# Researches into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization/Advertisements

​BRINTON'S (D. G.) WORKS. The Myths of the New World. A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America. Second edition, large 12mo, $2.50. Large-paper (first) edition. $6.00.
"The philosophical spirit in which it is written is deserving of unstinted praise, and justifies the belief that in whatever Dr. Brinton may in future contribute to the literature of Comparative Mythology, he will continue to reflect credit upon himself and his country."—N. A. Review.
The Religious Sentiment, its Source and Aim. A contribution to the science and philosophy of religion. Large 12mo. $2.50.
CONWAY'S (M. D.) Sacred Anthology. 12mo. $2.00.
"He deserves our hearty thanks for the trouble he has taken in collecting these gems, and stringing them together for the use of those who have no access to the originals, and we trust that his book will arouse a more general interest in a long-neglected and even despised branch of literature, the Sacred Books of the East."—Prof. Max Muller.
DEUTSCH'S (E.) LITERARY REMAINS. With a Brief Memoir. 8vo. $4.00.
Contents:—The Talmud—Islam—Egypt. Ancient and Modern—Hermes Trismegistus—Judeo-Arabic Metaphysics—Semitic Palæography—Renan's "Les Apôtres"—Worship of Baalim in Israel—The Œcumenical Council—Apostolicæ Sedes?—Roman Passion Drama—Semitic Languages—Samaritan Pentateuch—The Targums—Book of Jashar—Arabic Poetry.
"A noble monument of study and erudition."—N. Y. Tribune.
GOULD'S (REV. S. B.) LEGENDS of the PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS. Crown 8vo. $2.00.
"There are few Bible readers who have not at some time wished for just such a volume."—Congregationalist.
HAWEIS' (REV. H. R.) THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.Sermons by the author of "Music and Morals." 12mo. $1.50.
"They have a special interest as exhibiting the treatment which old-fashioned orthodoxy is just now undergoing at the hands of the liberal clergy.—Pall Mall Gazette.
MARTINEAU'S (JAMES) WORKS.
Essays. Theological and Philosophical. 2 vols. 8vo. $5.00.
Mr. Martineau's contributions to the Prospective, Westminster, National, and other Reviews attracted the attention of the best minds in both England and America, and produced a marked and favorable impression upon men of all denominations.
The New Affinities of Faith. 12mo, paper. 25 cents.
STRAUSS' (D. F.) THE OLD FAITH AND THE NEW. 12mo. $2.00.
"Will make its mark upon the time, not so much as an attack upon what we venerate as an apology for those who honestly differ from the majority of their brothers."—Atlantic Monthly.
TYLOR'S (E. B.) PRIMITIVE CULTURE: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Art, and Custom. 2 vols., 8vo. $5.00.
"One of the most remarkable and interesting books of the present day. . . . It takes up man ... at the remotest periods of which we have any knowledge, and traces his intellectual growth . . . from that time forth. . . Admirably written, often with great humor, and at times with eloquence, and never with a dull line."—Atlantic Monthly.
"One of the few erudite treatises which are at once truly great and thoroughly entertaining."—North American Review.
TYLOR's (E. B.) RESEARCHES INTO THE EARLY HISTORY OF MANKIND and the Development of Civilization. 8vo. 3.50.
​AUSTIN'S (JOHN) JURISPRUDENCE. Lectures on Jurisprudence, the Philosophy of Positive Law. By the late John Austin, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Abridged from the larger work for the use of students. By Robert Campbell, I vol. 8vo. $2.50.
MAINE'S (SIR HENRY SUMNER) WORKS. Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society, and its Relation to Modern Ideas. By Henry Summer Maine. 8vo. $3.50.
"History read from the point of Law, and Law studied by the light of History. It is consequently a book that addresses itself as much to the general student as to the lawyer."—Westminster Review.
"Mr. Maine's profound work on Ancient Law in its relation to modern ideas."—John Stuart Mill.
"Sir Henry Maine's great work on Ancient Law."—Nation.
"A text-book for all English students of jurisprudence."—Saturday Review.
Lectures on the Early History of Institutions. 8vo. $3.50.
