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Past and Present. By THOMAS CARLYLE, with an introductory 
note by Robert Thome, M.A. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 
His (Carlyle's) bidding is to do the allotted work of life silently and bravely, 
and there is probably no person who has not gained strength by the reading of 
bis strong and earnest writings. Robert Thorne. 
The History of Civilization in Europe. By FRANCOIS PIERRE 
GUILLAUME GUIZOT. Translated by William Hazlitt, with a bio- 
graphical sketch of the author. Portrait. 12mo. cloth, gilt top, 
1.00. 
These lectures made a profound impression at the time they were delivered 
tmd published, and indeed marked an epoch in the history of education, rais- 
ing the reputation of their author at once to the highest point of fame, and 
placing him among the best writers of France and of Europe. Eobert Thorne. 
Ivanhoe. A Romance. By SIR WALTER SCOTT, Bart. Reprinted 
from the author's edition, unaltered and unabridged. Portrait. 
iSmo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 
Ivanhoe is one of the most famous and brilliant of all the master romances 
of Sir Walter Scott, who is placed by many at the head of modern novelists. 
. . . The breadth and power of Scott's style and his charm as a story-teller 
are too well known to need comment, and in this volume we have him at his 
best. Robert Thorne. 
The Vicar of Wakefield, The Traveller, and The Deserted 
Village. By OLIVER GOLDSMITH. With a Life of Goldsmith by 
WILLIAM BLACK. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1 00. 
The style is easy and delightful. The humor is delicate and all good humor; 
there is hardly a trace of satire or ill-nature in the whole book, which is a true 
expression of the spirit of Goldsmith himself, one of the most lovable person- 
alities in the world of letters. Robert Thorne. 
The Discourses of Epictetus, with the Encheiridion and Frag- 
ments. Translated with notes, a life of Epictetus, a view of his 
philosophy, and index. By GEORGE LONG, M.A. Portrait. 12mo, 
cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 
Great purity, sustained reflection, wealth of illustration and allusion, vivid 
revelations of character and brilliant bursts of eloquence, mark the utterances 
of this great teacher and insure their immortality. Frank Parsons. 
The Crown of Wild Olive and Sesame and Lilies. By JOHN 
RUSK.IN, LL.D Portrait. !2mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 
As a great and fearless leader of thought and antagonistic to many features 
of our social order, he is naturally the object of much violent criticism, but is 
warmly admired and loved by a great part of the reading world, and coming 
iges will accord him his due. He has told the world new truth and the world 
will grow up to his majestic stature. Robert Thorne. 
The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. 
Translated by GEORGE LONG, M.A., with a biographical sketch and 
a view of the philosophy of Antoninus by the translator. Including 
also an essay on Marcus Aurelius by Canon Farrar. Portrait. 12mo, 
cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 
" The noblest book of antiquity " is Canon Farrar's estimate of the " Medita- 
tions o" Marcus Aurelius ;" and his regard is shared by thousands who have 
been made better and truer men by the ennobling influence of the great soul 
and lo'.ty character of *his pagan emperor. Robert Thorne. 
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