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The Alden Catalogue of Choice Books, May 30, 1889

The Alden Catalogue of Choice Books, May 30, 1889

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and Story. Ideal Edition, extra cloth, ornamented, red edges, 45c. (15c);

—Juvenile Book of Knowledge, illustrated, 12mo, cloth, ornamented, 45c. (15c);

Alden’s Home and Handy Atlas.

Alden’s Home Atlas of the World. In one large quarto vol. 11x14 inches in size, containing 112 pages of handsomely engraved and colored maps. Also an index of over 5,000 cities, rivers, mountains, etc. throughout the world, showing exact location. Cloth, $2.25 (80c); Agents Wanted.
Alden’s Handy Atlas of the World. 133 colored maps, diagrams, tables, etc. Price, 30c. (8c);

Alden’s Manifold Cyclopedia.

Alden’s Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language is publishing in 30 or more volumes, with thousands of illustrations. Ideal Edition, about 640 pages each, Brevier type. Price per vol., cloth, 60c. (20c); half Morocco, marbled edges, 75c. (25c). A specimen vol. may be ordered and returned if not wanted. sixteen vols. now ready. Volumes issued at intervals of about one month. Price of the sixteen vols., cloth, for cash received before July 1, 1889. $8.00 For half Morocco, add 15 cents a volume. AGENTS WANTED.

Alden’s Literary Cyclopedia.

Alden’s Cyclopedia of Universal Literature is publishing in volumes of about 500 pages each. Ideal Edition, large type. It will be completed in not less than 15 nor more than 20 volumes, issued at intervals. Price per volume, cloth, gilt top, 60c. (20c); half Morocco, 70c. (25c). A specimen volume may be ordered and returned if not wanted. 13 vols., now ready. Price of the first 18 vols., cloth, for cash received before July 1, 1889, $6.50 For half Morocco, add 10 cents a volume. AGENTS WANTED.

Alden’s “New” Ideal Revolver.

Alden’s Ideal Revolving Book-Case, No. 3. Has four shelves, adjustable, giving 136 inches of shelf room, size of case 19 inches wide, 12 inches deep, 48 inches high, or four feet, including the base. Is made of perfectly kiln-dried cherry birch, with birds-eye maple panels; hand carved; built on ingenious but simple interlocking principles, doing away, mainly, with screws, nails or glue; may be knocked down and set up again in five minutes; price $10.00 at store.
No. 4, similar to No. 3, but without the birds-eye panels, and “solid” instead of “knock down,” price $8.00 at store.
Allen, History and Mystery of Common Things. By W. C. Allen. 12mo, cloth, 50c. (15c);
Allerton, Poems of the Prairies. By Ellen P. Allerton. Ideal Edition, cl. gilt top, 60c. (25c);

American Humorists—American Patriotism.

American Humorists. Sketches, with illustrative specimens, of the six most famous of American humorous writers, Irving, Holmes, Lowell, Artemus Ward, Mark Twain, and Bret Harte. By H. R. Haweis. Elzevir Edition, cloth; price reduced from $2.00 to 25c. (9c);
American Patriotism. Famous Orations and Patriotic Papers connected with American History. Compiled by S. H. Peabody, President of the University of Illinois. 12mo, 681 pages, Brevier type, half Morocco, marbled edges. 85c. (25c);

Greek and Roman Classics, in English.

Ancient Classics for English readers. The volumes contain about 200 pages each, Brevier type, leaded, and are sold separately, in paper, at 10c.; cloth, 25c. (6c). Also bound three volumes in one, arranged in the order given below. Price per volume, half Russia, 60c. (17c); per set of 6 volumes, $2.85 (70c). 1. Cæsar; 2. Herodotus; 3. Cicero; 4. Demosthenes; 5. Aristotle; 6. Plato; 7. Horace; 8. Juvenal; 9. Tacitus; 10. Virgil; 11. Homer’s Iliad; 12. Homer’s Odyssey; 13. Xenophon; 14. Æschylus; 15. Sophocles; 16. Pliny; 17. Aristophanes; 18. Greek Anthology; 19. Euripides; 20. Livy; 21. Ovid; 22; Thucydides; 23. Lucian; 24. Plautus and Terrence; 25. Lucretius; 26. Pindar; 27. Hesiod and Theognis. Volumes numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 cannot be supplied in half Russia. Nos. 6 and 10 cannot be supplied in paper.