"In the power of tracing analogies between different institutions, in the capacity for seeing the bearing of obscure and neglected facts, he surpasses any living writer."–Nation.
Village Communities and Miscellanies. 8vo. $3.50.
MILL'S (JOHN STUART) MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. Uniform Library edition. 8vo. Tinted and laid paper, $2.50 per volume (except volume on Comte). The 12 volumes in a box, $29.00; half calf or half morocco, $59.00.
Three Essays on Religion. 1 vol.
The Autobiography. 1 vol.
Dissertations and Discussions. 5 vols.
Considerations on Representative Government. 1 vol.
Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy. 2 vols.
On Liberty: The Subjection of Women. Both in 1 vol.
Comte's Positive Philosophy. 1 vol. $1.50.
CHEAP EDITIONS.
The Subjection of Women. 12mo. $1.25.
Principles of Political Economy. 12mo. $2.50.
Memorial Volume. John Stuart Mill: His Life and Works.
Twelve Sketches, as follows: (His Life, by J. R. Fox Bourne; His Career in the India House, by W. T. Thornton; His Moral Character, by Herbert Spencer; His Botanical Studies, by Henry Turner; His Place as a Critic, by W. Minto; His Work in Philosophy, by J. H. Levy; His Studies in Morals and Jurisprudence, by W. A. Hunter; His Work in Political Economy, by J. E. Cairnes; His Influence at the Universities, by Henry Fawcett; His Influence as a Practical Politician, by Mrs. Fawcett; His Relation to Positivism, by Frederick Harrison; His Position as a Philosopher, by W. A. Hunter. 16mo. $1.00.
STEPHEN'S (J. F.) LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. Large 12mo. $2.00.
A criticism of "Mill on Liberty."
"One of the most thorough overhaulings of the moral, religious, and political bases of society which they have recently received Everybody who wants to see all the recent attempts to set things right analyzed by a master-hand, and in English which stirs the blood, will have a great treat in reading him."—Nation.
"One of the most valuable contributions to political philosophy which have been published in recent times."—London Saturday Review.
​ARNOLD'S (MATTHEW) WORKS. Essays in Criticism. 12mo. $2 00.
"The essays in this volume, in richness of matter, in ingenuousness of tone, in a certain indescribable fineness and subtlety of literary treatment, are incomparably superior to the ordinary fun of periodical criticism. . . . There is nothing sectarian, nothing narrow nothing exclusive, in his discussions. He gives a noble example of the exercise of criticism according to his own definition of the term, as a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world."—New York Tribune.
Literature and Dogma: An Essay towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible, 12mo. $1.50.
"Once again the much-shaken mind of this generation has a promise of certainty and peace offered to it; and there are characteristics of Mr. Arnold's creed which are likely to make it, to a large section of Englishmen, more attractive than any rival. . . . It is a book of rare moral and intellectual force, original in the greatness and directness of its aim as well as in its style and diction."—The London Contemporary Review.
God and the Bible: A Review of ejections to "Literature and Dogma." 16mo. $1.50.
GREG'S (W. R.) WORKS. Enigmas of Life. 12 mo. $2.00.
"These essays contain, perhaps, more deep and new thought upon subjects of the profoundest interest than we have ever seen compressed into the like space, expressed with that perfect clearness which is the peculiar charm of the author's style, and renders him intelligible to all."—London Standard.
Literary and Social Judgment. 12mo. $2.00.
"These intensely interesting themes are handled with masterly ability. Mr. Greg's discriminations are sharp, his spirit candid, his moral tone high, his style remarkably clear and forceful; and his pages bristle with rich, suggestive ideas, which kindle the enthusiasm of the reader, even where they fail to win the assent."—Boston Watchman and Reflector.
MORGAN'S (L. H.) ANCIENT SOCIETY. Ancient Society; or Researches on the Lines of Human Progress through Savagery and Barbarism to Civilization. 8vo. $4.00.
"While it is next to impossible to review adequately a production of this kind and of such scientific importance, a simple analysis will, we trust, amply show the more than ordinary merits of this 'labor of love' of our most distinguished ethnologist."—Nation.
