The Descent of Man. By Chaklbs Dabwin. Portrait. 12mo, 

 illustrated, cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 



The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. By Chakles 

 DiCKBNS. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 



Nicholas, the hero of the tale ia a young man of Impetuous temper, not 

 always blameless in his actions, indeed, not always agreeable, yet upon the 

 whole, so manly, so honest and ao lovable, that we overlook his faults, and 

 sympathize with him in his misfortunes, and rejoice with him in his successes. 



Lucile. By Owen Meredith (Edward Eobert Bulwer-Lytton). 

 Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 



In the character of Lucile we have the author's highest and purest embodi- 

 ment of intellect and virtue. First subduing her own nature, she is content to 

 spend all the treasures of her life and genius in offices of well-doing, and from 

 the heart of a woman thoroughly true and good, and ever ready for self-sacri- 

 fice, she finally diffuses health and strength Into the hearts of all around her. 



The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. By Chakles 

 Dickens. Portrait. 13mo, cloth, gilt top $1.00. 



The Pickwick Papei-s chronicle the travels and adventures of the immortal 

 Mr. Pickwick and his fellow members of the Pickwick Club, and the varied 

 pictures of lite through which we f oUo w the kind old bachelor, his three friends 

 and his attached servant, the inimitable Sam Weller, are of absorbing interest. 



First Principles. By Herbert Spencer. Portrait. 12mo, 

 cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 



The Personal History of David Copperfield. By Chabubs 

 Dickens. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 



David Copperfield is a novel full of tenderness and purity of feeling, and in 

 it Dickens presents to the full that comprehensiveness of sympathy which 

 springs from a sense of brotherhood with all mankind. 



The Old Curiosity Shop. By Charles Dickens. Portrait. 

 12ino, cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 



" The Old Curiosity Shop '" abounds with vivid descriptions of human life and 

 character, and the reader's attention is held until the very end . . . Of all of 

 Dickens' works there is none which appeals more strongly to our heart than 

 this story of childish abnegation and devotion. 



Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. By George 

 Eliot. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 



" Middlemarch " is a study of Provincial life, and is unquestionably one of 

 the strongest of English novels. . . . It is a picture, vast, swarming, deep 

 colored, crowded with episodes, with vivid images, with lurking master strokes, 

 with brilliant passages of expression, and as such we may freely accept and 

 enjoy it. 



The Life of Christ. By Pbedebic W. Fabrab, D.D., F. R. S. 

 Portrait. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.00. 



Great ability, ripe literary skill, graphic description and a fine spiritual insight 

 are conspicuous in every chapter and taken altogether it is the most marked of 

 all the many attempts in our own days to present to us the human life of the 

 Savior of mankind. 



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