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The Rise of the Swiss Republic.
ByW. D. McCrackan, A.M.
It contains over four hundred pages, printed from new and handsome type, on a fine quality of heavy paper. The margins are wide, and the volume is richly bound in cloth.
It contains over four hundred pages, printed from new and handsome type, on a fine quality of heavy paper. The margins are wide, and the volume is richly bound in cloth.
Price, postpaid, $3.00.
Sultan to Sultan.
ByM. French-Sheldon(Bebe Bwana).
Being a thrilling account of a remarkable expedition to the Masai and other hostile tribes of East Africa, which was planned and commanded by this intrepid woman.A Sumptuous Volume of Travels.Handsomely illustrated; printed on coated paper and richly bound in African red silk-finished cloth.
Being a thrilling account of a remarkable expedition to the Masai and other hostile tribes of East Africa, which was planned and commanded by this intrepid woman.A Sumptuous Volume of Travels.Handsomely illustrated; printed on coated paper and richly bound in African red silk-finished cloth.
Price, postpaid, $5.00.
The League of the Iroquois.
ByBenjamin Hathaway.
It is instinct with good taste and poetic feeling, affluent of picturesque description and graceful portraiture, and its versification is fairly melodious.—Harper’s Magazine.Has the charm of Longfellow’s “Hiawatha.”—Albany Evening Journal.Of rare excellence and beauty.—American Wesleyan.Evinces fine qualities of imagination, and is distinguished by remarkable grace and fluency.—Boston Gazette.The publication of this poem alone may well serve as a mile-post in marking the pathway of American literature. The work is a marvel of legendary lore, and will be appreciated by every earnest reader.—Boston Times.
It is instinct with good taste and poetic feeling, affluent of picturesque description and graceful portraiture, and its versification is fairly melodious.—Harper’s Magazine.
Has the charm of Longfellow’s “Hiawatha.”—Albany Evening Journal.
Of rare excellence and beauty.—American Wesleyan.
Evinces fine qualities of imagination, and is distinguished by remarkable grace and fluency.—Boston Gazette.
The publication of this poem alone may well serve as a mile-post in marking the pathway of American literature. The work is a marvel of legendary lore, and will be appreciated by every earnest reader.—Boston Times.
Price, postpaid, cloth, $1.00; Red Line edition, $1.50.
COPLEY SQUARE SERIES.
I. Bond-Holders and Bread-Winners.
ByS. S. King, Esq., Kansas City, Kansas. The most powerful book of the year. Its argument is irresistible. You should read it.
PresidentL. L. Polk, National F. A. and I. U., says: “It should be placed in the hands of every voter of this country.”
PresidentL. L. Polk, National F. A. and I. U., says: “It should be placed in the hands of every voter of this country.”
Price, postpaid, 25 cents; per hundred, $12.50.
II. Money, Land, and Transportation.
CONTENTS:1. A New Declaration of Rights.Hamlin Garland.2. The Farmer, Investor, and the Railway.C. Wood Davis.3. The Independent Party and Money at Cost.R. B. Hassell.
Price, single copy, 25 cents; per hundred, $10.
III. Industrial Freedom. The Triple Demand of Labor.
CONTENTS:1. The Money Question.Hon. John Davis.2. The Sub-Treasury Plan.C. C. Post.3. The Railroad Problem.C. Wood Davis and Ex-Gov. Lionel A. Sheldon.
Price, single copy, 25 cents; per hundred, $10.
IV. Esau; or, The Banker’s Victim.
“Esau” is the title of a new book by Dr.T. A. Bland. It is a political novel of purpose and power. As a romance it is fascinating; as a history of a mortgage it is tragic; and as anexposéof the financial policy of the old parties it is clear and forcible. It is a timely and valuable campaign book.
“Esau” is the title of a new book by Dr.T. A. Bland. It is a political novel of purpose and power. As a romance it is fascinating; as a history of a mortgage it is tragic; and as anexposéof the financial policy of the old parties it is clear and forcible. It is a timely and valuable campaign book.