"The work will be found one of unusual interest as well of great value."—N. Y. Evening Post.
"One of the most valuable studies in comparative ethnology of which modern literature can boast."—N. Y. Tribune.
WRIGHT'S (CHAUNCEY) PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSIONS. With a Biographical Sketch of the author by Charles Eliot Norton. 8vo. $3.50.
"One of the finest philosophical minds which America or any country has produced."—London Academy.
"He must stand, in future, among the yet few great thinkers which our young country has produced."—North American Review.
"An intellect more powerful for its union of acuteness with sobriety has not been seen in our country. . . While hardly inferior to Mill in penetrating and fertile ingenuity, we think he unquestionably surpassed the latter in native soberness of or balance of mind."—Nation.
​ADAMS' (PROF. C. K.) DEMOCRACY AND MONARCHY IN FRANCE, from the Inception of the Great Revolution to the Overthrow of the Second Empire. By Prof. C. K. Adams, of the University of Michigan. Large 12mo. Cloth. $2.50.
"A valuable example of the scientific mode of dealing with political problems."—Nation.
"Full of shrewd and suggestive criticism, and few readers will peruse it without gaining new ideas on the subject."—London Saturday Review.
"Remarkably lucid writing."—London Academy.
CHESNEY'S (C. C.) MILITARY BIOGRAPHY. Essays in Military Biography. By Charles Cornwallis Chesney, Colonel in the British Army, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Engineers. Large 12mo. $2.50.
"Very able."—Nation.
"Uncommonly entertaining and instructive."—N. Y. Evening Post.
"Full of interest, not only to the professional soldier, but to the general reader."—Boston Globe.
FAMILY RECORD ALBUM. In Blanks classified on a New System. Large quarto, gilt edges, 328 pages. Cloth, $5. Half Morocco, $8. Full Morocco, $15. Levant or Russia, $25.
This Book for keeping family records has been made because the editor felt the need of it and supposed that many others felt the same need.
The pages are of eight kinds, called respectively Family, Genealogical, Tabular, Biographical Heirloom, Domestic Economy, Travel, and Miscellaneous.
FREEMAN'S (EDWARD A.) HISTORICAL COURSE. A series of historical works on a plan entirely different from that of any before published for the general reader or educational purposes. It embodies the results of the latest scholarship in comparative philology, mythology, and the philosophy of history. Uniform volumes. 16mo.
1. General Sketch of History. By Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L. 16mo. $1.40.
2. History of England. By Miss Edith Thompson. $1.00.
3. History of Scotland. By Margaret Macarthur. $1.00.
4. History of Italy. By Rev. W. Hunt, M.A. $1.00.
5. History of Germany. By James Sime. $1.00.
6. History of the United States. By J A. Doyle. With Maps by Francis A. Walker, Prof, in Yale College. $1.25.
7. History of France. By Rev. J. R. Green. (In preparation.)
8. History of Greece. By J. Annan Bryce. (In preparation.)
"Useful not only for school study, but for the library."—Boston Advertiser.
STAHR'S (ADOLPH) THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING. From the German of Adolph Stahr. By E. P. Evans, Ph.D. 2 vols. 8vo. $5.00.
"A work of permanent value. It is the best of the many books which have been written and compiled for the purpose of portraying the character and career of one of the most illustrious scholars and thinkers that even Germany has ever produced."—Nation.
​ALBEMARLE'S (EARL OF) FIFTY YEARS OF MY LIFE. By George Thomas Earl of Albemarle. With a Portrait by Jeens. Large 12mo. $2.50.
"Lord Albemarle has done wisely to publish his Recollections for there are few men who have had the opportunities of seeing so much of life and character as he has, and still fewer who at an advanced age could write an Autobiography in which we have opinions without twaddle, gossip without malice, and stories not marred in the telling"—London Academy.
HOUGHTON'S (LORD) MONOGRAPHS, PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. By Lord Houghton (Richard Monckton Milnes). With Portraits of Walter Savage Landor, Charles Buller, Harriet Lady Ashburton, and Suleiman Pasha. 12mo. $2.00.
