PORTER & COATES 1 PUBLICATIONS. 



HALF-HOUES WITH THE BEST AUTHORS. With short Bi- 

 ographical and Critical Notes. By Charles Knight. 



New Household Edition. With six portraits on steel. 3 vols., 

 thick 12mo. Cloth, extra, black and gold, per set, $4.50; half imt. 

 Russia, marbled edges, $6.00 ; half calf, gilt, marbled edges, $12.00. 



Library Edition. Printed on fine laid and tinted paper. With 

 twenty-four portraits on steel. 6 vols., 12mo. Cloth, extra, per 

 set, $7.50; half calf, gilt, marbled edges, per set, $18.00; half Rus- 

 sia, gilt top, $21.00; full French morocco, limp, per set, $12.00; 

 full smooth Russia, limp, round corners, in Russia case, per set, 

 $25.00; full seal grained Russia, limp, round corners, in Russia 

 case to match, $25.00. 



The excellent idea of the editor of these choice volumes has been most 

 admirably carried out, as will be seen by the list of authors upon all sub- 

 jects. Selrctingsome choice passages of the best standard authors, each ofsuffi- 

 cient length to occupy half an hour in its perusal, there is here food for 

 thought for every day in the year: so that if the purchaser will devote but 

 one-half hour each day to its appropriate selection he will read through 

 these six volumes in one vear, and in such a leisurely manner that the 

 Doblest thoughts of many of the greatest minds will be firmly in his mind 

 forever. For every Sunday there is a suitable selection from some of the 

 most eminent writers in sacred literature. We venture to say if the editor's 

 idea is carried out the renler will possess more and hotter knowledge of the 

 English daisies at the end of the year than he would by five years of desul- 

 tory reading. 



They can be commenced at any day in the year. The variety of reading 

 is so great that no one will ever tire of these volumes. It is a library in 

 itself. 



THE POETKY OF OTHER LANDS. A Collection of Transla- 

 tions into English Verse of the Poetry of Other Languages, 

 Ancient and Modern. Compiled by N. Clemmons Hunt. 

 Containing translations from the Greek, Latin, Persian, Ara- 

 bian, Japanese, Turkish, Servian, Russian, Bohemian, Polish, 

 Dutch, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese 

 languages. 12mo. Cloth, extra, gilt edges, $2.50 ; half calf, gilt, 

 marbled edges, $4.00 ; Turkey morocco, gilt edges, $6.00. 

 " Another of the publications of Porter & Coates, called 'The Poetry of 

 Other Lands,' compiled by N. Cleminons Hunt, we most warmly commend. 

 It is one of the bist collections we have seen, containing many exquisite 

 poems and fragments of verse which have not before been put into book 

 form in English words. We find many of the old favorites, which appear 

 in every well-selected collection of sonnets and song.s, and we miss others, 

 which seem a necessity to complete the bouquet of grasses and flowers, 

 some of which, from time to time, we hope to republish in the 'Courier. '" — ■ 

 Cincinnati Courier. 



" A book of rare excellence, because it gives a collection of choice gems in 

 many languages not available to the general lover of poetry. It contains 

 translations from the Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabian, Japanese, Turkish, 

 Servian, Russian, Bohemian, Polish, Dutch, German, Italian, French, 

 Spanish, and Portuguese languages. The book will be an admirable com- 

 panion volume to any one of the collections of English poetry that are now 

 fiublished. With the full index of authors immediately preceding the col- 

 ection, and the arrangement of the poems under headings, the reader will 

 find it convenient for reference. It is a gift that will be more valued by 

 very many than some of the transitory ones at these holiday times."— 

 Philadelphia Methodist. 