Price, single copy, 25 cents; per hundred, $12.50.
V. The People’s Cause.
CONTENTS:1. The Threefold Contention of Industry.Gen. J. B. Weaver, Presidential Nominee of People’s Party.2. The Negro Question In the South.Hon. Thos. E. Watson, M. C. from Georgia.3. The Menace of Plutocracy.B. O. Flower, Editor of “The Arena.”4. The Communism of Capital.Hon. John Davis, M. C. from Kansas.5. The Pending Presidential Campaign.Hon. J. H. Kyle, State Senator from South Dakota; Thos. E. Watson, M. C. from Georgia.
Price, 25 cents a copy; per hundred, $10.
Salome Shepard, Reformer.
ByHelen M. Winslow. A New England story. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
The Law of Laws.
ByS. B. Wait. The author takes advance metaphysical grounds on the origin, nature, and destiny of the soul.
“It is offered as a contribution to the thought of that unnumbered fraternity of spirit whose members are found wherever souls are sensitive to the impact of the truth and feel another’s burden as their own.”—Author’s Preface.
“It is offered as a contribution to the thought of that unnumbered fraternity of spirit whose members are found wherever souls are sensitive to the impact of the truth and feel another’s burden as their own.”—Author’s Preface.
256 pages; handsome cloth. Price, postpaid, $1.50.
Life. A Novel.
ByWilliam W. Wheeler. A book of thrilling interest from cover to cover.
In the form of a novel called “Life,” William W. Wheeler has put before the public some of the clearest statements of logical ideas regarding humanity’s present aspects, its inherent and manifest powers, and its future, that we have ever read. The book is strong, keen, powerful; running over with thought, so expressed as to clearly convey the author’s ideas; everything is to the point, nothing superfluous—and for this it is specially admirable.—The Boston Times.
In the form of a novel called “Life,” William W. Wheeler has put before the public some of the clearest statements of logical ideas regarding humanity’s present aspects, its inherent and manifest powers, and its future, that we have ever read. The book is strong, keen, powerful; running over with thought, so expressed as to clearly convey the author’s ideas; everything is to the point, nothing superfluous—and for this it is specially admirable.—The Boston Times.
Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
Along Shore with a Man of War.
ByMarguerite Dickins. A delightful story of travel, delightfully told, handsomely illustrated, and beautifully bound. Price, postpaid, $1.50.
Evolution.
Popular lectures by leading thinkers, delivered before the Brooklyn Ethical Association. This work is of inestimable value to the general reader who is interested in Evolution as applied to religious, scientific, and social themes. It is the joint work of a number of the foremost thinkers in America to-day. One volume, handsome cloth, illustrated, complete index. 408 pp. Price, postpaid, $2.00.
Popular lectures by leading thinkers, delivered before the Brooklyn Ethical Association. This work is of inestimable value to the general reader who is interested in Evolution as applied to religious, scientific, and social themes. It is the joint work of a number of the foremost thinkers in America to-day. One volume, handsome cloth, illustrated, complete index. 408 pp. Price, postpaid, $2.00.
Sociology.
Popular lectures by eminent thinkers, delivered before the Brooklyn Ethical Association. This work is a companion volume to “Evolution,” and presents the best thought of representative thinkers on social evolution. One volume, handsome cloth, with diagram and complete index. 412 pp. Price, postpaid, $2.00.
Popular lectures by eminent thinkers, delivered before the Brooklyn Ethical Association. This work is a companion volume to “Evolution,” and presents the best thought of representative thinkers on social evolution. One volume, handsome cloth, with diagram and complete index. 412 pp. Price, postpaid, $2.00.
The Dream Child.
A fascinating romance of two worlds. ByFlorence Huntley. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
A fascinating romance of two worlds. ByFlorence Huntley. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
A Mute Confessor.
