Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
d. LOTHROp cos PUBLICATIONS.

The autumn and holiday list of d. Lothrop
& Co. is peculiarly valuable and attractive,
not only for the character of the publications
it represents, but for the variety of subjects it
covers, aad for the elegant and substantial
style in which the books it includes are bro't
out The catalogue of the past and present
works issued by this house numbers more than
700 TITLES, and it is remarkable fact that
nearly all of them fulfill some special want OF
the public and meet with steady sale. Of
the more important books in the present list
are new editions of standard works, among
them Bunyan's Holy War, in clear large type,
on heavy paper and with large number Of IL
Illustrations, one of the finest editions ever is
sued in this country DR.. Adams AT Eventide:
DR.. Dorchester's volume, Concessions of Lib.
eralists, which has met with unexampled sue
cess: new and elegant edition of Pilgrims
Progress, uniform in style with the Golden
Treasury series, with gilt edges and contain
ing seventeen full page illustrations Several
works by prominent authors are in prepare
ton, which win be duly announced.
In the line of books for young people the
list of this firm is especially rich. No other
American house furnishes catalogue more at
tractive, or draws a sharper line between what
is good and what is bad in literature. Among
the books now in active preparation, and which
will be issued the coming summer and fall, are
Mis- Yonge's series of Young Folks Histories,
one volume of which will be issued monthly.
The first volume will be upon Germany, to be
followed by others on Greece, England, France
and Rome. They will be brought ont in hand-
some style, in clear type. on fine white paper,
beautifully bound and illustrated. A book of
special interest which will appear in the fall
is entitled Amys aud Marion's Voyage
a . - l. II r. r.
daughter of the Rev. Nehemiah Adams, who
with her sister, really made the journey about
the globe, in company with their brother
Capt. Adams. It viii be fully illustrated from
original photographs Royal Lowrie, is sto>
~ Tor the older boys, by Charles r. Talbot.
will create decided sensation among those
for whom it is especially intended. Il is ono
of the most fascinating books published for
the last half dozen years, and it is as pure In
tone as it is livelv in incident Psnsy MRS.
Alden) and Faye huntington, two of the beg.
writers of religious literature in the country
appear as joint authors of story for girls,
called From Different Standpoints. Two 9TH
er volumes That Boy of Newkirk's and Carrie
Ellsworth, also appear in the list, together
witha new book of poems for home and school
New editions in quarto form Of Young Rick,
| Cooking Club of Tu-Whit Hollow, Good for.
nothing Polly, and Nan the New Fashioned
Girl, all popular and rapidly selling books, are
announced for early issue.
The house has in preparation an elegantly
| illustrated work which is intended as religi.
Gus gift book for the holidays Il is called
Out of Darkness into Light. The designs arr
from the pencil of Mary 4. Lathbury, whose
talents for illustration are well known. It il
proposed to make it the most popular presen
tation book of the season, not only in STYLE
and character but in price.