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ARBORICULTURE 



From the Christy Book for 1903. The Courtship ot Miles Standish, 

 with forty-two illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. 



New Publications of the Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis. 



THE COURTSHIP OF INHLES 

 STAXDISH, by Henry Wadsworth 

 Longfellow, with fifty full i)age illus- 

 trations by Howard Chandler Christy. 

 Larj^e 8vo. bound in Puritan ^rray cloth, 

 in a box. Price $3.00, postpaid. 



This superb edition of Lonf!;fellow's 

 masterpiece is the most beautiful book 

 publislied in recent years. Every page 

 of the cla.ssic love poem is faced by a 

 full page illustration. The pictures rep- 

 resent Mr. Christy's best and mo.st ma- 

 ture work. Twelve of the pictures are 

 printed in six colors. Miles Standi.sh 

 the gallant captain, his loyal friend 

 John Alden, and the Puritan maid Pris- 

 cilla assume in these pictures, through 



the magic of Mr. Ch)"'=ty's brush and 

 pencil, a flesh and blood reality. 



The type pages contain a series of 

 decorations by Earl Stetson Crawford 

 and Ralph Fletcher Seymour. In every 

 w^ay this is a notable book and one that 

 will 1)1' in great demand at the holiday 

 season. 



HIS PA'S ROMANCE, by James 

 Whitcomb Riley. Price $1.00 net; 

 postage, 10 cents. 



This volume contains forty-seven 

 poems, none of which has before ap- 

 peared in book form. The poems range 

 from grave to gay, and include some of 

 the author's best and most mature work. 