"An extremely agreeable volume . . . . . He writes so as to adorn everything which he touches."—London Athenæum.
"He has something new to tell of every one of his subjects. His book is a choice olio of fine fruits."—London Saturday Review.
JOHNSON'S (ROSSITER) COLLECTIONS OF POEMS. Single Famous Poems. Collected and Edited by Rossiter Johnson. Square 12mo, gilt. $2.00.
A pretty volume fit for presentation, made up of celebrated English poems that have hitherto been printed only in periodicals and other fugitive places, or are in only such works as are not generally at hand.
The lover of poetry who is trying to find some English poem that he can get no trace of except from vague memory, would be quite apt to meet it in this volume.
Play-day Poems. Collected and Edited by Rossiter Johnson. 16mo. (Leisure Hour Series.) $1.00.
This volume contains the best of the humorous poetry published since Parton's collection in 1856, and also many of the old favorites.
"Singularly free from anything to offend the taste, or to injure the health by unsuccessful attempts to produce a laugh. You are not obliged to throw away a multitude of worthless, or mediocre specimens, before you light upon a poem which you can truly enjoy."—N. Y. Tribune.
"The most complete and judicious collection of humorous poetry ever seen in this country."—Chicago Journal.
"The collection is a capital one, and will be of peculiar value to professional and amateur readers."—Boston Transcript.
SAINTE-BEUVE'S (C. A.) ENGLISH PORTRAITS. By C. A. Saite-Beuve. Selected and Translated from the "Causeries du Lundi." With an Introductory Chapter on Sante-Beuve's Life and Writings. 12mo. $2.00.
Contents:—Sainte-Beuve's Life—His Writings—General Comments—Mary Queen of Scots—Lord Chesterfield—Benjamin Franklin—Edward Gibbons—William Cowper—English Literature by H. Taine—Pope as a Poet.
"Probably no one who in our days has written criticism had a surer power to perceive and discover what is true and beautiful. He makes us admire more the authors we admired before, and gives new reasons for our admiration. It is a charming volume, and one that may be made a companion, in the confident assurance that the better we know it the better we shall enjoy it."—Boston Advertiser.
​BOSWELL'S (J.) LIFE OF JOHNSON, including a Tour to the Hebrides. Condensed by C. H. Jones. (In press.)
CARLYLE'S (THOMAS) ANTHOLOGY. The Carlyle Anthology, selected with the Author's sanction, by Edward Barrett. 12mo. $2.00.
"It is simply impossible for 'general readers' to own or to read the half of the volumes which Carlyle has put forth. . . . But Carlyle is rich in gems which may be taken from their setting without loss of beauty. . . . Mr. Barrett has done his work with good judgment and excellent taste."—N. Y. Evening Post.
"In regard to the manner in which this volume is executed, we have nothing but words of commendation. It shows good and faithful work throughout its whole extent. The compiler has clearly not only studied, but comprehended the writings of Carlyle, and presented them in their due relations and proportions."—N. Y. Tribune.
COLERIDGE'S BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA. 2 vols. large 12mo. $5.00.
CRITICAL AND SOCIAL ESSAYS. Reprinted from the New York Nation. 16mo. $1.50.
"The best thinking and temper of the time."—N. A. Review.
ESSAYS AND REVIEWS. Essays and Reviews by Eminent English Churchmen, with an introduction written expressly for this edition by Rev. Frederick H. Hedge, D.D. Large 12mo. $2.50.
HADLEY'S (PROF. JAS.) ESSAYS, Philological and Critical. With an Introduction by W. D. Whitney. 8vo. $3.50.
"Certainly no teacher or student of English can afford to be without these essays. . . . Few books have as much in them to praise, and as little to find fault with."—Nation.
"Rarely have we read a book which gives us so high a conception of the writer's whole nature."—London Athenæum.
LIBRARY OF FOREIGN POETRY. 16mo. Gilt top and side stamp, bevelled edges.
I. Herz's King René's Daughter. $1.25. II. Tégner's Frithiof's Saga. $1.50. III. Lessing's Nathan the Wise. $1.50. IV. Selections from the Kalevala. $1.50. V. Heine's Book of Songs. $1.50. VI. Goethe's Poems and Ballads. $1.50. VII. Lockhart's Ancient Spanish Ballads. $1.25.
