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MONEY IN POLITICS. By J.K. Upton. With an introduction by Edward Atkinson. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price $1.00. The author of this comprehensive and valuable work was for several years Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury, and in that responsible position had admirable facilities for studying the question of money as affected by congressional acts from the earliest history of the republic down to the present, and he has made good use of his opportunities in this book which is a succinct narration of the numerous changes made in American money beginning with the continental issues, in fact, earlier, the colonial money. The work is, therefore, a history of American coin and the numerous issues of paper that served as money. To the student there is in this book a fund of information extremely interesting, particularly at this time when the popular will is likely to compel farther legislation. A topic of present interest, is the silver dollar, to which the author devotes a chapter historical in its character, and another chapter concerning circulation of this coin. In the former chapter he begins with the Spanish milled dollar, "the Mexican pillar piece," which was the first silver dollar known in American commerce, and had, in colonial times, 386.7-8 grains of pure silver. In 1785 the American standard was fixed at 375.64 grains of pure silver which became the unit of account, the standard dollar. In 1792, after a Congress of the States was organized, the standard dollar was required to contain 371.25 grains of pure silver, or, with the admixture of baser metal, the standard of silver coin 416 grains, the pure silver rated by itself as before. These facts are of interest as showing the origin of the American dollar recognized as the standard down to 1873.

The chapters on "Circulation of the Silver Dollar" and "The Trade Dollar" are interesting and timely, inasmuch as the questions considered are now before Congress, or at least with the committees, and legislation of some kind will be demanded within the next year. There is, even now, a proposition embodied in a bill to suspend coinage of the silver dollar, because it has been found impossible to put the great sum coined directly in circulation. A great part of it has been made the basis of silver certificates, a kind of currency that, by and by, will bring distress to commercial interests if the issues are maintained, or if they are materially increased. Mr. Upton treats all these matters with very clear understanding of every question, and with certain facility of expression that appeals directly to the reader who has only common understanding of money affairs. From beginning to end the book is a rich mine of facts, of historical matter, and of statements that have undergone the scrutiny of the wisest financier during the critical period between the appreciation of values, with the disturbing influences of war, and the return of true values with resumption of specie payment which was effected with gold. While the work must have absorbing interest for that extended school of economists that has made finance a special study in the past dozen years, it will prove very useful to representatives in Congress, who may find here in compact form facts of history with which they should have familiar acquaintance before they attempt legislation intended to correct the errors incorporated in our money system.

THE OLD STONE HOUSE. By Anne March (Constance Fenimore Woolson). Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price $1.50. This capital story, by one of the brightest American writers of fiction, has been placed by the publishers in their Young Folks' Library Series, where it ought to find a new lease of popularity. The Old Stone House is the home of five young people, representing three families. They are all orphans, and are living with a widowed aunt, whose single and constant aim is to educate them into real men and women. The young cousins, who dearly love each other, differ in tastes and temperament, but not in such ways as to interfere with each other's enjoyments. The younger ones are jolly and fun-loving, and no occasion for having a good time is left unimproved. The main interest of the story, however, lies with the eldest of the cousins, Sybil Warrington, a girl of strong feelings but quiet exterior, whose ambition to shine in society is held in check by a feeling that something higher and better is required of her. The story of her struggles is quietly but effectively told, and will have a peculiar interest for young girls. Miss Woolson has written much, and her work has given her a very enviable reputation both in this country and in Europe, but in all her writings there is nothing more earnest.

HOW SUCCESS IS WON. By Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton. With Portraits. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price $1.00. This handsome volume is made up of biographies of twelve men who have achieved distinguished successes in the various directions in which they turned their respective energies. Mrs. Bolton not only rehearses the main incidents of their lives, but shows that in every case the success and honors attained were the result of industry, economy and high moral principle. Among those selected to illustrate how success may be won under different circumstances are Peter Cooper, John B. Gough, John G. Whittier, Henry M. Stanley and Alexander H. Stephens. The several sketches are bright and pointed, and the portraits which illustrate them add to their value.

The Rochester (N.Y.) _Herald_ speaks of this extremely interesting book as "a singular collection of names, wide apart in many respects, but they represent men whom it is interesting to read about."

