GREENE'S Coal and the Coal Mines. 



In the vehicle of the author's terse, vigorous language, the reader is then 

 taken dovvn into the subterranean passages, where he is almost made to see 



he ODemdons of mining the fuel, so vividly and picturesquely is the infor- 

 r^^ation conveyed. Interesting and valuable statistics are quoted amusing 

 "rntfnr,^ related entertaining descriptions and wise suggestions are 

 "veirandmade ai^:ta^^^^^^ dealing largely with what is 



f slentSuy d?y in its 'nature, the book makes good reading for the old as well 

 ac the voun^^.— JVM'^w^Wt-aw (Philadelphia). • ,„j 



The exlS'ustive theme of coal and coal mining is made so concise and 



' i! tw rrhild can thoroughly comprehend it. The author covers the 

 ^"J^d'of^ltudv'in aTin^le a/d ^iteref g way and furnishes illustrations 

 to make the words clearer. —New York Schooljoiirnal. 



MISS BAMFORT>'S Up and Down the Brooks. 



This is a book which it is a pleasure to read and a duty to praise. Miss 



Bamford ?e Is us o her rambles by the Cahfornia brookside, and her ac- 



Stances made there; of their habits, their transformations, death and 



quaintances maue i , observation by the captor. . . . 



Sn\l e wlS,^^^ ^^l^^^ -cent books any more ^^^^^^^^^^ 

 pleasure to the nature-loving boy or girl, or "^"^"Vf ^J^lf.^f^^^^ " vSk) 

 taste for healthy recreation and good readmg. - The Nation (New \ oik) 



Acharmin- book, full of most fascinating details in the lives of 1 ttle- 

 knov^nlnS, and opening a rich feld of study and interes^ac^^^^^^^^ 



every country child We would put the book into the hands ot every 



girl and hoy. — Epch (New York). 



MISS LARCOM'S New England Girlhood. 



More than all as a vivid, tenderly sympathetic yet uncompromisingly 



an historical value. — Boston Advertiser. , r *, • „„„^^ 



The story is one that will aid other girls to make the most of their oppoj 

 tunities, and help them in understanding the real value of life^ It is a bools 

 that every girl will be better for having read.-^^^/^« Herald. 



HARRIET E. PAINE'S Girls and IVomen. 

 I do sincerely hope that all the gins of the ^ay ^^if^b^e^ !l;/' j^d if^'a^ny 



l;s:^^inet:t?i^rs ~-ctio^^o|^^ 



as " Girls and Women." It will not need much praise ; it will piaise itselt, 



Ar^TTTiMP-r) T V^HimBY, Mi/ton, Mass. 

 "u mis the S;ce' for young women 'that is filled for young men by Dr 

 Mungll^sboiv'o'ti^e Threshold.; . . Miss Chester's words are worth 



""xheTe f re Jiot^v'^^^fnTsuc^^^^^^^^^^ written in a manner both instructive 



T.n?nvlhle and thiswill be a valuable addition to any young gul's library 



^i :r: suita\t vohune to take up and ^f^^^^^^^^,}^ ]S^, 



^Tn^l^haSfSo.^^^^^^^^^^ 



woian of wed rounded character and warm sympathies. -• TAe EvangeUsi 



(New York). 