The romance of a Southern town. ByWill N. Harben, author of “White Marie,” “Almost Persuaded,” etc. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
The romance of a Southern town. ByWill N. Harben, author of “White Marie,” “Almost Persuaded,” etc. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
Redbank; Life on a Southern Plantation.
ByM. L. Cowles. A typical Southern story by a Southern woman. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
Psychics. Facts and Theories.
By Rev.Minot J. Savage. A thoughtful discussion of Psychical problems. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
Civilization’s Inferno: Studies in the Social Cellar.
ByB. O. Flower. I. Introductory chapter. II. Society’s Exiles. III. Two Hours in the Social Cellar. IV. The Democracy of Darkness. V. Why the Ishmaelites Multiply. VI. The Froth and the Dregs. VII. A Pilgrimage and a Vision. VIII. Some Facts and a Question. IX. What of the Morrow? Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
Is This Your Son, My Lord?
ByHelen H. Gardener. The most powerful novel written by an American. A terribleexposéof conventional immorality and hypocrisy. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter?
ByHelen H. Gardener. A brilliant novel of to-day, dealing with social purity and the “age of consent” laws. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
A Spoil of Office.
A novel. ByHamlin Garland. The truest picture of Western life that has appeared in American fiction. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
Lessons Learned from Other Lives.
ByB. O. Flower.
There are fourteen biographies in this volume, dealing with the lives of Seneca and Epictetus, the great Roman philosophers; Joan of Arc, the warrior maid; Henry Clay, the statesman; Edwin Booth and Joseph Jefferson, the actors; John Howard Payne, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, Alice and Phœbe Cary, and John G. Whittier, the poets; Alfred Russell Wallace, the scientist; Victor Hugo, the many-sided man of genius.“The book sparkles with literary jewels.”—Christian Leader, Cincinnati, Ohio.
There are fourteen biographies in this volume, dealing with the lives of Seneca and Epictetus, the great Roman philosophers; Joan of Arc, the warrior maid; Henry Clay, the statesman; Edwin Booth and Joseph Jefferson, the actors; John Howard Payne, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, Alice and Phœbe Cary, and John G. Whittier, the poets; Alfred Russell Wallace, the scientist; Victor Hugo, the many-sided man of genius.
“The book sparkles with literary jewels.”—Christian Leader, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
Songs.
ByNeith Boyce. Illustrated with original drawings byEthelwyn Wells Conrey. A beautiful gift book. Bound in white and gold. Price, postpaid, $1.25.
The Finished Creation, and Other Poems.
ByBenjamin Hathaway, author of “The League of the Iroquois,” “Art Life,” and other Poems. Handsomely bound in white parchment vellum, stamped in silver. Price, postpaid, $1.25.
Wit and Humor of the Bible.
By Rev.Marion D. Shutter, D.D. A brilliant and reverent treatise. Published only in cloth. Price, postpaid, $1.50.
Son of Man; or, Sequel to Evolution.
ByCelestia Root Lang. Published only in cloth.
This work, in many respects, very remarkably discusses the next step in the Evolution of Man. It is in perfect touch with advanced Christian Evolutionary thought, but takes a step beyond the present position of Religion Leaders.
This work, in many respects, very remarkably discusses the next step in the Evolution of Man. It is in perfect touch with advanced Christian Evolutionary thought, but takes a step beyond the present position of Religion Leaders.
Price, postpaid, $1.25.
Jason Edwards: An Average Man.
ByHamlin Garland. A powerful and realistic story of to-day. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
Who Lies? An Interrogation.
ByBlumandAlexander. A book that is well worth reading. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
Main Travelled Roads.
Six Mississippi Valley stories. ByHamlin Garland.
“The sturdy spirit of true democracy runs through this book.”—Review of Reviews.
“The sturdy spirit of true democracy runs through this book.”—Review of Reviews.
Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
Irrepressible Conflict Between Two World-Theories.
By Rev.Minot J. Savage. The most powerful presentation of Theistic EvolutionversusOrthodoxy that has ever appeared. Price: paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
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