BOOKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY DERBY & MILLER. 



Headley's Women of the Bible : Historical and 

 descriptive sketches of the Women of the Bible, as maidens, 

 wives, and mothers ; from Eve of the Old, to the Marys of 

 the New Testament: by Rev. P. C. Headley, in one 12mo 

 volume, illustrated uniform with "Headley's Sacred 

 Mountains." 



The author of this work possesses enough traits of resemblance to the author of 

 the Sacred Mountains, to leave no doubt of his right to the name of Headley. There 

 is much of that spirited descriptive power, which has made the elder brother a 

 popular favorite, and gives promise of a successful career on his own account. The 

 sketches are brief, and embody all the historic incidents recorded of them. New 

 York Evangelist. 



A younger brother of J. T. Headley is the author of this beautiful volume. It will 

 probably have a larger circulation than the splendid work issued last fall by the 

 Messrs. Appleton, being better adapled for the general reader, in form and price, 

 while it is ornamental enough for the centre table. It contains nineteen descriptive 

 biographical sketches, arranged in chronological order, including nearly all the 

 distinguished women of the sacred annals, arid forming an outline of Scripture 

 history. The illustrations are from original designs, and are numerous and appro 

 priate. No ordinary powers of imagination and expression are shown in the vivi( 

 and picturesque descriptions ; and the fine portraiiures of character rivet thi 

 interest, and set forth the Scripture delineations in a stronger light. In this respec. 

 the book has no rival, for no other is so complete, following so closely at the same 

 time, the sacred narrative. We hope it is but an earnest of other works from the 

 pen of its gifted author Home Journal. 



We were so struck with the title of this work, and the prepossessing appearance 

 of its typography, that we have so far departed from the usual course adopted in 

 like cases, as to read carefully the work in hand, before recommending it to our 

 readers. And we are prepared to say, that a more attractive volume has not fallen 

 in our way for a long time. It is made up of brief historical and descriptive eulogiea 

 of the most remarkable females of a most extraordinary era in the world's history. 

 The author has appropriated very much of the poetry and romance of the Bible, in 

 the sketches he has given of nineteen women, who have come down to us through 

 their peculiar merits, embalmed in sacred inspiration. Whoever reads the story of 

 Sarah, the beautiful Hebrew maiden, the admiration of the Chaldean shepherds and 

 the pride of her kindred ; or of Rebecca, whom the " faithful steward of Abraham " 

 journeyed to the land of Nahor and selected as the bride of Isaac, and who, it is 

 eaid, "was very fair to look upon ;" or of Rachel, the beautiful shepherdess who 

 tended her father's flocks in the valley of Haran ; or of Merriam, Deborah, Jeptha'a 

 Daughter, Delilah, Ruth, Queen of Sheba, the Shunamite, Esther, Elizabeth, Virgin 

 Mary, Dorcas, and others will read a story far more interesting and attractive than 

 any romance or novel. Every young lady in town should read this work ; and we 

 will venture to say that they will do so if they but once get hold of it, for it is a book 

 that cannot be laid aside. Oswego Times. 



