“The author is a shrewd thinker; his reflections upon men and things which run through its pages render it peculiarly attractive.”—Philadelphia Item.
ECHOES FROM HOSPITAL AND WHITE HOUSE. 12mo, 1.00. (4)
“Anna L. Boyden has undertaken to commemorate the services of Mrs. Rebecca R. Pomroy in the hospitals of the army and in the family of President Lincoln during the Rebellion. The book is a well-written, earnest account of Mrs. Pomroy’s valuable work as a nurse, and, as such, an addition which all will be glad to have to the bibliography of the late War.”—Chicago Tribune.
VAGABOND TALES. Square 12mo, 1.25.
A collection of characteristic novellettes by one of the most entertaining and most popular of modern story-tellers. No writer living—scarcely excepting even the great Bjornstein—so thoroughly understands the Norse character and when into this is infused the American element, the success of Prof. Boyesen’s tales is easily understood. There is a breeziness, a vigor and a manliness about his characters that captivate the reader at once and combine dramatic force with literary skill. The stories included in this volume are: Crooked John; A Child of the Age; Monk Tellenbach’s Exile; A Disastrous Partnership; Liberty’s Victim; A Perilous Incognito; Charity.
BOY’S WORKSHOP (A).
By a Boy and his Friends. With an introduction by Henry Randall Waite. Illustrated, 12mo, 1.00.
“Written by ‘a boy and his friends,’ and takes you right into A Boy’s Workshop; tells you how to make and to use a saw-horse and a work-bench; how to use tools and to care for them; lets you into the secret of book-rests, foot-rests, tables, cabinets, catch-alls, etc.; shows you how to build wooden tents, make a fernery, construct a railway and train, bind magazines, take photographs, tie knots, and do a great many other things. It is a book that every boy would like to have, and that he ought to have.”—Advance, Chicago.
“Next to actual service with an intelligent carpenter or cabinet-maker this book is to be valued for its instruction in the art and mystery of tools.”—Christian Advocate, New York.
BRAVE GIRLS.
12mo, illustrated, 1.50.
When young people see the name of Nora Perry, Mary Hartwell Catherwood or Frank H. Converse appended to a story, they prick up their ears at once, for they have learned to expect something of unusual interest. They will not be disappointed when they open this book and read about Glen Hastings, Kate Oxford, Sharly Raymond and Bessy May—brave girls every one, but in divers ways. Other writers almost as well known as these favorites have helped in no slight degree to swell this tribute to the girls.
FAITH AND ACTION.
Selections from the writings of F. D. Maurice. With preface by Rev. Phillips Brooks, D. D. 12mo, 1.00.
Few English clergymen are better known in this country than Frederic D. Maurice, whose untimely death, some years ago, deprived not only England, but the Christian world, of one of its ablest religious teachers. He devoted a great deal of his time to the social and religious needs of the common people.
Maurice was a dear friend of Tennyson. The following lines in one of the poet’s best-known pieces refer to his friend:
“How best to help the slender store,
How mend the dwellings of the poor,
How gain in life as life advances,
Valor and charity more and more.”
Ella Farman is the editor of Wide Awake, and her books are full of sympathy with girl-life, always sunshiny and hopeful, always pointing out new ways to do things and unexpected causes for happiness and gladness.
THE COOKING-CLUB OF TU-WHIT HOLLOW. 12mo, illustrated, 1.25.
The practical instructions in housewifery, which are abundant, are set in the midst of a bright wholesome story. Girls who read this book will not be able to keep house at once, but they will learn to do some things, and they will have an hour or two of genuine pleasure in discovering how there came to be a cooking-club and in tracing its history.
GOOD-FOR-NOTHING POLLY. 12mo, illustrated, 1.00.
Polly is not a girl at all, but a boy, a slangy, school-hating, fun-loving, wilful, big-hearted boy. “Nagged” continually at home, he wastes his time upon the streets and finally runs away. The book tells of his adventures. Mrs. Pratt has a keen insight into the joys and sorrows of the little appreciated boy-life. Like Robert J. Burdette, she is a master of humor and often touches a tender chord of pathos. Every boy will be delighted with this book and every mother ought to read it who is, all unwittingly perhaps, “freezing” her own noisy boy out of the home.
“‘Good-for-Nothing Polly’ will doubtless gain the admiration and win the graces of as large a circle of readers in England as it has already done in the United States.”—Bookseller, London.
HOW TWO GIRLS TRIED FARMING. 12mo, illustrated, 1.00.
A narrative of an actual experience.
“The two girls who tried farming solved a problem by taking the bull by the horns, and that is often as effectual a means as can be resorted to. They had for capital one thousand dollars. With this they bought thirty-five acres of scraggy farm land. Then they hired out as lady help for the winter and laid by enough money to buy clover seed, and a horse and a few other necessities. Dolly had learned to plough and harrow and make hay, and even to cut wood. Both girls worked hard and it is pleasant to chronicle their success. Now they have a prosperous farm, and raise cows, sheep, pigs and chickens, and as they do everything to the best of their ability, their products are in constant demand.”—St. Louis Post Despatch.
“We recommend it to those girls who are wearing out their lives at the sewing-machine, behind counters or even at the teacher’s desk.”—New York Herald.
“The success of the farm is almost surpassed by the charm of the record. It shows a touch of refinement and a degree of literary skill no less uncommon than the enterprise which has converted a bleak hill-top of Michigan into a smiling garden.”—New York Tribune.