THE TRUE ULYSSES S. GRANTBy GENERAL CHARLES KING24 illustrations. Octavo. Buckram. $2.00 net. Half levant. $5.00 net. Postage extra.This new volume in the True Biography and History Series is the work of a writer peculiarly fitted to deal with Grant. Not only Grant, the general, but Grant the man, and Grant, the president, are treated with the same regard for truth that characterizes all the volumes in the series.ESSAYS, POLITICAL AND HISTORICALBy CHARLEMAGNE TOWER, LL.D.Former Minister of the United States to Austria-Hungary. Ambassador to Russia and to Germany.$1.50 net. Postage extra.Essays upon vital subjects by one of our greatest figures in the diplomatic world will demand instant attention. Mr. Tower knows whereof he speaks when he treats such subjects as “The European Attitude Towards the Monroe Doctrine,” etc. The book will be widely read for its important revelations in the light of the present disturbed conditions.THE MYSTERY OF THE ORIENTAL RUGBy Dr. G. GRIFFIN LEWIS.Frontis in color and 30 full-page plates. $1.50 net. Postage extra.This charming book is compact with information and no one should buy rugs without its aid.Books for the HolidaysJ. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANYPUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIAILLUSTRATED HOLIDAY CATALOGUE MAILED ON REQUESTTHE PRACTICAL BOOK OF OUTDOOR ROSE GROWINGBy GEORGE C. THOMAS, Jr.96 perfect reproductions in full-color of all varieties of roses. Octavo, cloth in a box. $4.00 net. Postage extra.The rose-lover and the rose-grower should be keenly interested in this beautiful and comprehensive book on roses. The exquisite illustrations and general attractiveness of the volume make it a practical gift book for any one engaged in flower-culture.THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF PERIOD FURNITUREBy HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN and ABBOT McCLURE250 illustrations. Octavo. Cloth. In a box. $5.00 net. Postage extra.A practical book for those who wish to know and buy period furniture. It contains all that it is necessary to know about the subject. By means of an illustrated chronological key (something entirely new) one is enabled to identify the period to which any piece of furniture belongs.OUR PHILADELPHIABy ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL. Illus. by JOSEPH PENNELL.(Regular Edition). 105 illustrations from lithographs. Quarto. In a box. $7.50 net. (Autographed Edition). Signed by both author and artist, with ten additional lithographs. Special buckram binding in a box. $18.00 net. Carriage charges extra. (This edition limited to advance subscribers).An intimate personal record in text and in picture of the lives of the famous author and artist in the city whose recent story will be to many an absolute surprise. Mr. Pennell’s illustrations, made especially for this volume, are the greatest he has yet accomplished.HEROES AND HEROINES OF FICTIONBy WILLIAM S. WALSH.Half morocco. $3.00 net. Postage extra.Mr. Walsh has compiled the famous characters and famous names in modern novels, romances, poems, and dramas. These are classified, analyzed, and criticised and supplemented with citations from the best authorities. A valuable, interesting reference book.COLONIAL MANSIONS OF MARYLAND AND DELAWAREBy JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND.Limited edition, printed from type, which has been distributed. With 65 illustrations. Octavo. In a box, $5.00 net. Postage extra.Uniform in style and price with others in the Limited Edition Series—“Colonial Homes of Philadelphia,” “Manors of Virginia,” etc., all of which are now out of print and at a premium.THE AMERICAN BEAVERBy A. RADCLYFFE DUGMOREIllustrated with photographs. $2.50 net. Postage extra.Few people possibly realize that the American Beaver is one of our most interesting native animals. Mr. Dugmore tells everything worth knowing about them, and this new work will delight the stay-at-home as well as the out-of-doors man.PUBLISHERSPHILADELPHIAJ. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
THE TRUE ULYSSES S. GRANTBy GENERAL CHARLES KING24 illustrations. Octavo. Buckram. $2.00 net. Half levant. $5.00 net. Postage extra.This new volume in the True Biography and History Series is the work of a writer peculiarly fitted to deal with Grant. Not only Grant, the general, but Grant the man, and Grant, the president, are treated with the same regard for truth that characterizes all the volumes in the series.ESSAYS, POLITICAL AND HISTORICALBy CHARLEMAGNE TOWER, LL.D.Former Minister of the United States to Austria-Hungary. Ambassador to Russia and to Germany.$1.50 net. Postage extra.Essays upon vital subjects by one of our greatest figures in the diplomatic world will demand instant attention. Mr. Tower knows whereof he speaks when he treats such subjects as “The European Attitude Towards the Monroe Doctrine,” etc. The book will be widely read for its important revelations in the light of the present disturbed conditions.THE MYSTERY OF THE ORIENTAL RUGBy Dr. G. GRIFFIN LEWIS.Frontis in color and 30 full-page plates. $1.50 net. Postage extra.This charming book is compact with information and no one should buy rugs without its aid.