MARTINEAU'S (H.) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Biographical Sketches. By Harriet Martineau. 8vo. $1.50.
There are over fifty eminent persons "sketched" in this volume.
"Miss Martineau's large literary power, and her fine intellectual training, make these little sketches more instructive, and constitute them more generally works of art, than many more ambitious and diffuse biographies."—Fortnightly Review.
MILTON'S (JOHN) ANTHOLOGY. The Milton Anthology, selected from the prose writings 12mo. $2.00.
It is the aim of this volume to present a selection from Milton's Prose Writings, comprising some of the author's best thoughts, and setting forth as clearly as possible Milton himself, showing impartially his merits and faults as a writer and as a man.
​BAKER'S (JAMES) TURKEY. 8vo, with two maps. $4.00.
"His work, like Mr. Wallace's, is in many parts a revelation, as it has had no predecessor, which was so founded upon personal observation, and at the same time so full of that sort of detailed information about the habits, the customs, the character, and the life of the people who form its subject, which constitutes the best possible explanation of history and of current events. . . . Invaluable to the student, profound or superficial, of Turkish affairs."—N. Y. Evening Post.
BRASSEY'S (MRS.) AROUND THE WORLD IN THE YACHT "SUNBEAM." Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months. With Chart and Illustrations. 8vo. $3.50.
The history of this leisurely and luxurious cruise of the Brassey family and a few friends, in their own yacht, is given in such easy and familiar style as to make the reader feel almost one of the party.
"We close her book with a wish that, as Alexander sighed for other worlds to conquer, so there were other worlds for the 'Sunbeam' to circumnavigate. "—Literary World.
"It is altogether unlike all other books of travel. . . . We can but faintly indicate what the reader may look for in this unrivalled book."—London Spectator.
CREASY'S (SIR EDWARD S.) HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS. From the Beginning of their Empire to the Present Time. Large 12mo. $2.50.
"It presents a vivid and well-connected account of the six centuries of Turkish growth, conquest, and decline, interwoven with summary views of institutions, national characteristics, and causes of success and failure. It embodies also the results of the studies of a large number of earlier and later writers, and throughout evinces research, independence of judgment, and candor."—Nation.
GROHMAN'S (W. A. BAILLIE) GADDINGS WITH A PRIMITIVE PEOPLE. Being a Series of Sketches of Tyrolese Life and Customs. 16mo. (Leisure Hour Series.) $1.00.
"He has a bright, easy style, and, indeed, most of his adventures are so extraordinary as almost to verge on the brink of the incredible. We can recommend the book as singularly readable from the first chapter to the last."—Saturday Review.
"This is a book such as the public seldom has the opportunity of reading; such, indeed, as a necessarily rare combination of circumstances can alone produce. His volume will indeed amply repay perusal."—London Spectator.
McCOAN'S (J. C.) EGYPT AS IT IS. With a map taken from the most recent survey. 8vo. $3.75.
"We can recommend 'Egypt as It Is' to our readers as supplying a want which is most felt a detailed and a truthful and able account of the country as it is in its moral, material, and economical aspect"—London Athenæum.
WALLACE'S (D. MACKENZIE) RUSSIA. With two maps. 8vo. $4.00.
"One of the stoutest and most honest pieces of work produced in our time, and the man who has produced it . . . even if he never does anything more, will not have lived in vain."—Fortnightly Review.
"Excellent and interesting . . . worthy of the highest praise . . . not a piece of clever book-making, but the result of a large amount of serious study and thorough research. . . . We commend his book as a very valuable account of a very interesting people."—Nation.
"The book is excellent from first to last, whether we regard its livelier or its more serious portions."—London Athenæum.
​GAUTIER'S (THEOPHILE) WORKS. A Winter in Russia. Translated from the French by M. M. Ripley. 12mo. $1.75.
"The book is a charming one, and nothing approaching it in merit has been written on the outward face of things in Russia."—Nation.
"We do not remember when we have taken up a more fascinating book."—Boston Gazette.
