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Boswell's Life of Johnson. in two vol.
umes, library edition. cloth Publishers
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This work is too well-known to rcqai {
extended mention. Dr. Samuel johnson
was, unquestions a great man; but il
il probable that he wouli have been little
known at this day had bis reputation
depended solely upon his writings To hi.
biogr pher his companion, his profound ad-
mirer ami constant shallow he is largely in
dehtsd for his fame. OF all the biocra-
phles that have ever been written Boz.
Wells il easily the first. Its circula-
ton has been enormJus. No well
selected library can afford to be
without it. Lord MacauIay, speaking OF
Boswell, sail: Homer is not more deci
ly the first Of heroic poets, Shakespeare
is not more decidedly the first of dramatists
Demosthenes ia not more decidedly the first
of orators. than Boswell is the first of biog.
raphers In the admirable form whici,
Messrs Crowel & Company have given this
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ard Library There are some sixty titles
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Geography nd poetry. These books are beau
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One # the most charming of hol Law
booklets has just been issued by Miss
Lillian Leslie Johnson. author of Two
G lllen Days" under the title of The
Faeorite Flowers of Fsvorite Authors I,
containS not only selections from a number
Of emin, Mt authors, but tiers signifyns
th.ir favarile flowers personally written to
Miss johnson. charming example of the
z n raj character of these epistles il
sfflfdel b. that written BY Mr.. James Whit
comb Ril,y;
Rp-e--sh holly natural and native to the
soil If home--oid-fashiored roses.
hike 'eai cause they kindo'
eorto' ~ Iks +, H. Ike en-
And tell You. when find a
Runc1 cut shnr the sun can strike EN-.
II ,ils sets me thtnkin'
Of he ones at used To grow
I'd peek in through & . chinkin,
OF the cabin, don't you know.
And teen | think o. mo her
And how she used o love EN-
When they wuz'I any 0tGer-
Less sht fount EN- W above EN-
Ard her eyes, afore she -hut EN-,
Whispered vita Il smile snd said
We mus pick bunch and put 'em
Ia her hand when she wux dead
The covers of this book are tastefnIly
decorated in water colors BY Mrs. Fannie
Crosby Hamlet of Halloweli. formerly a
teacher of art in Kentucky school. This
dainty little volume will be found on sale in
this city st Pierce's book store Ii will
make an ideal Christmas gift. Price fifty
cents
The Clsson Memorial recently prepared
by Dr.. VIM b Lspham from data chiefly
collected by Hon. Oliver B. Cisson Of
Gardiner. has been issued, 1t is an admir-
able little volume. presenting in excellent
form for reference genealogical facts con-
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Cisson of Stamford, Connecticut, in 1854
from whom the families of that name in
this country trace their origin. The vol
ume contains leo pages and is a credit to
the gentlemen who have collected the data
which it contains, and presented it TO the
public in such a permanent and convenient
form. The press work of the volume vas
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