THE TRUE ULYSSES S. GRANT
By GENERAL CHARLES KING
24 illustrations. Octavo. Buckram. $2.00 net. Half levant. $5.00 net. Postage extra.
This new volume in the True Biography and History Series is the work of a writer peculiarly fitted to deal with Grant. Not only Grant, the general, but Grant the man, and Grant, the president, are treated with the same regard for truth that characterizes all the volumes in the series.
ESSAYS, POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL
By CHARLEMAGNE TOWER, LL.D.
Former Minister of the United States to Austria-Hungary. Ambassador to Russia and to Germany.
$1.50 net. Postage extra.
Essays upon vital subjects by one of our greatest figures in the diplomatic world will demand instant attention. Mr. Tower knows whereof he speaks when he treats such subjects as “The European Attitude Towards the Monroe Doctrine,” etc. The book will be widely read for its important revelations in the light of the present disturbed conditions.
THE MYSTERY OF THE ORIENTAL RUG
By Dr. G. GRIFFIN LEWIS.
Frontis in color and 30 full-page plates. $1.50 net. Postage extra.
This charming book is compact with information and no one should buy rugs without its aid.
Books for the Holidays
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANYPUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA
ILLUSTRATED HOLIDAY CATALOGUE MAILED ON REQUEST
THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING
By GEORGE C. THOMAS, Jr.
96 perfect reproductions in full-color of all varieties of roses. Octavo, cloth in a box. $4.00 net. Postage extra.
The rose-lover and the rose-grower should be keenly interested in this beautiful and comprehensive book on roses. The exquisite illustrations and general attractiveness of the volume make it a practical gift book for any one engaged in flower-culture.
THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF PERIOD FURNITURE
By HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN and ABBOT McCLURE
250 illustrations. Octavo. Cloth. In a box. $5.00 net. Postage extra.
A practical book for those who wish to know and buy period furniture. It contains all that it is necessary to know about the subject. By means of an illustrated chronological key (something entirely new) one is enabled to identify the period to which any piece of furniture belongs.
OUR PHILADELPHIA
By ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL. Illus. by JOSEPH PENNELL.
(Regular Edition). 105 illustrations from lithographs. Quarto. In a box. $7.50 net. (Autographed Edition). Signed by both author and artist, with ten additional lithographs. Special buckram binding in a box. $18.00 net. Carriage charges extra. (This edition limited to advance subscribers).
An intimate personal record in text and in picture of the lives of the famous author and artist in the city whose recent story will be to many an absolute surprise. Mr. Pennell’s illustrations, made especially for this volume, are the greatest he has yet accomplished.
HEROES AND HEROINES OF FICTION
By WILLIAM S. WALSH.
Half morocco. $3.00 net. Postage extra.
Mr. Walsh has compiled the famous characters and famous names in modern novels, romances, poems, and dramas. These are classified, analyzed, and criticised and supplemented with citations from the best authorities. A valuable, interesting reference book.
COLONIAL MANSIONS OF MARYLAND AND DELAWARE
By JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND.
Limited edition, printed from type, which has been distributed. With 65 illustrations. Octavo. In a box, $5.00 net. Postage extra.
Uniform in style and price with others in the Limited Edition Series—“Colonial Homes of Philadelphia,” “Manors of Virginia,” etc., all of which are now out of print and at a premium.
THE AMERICAN BEAVER
By A. RADCLYFFE DUGMORE
Illustrated with photographs. $2.50 net. Postage extra.
Few people possibly realize that the American Beaver is one of our most interesting native animals. Mr. Dugmore tells everything worth knowing about them, and this new work will delight the stay-at-home as well as the out-of-doors man.
PUBLISHERSPHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY