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The Land of
Poco Tiempo.

By Charles F. Lummis.

"This book, like his other published work, tells us about our romantic
South-west and its stirring, troubled history -the 'Land of Pretty
Soon.' The Pueblos and Queres, buried
cities, and ancient sites that Mr. Lummis
tells about, are of keen interest."

With Illustrations.

-New York Recorder.

Meh Lady. By Thomas Nelson Page.

8vo, $2.50.

No more charming story of the War has been written than Meh Lady,' which is quite worthy of the superb holiday edition in which it is now issued. For this story an admirably appropriate setting has been found with the aid of C. S. Reinhart, who has furnished a series of beautiful drawings."

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The Pasquier
Memoirs.

Edited by the

Duc d'Audiffret Pasquier.

- Boston Beacon.

Illustrated by

C. S. Reinhart. Small Folio, $1.50.

No work that has appeared in a long time surpasses in importance or
in interest this account, written from the "inside" of the momentous
events of the French Revolution and of the Napoleonic era. The first
volume deals with the period beginning with
the movement leading to the Revolution and
ending with Napoleon's departure on the
disastrous Russian campaign.

Memoirs of Madame Junot.

With Portraits.
In 3 Vols., 8vo; Vol. I.,
Now Ready, $2.50.

This new edition of a most vivid and romantic work is worthy of the attention both of the scholar and of the general reader. We have in these volumes an inside view of the home and court life of the Emperor Napoleon, with pictures of the most distinguished persons of the time. No pains nor expense has been spared to make the mechanical execution perfect and complete."-N. Y. Observer.

Men of Achievement. Explorers and Travelers. By General A. W. Greely.

Men of Business.
By William O. Stoddard.
Statesmen.

By Noah Brooks.
Inventors.

By Philip G. Hubert, Jr.

With Portraits.

4 Vols., cr. 8vo, $10.00.

"In the Men of Achievement' Series there is a recognition of the
need for condensed biographies of our great men, enlivened by glimpses
into their inner lives through recollections of them largely personal.
Extended works of this class are for the student of ample leisure and
opportunity, while the mass of the people
ask for the stories of famous lives in a brief
compass. This series undoubtedly meets
just such a demand. The volumes are well
illustrated."-San Francisco Chronicle.

4 Vols., with over 200 Illustrations. Each Half Leather, er. 8vo, $2.00 net. The Set, in a Box, $8.00 net.

The Barbary Coast. By Dr. Henry M. Field.

The narrative is the fruit of a leisurely journey to many interesting points in Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, and combines, in a manner wholly characteristic of the author, vivid descriptions, entertaining incidents of personal experience and adventure, illuminating comments upon native customs, and pertinent historical information.

David Balfour.

Being Memoirs of his Adventures at Home and

Abroad.

By R. L. Stevenson.

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With Illustrations.

Cr. 8vo. $2.00.

"Upon Stevenson, if upon any one of Scott's successors, has the
mantle of the Wizard fallen. As to his characters Scott himself might
have been proud of them all; but the heroine Catriona is beyond all
praise. As fascinating as Miranda and Mignon, she throws a halo of
heroism as well as of beauty over the book."
-Athenæum.

UNIFORM WITH ABOVE: Kidnapped. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.

12mo, $1.50.

Customs and Fashions in Old New England.

By Alice Morse Earle.

"Thanks to Mrs. Earle's investigation we may follow the Puritan child
from his cradle through his school life, through his courtship and
marriage, through his holidays and festivals, his sports and diversions.
and through his periods of illness, until we are finally made witnesses
of the ceremonies with which he was committed to the grave.
is not one of the fifteen chapters that
is not full of interest."-New York Sun.

Women of the Valois and Versailles Courts. Women of the Valois Court.

The Court of Louis XIV.

The Court of Louis XV.
Last Years of Louis XV.

12mo, $1.25.

There

By I. de Saint-Amand.

