BOOKS SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Reading edition
GIFT BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
The Boy Travellers in the Far East.
Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Japan and China. By Thomas W. Knox. Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, $3.00.
An Involuntary Voyage.
A Book for Boys. By Lucien Biart. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.
Stories of the Old Dominion.
By John Esten Cooke. Profusely Illustrated. 12mo, Illuminated Cloth, $1.50.
The Story of Liberty.
By Charles Carleton Coffin. Copiously Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, $3.00.
The Boys of '76.
A History of the Battles of the Revolution. By Charles Carleton Coffin. Copiously Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, $3.00.
The Fairy Books:
THE PRINCESS IDLEWAYS. By Mrs. W. J. Hays. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, 75 cents.
THE CATSKILL FAIRIES. By Virginia W. Johnson. 8vo, Illuminated Cloth, Gilt Edges, $3.00.
FAIRY BOOK ILLUSTRATED. 16mo, Cloth, $1.50.
PUSS-CAT MEW, and other New Fairy Stories for my Children. By E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, M.P. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.
FAIRY BOOK. The Best Popular Fairy Stories selected and rendered anew. By the Author of "John Halifax." Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.
FAIRY TALES. By Jean Macé. Translated by Mary L. Booth. Illustrated. 12mo, Bevelled Edges, $1.75; Gilt Edges, $2.25.
FAIRY TALES OF ALL NATIONS. By É. Laboulaye. Translated by Mary L. Booth. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, Bevelled Edges, $2.00; Gilt Edges, $2.50.
THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Illustrated. Square l6mo, Cloth, $1.00.
FOLKS AND FAIRIES. Stories for Little Children. By Lucy Crandall Comfort. Illustrated. Square 4to, Cloth, $1.00.
THE ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE, as Told to my Child. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Illustrated. Square 16mo, Cloth, 90 cents.
Songs of Our Youth.
By Miss Mulock. Set to Music. Square 4to, Cloth, Illuminated, $2.50.
Books for Girls.
Written or Edited by the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Illustrated. 6 vols., 16mo, Cloth, in neat case, $5.40; the volumes separately, 90 cents each.
Little Sunshine's Holiday.—The Cousin from India.—Twenty Years Ago.—Is it True?—An Only Sister.—Miss Moore.
Pet; or, Pastimes and Penalties.
By Rev. H. R. Haweis, M.A. With 50 Illustrations. l2mo, Cloth, $1.50.
What Mr. Darwin Saw.
In his Voyage Round the World in the Ship "Beagle." Adapted for Youthful Readers. Maps and Illustrations. 8vo, Ornamental Cloth, $3.00.
Our Children's Songs.
Illustrated. 8vo, Ornamental Cover, $1.00.
Smiles's Books for Young Men:
SELF-HELP.—CHARACTER.—THRIFT. 12mo, Cloth, $1.00 per volume.
Books for Young People.
By Paul B. Du Chaillu. Illustrated. 5 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $1.50 each.
Stories of the Gorilla Country. Lost in the Jungle. Wild Life under the Equator. My Apingi Kingdom. The Country of the Dwarfs.
Dogs and their Doings.
By Rev. F. O. Morris. Elegantly Illustrated. Square 4to, Ornamental Cloth, $1.75.
Abbotts' Histories.
Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, $1.00 per volume; $32.00 per set.
Cyrus.—Darius.—Xerxes.—Alexander.—Romulus.—Hannibal.—Pyrrhus.—Julius Cæsar.—Cleopatra.—Nero.—Alfred.—William the Conqueror.—Richard I.—Richard II.—Richard III.—Mary Queen of Scots.—Queen Elizabeth.—Charles I.—Charles II.—Josephine.—Maria Antoinette.—Madame Roland.—Henry IV.—Margaret of Anjou.—Peter the Great.—Genghis Khan.—King Philip.—Hernando Cortez.—Joseph Bonaparte.—Queen Hortense.—Louis XIV.—Louis Philippe.
John G. Edgar's Juvenile Works.
Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, $1.00 each.
The Boyhood of Great Men.—The Footprints of Famous Men.—History for Boys.—Sea-Kings and Naval Heroes.—The Wars of the Roses.
Henry Mayhew's Works.
Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, $1.25 per volume.
The Boyhood of Martin Luther.—The Wonders of Science; Young Humphry Davy, the Cornish Apothecary's Boy.—The Young Benjamin Franklin.—The Peasant-Boy Philosopher: Founded on the Life of Ferguson, the Shepherd-Boy Astronomer.
Science for the Young.
By Jacob Abbott. Profusely Illustrated. 4 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $1.50 each. 1. Heat; 2. Light; 3. Water and Land; 4. Force.
Adventures of a Young Naturalist.
By Lucien Biart. Edited by Parker Gilmore. 117 Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $1.75.
How to Get Strong.
And How to Stay So. By William Blaikie. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, $1.00.
VALUABLE AND STANDARD WORKS.
Tyrol and the Skirt of the Alps.
By George E. Waring, Jr. Illustrated. 8vo, Illuminated Cloth, $3.00.
Art in America.
A Critical and Historical Sketch. By S. G. W. Benjamin. Illustrated. 8vo, Illuminated Cloth, $4.00.
Contemporary Art in Europe.
By S. G. W. Benjamin. Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, Illuminated and Gilt, $3.50.
Art Education Applied to Industry.
By Colonel George Ward Nichols. Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, Illuminated and Gilt, $4.00.
Art Decoration Applied to Furniture.
By Harriet Prescott Spofford. Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, Illuminated and Gilt, $4.00.
The Ceramic Art.
A Compendium of the History and Manufacture of Pottery and Porcelain. By Jennie J. Young. With 464 Illustrations. 8vo, Cloth, $5.00.
Cyprus: its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples.
By General Louis Palma di Cesnola. With Portrait, Maps, and 400 Illustrations. 8vo, Cloth, Extra, Gilt Tops and Uncut Edges, $7.50.
Pottery and Porcelain of all Times and Nations.
With Tables of Factory and Artists' Marks, for the Use of Collectors. By William C. Prime, LL.D. 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Tops and Uncut Edges, in a Box, $7.00.
Will Carletons Poems:
FARM BALLADS.—FARM LEGENDS. In Two Volumes. Illustrated. 8vo, Ornamental Cloth, $2.00 per vol.; Gilt Edges, $2.50 per vol.
The Book of Gold and other Poems.
By J. T. Trowbridge. Illustrated. 8vo, Ornamental Cover, Gilt Edges, $2.50.
New Library Editions of the Great Histories.
8vo, Cloth, with Paper Labels, Uncut Edges and Gilt Tops, $2.00 per volume. Sold only in Sets. Each Set in a box.
MOTLEY'S DUTCH REPUBLIC. 3 vols. MOTLEY'S UNITED NETHERLANDS. 4 vols. MOTLEY'S JOHN OF BARNEVELD. 2 vols. MACAULAY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. 5 vols. HUME'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. 6 vols.
Caricature and other Comic Art.
In All Times and Many Lands. By James Parton. With 203 Illustrations. 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Tops and Uncut Edges, $5.00.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Folio, Cloth, Gilt Edges, and in a neat box, $10.00.
The Poets of the Nineteenth Century.
Selected and Edited by the Rev. R. A. Willmott. With English and American Additions by Evert A. Duyckinck. New and Enlarged Edition. 141 Illustrations. Elegant Small 4to, Cloth, Gilt Edges, $5.00; Half Calf, $5.50; Full Morocco, Gilt Edges, $9.00.
The Waverley Novels. 2000 Illustrations.
Thistle Edition: 48 volumes, bound in Green Cloth, $1.00 per volume; in Half Morocco, Gilt Tops, $1.50 per volume; in Half Morocco, Extra, $2.25 per volume.
Holyrood Edition: 48 volumes, bound in Brown Cloth, 75 cents per volume; in Half Morocco, Gilt Tops, $1.50 per volume; in Half Morocco, Extra, $2.25 per volume.
Popular Edition: 24 volumes (two vols. in one), bound in Green Cloth, $1.25 per volume; in Half Morocco, $2.25 per volume; in Half Morocco, Extra, $3.00 per volume.
The Poets and Poetry of Scotland:
From the Earliest to the Present Time. Comprising Characteristic Selections from the Works of the more Noteworthy Scottish Poets, with Biographical and Critical Notices. By James Grant Wilson. With Portraits on Steel. 2 vols., 8vo, Cloth, $10.00; Cloth, Gilt Edges, $11.00; Half Calf, $14.50; Full Morocco, $18.00.
The Life and Habits of Wild Animals.
Illustrated from Designs by Joseph Wolf. 4to, Cloth, Gilt Edges, $4.00.