ANNA MARIA'S HOUSEKEEPING. By Mrs. S.D. Power. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price $1.00. If we were asked to recommend any one single book to a young housekeeper which should serve as a domestic guide, counsellor and friend, we should unhesitatingly name _Anna Maria's Housekeeping_. So far as our knowledge extends, there is no other book which so exactly and thoroughly fulfils the needs implied in those titles. It is no mere collection of receipts, but a complete and common-sense treatise on the whole science of housekeeping, tersely and clearly written, with a flavor of experience about it that makes one accept it as authoritative. It is a staff upon which the young housekeeper may confidently lean, and by the aid of which she may overcome obstacles which without it would seem insurmountable. Mrs. Power does not believe in a house keeping itself. It requires continual care and oversight, and a clear knowledge of what is to be done. She believes, too, that a house can be well kept as easily as badly kept, and that a bright, clean, well-ordered home has a deal to do with molding the temper and even character of its members. "It is no small thing," she says, "to stand at the head of affairs, and be the motive power on which depend the welfare and credit, the health, temper and spirit of the whole family. When in midlife you come to find how essential the comfort of a well-kept home is to the bodily strength and good conditions, to a sound mind and spirit, and useful days, you will reverence the good housekeeper as I do, above poet or artist, beauty or genius." In the opening chapter of the book the author instructs Anna Maria in the art of "How to Make Home-work Easier." In the succeeding chapters she takes up the various kinds of work there is to be done about the house, and describes the easiest methods of doing it. "No attitudinizing," she remarks, "no fine lady affectations over the griddles and saucepans; instead, cultivate the fine character which acts up to the need of the hour swiftly, promptly, but with quiet and certainty." Her definition of "good food" is to the point. "It is not," she says, "rich food, nor even the tolerable fare which is just undercooked and flavorless enough to tax digestion more than it ought. It is the best of everything cooked in the nicest possible way, and with pleasant variety." Passing from the kitchen the care of the different rooms of the house is taken up--the chambers, the sitting-room and the storeroom; instructions are given for making "blue Monday" less blue; the arts of starching and ironing are discussed; and a chapter is given to the mending and darning basket. Other portions of the book are devoted to "Company Days," "Shopping," "Sickness in the House," "Making the best of Things," and "Helps that are Helps," the servant-girl question forming the subject of the closing chapter. The volume is very handsomely brought out, but even were it not, it would be worth its weight in gold to the young and inexperienced housekeeper.

GERTRUDE'S DIARY. By Pansy. Illustrated. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price 60 cts. A new book by Pansy is always hailed with delight, and that delight generally mingled with wonder can possibly write so much and yet keep the freshness and brightness which runs through all her books. Gertrude is a girl of fifteen, wide awake, full of life, generally good tempered, and yet with as many faults as most girls of her age have; faults which arise more from thoughtlessness than from intent. She is one of four who agree to keep diaries, in accordance with a suggestion made by their Sunday-school teacher, and she records with impartiality all her good and bad times, her trials and her triumphs. Aside from its interest, it contains suggestions which cannot fail to make an impression upon the mind of any young girl who reads it, and to strengthen her in like temptations and under the same conditions. A pleasant story runs through the diary.

MANY COLORED THREADS. From the Writings of Goethe. Selected by Carrie Adelaide Cooke. With an Introduction by Kev. Alexander McKenzie, D.D. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price $1.00. No other volume of the Spare Minute Series contains more real meat than this. Goethe was epigrammatic, and his ideas took the concentrated form of bullets, instead of scattering like shot. We doubt if there is another author, always excepting Shakespeare, from whose books so many noble and complete thoughts can be extracted. In the two hundred and fifty pages of this volume are more than a thousand of these gems, each worth; its setting. Dr. McKenzie says aptly of Goethe that he is able by virtue of his own genius to set more than the common man and to put his visions and his reflections in such form that others who would never have seen the tilings for themselves or been able to think deeply upon them, can have the benefit of his generous study and thought. He was many-sided. His mind took a wide range and seemed almost equally at home in many places. The real and the ideal both interested him and were cherished by him. Science and art, philosophy and poetry, engaged his attention and were enriched by his handiwork. In this versatility of his power and the manifoldness of their application he was remarkable. Out of this breadth of study came varied and large thoughts of the world and of human life. He had the faculties with which nature and humanity and divine power could breathe their inspiration for the world's instruction and delight, and that they were fully employed no-one who turns over the pages of this collection can doubt. A brief biography of Goethe takes the place of a preface, and there is an index of subjects.