"It seems as one reads the successive volumes of the works of Imbert de Saint-Amand on the famous women of the French courts that each is worthier and more interesting than its predecessor. This work appears to be the one which has possibly more general and more dramatic interest than any of the others-'The Court of Louis XIV. It is unusually delightful reading, never dull, yet never subor- | dinating historical interest and accuracy to a needlessly florid style."

-Chicago Times.

With Portraits.

4 Vols., Each 12mo, $1.25; the Set, in a Box, Half Calf, $10.00; Cloth, $5.00.

"In Ivar the Viking' we have the story of a typical Norseman in the third and fourth centuries. The worship, the sacri

Ivar the Viking. fices, the athletic games, the love-making, and the social customs

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Mr. Phillips's biography of the first president of the Royal Academy is similar in character, as it is in its outward form, to those entertaining studies of famous personages of the last century,

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Fanny Burney and her Friends," "Horace Walpole and his World,"

Mrs. Thrale," "Lady Mary Wortley Montague," and "Dean Swift.” It gives especial prominence to the famous painter's social relations with the men and women eminent in politics, literature, and stage life, rather than with his fellow artists-save perhaps Ramsey and West.

Noah Porter. A Memorial by Friends.

Edited by George S. Merriam.

With 9 Illustrations after Reynolds.

Svo, $2.50.

"One of the most interesting books of the season to literary and
educated people. The various monographs of different phases of
President Porter's life are skilfully welded together by the editor into
a book which will be read by every Yale
graduate with eagerness and by literary
men and women throughout the country
with interest."-New York Observer.

With 2 Portraits.

With Thackeray in America. By Erye Crowe.

8vo, $2.00.

"Perfectly delightful' is the only descriptive epithet for this volume. Mr. Crowe was Thackeray's secretary, business man, and artist in the famous lecture tour of 1852-53, and here we have the daily jottings and off-hand sketches of that good time of forty years ago. He has painted a moving panorama of that lecture tour for which all Thackeray lovers should make him obeisance."

-The Churchman.

With 121 Illustrations.

Small 4to, $2.00.

The Watchmaker's Wife,

And Other Stories.

By Frank R. Stockton.

"Mr. Stockton's people do utterly impossible things, yet they are such real people, their walk and conversations are so essentially those of every-day men and women, that their most absurd adventures appear quite natural and almost inevitable. The stories all have the same characteristic, which does not need to be described or recommended to those who can appreciate it.”

-Philadelphia Times.

Nibsy's Christmas. By Jacob A. Riis.

12mo, cloth, $1.50.

Mr. Riis has told the story of "Nibsy's Christmas" and those which follow it in this volume with very effective art, but their substance is literally true and forms part of the author's large experience as a police reporter acquainted with every phase of the seamy side of the metropolis. Each story and picture has its moral for the humanitarian and the social scientist, and each has a vivid, varied, and pathetic individual interest as well.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR:

12mo, 50 cents.

The Children of the Poor. Cheaper Edition. Illustrated. $1.25 net.

Mr. Sullivan's new story is broader in scope than anything he has yet Tom Sylvester. done. It opens in a New England village, the scene of action being soon transferred to Paris where the hero finds a complex life, contrasting sharply with that of his old home.

A Novel.

By T. R. Sullivan.

has some very dramatic moments.

It

12mo, $1.50.

The Copperhead. By Harold Frederic.

In this story of life in the Mohawk Valley Mr. Frederic strikes an altogether new note, showing how during the Civil War the Copperhead was boycotted and ostracized by his neighbors until finally the tide turned in his favor and his devotion to principle was recognized as praieworthy. The author's character studies have power and individuality and are evidently based upon observation of real life.

Stories from
Scribner.

Now Complete.
Fully Illustrated.

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12m0, $1.00.

An exquisitely dainty series of little booklets. The tales, selected for republication in this series, are chosen with the greatest care; indeed, they are a second sifting of the grain which has already yielded such rich and abundant returns in the pages of Scribner's Magazine. The mounting is unexceptionable."-Boston Advertiser.

University Foot-ball.

The Set, 6 Vols., Paper, $3.00; Cloth, $4.50; Half Calf, $9.00.

General readers as well as students of foot-ball will find the essays in this book of great interest. An article is devoted to each position. Hallowell writes of the end rush; Winter, of tackle; Cowan, of guard; George, of center; E. A. Poe, of quarter; 'Jim' Lee, of half-back; and Bull, of full-back."

New Library
Editions.

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"Thomas Nelson Page's work as a whole has a distinctively individual | quality which stamps it as original.”

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-The Outlook. 4 Vols., in a Box, $4.50. "Mr. Cable's books have been brought out in a handsome new library edition, beautifully printed and tastefully bound."-Boston Transcript.

5 Vols., in a Box, $6.00.

Opinions of a
Philosopher.

By Robert Grant.

"The half-narrative, half-biographical mould in which 'The Opinions
of a Philosopher' is cast is one perfectly fitted to his hand, favorable
to the grace and ease of a familiar yet admirable style tempered with
a good fellowship winning upon the reader, page by page, until he
finally settles into an abiding conviction that the Philosopher and
his wife are two of the most agreeable peo-

ple it has been his good fortune to know,
the most human, delightful couple imagina-
ble."-Milwaukee Sentinel.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR: The Reflections of a Married Man.

Illustrated by Reinhart

and Smedley. 12mo, Cloth, $1.00.

12mo, paper, 50c.; cloth, $1.00

Two New Volumes in the Cameo Edition.

In their pleasing and choicely printed Cameo Edition, Charles Scribner's Sons have brought out Robert Louis Stevenson's essays, Virginibus Puerisque, and Andrew Lang's Letters to Dead Authors. Mr. Stevenson's book belongs to what is best in modern belles-lettres and that of Mr. Lang, in spite of his own professed lack of fondness for it, certainly furnishes some delectable reading. Mr. Lang has added four letters to those hitherto printed."-Boston Beacon.

Triumphant
Democracy.

Sixty Years' March of the
Republic.

By Andrew Carnegie.

Each, with Etched Portrait, 12mo, Half Levant, $3.50; Half Calf, $2.75; Cloth, $1.25. Limited Large-paper Edition, per Set of 2 Vols, $7.00 net.

"Mr. Carnegie takes the dry summaries of the census and with a few
striking illustrations turns them into wonder tales."-New York Tribune.
"Readable from cover to cover. It is a
valuable and important contribution to the
literature and history of the country."

-Chicago Tribune.

Revised Edition.
Svo, $3.00.

Windfalls of Observation.

Four Volumes of Essays.

By E. S. Martin. 12mo, $1.25. "A book of playful comment upon many themes. Mr. Martin has a delicate fancy and a nice humor."

-New York Sun.

The Sunny Days of Youth: A book for Boys
and Young Men. By the author of "How !
to be Happy though Married." 12mo. $1.25.
"Calculated to do good to manly and
thoughtful boys."-Philadelphia Telegraph.

Jenny Lind,
the Artist.

By H. S. Holland and W. S.
Rockstro.

Stelligeri, and Other Essays Concerning
America. By Barret Wendell. 12mo, $1.25.
A collection of scholarly and entertaining
essays upon literary and historical sub-
jects, thoroughly American in flavor.
An Old Master, and Other Political Essays.
By Woodrow Wilson. 12m0, $1.00. "The
book is readable from beginning to end, for
it is written in clear cut English and is
grateful yet forcible in expression."

-Boston Beacon.

After tracing briefly the records of this famous singer's girlhood, the
authors present a graphic and entertaining sketch of her career on the
lyric stage from 1829-30 to 1850-51, after which she appeared only in
concerts, etc. This memoir of Jenny Lind's art-life is based on original
documents, letters, and extracts from MS.
diaries heretofore unpublished, and con-
tains much interesting information about
the famous musicians of her day.

With Portraits. New and Cheaper Edition.

Crown 8vo, $2.50.

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