My First Years as a Frenchwoman 1876-1879By Mary King Waddington, author of “Letters of a Diplomat’s Wife,” “Italian Letters of a Diplomat’s Wife,” etc.$2.50net;postage extra.The years this volume embraces were three of the most critical in the life of the French Republic. Their principal events and conspicuous characters are vividly described by an expert writer who was within the inmost circles of society and diplomacy—she was the daughter of President King of Columbia, and had just married M. William Waddington, one of the leading French diplomats and statesmen of the time.Notes of a Son and BrotherBy Henry James.Illustrated. With drawings byWilliam James.$2.50net;postage extra.Harvard, as it was in the days when, first William, and then Henry, James were undergraduates, is pictured and commented upon by these two famous brothers—by William James through a series of letters written at the time. The book carries forward the early lives of William and Henry, which was begun in “A Small Boy and Others,” published a year ago. Among the distinguished men pictured in its pages are John LaFarge, Hunt, Professor Norton, Professor Childs, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was a close friend of Henry James, Senior.The American Japanese ProblemBy Sidney L. Gulick.Illustrated.$1.75net;postage extra.The writer believes that “The Yellow Peril may be transformed into golden advantage for us, even as the White Peril in the Orient is bringing unexpected benefits to those lands.” The statement of this idea forms a part of a comprehensive and authoritative discussion of the entire subject as set forth in the title. The author has had a lifetime of intimacy with both nations, and is trusted and consulted by the governments of each.The Influence of the Bible upon CivilisationBy Ernest Von Dobschutz, Professor of the New Testament at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, and now lecturing at Harvard as exchange professor of the year$1.25net;postage extra.This is an attempt to answer by the historical method the great question of the day: “How can Christianity and civilisation advance in harmony?” The writer simply follows the traces of the Bible through the different periods of Christian history—a task which, singularly enough, has hardly ever before even been attempted, and never before successfully or even thoroughly done.Hebrew and Babylonian TraditionsBy Morris Jastrow, Jr., Ph.D.Professor of Semitic Languages in the University of Pennsylvania8vo$2.50net;postage extra.An important and extraordinarily interesting study of the relationship between the Hebrews and the Babylonians, devoted primarily to pointing out thedifferencesbetween Babylonian myths, beliefs, and practices, and the final form assumed by corresponding Hebrew traditions, despite the fact that both are to be traced back to the same source.New Guides to Old MastersBy John C. Van DykeProfessor of the History of Art at Rutgers College and author of “The Meaning of Pictures,” “What is Art?” etc.12 VolumesEach with frontispieceA series of art guides, whose little volumes, unique in conception and execution, should be as natural and essential a part of every man’s traveling equipment as the Baedeker guide-books are now.They are the only descriptive and critical art guides in existence. They are written by the high authority on art, who is probably better acquainted than any other writer living with the European galleries.They are composed of clear, pointed critical notes upon individual pictures, written before those pictures by the author.These notes deal comprehensively with practically all of the European galleries; and therefore discuss and explain practically all the important paintings that hang in those galleries.The volumes are so manufactured as to be easily carried, and they combine perfectly the qualities of beauty and durability.The VolumesI.London—National Gallery, Wallace Collection. With a General Introduction and Bibliography, for the Series.net$1.00II.Paris—Louvrenet.75III.Amsterdam—Rijks MuseumThe Hague—Royal GalleryHaarlem—Hals Museumnet.75IV.Antwerp—Royal MuseumBrussels—Royal Museumnet.75V.Munich—Old PinacothekFrankfort—Staedel InstituteCassel—Royal Gallerynet$1.00VI.Berlin—Kaiser-Friedrich MuseumDresden—Royal Gallerynet$1.00VII.Vienna—Imperial GalleryBudapest—Museum of Fine Artnet$1.00IN PRESSVIII.St. Petersburg—HermitageIX.Venice—AcademyMilan—Brera, Poldi-Pessoli MuseumX.Florence—Uffizi, Pitti, AcademyXI.Rome—Vatican Borghese GalleryXII.Madrid—PradoCharles Scribner’s SonsFifth Avenue, New York
My First Years as a Frenchwoman 1876-1879
By Mary King Waddington, author of “Letters of a Diplomat’s Wife,” “Italian Letters of a Diplomat’s Wife,” etc.