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MR. CHARLES LANMAN THE AUTHOR OF "THE LEADING MEN OF JAPAN."

MARY COLE BAKER writes in the Washington (D.C.) _Republic:_ "Mr. Lanman is well known both in England and America as the writer of some of the most delightful descriptive books in the English language. To the facile wielding of his pen he adds an equally adroit and skilful use of the pencil, and his admirable results in these combined pursuits won for him from his friend and brother of the quill, Washington Irving, the apt and deserved soubriquet of 'the picturesque explorer of America.' To the pleasure which Mr. Lanman derived from these pursuits he added a sportsman's love for the field and took genuine delight in the 'contemplative art' of angling. He was the first American to cast the artificial fly in the Saguenay region and to describe for the angler the charms of that since famous locality. He has followed this sport in nearly every State in the Union, never without his sketching materials, which he used unstintingly. The results of these labors are many hundreds of sketches of American scenery, invaluable now that the march of civilization has so completely changed the face of a large part of the country. It is delightful to find a man who has been able to get so much good from life as has Mr. Lanman. One would think that the writing and illustrating of more than thirty books, some of which are in two large octavo volumes, was the work of a lifetime. But this has been to Mr. Lanman his recreation. The fact that his books have been successful pecuniarily has not prevented him from following the duties of the various governmental positions in which he has been placed. No sinecures they either--librarian at different times of the House of Representatives, the War Department, of copyrights in the State Department and of the Interior Department, secretary to Daniel Webster, at the head of the returns of office of the Interior Department, and for the last ten years the American Secretary to the Japanese Legation at Washington. A lover of social intercourse, Mr. Lanman has led the typical busy life of the American, untouched by the direful and disastrous ills it is supposed to bring. He is now engaged in editing fourteen of his books for reproduction in uniform style, and a new book, _The Leading Men of Japan_, is ready for issue." 12mo, $1.50. Boston: D. Lothrop, & Co., Publishers.

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COULDN'T BE BOUGHT: AND OTHER STORIES. By Faye Huntington. Illustrated. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price 75 cts. A delightful collection of short stories for boys and girls, adapted to the Sunday-school library. The volume takes its name from the leading story. The author has a pleasant and attractive style, and her stories have a large amount of "telling" force in them.

CHINA. By Prof. R.K. Douglas, of the British Museum. Edited by Arthur Gilman, M.A. Illustrated. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price $1.50. This volume comes just at a time when there is a strong demand for something brief, exact and authoritative in the way of Chinese history. Current events have brought China before the world as one of the really great powers, and one which in time will be able not only to defend herself against the aggressions of other nations but will be perfectly able to take the offensive should occasion require. In the arts of diplomacy the Chinese are a match for the keenest statesman of Europe, and since the beginning of the present troubles with France they have developed a military talent which is perfectly surprising. With the growth of the military spirit it would not be strange if, in the course of the next generation China should hold as distinct and important a place among the warlike powers as France or England.

The author of the volume before us had exceptional advantages for making such a book as just now the public demand and need. He was for several years a resident of China in an official capacity, and studied the people and their mode of life from actual observation. In preparing the book he also freely availed himself of the labors of others where they seemed capable of adding value to the narrative. In his preface he acknowledges his indebtedness to Doctor Legge's "Chinese Classics," Archdeacon Gray's work on "China," Doolittle's "Social Life of the Chinese," Denys's "Chinese Folklore," Mayers's "Chinese Reader's Manual," Sir John Davis's "Poetry of the Chinese," as well as to the important linguistic, religious and topographical writings of Doctor Edkins of Peking, and particularly to the late Professor S. Wells Williams, of Yale College, whose work on the _Middle Kingdom_ contains more information of value than any other single volume in our language.

