, therefore, is that it is founded on Hellenic sources. I have not hesitated to follow the Father of History in portraying the heroism and the sacrifices of the Hellenes in their first war for independence, nor, in delineating the character of that epoch, to form my judgment largely from the records he has left us."—Extract from Preface.
History of Herodotus.
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Miscellaneous Publications.
New Volumes of "The International Scientific Series."
Sight:
"It is pleasant to find an American book which can rank with the very best of foreign works on this subject. Professor Le Conte has long been known as an original investigator in this department; all that he gives us is treated with a master-hand."—The Nation.
Animal Life
"It appears to me that, of all the properties of the animal organism, Variability is that which may first and most easily be traced by exact investigation to its efficient causes; and as it is beyond a doubt the subject around which, at the present moment, the strife of opinions is most violent, it is that which will be most likely to repay the trouble of closer research. I have endeavored to facilitate this task so far as in me lies."—From the Preface.
"This is in many respects one of the most interesting contributions to zoölogical literature which has appeared for some time."—Nature.
The Atomic Theory.
"There was need for a book like this, which discusses the atomic theory both in its historic evolution and in its present form. And perhaps no man of this age could have been selected so able to perform the task in a masterly way as the illustrious French chemist, Adolph Wurtz. It is impossible to convey to the reader, in a notice like this, any adequate idea of the scope, lucid instructiveness, and scientific interest of Professor Wurtz's book. The modern problems of chemistry, which are commonly so obscure from imperfect exposition, are here made wonderfully clear and attractive."—The Popular Science Monthly.
The Power of Movement in Plants.
"Mr. Darwin's latest study of plant-life shows no abatement of his power of work or his habits of fresh and original observation. We have learned to expect from him at intervals, never much prolonged, the results of special research in some by-path or other subordinated to the main course of the biological system associated with his name; and it has been an unfailing source of interest to see the central ideas of the evolution and the continuity of life developed in detail through a series of special treatises, each wellnigh exhaustive of the materials available for its subject."—Saturday Review.
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Miscellaneous Publications.
The New Nobility.
"Colonel Forney has written an exceedingly clever and entertaining story. The reader will have little difficulty in surmising the import of its title: he will hardly need to be told that the members of the new nobility are those able, energetic, dauntless, and self-made men who are the strength and glory of this Republic. The dialogue is particularly bright; the descriptions of European life are vivid and truthful, attesting the extensive acquaintance of the author with society and letters."—Philadelphia North American.
Lady Clara de Vere.
The story was undoubtedly suggested by Tennyson's famous poem, "Lady Clara Vere de Vere."
All Alone.
Mary Marston.
"The merit of the book does not lie in the plot, but in its thoughtful observation of the world we live in—what it is, and what it might be. 'Mary Marston' is a fine work, which may be read and pondered over with a view as much to improvement as amusement. There is nothing careless or slovenly about the drawing of any character, nor yet about any other part of the book. The author is evidently too thorough to send his work forth to the world in a condition less good than the best he can make it."—London Spectator.
Great Singers.
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Works on French History.
Memoirs of Madame de Rémusat.
"Notwithstanding the enormous library of works relating to Napoleon, we know of none which cover precisely the ground of these Memoirs. Madame de Rémusat was not only lady-in-waiting to Josephine during the eventful years 1802–1808, but was her intimate friend and trusted confidant. Thus we get a view of the dally life of Bonaparte and his wife, and the terms on which they lived, not elsewhere to be found."—New York Mail.
"These Memoirs are not only a repository of anecdotes and of portraits sketched from life by a keen-eyed, quick-witted woman; some of the author's reflections on social and political questions are remarkable for weight and penetration."—New York Sun.
Memoirs of Napoleon,
The interest excited in the first Napoleon and his Court by the "Memoirs of Madame de Rémusat" has induced the publishers to issue the famous "Memoirs of the Duchess d'Abrantes," which have hitherto appeared in a costly octavo edition, in a much cheaper form, and in style to correspond with the 12mo edition of de Rémusat. This work will be likely now to be read with awakened interest, especially as it presents a much more favorable portrait of the great Corsican than that limned by Madame de Rémusat.
The French Revolutionary Epoch.