$2.50net;postage extra.
The years this volume embraces were three of the most critical in the life of the French Republic. Their principal events and conspicuous characters are vividly described by an expert writer who was within the inmost circles of society and diplomacy—she was the daughter of President King of Columbia, and had just married M. William Waddington, one of the leading French diplomats and statesmen of the time.
Notes of a Son and Brother
By Henry James.
Illustrated. With drawings byWilliam James.
$2.50net;postage extra.
Harvard, as it was in the days when, first William, and then Henry, James were undergraduates, is pictured and commented upon by these two famous brothers—by William James through a series of letters written at the time. The book carries forward the early lives of William and Henry, which was begun in “A Small Boy and Others,” published a year ago. Among the distinguished men pictured in its pages are John LaFarge, Hunt, Professor Norton, Professor Childs, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was a close friend of Henry James, Senior.
The American Japanese Problem
By Sidney L. Gulick.
Illustrated.$1.75net;postage extra.
The writer believes that “The Yellow Peril may be transformed into golden advantage for us, even as the White Peril in the Orient is bringing unexpected benefits to those lands.” The statement of this idea forms a part of a comprehensive and authoritative discussion of the entire subject as set forth in the title. The author has had a lifetime of intimacy with both nations, and is trusted and consulted by the governments of each.
The Influence of the Bible upon Civilisation
By Ernest Von Dobschutz, Professor of the New Testament at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, and now lecturing at Harvard as exchange professor of the year
$1.25net;postage extra.
This is an attempt to answer by the historical method the great question of the day: “How can Christianity and civilisation advance in harmony?” The writer simply follows the traces of the Bible through the different periods of Christian history—a task which, singularly enough, has hardly ever before even been attempted, and never before successfully or even thoroughly done.
Hebrew and Babylonian Traditions
By Morris Jastrow, Jr., Ph.D.Professor of Semitic Languages in the University of Pennsylvania
8vo$2.50net;postage extra.
An important and extraordinarily interesting study of the relationship between the Hebrews and the Babylonians, devoted primarily to pointing out thedifferencesbetween Babylonian myths, beliefs, and practices, and the final form assumed by corresponding Hebrew traditions, despite the fact that both are to be traced back to the same source.
New Guides to Old Masters
By John C. Van Dyke
Professor of the History of Art at Rutgers College and author of “The Meaning of Pictures,” “What is Art?” etc.
12 VolumesEach with frontispiece
A series of art guides, whose little volumes, unique in conception and execution, should be as natural and essential a part of every man’s traveling equipment as the Baedeker guide-books are now.
They are the only descriptive and critical art guides in existence. They are written by the high authority on art, who is probably better acquainted than any other writer living with the European galleries.
They are composed of clear, pointed critical notes upon individual pictures, written before those pictures by the author.
These notes deal comprehensively with practically all of the European galleries; and therefore discuss and explain practically all the important paintings that hang in those galleries.
The volumes are so manufactured as to be easily carried, and they combine perfectly the qualities of beauty and durability.
The VolumesI.London—National Gallery, Wallace Collection. With a General Introduction and Bibliography, for the Series.net$1.00II.Paris—Louvrenet.75III.Amsterdam—Rijks MuseumThe Hague—Royal GalleryHaarlem—Hals Museumnet.75IV.Antwerp—Royal MuseumBrussels—Royal Museumnet.75V.Munich—Old PinacothekFrankfort—Staedel InstituteCassel—Royal Gallerynet$1.00VI.Berlin—Kaiser-Friedrich MuseumDresden—Royal Gallerynet$1.00VII.Vienna—Imperial GalleryBudapest—Museum of Fine Artnet$1.00IN PRESSVIII.St. Petersburg—HermitageIX.Venice—AcademyMilan—Brera, Poldi-Pessoli MuseumX.Florence—Uffizi, Pitti, AcademyXI.Rome—Vatican Borghese GalleryXII.Madrid—Prado
Charles Scribner’s SonsFifth Avenue, New York