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Reasons why you should obtain a Catalogue of our Publications
A postal to us will place it in your hands
1. You will possess a comprehensive and classified list of all the best standard books published, at prices less than offered by others.
2. You will find listed in our catalogue books on every topic: Poetry, Fiction, Romance, Travel, Adventure, Humor, Science, History, Religion, Biography, Drama, etc., besides Dictionaries and Manuals, Bibles, Recitation and Hand Books, Sets, Octavos, Presentation Books and Juvenile and Nursery Literature in immense variety.
3. You will be able to purchase books at prices within your reach; as low as 10 cents for paper covered books, to $5.00 for books bound in cloth or leather, adaptable for gift and presentation purposes, to suit the tastes of the most critical.
4. You will save considerable money by taking advantage of our Special Discounts, which we offer to those whose purchases are large enough to warrant us in making a reduction.
The Famous Alger Books
By Horatio Alger, Jr. The Boy's Writer
A series of books known to all boys; books that are good and wholesome, with enough "ginger" in them to suit the tastes of the younger generation. The Alger books are not filled with "blood and thunder" stories of a doubtful character, but are healthy and elevating, and parents should see to it that their children become acquainted with the writings of this celebrated writer of boys' books. We publish the titles named below:
Adrift in New York. Andy Gordon. Andy Grant's Pluck. Bob Burton. Bound to Rise. Brave and Bold. Cash Boy. Chester Rand. Do and Dare. Driven from Home. Erie Train Boy. Facing the World. Hector's Inheritance. Helping Himself. Herbert Carter's Legacy. In a New World. Jack's Ward. Jed, the Poor House Boy. Julius, the Street Boy. Luke Walton. Making His Way. Only an Irish Boy. Paul the Peddler. Phil the Fiddler. Ralph Raymond's Heir. Risen from the Ranks. Sam's Chance. Shifting for Himself. Sink or Swim. Slow and Sure. Store Boy. Strive and Succeed. Strong and Steady. Tin Box. Tony, the Tramp. Tom the Bootblack. Try and Trust. Young Acrobat. Young Outlaw. Young Salesman.
A BOOK OF THE HOUR
The Simple Life
By CHARLES WAGNER
Translated from the French by H. L. WILLIAMS
The sale of this book has been magnetic and its effect far-reaching. It has the endorsement of public men, literary critics and the press generally.
This is the book that President Roosevelt preaches to his countrymen.
The price is made low enough to be within the reach of all. Don't fail to purchase a copy yourself and recommend it to your friends.
Helen's Babies
By John Habberton
Interesting! Entertaining! Amusing!
A Book with a famous reputation. It is safe to say that no book, illustrating the doings of children, has ever been published that has reached the popularity enjoyed by "Helen's Babies." Brilliantly written, Habberton records in this volume some of the cutest, wittiest and most amusing of childish sayings, whims and pranks, all at the expense of a bachelor uncle. The book is elaborately illustrated, which greatly assists the reader in appreciating page by page, Habberton's masterpiece.
We guarantee that you will not suffer from "the blues" after reading this book.
Mirthful Books Worth Reading!
Peck's Books of Humor
No author has achieved a greater national reputation for books of genuine humor and mirth than George W. Peck, author of "Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa."
We are fortunate to be able to offer, within everyone's reach, three of his latest books. The titles are
Peck's Uncle Ike, Peck's Sunbeams, Peck's Red-Headed Boy.
By failing to procure any one of these books you lose an opportunity to "laugh and grow fat." When you get one you will order the others.
Elegant Gift Books
Hurst's Presentation Series
A beautiful series of Young People's Books to suit the tastes of the most fastidious. The publishers consider themselves fortunate in being able to offer such a marvelous line of choice subjects, made up into attractive presentation volumes. Large type, fine heavy paper, numerous pictures in black, inserted with six lithographic reproductions in ten colors by eminent artists, bound in extra English cloth, with three ink and gold effects.
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Andersen's Fairy Tales. Arabian Nights. Black Beauty. Child's History of England. Grimm's Fairy Tales. Gulliver's Travels. Helen's Babies. Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. Mother Goose, Complete. Palmer Cox's Fairy Book. Peck's Uncle Ike and the Red-Headed Boy. Pilgrim's Progress. Robinson Crusoe. Swiss Family Robinson. Tales from Scott for Young People. Tom Brown's School Days. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Books sure to be a delight to every boy and girl who becomes the proud possessor of any or all of them.
The Works of Mary J. Holmes
This popular novel writer has written a large number of successful books that have been widely circulated and are constantly in demand. We issue twenty of them as below:
Aikenside, Bad Hugh, Cousin Maude, Darkness and Daylight, Dora Deane, Edith Lyle's Secret, English Orphans, Ethelyn's Mistake, Family Pride, Homestead on the Hillside, Leighton Homestead, Lena Rivers, Maggie Miller, Marian Grey, Mildred, Millbank, Miss McDonald Rector of St. Marks, Rose Mather, Tempest and Sunshine.
Celebrated Religious Books
Stepping Heavenward
By Mrs. Elizabeth Prentiss.
A religious book with a world-wide reputation, that has no equal anywhere. Formerly published at a price many times higher than now asked, this book is offered, postpaid, in cloth at 30 cents, and in paper, 15 cents.
In His Steps; Or, What Would Jesus Do?
By Rev. Charles M. Sheldon.
A remarkable book with a remarkable sale. Over 2,000,000 copies of this famous work have been sold, and yet the sale does not diminish.
Other books by the same author are
The Crucifixion of Philip Strong Robert Hardy's Seven Days