Constantinople. Translated from the French by Robert Howe Gould, M.A. 12mo. $1.75.
"It is never too late in the day to reproduce the sparkling descriptions and acute reflections of so brilliant a master of style as the present author."—N. Y. Tribune.
JONES' (C. H.) AFRICA: the History of Exploration and Adventure as given in the leading authorities from Herodotus to Livingstone. By C. H. Jones. With Map and Illustrations. 8vo. $5.00.
"A cyclopædia of African exploration, and a useful substitute in the library for the whole list of costly original works on that subject."—Boston Advertiser.
"This volume contains the quintessence of a whole library. What makes it peculiarly valuable is its combination of so much material which is inaccessible to the general reader. The excellent map, showing the routes of the leading explorers, and the numerous illustrations increase the value and interest of the book."—Boston Globe.
MORELET'S (ARTHUR) TRAVELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Including Accounts of some Regions Unexplored since the Conquest. Introduction and Notes by E. Geo. Squier. Post 8vo. Illus. $2.00.
"One of the most interesting books of travel we have read for a long time. . . . His descriptions are evidently truthful, as he seems penetrated with true scientific spirit."—Nation.
PUMPELLY'S (R.) AMERICA AND ASIA. Notes of a Five Years' Journey Around the World, and of Residence in Arizona, Japan and China. By Raphael Pumpelly, Professor in Harvard University, and some time Mining Engineer in the employ of the Chinese and Japanese Governments. With maps, woodcuts, and lithographic facsimiles of Japanese color-printing. Fine edition, royal 8vo, tinted paper, gilt side, $5.00. Cheap edition, post 8vo, plain, $2.50.
"One of the most interesting books of travel we have ever read . . . We have great admiration of the book, and feel great respect for the author for his intelligence, humanity, manliness, and philosophic spirit, which are conspicuous throughout his writings."—Nation.
"Crowded with entertainment and instruction. A careful reading of it will give more real acquaintance with both the physical geography and the ethnology of the northern temperate regions of both hemispheres than perhaps any other book in existence."—N. Y. Evening Post.
STILLMAN'S (W. J.) CRETAN INSURRECTION OF 1866–7–8. By W. J. Stillman, late U. S. Consul in Crete. 12mo. $1.50.
WHIST (SHORT WHIST). Edited by J. L. Baldwin. The Standard adopted by the London Clubs. And a Treatise on the Game, by J. C. 18mo, appropriately decorated, $1.00.
"Having been for thirty-six years a player and lover of the game, we commend the book to a beginner desirous of playing well."—Boston Commonwealth.
​PACKARD'S (DR. A. S., Jr.) WORKS. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to Crops. For the use of Colleges, Farm Schools, and Agriculturists. With fifteen plates and six hundred and seventy woodcuts. Sixth Edition. 8vo. $5.00.
"This introduction to the study of insects is designed to teach the beginner the elements of entomology, and to serve as a guide to the more elaborate treatises and memoirs which the advanced student may wish to consult."
"In order to make it of value to farmers and gardeners, whose need the writer has kept in view, and that it may be used as a text-book in our agricultural colleges, concise accounts have been given of insects, injurious or beneficial to vegetation, or those in any way affecting human interests."—Extract from Author's Preface.
Outlines of Comparative Embryology. Copiously illustrated. 8vo. $2.50.
"Must remain for many years the one standard work on the subject. . . . . Altogether it forms one of the most valuable works of science yet published in this country, and it is safe to say that no working naturalist can do without it."—Popular Science Monthly.
SUMNER'S (PROF. W. G.) HISTORY OF AMERICAN CURRENCY. With Chapters on the English Bank Restriction and Austrian Paper Money. To which is appended "The Bullion Report." Large 12mo. With diagrams. $3.00.
"A most valuable collection of facts, thoroughly digested and properly arranged. . . . The work is of great merit. . . . Pre-eminently a book for the times. . . . Terse and epigrammatic at times, his book has a freshness and vivacity rarely found in works of the kind."—Atlantic Monthly.
WALKER'S (F. A.) WORKS. Wages. A Treatise on Wages and the Wages Class. By Francis A. Walker, M.A., Ph.D. 8vo. 3.50.