"As a history for readers who are not disposed to make an exhaustive study of the subject treated, the book impresses us as eminently good."—New York Evening Post.
"This work throws a flood of light on the problems which are now perplexing the politicians and statesmen of Europe."—New York Daily Graphic.
"This is a work for which there is no substitute at present in the English language. For American readers it may be said to have secured a temporary monopoly of a most interesting topic. Educated persons can scarcely afford to neglect it."—New York Sun.
History of the French Revolution.
History of France,
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Books for Every Household.
Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts,
"The great characteristic of this work is its general usefulness. In covering such diverse subjects, the very best and most recent research seems to have been sought for, and the work is remarkable for intelligent industry. This very complete work can, then, be highly recommended as fulfilling to the letter what it purports to be—a cyclopædia of practical receipts."—New York Times.
"It is a well-edited special work, compiled with excellent judgment for special purposes, which are kept constantly in mind. If it is more comprehensive than its title suggests, that is only because it is impossible to define the limits of its purpose with exactitude, or to describe its contents upon a title-page. Illustrations of the text are freely used, and the mechanical execution of the work is excellent."—New York Evening Post.
The Chemistry of Common Life.
Summary of Contents.—The Air we Breathe; the Water we Drink; the Soil we Cultivate; the Plant we Rear; the Bread we Eat; the Beef we Cook; the Beverages we Infuse; the Sweets we Extract; the Liquors we Ferment; the Narcotics we Indulge in; the Poisons we Select; the Odors we Enjoy; the Smells we Dislike; the Colors we Admire; What we Breathe and Breathe for; What, How, and Why we Digest; the Body we Cherish; the Circulation of Matter.
In the number and variety of striking illustrations, in the simplicity of its style, and in the closeness and cogency of its arguments, Professor Johnston's "Chemistry of Common Life" has as yet found no equal among the many books of a similar character which its success originated, and it steadily maintains its preëminence in the popular scientific literature of the day. In preparing this edition for the press, the editor had the opportunity of consulting Professor Johnston's private and corrected copy of "The Chemistry of Common Life," who had, before his death, gleaned very many fresh details, so that he was able not only to incorporate with his revision some really valuable matter, but to learn the kind of addition which the author contemplated.
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Biographical Works.
The Life and Writings of Henry Thomas Buckle.
"To all admirers of Buckle, Mr. Huth has rendered a welcome service by the publication of these volumes, while to those who have been prejudiced against him, either by his own bold writings or by the unjust treatment he has received at the hands of many critics, and even some would-be panegyrists, they should be of yet greater service."—London Athenæum.
Erasmus Darwin.
The Life of Charles Dickens.
French Men of Letters.
"A notable addition is made to Appletons' admirable 'New Handy-Volume Series,' in 'French Men of Letters,' by Maurice Mauris. It is a delightful book, containing a dozen sketches of the great men whose names are known to all the world, but whose personalities, for the most part, the world only guesses at. The little book really is charming; as good reading as a good novel, and above even the best of novels in that its characters are real."—Philadelphia Times.
Memories of my Exile.
This important work relates to the period when the Italian Kingdom was being established, and gives the Secret Treaties and details of the understanding between England, the Emperor Napoleon, and Count Cavour.
"These 'Memories' disclose a curious episode in the inner life of English domestic politics."—The Nation.
Elihu Burritt.
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Biographical Sketches.
Beaconsfield:
Thomas Carlyle:
Ruskin on Painting.
Stray Moments with Thackeray:
The writings abound with delightful little essays and incisive bits of satire and humor, many of which in this volume have been brought together as a sort of literary banquet of Thackeranian tidbits.
Lord Macaulay:
A Short Life of Charles Dickens,
The work is an attempt to give, in a compact form, such an account of the life of Dickens as will meet the requirements of the general reader. Liberal extracts are made from the letters of Dickens, in order that, so far as possible, he may depict himself and tell his own story.
A Short Life of Gladstone.
"In two hundred and fifty pages, the author has succeeded in giving a clear impression of Gladstone's career, and, what is better still, of his personality. Extracts from his speeches and estimates of his literary work are given, and an excellent feature of the book is its short but significant citations from the press, which help the reader to see the great statesman through the eyes of his contemporaries, both friend and foe."—Boston Courier.
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