The Advocate and news., 1898-11-09
Of the actual spelling of many thousand
pupils.

pupils.
PALAMoN AND ARCITE. BY John Dry
den. 20 cents.
lsELECTIONs FROM THE POEMS OF
ROBERT BURNS. Edited by w. II. Ven
able, Lid. 20 cents
SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF
LORD BYRON Same editor 25 cents.
SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. Same edi-
SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF
THOMAS GRAY. Edited by A. M. Van
Dyke, MA. 20 cents.
THE RAPE OF THE LOCK AND AN ES-
SAY ON MAN. BY Alexander, Pope. Ed
tied by A. M. Van Dyke. 20 cents
Chicago: American Book Company
The above books are the latest addi-
tiOns to the Eclectic English Classics, a
series intended to provide the gems of
English literature for school and home
use, at the lowest possible price The
books cover wide range from Chaucer,
Milton, and Dryden down to the present
time, and represent the best models OF
style OF each period and school OF writ
ing. In addition to the text, printed on
good paper from new and clear type, the
books contain appropriate introductions,
including biographical sketches of the
authors represented and adequate lite
rary and explanatory notes, which will
be found interesting and useful by the
reader. With such books as the Eclectic
English Classics at command no young
person in the land can have any excuse
for not becoming acquainted with the
best books and the best writer's in the
language.
THE LINCOLN LITERARY CoLLEC-
TION. By j. p. McCaskey, Editor Of the
Pennsylvania School Journal. Chicago
American Book Company. 81.
This volume is collection Of literary
selections for reading in schools or In
the family circle, and for memory work
It has been named In honor Of Abraham
Lincoln, who was noted for his habit Of
committing to memeory poems that he
enjoyed, and choice passages Of prose
which he quoted in speeches and writ
ings. Many Of the selections presented
in this book are those which were his IA
vorites, among others that poem which
he so often quoted, and of which he
knew so profoundly the meaning, "Oh,
Why Should the Spirit Of Mortal be
Proud?" This book contains, for this
purpose, wide range Of material from
the best literature in the language. No
similar collection ever made for use in
schools includes such a wide represen-
tation of authors, or such a. large num-
Der and variety Of selections. It includes
notable extracts from the speeches Of
great statesmen, as Chatham, Pitt
Brougham, Lincoln, Webster, Clay, and
many others; also national songs, favor
ite songs, fugitive and choice extracts,
all worthy to be read many times over
and TO be committed to memory. Alto
gether the book is one of the choicest
and most useful collections Of literary
selections for the purposes named.
VOICES OF THE MORNING. BY James
Arthur Edgerton. Chicago: Charles II.
Kerr & Co. 81.
Readers Of reform and labor papers
have often been attracted by bits Of verse
sounding sweet note amid the clash of
present-day problems. These have been
signed by j. A. Edgerton, a busy man
who has found time to put his thoughts
into charming verse. His poems have
been collected in an appropriately bound
vOlume-vOices OF the morning of the
new brotherhood of man, which tell that
Better days are coming while the earth
swings ever dawnward.
On the Futures mountain tops ,the morn
ing light is breaking.
War and hate are dying out. The race is
moving onward.
Better days are coming and the people are
awakening.
Harold Frederlc'S Unpublished Story.