SOME GOOD BOOKS.FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS, OR MAILED, POST-PAID, TO ANY ADDRESS, ON RECEIPT OF THE PRICE, BY THE PUBLISHERS,J. B. FORD AND COMPANY,No. 27 Park Place, New York.BEECHER’S SERMONS:First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Series.From phonographic reports byT. J. Ellinwood, for fifteen years Mr. Beecher’s special reporter. Uniformly bound in dark brown English cloth. Single volumes, each complete, price, $2.50; full set of six volumes for $14.50. Bound in half morocco, $5 per vol.Of the first volume theAdvance, of Chicago, said:—“The volume is a handsome one, and is prefaced with the best portrait of Mr. Beecher we have ever seen. The sermons are twenty-seven in number, the regular Sunday morning discourses of six months, and are a wonderful testimony, not only to the real goodness of heart of the great Plymouth preacher, but to the fertility of resource, industry of thought, and rare ability which can keep his regular ministrations to such a height of average excellence.”... “These corrected sermons of perhaps the greatest of living preachers,—a man whose heart is as warm and catholic as his abilities are great, and whose sermons combine fidelity and Scriptural truth, great power, glorious imagination, fervid rhetoric, and vigorous reasoning, with intense human sympathy and robust common sense.”—British Quarterly Review.Each succeeding volume contains, also, six months’ sermons (from 450 to 500 pp.) issued in style uniform with theFirst Series. TheSecond Seriescontains a fine interior view of Plymouth Church. The other volumes are not illustrated.LECTURE-ROOM TALKS. A series of Familiar Discourses, on Themes of Christian Experience. ByHenry Ward Beecher. Phonographically reported byT. J. Ellinwood; with Steel Portrait. 12mo, extra cloth. Price, $1.75. [Out of print. Will be reissued soon.]“J. B. Ford & Co., who are now printers and publishers to the Beecher family, have collected in a handsome volume theLecture-Room Talksof the Brooklyn preacher, held in the weekly prayer-meeting of the Plymouth Church. There is a great deal of humorous talk mingled with much that is serious, and the subjects discussed are of the most varied kind. It is a charming book.”—Springfield (Mass.) Republican.MY WIFE AND I; or, Harry Henderson’s History. A Novel. ByHarriet Beecher Stowe. Illustrated byH. L. Stephens. 474 pages; extra cloth, stamped cover, $1.75.This novel is the success of the year. It has been selling very rapidly ever since its publication.Everybody is reading it.“Always bright, piquant, and entertaining, with an occasional touch of tenderness, strong because subtle, keen in sarcasm, full of womanly logic directed against unwomanly tendencies, Mrs. Stowe has achieved an unbounded success in this her latest effort.”—Boston Journal.MATERNITY: A Popular Treatise for Wives and Mothers. ByT. S. Verdi, A. M., M. D., of Washington, D. C. Handsomely printed on fine paper, bevelled boards, extra English cloth. 12mo. 450 pp. Price, $2.25.Fourth Edition.“The author deserves great credit for his labor, and the book merits an extensive circulation.”—U. S. Medical and Surgical Journal (Chicago).“There are few intelligent mothers who will not be benefited by reading and keeping by them for frequent counsel a volume so rich in valuable suggestions. With its tables, prescriptions, and indices at the end, this book ought to do much good.”—Hearth and Home.“We hail the appearance of this work with true pleasure. It is dictated by a pure and liberal spirit, and will be a real boon to many a young mother.”—American Medical Observer (Detroit).THE CHILDREN’S WEEK: Seven Stories for Seven Days. ByR. W. Raymond. 16mo. Nine full page illustrations byH. L. StephensandMiss M. L. Hallock. Price, extra cloth, $1.25; cloth, full gilt, $1.50.“The book is bright enough to please any people of culture, and yet so simple that children will welcome it with glee. Mr. Raymond’s tales have won great popularity by their wit, delicate fancy, and, withal, admirable good sense. The illustrations—all new and made for the book—are particularly apt and pleasing, showing forth the comical element of the book and its pure and beautiful sentiment.”—Buffalo (N. Y.) Commercial Advertiser.THE OVERTURE OF ANGELS. ByHenry Ward Beecher. Illustrated byHarry Fenn. 12mo, tinted paper, extra cloth, gilt. Price, $2.00.This exquisite gift book is an excerpt from Mr. Beecher’s great work, the “Life of Jesus the Christ.” It is a series of pictures, in the author’s happiest style, of the Angelic Appearances, giving a beautiful and characteristically interesting treatment of all the events recorded in the Gospels as occurring about the period of the nativity of our Lord.