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THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC (a History). By John Lothrop Motley. A new and handsome library edition of a Grand Historical Work. Embellished with over 50 full-page half-tone Engravings. Complete in two volumes-over 1,600 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth, per set, $2.00. Half Morocco, gilt top, per set, $3.25.

QUO VADIS. A tale of the time of Nero, by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Complete and unabridged. Translated by Dr. S. A. Binton, author of "Ancient Egypt," etc., and S. Malevsky, with illustrations by M. DeLipman. Crown 8vo. Cloth, ornamental, 515 pages, $1.25.

WITH FIRE AND SWORD.

By the author of "Quo

Vadis." A tale of the past. Crown 8vo. 825 pages. $1.00.

PAN MICHAEL. By the author of "Quo Vadis." A historical tale. Crown 8vo. 530 pages. $1.00. JULIAN, THE APOSTATE. By S. Mereshkovski. "A brilliant and effective picture of one of the most interesting characters in history, who had been shudderingly styled anti-Christ by the followers of the new faith. In descriptive beauty the work is fully equal to "Quo Vadis." Cloth 12mo. 450 pages. $1.00. MANUAL OF MYTHOLOGY. For the use of Schools, Art Students, and General Readers, by Alexander S. Murray, Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum. With Notes, Revisions, and Additions by William H. Klapp, Headmaster of the Protestant Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia. With 200 illustrations and an exhaustive Index. Large 12mo, 40 pages, $1.25. THE AGE OF FABLE; OR, BEAUTIES OF MYTHOLOGY. By Thomas Bulfinch, with Notes, Revisions and Additions by William H. Klapp, Headmaster of the Protestant Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia. With 200 illustrations and an exhaustive Index. Large 12mo, 450 pages, $1.25.

This work has always been regarded as classical authority.

TAINE'S ENGLISH LITERATURE, translated from the French by Henry Van Laun, illustrated with 20 fine photogravure portraits. Best English library edition, four volumes, cloth, full gilt, octavo, per set, $10.00.

Cheaper edition, with

IIalf calf, per set, $12.50. frontispiece illustrations

only, cloth, paper titles, per set, $7.50.

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STEPHEN. A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS, by Florence Morse Kingsley, author of "Titus, a Comrade of the Cross." "Since Ben-Hur' no story has so vividly portrayed the times of Christ.""The Bookseller." Cloth, 12mo, 369 pages, $1.00. THE CROSS TRIUMPHANT, by Florence Morse Kingsley, author of "Paul and Stephen." The story of "a child of the law," who witnesses, amid the scenes of the recent life and death of Jesus, the deepening conflict between the Law and the Cross. Nazarite, priest and warrior, influenced by three women of widely-varying character, he beholds at last in the terrible hour of Jerusalem's downfall "The Cross Triumphant." Cloth, 12mo, 364 pages, $1.00.

PAUL. A HERALD OF THE CROSS, by Florence Morse Kingsley. "A vivid and picturesque narrative of the life and times of the great Apostle." Cloth, 12mo, 450 pages, $1.00.

AMERICAN POLITICS (non-Partisan),

by Hon.

Thomas V. Cooper. A history of all the Political Parties, with their views and records on all important questions. All political platforms from the beginning. Great Speeches on Great Issues. Parliamentary practice and tabulated history of chronological events. A library without this work is deficient. 8vo, 750 pages. Cloth, $3.00. Full sheep, Library style, $4.00.

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, as John Bunyan wrote it. A fac-simile reproduction of the first edition, published in 1678. Antique cloth, 12mo, $1.25. THE FAIREST OF THE FAIR, by Hildegarde Hawthorne. “The grand-daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne possesses a full share of his wonderful genius." Cloth, 16mo, $1.25.

A LOVER IN HOMESPUN, by F. Clifford Smith. Interesting tales of adventure and home life in Canada. Cloth, 12mo, 75 cents.

AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY MINUTES. Contains over 100 photographs of the most famous places and edifices, with descriptive text. Cloth, 50 cents. SHAKSPEARE'S COMPLETE WORKS, with a biographical sketch by Mary Cowden Clark, embellished with 64 Boydell, and numerous other illustrations, four volumes, over 2,000 pages. Half Morocco, 12mo, boxed, per set, $3.00.

THE CARE OF CHILDREN, by Elisabeth R. Scovil. "An excellent book of the most vital interest." Cloth, 12mo, $1.00.

