Important New Books. 



Books about Ralph Waldo Emerson. 



RALPH WALDO EMERSON: PHILOSOPHER AND SEER. By 



Bronson a. Alcott. Second edition. Portraits, etc. Cr, 8vo. Cloth. ;f i.oo. 



A book about Emerson, written by the one man who stood nearest to him of 

 a';l men. It is an original and vital contribution to E liter soniatta ; like a portrait 

 of one of the old masters painted by his own brush. 



"A beautiful little book." — Boston Transcript. 



" This book, more than any other which Alcott published, shows his highest 

 quality as a writer." — Boston Unitarian. 



RALPH WALDO EMERSON: HIS MATERNAL ANCESTORS, 

 WITH SOME REMINISCENCES OF HIM. By his cousin, D. G. 

 Haskins, D.D. With illustrations reproduced from portraits and sil- 

 houettes never before made public, izmo. Large paper, ^Js.oo; cloth, $1.50. 



Printed in the antique style, and a very choice book. The illustrations are 

 exceedingly interesting, while the work itself throws unique and valuable side- 

 lights on the life and character of its subject. 



THE OPTIMISM OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON. By William F. 

 Dana. i6mo. Cloth. 75 cents. 

 An essay of reach, insiglit, and ripeness of judgment, showing the teaching 

 of Emerson's philosopliy in terse, well-chosen language. One of the best of 

 many critical expositions. 



THE INFLUENCE OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON. By w. R. 

 Thayer. Svo. Paper. §0.50. 



An eulogy of his work by one qualified to speak with authority by reason of 

 his studies of philosophic systems, who compares Emerson's solution of the 

 problems of the Infinite with those propounded by other great minds. 



LONGFELLOW AND EMERSON. The INIassachusetts Historical 

 Society's Memorial Volume, with portraits. Quarto boards, $2.00; cloth, 

 S.2.50. 

 Containing the addresses and eulogies by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, 

 Charles E. Norton, Dr. G. E. Ellis, and others, together with Mr. Emerson's 

 tribute to Thomas Carlyle, and his earlier and much-sought-for addresses on 

 Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns. Illustrated with two full-page portraits in 

 albertype after Mr. Notman's photograph of Mr. Longfellow, and Mr. Hawes's 

 celebrated photograph of Mr. Emerson, taken in 1S55, so highly prized by col- 

 lectors. 



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