“The style, the sentiment, and faithfulness to the spirit of the Biblical record with which the narrative is treated are characteristic of its author, and will commend it to many readers, to whom its elegance of form will give it an additional attraction.”—Worcester (Mass.) Spy.“A perfect fragment.”—New York World.OUR SEVEN CHURCHES: Eight Lectures byThomas K. Beecher. 16mo. Paper, 50 cents; extra cloth, $1; cloth, gilt, $1.25.“The eight lectures comprised in this volume are conceived in a spirit of broad liberality as refreshing as it is rare. They evince, in the most gratifying manner possible, how easy it is to find something good in one’s neighbors or opponents, or even enemies, if one tries faithfully to do so, instead of making an effort to discover a fault or a weakness. The volume is one which should have, as it undoubtedly will, a wide circulation.”—Detroit Free Press.MINES, MILLS, AND FURNACES of the Precious Metals of the United States. Being a complete Exposition of the General Methods employed in the great Mining Industries of America, including a Review of the present Condition and Prospects of the Mines throughout the Interior and Pacific States. ByRossiter W. Raymond, Ph. D., United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics, President American Inst. Mining Engineers, Editor of theEngineering and Mining Journal, author of “The Mines of the West,” “American Mines and Mining,” etc., etc. 1 vol. 8vo. 566 pages. Illustrated with engravings of machines and processes. Extra cloth, $3.50.“The author is thorough in his subject, and has already published a work on our mines which commanded universal approval by its clearness of statement and breadth of views.”—Albany (N. Y.) Argus.“His scientific ability, his practical knowledge of mines and mining, his unerring judgment, and, finally, the enthusiasm with which he enters upon his work, all combine to fit him for his position, and none could bring to it a greater degree of uprightness and fairness.”—Denver (Col.) News.PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE: As applied to the Duties and Pleasures of Home. ByCatharine E. BeecherandHarriet Beecher Stowe. A compact 12mo volume of 390 pages, profusely illustrated; well printed, and bound in neat and substantial style. Price, $2.00.Prepared with a view to assist in training young women for the distinctive duties which inevitably come upon them in household life, this volume has been made with especial reference to the duties, cares, and pleasures ofthe family, as being the place where, whatever the political developments of the future, woman, from her very nature of body and of spirit, will find her most engrossing occupation. It is full of interest for all intelligent girls and young women.☞The work has been heartily endorsed and adopted by the directors of many of the leading Colleges and Seminaries for young women as a text-book, both for study and reading.HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. From the date of the Discovery and Settlements on Manhattan Island to the Present Time. A Text-Book for High Schools, Academies, and Colleges. ByS. S. Randall, Superintendent of Public Education in New York City. 12mo vol, 396 pages. Illustrated. Price, $1.75.“This work contains so much valuable information that it should be found in every house in the State as a volume of reference. Its value for use in educational institutions is of a very high character.”—Northern Budget, Troy (N. Y.).☞Officially adopted by the Boards of Education in the cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Jersey City for use in the Public Schools, and also extensively used in Private Schools throughout the State, both as a text-book and alternate reader.H. W. BEECHER’S WORKS. Uniform edition. This is a set of books long needed in the trade. It will include “Norwood,” “Lectures to Young Men,” “Eyes and Ears,” “Summer in the Soul,” the early “Star Papers,” a new edition of “Lecture-Room Talks,” and other works, embracing some which are now out of print, and for which there is constant call.The first volumes issued in this new edition of Mr. Beecher’s minor works areYALE LECTURES ON PREACHING,Price, extra cloth, $1.25; half calf, $2.50; and a new edition ofLECTURES TO YOUNG MEN,including several new lectures never before published, a new Introduction by the author, etc., etc. Price, extra cloth, $1.50; half calf, $3.00.STAR PAPERS,A new edition, including much new matter added to the original book. Price, extra cloth, $1.75; half calf, $3.25.A FRESH BOOK BY GRACE GREENWOOD.NEW LIFE IN NEW LANDS:Notes of Western Travel. Racy, sparkling, readable, full of wit and keen observation, it gives a series of brilliant pen pictures along the great route from the Mississippi to the Pacific. 12mo. 396 pp. Price, extra cloth, stamped cover, $2.00.
SOME GOOD BOOKS.
FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS, OR MAILED, POST-PAID, TO ANY ADDRESS, ON RECEIPT OF THE PRICE, BY THE PUBLISHERS,
J. B. FORD AND COMPANY,
No. 27 Park Place, New York.
BEECHER’S SERMONS:First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Series.From phonographic reports byT. J. Ellinwood, for fifteen years Mr. Beecher’s special reporter. Uniformly bound in dark brown English cloth. Single volumes, each complete, price, $2.50; full set of six volumes for $14.50. Bound in half morocco, $5 per vol.
Of the first volume theAdvance, of Chicago, said:—
“The volume is a handsome one, and is prefaced with the best portrait of Mr. Beecher we have ever seen. The sermons are twenty-seven in number, the regular Sunday morning discourses of six months, and are a wonderful testimony, not only to the real goodness of heart of the great Plymouth preacher, but to the fertility of resource, industry of thought, and rare ability which can keep his regular ministrations to such a height of average excellence.”
... “These corrected sermons of perhaps the greatest of living preachers,—a man whose heart is as warm and catholic as his abilities are great, and whose sermons combine fidelity and Scriptural truth, great power, glorious imagination, fervid rhetoric, and vigorous reasoning, with intense human sympathy and robust common sense.”—British Quarterly Review.
Each succeeding volume contains, also, six months’ sermons (from 450 to 500 pp.) issued in style uniform with theFirst Series. TheSecond Seriescontains a fine interior view of Plymouth Church. The other volumes are not illustrated.
LECTURE-ROOM TALKS. A series of Familiar Discourses, on Themes of Christian Experience. ByHenry Ward Beecher. Phonographically reported byT. J. Ellinwood; with Steel Portrait. 12mo, extra cloth. Price, $1.75. [Out of print. Will be reissued soon.]
“J. B. Ford & Co., who are now printers and publishers to the Beecher family, have collected in a handsome volume theLecture-Room Talksof the Brooklyn preacher, held in the weekly prayer-meeting of the Plymouth Church. There is a great deal of humorous talk mingled with much that is serious, and the subjects discussed are of the most varied kind. It is a charming book.”—Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
MY WIFE AND I; or, Harry Henderson’s History. A Novel. ByHarriet Beecher Stowe. Illustrated byH. L. Stephens. 474 pages; extra cloth, stamped cover, $1.75.
This novel is the success of the year. It has been selling very rapidly ever since its publication.Everybody is reading it.
“Always bright, piquant, and entertaining, with an occasional touch of tenderness, strong because subtle, keen in sarcasm, full of womanly logic directed against unwomanly tendencies, Mrs. Stowe has achieved an unbounded success in this her latest effort.”—Boston Journal.
MATERNITY: A Popular Treatise for Wives and Mothers. ByT. S. Verdi, A. M., M. D., of Washington, D. C. Handsomely printed on fine paper, bevelled boards, extra English cloth. 12mo. 450 pp. Price, $2.25.Fourth Edition.
“The author deserves great credit for his labor, and the book merits an extensive circulation.”—U. S. Medical and Surgical Journal (Chicago).
“There are few intelligent mothers who will not be benefited by reading and keeping by them for frequent counsel a volume so rich in valuable suggestions. With its tables, prescriptions, and indices at the end, this book ought to do much good.”—Hearth and Home.
“We hail the appearance of this work with true pleasure. It is dictated by a pure and liberal spirit, and will be a real boon to many a young mother.”—American Medical Observer (Detroit).
THE CHILDREN’S WEEK: Seven Stories for Seven Days. ByR. W. Raymond. 16mo. Nine full page illustrations byH. L. StephensandMiss M. L. Hallock. Price, extra cloth, $1.25; cloth, full gilt, $1.50.
“The book is bright enough to please any people of culture, and yet so simple that children will welcome it with glee. Mr. Raymond’s tales have won great popularity by their wit, delicate fancy, and, withal, admirable good sense. The illustrations—all new and made for the book—are particularly apt and pleasing, showing forth the comical element of the book and its pure and beautiful sentiment.”—Buffalo (N. Y.) Commercial Advertiser.
THE OVERTURE OF ANGELS. ByHenry Ward Beecher. Illustrated byHarry Fenn. 12mo, tinted paper, extra cloth, gilt. Price, $2.00.
