SOME SPECIAL BOOKS
FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CLUBS.
To meet the growing demand for books for young people which shallbe as entertaining as stories, and at the same time educational in influence,we suggest the following:
I. The Reading Union Library, a series prepared for theChautauqua Young Folks’ Reading Union, $1.00 volume, fully illustrated;four volumes now ready, others in preparation: (a) MagnaCharta Stories, thrilling tales of the world’s great struggles for liberty,edited by Arthur Gilman; (b) Old Ocean, the romance and wonders ofthe sea, by Ernest Ingersoll; (c) Dooryard Folks, fascinating naturalhistory, by Miss A. B. Harris, and including the author’s curious experimentswith “A Winter Garden”; (d) The Great Composers, a condensed,comprehensive story of music and musicians, by H. Butterworth.
II. Our Business Boys. The ways to success in business life,the rocks of danger, as described by eighty-three business men, in responseto inquiries by the author, Rev. F. E. Clark. Price, 60 cents.
III. For reading after or in connection with, the above, there arethree volumes about those who have worked and won: (a) Men of Mark,(b) Noble Workers, (c) Stories of Success; to which may well be added(d) A Noble Life; or, Hints for Living, by Rev. O. A. Kingsbury;each volume, $1.25.
IV. Charlotte M. Yonge’s Young Folks’ Histories, $1.50 avolume:
Young Folks’ History of Germany.
Young Folks’ History of Greece.
Young Folks’ History of Rome.
Young Folks’ History of England.
Young Folks’ History of France.
Young Folks’ Bible History.V. Lothrop’s Library of Entertaining History. Editedby Arthur Gilman, M. A. Each volume has one hundred illustrations.These histories are designed to furnish in a succinct but interestingform, such descriptions of the lands treated as shall meet the wants ofthose busy readers who cannot devote themselves to the study of detailedand elaborate works, but who wish to be well-informed in historicalmatters. $1.50 per volume.
America, by Arthur Gilman, M. A.; India, by Fannie Roper Feudge;Egypt, by Mrs. Clara Erskine Clement; Spain, by Prof. James AlbertHarrison; Switzerland, by Miss Harriet D. S. Mackenzie.
VI. Popular Biographies, of great and good men, whose effortsand accomplishments cannot fail of helpful suggestions to youngpeople. Each volume illustrated. Price $1.50.
Abraham Lincoln.
Horace Greeley.
Henry Wilson.
Bayard Taylor.
Henry W. Longfellow.
Washington.
Daniel Webster.
Charles Sumner.
James A. Garfield.
George Peabody.
Charles Dickens.
William the Silent.
Benjamin Franklin.
Amos Lawrence.
Israel Putnam.
John G. Whittier.
David Livingstone.
Oliver Wendell Holmes.The above books sent, post-paid on receipt of price. Send for fullcatalogue of more than a thousand volumes, including many volumes ofstory, biography, travel and adventure equally desirable with the abovefor neighborhood clubs and reading circles.
D. LOTHROP & CO., Publishers, Boston.
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