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PRESBYTERIAN JOURNAL, 



Philadelphia : 



"A racy, original, thoughtfnl book. 

 On the slight thread of sea-voyaging it 

 hangs the terse thoughts of an original 

 mind on many subjects. The style is so 

 spicy that one reads with interest even 

 when not approving." 



CHRISTIAN INTELLIGEN- 

 CER, New York : 



" No one can spend an hour or two in 

 Mr. Bowies' gallery of graphic pen-pict- 

 ures without being so deeply impressed 

 with their originality of conception and 

 lively, spicy expression, as to talk about 

 them to others." 



VI. 



The Highways of Literature. 



NATIONAL BAPTIST, Fhila. : 



" A book full of wisdom ; exceedingly 

 bright and practical. 1 ' 



PACIFIC CHURCHMAN, San 



Francisco : 



" The best answer we have seen to the 

 common and most puzzling question, 

 ' What shall I read ? ' Scholarly and 

 beautiful." 



D ANBURY NEWS: 



"Its hints, rules, and directions for 

 reading are, just now, what thousands 

 of people are needing." 



CHRISTIAN WITNESS, New- 

 market, N. H. : 

 " Clear, tei se, elegant in style. A boon 



to young students, a pleasure for schol- 

 ars." 

 NEW YORK HERALD: 



"Mr. David Pryde, the author of 

 ' Highways of Literature ; or, What to 

 Read, and How to Read,' is an erudite 

 Scotchman who has taught with much 

 success in Edinburgh. His' hints on the 

 best books and the best method of mas- 

 tering them are valuable, and likely to 

 prove of grept practical use." 

 NEW YORK TABLET: 



" This is a most useful and interesting 

 work. It consists of papers in which 

 the author offers rules by which the 

 render may discover the best books, and 

 be euabletfto study them, properly." 



VII. 



Colin Clout's Calendar. 



LEEDS MERCURY, England : 



"The best specimens of popular sci- 

 entific expositions that we have ever 

 had the good fortune to fall in with." 

 NEW YORK NATION: 



" The charm of such books is not a 

 little heightened when, as in this case, 

 a fe\v touches of local history, of cus- 

 toms, words, aii'l places are added." 

 AMERICAN REFORMER, New 



York: 



"There certainly is no deterioration in 

 the quality of the books of the STANDARD 

 LIBBABY. This book consists of short 



chapters upon natural history, written 

 in an easy, fascinating style, giving rare 

 and valuable information concerning 

 trees, plants, flowers, and animals. Such 

 books should have a wide circulation 

 beyond the list of regular subscribers. 

 Some will criticise the author's inclina- 

 tion to attribute the marvellous thingf 

 which are found in these plants, animals, 

 etc., to a long process of development 

 rather than to Divine agency. But the 

 information is none the less valuable, 

 whatever may be the process of these 

 developments." 



