October, 189S 



HENRY HOLT & CO.'S 

 RECENT BOOKS 



The Publishers'* Catalogue of General Litera- 

 ture, including History, Biography, Travels* Fine 

 Arts, Fiction, etc., etc., or their new Educational 

 Catalogue* Jree on application to 29 W. zyi St., 

 New York. 



PUGH'S TONY DRUM , A cocktoy bot 



With a cover and ten most striking illustrations in c^lor by Wil- 

 liam Nicholson, whom so great an authority as Whistler has called 

 the greatest living English illustrator. The author is already known 

 through his versatile and forceful volume of stories, King Circum- 

 stance. 12 mo. 



pgg" For King Circumstance, see page z of this circular. 



CORNISH'S CONCISE DICTIONARY OF GREEK 

 AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES 



Based on Sir William Smith's larger work and edited by F. 



Warre Cornish, Vice-Provost of Eton College, tsvo. $4.00, net. 



The latest and perhaps the best book on the subject, inspired 

 throughout by the most recent result of excavation. It has 829 

 pages and some 1100 illustrations. 



LANGLOIS & SEIGNOBOS' INTRODUCTION TO 

 THE STUDY OF HISTORY 



Translated by G. G. Berry. With a preface by F. York 



Powell. 121110. $2.25, net, special. 



A practical book on method for historians and students of history. 

 It discusses the problem of investigation, such as the Search for 

 Documents, Textual Criticism, and the Critical Classification of 

 Sources; also the Problems of Construction, such as the Grouping 

 of Facts, Constructive Reasoning, and Exposition. 



A NEW VOLUME IN THE AMERICAN SERIES 



THE SCIENCE OF FINANCE 



By Henry C. Adams, Professor in the University of Michigan. 



8vo. 



The author is probably the leading American authority on the 

 subject, and here lays special stress upon the necessities of tb' 

 American people. 



TARBET'S FIGHTING FOR FAVOUR 



A Romance of Sixteenth.-cent.ury Scotland, izmo. $1.25. 



N. Y. Times: " The style is pleasing. . , . The movement is rapid 

 and the interest well sustained. 1 " 



Buffalo Express : " The fighting and love-making are more than 

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