PREPARATION FOR MOTHERHOOD, by Elisabeth R. Scovil. Cloth, 12mo, 320 pages, $1.00.

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BABY'S REQUIREMENTS, by Elisabeth R. Scovil. Limp binding, leatherette, 25 cents. NAMES FOR CHILDREN, by Elisabeth Robinson Sco vil, author of "The Care of Children," Preparation for Motherhood," etc. In family life there is no question of greater weight or importance than naming the baby. The author gives much good advice and many suggestions on the subject. Cloth, 12mo, 40 cents.

TRIF AND TRIXY, by John Habberton, author of "Helen's Babies." The story is replete with vivid and spirited scenes, and is comparatively the happiest and most delightful work Mr. Habberton has yet written. Cloth, 12mo, 50 cents.

SHE WHO WILL NOT WHEN SHE MAY, by Eleanor G. Walton. Half-tone illustrations by C. P. M. Rumford. "An exquisite prose idyl." Cloth, gilt top, deckle edges, $1.00.

A SON OF THE CAROLINAS, by C. E. Satterthwaite. A pure romance introducing a lifelike portrayal of life on the coast islands of the Palmetto State. Cloth, 12mo, 280 pages, 50 cents.

THE DAY BREAKETH, by Fannie Alricks Shugert. A tale of Rome and Jerusalem in the time of Christ. Cloth, 12mo, 280 pages, 50 cents.

WHAT WOMEN SHOULD KNOW. A woman's book about women. By Mrs. E. B. Duffy. Cloth, 320 pages, 75 cents.

THE DORE BIBLE GALLERY. A complete panorama of Bible History, containing 100 full-page engravings by Gustave Dore.

MILTON'S PARADISE LOST, with 50 full-page engravings by Gustave Dore.

DANTE'S INFERNO, with 75 full-page engravings by Gustave Dore.

DANTE'S PURGATORY AND PARADISE, with 60 full-page engravings by Gustave Dore.

TENNYSON'S IDYLLS OF THE KING, with 37 fullpage engravings by Gustave Dore.

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with 46 full-page engravings by Gustave Dore.

Cloth, ornamental, large quarto (9x12 inches,), each $2.00.

BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, with 100 engravings by Frederick Barnard and others. Cloth, small quarto (9x10 inches), $1.00.

DICKENS' CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, with

75 fine engravings by famous artists. Cloth, small quarto, boxed (9x10 inches), $1.00.

BIBLE PICTURES AND STORIES, 100 full-page en

gravings. Cloth, small quarto (7x9 inches), $1.00. MY ODD LITTLE FOLK, some rhymes and verses about them, by Malcolm Douglass. Numerous

original engravings. Cloth, small quarto (7x9 inches), $1.00.

PAUL AND VIRGINIA, by Bernardin de St. Pierre, with 125 engravings by Maurice Leloir. Cloth, small quarto (9x10). $1.00.

LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. with 120 original engravings by Walter Paget. Cloth, octavo (72x9%), $1.50.

ALTEMUS' ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF

STANDARD AUTHORS.

Cloth, 12mo. Size 5x74 Inches. Each $1.00.

TALES FROM SHAKSPEARE, by Charles and Mary Lamb, with 155 illustrations by famous artists.

PAUL AND VIRGINIA, by Bernardin de St. Pierre, with 125 engravings by Maurice Leloir.

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, AND THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE, by Lewis Carroll. Complete in one volume with 92 engravings by John Tenniel.

LUCILE, by Owen Meredith, with numerous illustrations by George Du Maurier, author of "Trilby." BLACK BEAUTY, by Anna Sewell, with nearly 50 original engravings.

SCARLET LETTER, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, with numerous original full-page and text illustrations. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, with numerous original full-page and text illustrations.

BATTLES OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE, by Prescott Holmes, with 70 illustrations.

BATTLES OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION, by Prescott Holmes with 80 illustrations.

THE SONG OF HIAWATHA, by Henry W. Longfellow, with 100 illustrations.

ALTEMUS' YOUNG PEOPLES' LIBRARY.
Price, 50 cents each.

ROBINSON CRUSOE: (Chiefly in words of one syllable). His life and strange, surprising adventures, with 70 beautiful illustrations by Walter Paget. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, with 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. "The most delightful of children's stories. Elegant and delicious nonsense.' Saturday Review."

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THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE; a companion to "Alice in Wonderland," with 50 illustrations by John Tenniel.

BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, with 50 full-page and text illustrations.

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