"The most complete and exhaustive treatise on the wages question with which we are acquainted . . . the general correctness of its line of argument is in striking contrast to much that has been written on the subject, and especially to the similar work which in recent times has attracted most attention."—Nation.
"The subject, which is commonly reckoned dry and uninteresting, is treated in such a manner as to interest and entertain, as well as instruct the reader. The author has done a great deal of honest and conscientious work in the way of educating the people in political economy and the true principles of finance."—N. Y. Tribune.
Money. By Francis A. Walker. 8vo. $4.00.
"A real treasure house of information. . . . We do not recall the name of an author of any important contribution to the discussion of the laws of money who is not here briefly, but intelligently quoted. . . . The essential facts of monetary experience in every country are presented with sufficient fulness and with judicious mingling of authority on disputed points. The work will win a very honorable place for its author among the few who are advancing towards the mastery of a most difficult science."—N. Y. Tribune.
"The book will not only interest the reader, it will set him thinking for himself."—N. Y. World. ​TAINE'S (HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE) WORKS. Uniform Library Edition. 14 vols., large 12mo. Per vol., cloth, $2.50; half calf, $5.00; tree calf, $6.00. Each vol. sold separately.
"The paper, print, and binding of this series leave nothing to be desired in point of taste and attractiveness."—Nation.
The Ancient Régime. The first volume on "The Origins of Contemporary France." Translated by John Durand. Large 12mo. $2.50.
"This work may be regarded as the most thoughtful and profound of all the productions of the author. . . . The pages abound with the vigorous descriptions that form a fascinating element in his general writings."—N. Y Tribune.
"Deserves to be closely and carefully studied. . . . Strikes us as far superior to his former productions."—London Saturday Review.
The French Revolution. Vol. I. Translated by John Durand. Large 12mo, $2.50. (Just ready.)
(Being the second volume on "The Origins of Contemporary France." It is expected that the series will contain one more volume on the Revolution, and two on France since the Revolution.)
History of English Literature. Translated by H. Van Laun. From new stereotype plates. 3 vols., $7.50; half calf, $15.00.
On Intelligence. Translated by T. D. Haye. 2 vols. $5.00.
Italy. (Rome and Naples.) By John Durand. $2.50.
Italy. (Florence and Venice.) By John Durand. $2.50.
Notes on Paris. The Life and Opinions of M. Frederick Thomas Graindorge. Tr. by John Austin Stevens. $2.50.
Notes on England. Translated, with an introductory chapter, by W. F. Rae. With a portrait of the author. Large 12mo. $2.50.
A Tour through the Pyrenees. Tr. by J. Safford Fiske. $2.50.
Lectures on Art. Translated by John Durand. First Series. (Containing the Philosophy of Art; The Ideal in Art.) $2.50.
Lectures on Art. Translated by John Durand. Second Series. (Containing the Philosophy of Art in Italy; The Philosophy of Art in the Netherlands; The Philosophy of Art in Greece.) $2.50.
SEPARATE EDITIONS.
A Tour through the Pyrenees. Translated by J. Safford Fiske. Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Square 8vo, gilt, $10.00. Full levant morocco, $20.00.
A superb presentation volume, with nearly 250 illustrations in Doré's early, careful manner. The illustrations are not confined to the scenery, but also refer to many of the adventures, tragic and grotesque, that be- set the traveller, and, what is of more interest and importance, many of the legends of that historic and romantic country from Froissart and the other old Chroniclers.
"It is rarely that a book is printed in so perfect a combination of the book-making trinity, author, artist, and publisher, as is this superb work."—N. Y. Evening Mail.
"A marvel of beauty."—Boston Transcript.
The Philosophy of Art in Italy. Translated by John Durand. 16mo, $1.25.
Art in the Netherlands. Translated by John Durand. 16mo. $1.25.
The Class-room Taine. History of English Literature, by H. A. Taine. Abridged from the translation of H. Van Laun. and edited, with chronological table, notes, and index, by John Fiske, Lecturer and Assistant Librarian in Harvard University. Large 12mo. $2.25