This exquisite gift book is an excerpt from Mr. Beecher’s great work, the “Life of Jesus the Christ.” It is a series of pictures, in the author’s happiest style, of the Angelic Appearances, giving a beautiful and characteristically interesting treatment of all the events recorded in the Gospels as occurring about the period of the nativity of our Lord.
“The style, the sentiment, and faithfulness to the spirit of the Biblical record with which the narrative is treated are characteristic of its author, and will commend it to many readers, to whom its elegance of form will give it an additional attraction.”—Worcester (Mass.) Spy.
“A perfect fragment.”—New York World.
OUR SEVEN CHURCHES: Eight Lectures byThomas K. Beecher. 16mo. Paper, 50 cents; extra cloth, $1; cloth, gilt, $1.25.
“The eight lectures comprised in this volume are conceived in a spirit of broad liberality as refreshing as it is rare. They evince, in the most gratifying manner possible, how easy it is to find something good in one’s neighbors or opponents, or even enemies, if one tries faithfully to do so, instead of making an effort to discover a fault or a weakness. The volume is one which should have, as it undoubtedly will, a wide circulation.”—Detroit Free Press.
MINES, MILLS, AND FURNACES of the Precious Metals of the United States. Being a complete Exposition of the General Methods employed in the great Mining Industries of America, including a Review of the present Condition and Prospects of the Mines throughout the Interior and Pacific States. ByRossiter W. Raymond, Ph. D., United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics, President American Inst. Mining Engineers, Editor of theEngineering and Mining Journal, author of “The Mines of the West,” “American Mines and Mining,” etc., etc. 1 vol. 8vo. 566 pages. Illustrated with engravings of machines and processes. Extra cloth, $3.50.
“The author is thorough in his subject, and has already published a work on our mines which commanded universal approval by its clearness of statement and breadth of views.”—Albany (N. Y.) Argus.
“His scientific ability, his practical knowledge of mines and mining, his unerring judgment, and, finally, the enthusiasm with which he enters upon his work, all combine to fit him for his position, and none could bring to it a greater degree of uprightness and fairness.”—Denver (Col.) News.
PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE: As applied to the Duties and Pleasures of Home. ByCatharine E. BeecherandHarriet Beecher Stowe. A compact 12mo volume of 390 pages, profusely illustrated; well printed, and bound in neat and substantial style. Price, $2.00.
Prepared with a view to assist in training young women for the distinctive duties which inevitably come upon them in household life, this volume has been made with especial reference to the duties, cares, and pleasures ofthe family, as being the place where, whatever the political developments of the future, woman, from her very nature of body and of spirit, will find her most engrossing occupation. It is full of interest for all intelligent girls and young women.
☞The work has been heartily endorsed and adopted by the directors of many of the leading Colleges and Seminaries for young women as a text-book, both for study and reading.
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. From the date of the Discovery and Settlements on Manhattan Island to the Present Time. A Text-Book for High Schools, Academies, and Colleges. ByS. S. Randall, Superintendent of Public Education in New York City. 12mo vol, 396 pages. Illustrated. Price, $1.75.
“This work contains so much valuable information that it should be found in every house in the State as a volume of reference. Its value for use in educational institutions is of a very high character.”—Northern Budget, Troy (N. Y.).
☞Officially adopted by the Boards of Education in the cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Jersey City for use in the Public Schools, and also extensively used in Private Schools throughout the State, both as a text-book and alternate reader.
H. W. BEECHER’S WORKS. Uniform edition. This is a set of books long needed in the trade. It will include “Norwood,” “Lectures to Young Men,” “Eyes and Ears,” “Summer in the Soul,” the early “Star Papers,” a new edition of “Lecture-Room Talks,” and other works, embracing some which are now out of print, and for which there is constant call.
The first volumes issued in this new edition of Mr. Beecher’s minor works are
YALE LECTURES ON PREACHING,
Price, extra cloth, $1.25; half calf, $2.50; and a new edition of
LECTURES TO YOUNG MEN,
including several new lectures never before published, a new Introduction by the author, etc., etc. Price, extra cloth, $1.50; half calf, $3.00.
STAR PAPERS,
A new edition, including much new matter added to the original book. Price, extra cloth, $1.75; half calf, $3.25.
A FRESH BOOK BY GRACE GREENWOOD.
NEW LIFE IN NEW LANDS:Notes of Western Travel. Racy, sparkling, readable, full of wit and keen observation, it gives a series of brilliant pen pictures along the great route from the Mississippi to the Pacific. 12mo. 396 pp. Price, extra cloth, stamped cover, $2.00.
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