Marcus Aurelius, Emperor.

Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius. The Thoughts of, translated by George Long, with a sketch of his Life and a view of his Philosophy. Ideal Edition, cloth, 30c. (7c)
Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. Large 12mo, cloth, 30c. (7c)

Argyll, Arnold, Bacon, Locke.

Argyll; The Unity of Nature. 12mo, 354 pages, Long Primer type, leaded, cloth, 75c. (25c)
—Primeval Man. Uniform with The Reign of Law. Cloth; price reduced from $1.50 to 40c. (15c)
Arnold. Light of Asia, by Edwin Arnold, cloth, 30c. (7c)
Indian Song of Songs, by Edwin Arnold, cloth, 25c. (6c)
Pearls of the Faith, by Edwin Arnold, cloth, 25c. (6c)
*Arthur. Home Stories. By T. S. Arthur, 6 vols., ills., 16mo, cloth, per set, $3.40 (50c)
1. Sunshine at Home.
2. Hidden Wings.
3. Sowing the Wind.
4. Not Anything, or Peace.
5. The Peacemaker.
6. After a Shadow.
Bacon’s Essays. With notes of Devey. Elzevir Ed., cloth. 3Oc. (10c)
Bacon’s Essays, and Locke on the Understanding, in one vol. half Russia, 45c. (15c)
Baldwin. Maurice Rossman’s Leading. A Novel. By Mary R. Baldwin, 12mo, cloth, 60c.
Baring-Gould. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages. By S. Baring-Gould. Elzevir Ed., cloth, 40c. (15c)
Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets. By S. Baring-Gould. Elzevir Ed., cloth. 50c. (15c)

Beecher, Beckford, Birrell.

Beckford. Vathek. By Wm. Beckford. Ideal Edition, Small Pica type, cloth, 30c. (10c)
Beecher, Henry Ward. Lectures to Young Men. A new and handsome edition, large type, large 12mo, cloth, gilt top. Price reduced from $1.50 to 60c. (20c)
Bernard. Civil Service Reform. By Geo. S. Bernard. Ideal Ed., cloth, 30c.
Birrell. Obiter Dicta. By Augustine Birrell. Ideal Ed., cl., 30c. (7c); half Mo., 45c. (12c)
Book-Lover’s Rosary. Elzevir Edition, gilt edges, ornamented, 30c. (10c)
*Book of the Ocean, and Life on the Sea. Thrilling adventures of ocean life. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, 672 pages, $1.25, reduced to 80c. (15c)
Berkowitz. Judaism on the Social Question. By Rabbi H. Berkowitz, D.D. Ideal Ed., cl., 60c. (20c)

Boswell, Bronte, Bryant, Buffon.

Boswell’s Life of Johnson. Croker’s Edition, in 4 volumes, large 12mo, cloth, $2.75 ($1.25)
Brooklyn Bridge, Orations at opening, by Hewitt and Dr. R. S. Storrs, cloth, 25c. (10c)
Bronte. Jane Eyre. By Charlotte Bronte, 12mo, cloth, 30c. (6c)
Brown. A Sea-Island Romance. By William Perry Brown, 12mo, cloth, 60c. (20c)
Bryant’s Poems. Ideal Edition, cloth, 3Oc. (7c)
Buffon’s Natural History. Large 12mo, 588 pages, numerous illustrations, Cloth. 60c. (20c)
Bulwer’s Wit and Wisdom. Compiled by Callie L. Bonney, 12mo, cloth, 60c. (20c)

Bunyan, Burke,

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