The various chapters of the work deal with the history of the empire in brief, its government, religions, its educational system, the nurture of the young, superstitions, funeral and wedding rites, the language, food and dress, honors, architecture, music, medicine and other subjects. It has been critically read by the young Chinese scholar, Mr. Yan Phou Lee, of Yale College, who has suggested a few notes. Its completeness is added to by an analytic table of contents and an index.

IN THE WOODS AND OUT. By Pansy. Illustrated. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price $1.00. In the score or more of short stories which make up this volume Pansy is at her best. She never writes for the mere sake of filling up, but always, in the briefest of her sketches, she has something worth telling and worth remembering. There isn't a thing in the book which will not be read twice, and certain of the stones will be perennial favorites with the younger class of readers.

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PHILOSOPHIÆ QUÆSTOR.

The seeker of philosophical truth, which is described as the shadowy figure of a young girl, is, throughout, very expressive of desire and appreciation. The impressions she receives are those to which such a condition are most sensitive--the higher and more refined ones--and the responsive thoughts concern the nature and character of what is heard or felt. The elevation into classic importance of Concord, its philosophers, and its School of Philosophy is due to the influence of their history and teachings in American literature, and it is pleasant to recognize in this work such reverence of their classicism. Mrs. Anagnos has written a prose poem in which the last two sessions of the Concord School of Philosophy, which include that in memory of Emerson, and its lecturers excite her feeling and inspire her thought. It is sung in lofty strains that resemble those of the sacred woods and fount, and themselves are communicative of their spirit. It will be welcomed as an appropriate souvenir.--_Boston Globe_.

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OUR NATIONAL FINANCES.

Mr. J.K. Upton used to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. Few men, therefore, have had better opportunities to inform themselves about our national finances. His volume, _Money in Politics_, published by D. Lothrop & Co., price $1.25, is a full history of the financial policy and legislation of this country. It is of the utmost value as a record, a book of reference, and an expression of sound theories. The intelligent reader cannot repress a feeling of shame that our national history in respect to finance should have been characterized by such continual bungling. The saddest feature in the case is the crass ignorance which Congress usually has displayed. Much of our legislation about money matters has been the merest experimenting, if not worse than this--the deliberate effort to enrich some one class of business men at the expense of the nation.

He utters a solemn warning of the dangers to which we now are exposed through our present acts of coinage and legal tender, whereby our gold coin sooner or later must be driven from the country and our standard must become a silver dollar of light weight and uncertain value. He also shows conclusively the futility of legislation in causing two substances to become and remain of the same value. Mr. Edward Atkinson has furnished the introduction to the book, in which he commends it warmly. While Congress continues to permit the coinage of $2,000,000 in silver a month, for which there is no demand and the coinage of which merely furnishes a market for the wares of a few owners of silver mines, it is difficult to overstate the need that such books as this should be circulated and studied attentively throughout the nation. Mr. Atkinson makes an impressive comment, which we quote:

"The productions of the hen-yards of the United States, according to the census statistics, was, in 1879, 456,910,916 dozen eggs, and, if hens have now increased in the ratio of population, it is now 500,000,000 dozen, which at only ten cents a dozen, would exceed the value of the products of the silver mines.

"It would be vastly more reasonable for Congress to order the compulsory purchase of two million dollars' worth of eggs per month," in order to sustain the hen products of the United States, "than it is to buy two million dollars' worth of silver; because the eggs could be used, or else would rot, while the silver cannot be used, and is expensive to store and to watch (pp. xvi-xvii)."--_Congregationalist_.

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ILLITERACY AND MORMONISM.

Of _Illiteracy and Mormonism_, a brochure from the pen of Doctor Henry Randall Waite, just published by D. Lothrop & Co., the _Boston Daily Transcript_ in an advance notice, says:

"In view of the present great interest in the problems treated, and the value of the material which it offers as an aid to their solution, the book is especially timely. Doctor Waite, who was for some time editor of the _International Review_, and whose work is well-known to readers of the standard American periodicals, is one of the clearest-headed of our younger writers on politico-economic subjects, and his views as here set forth demand thoughtful consideration and respect. He brings to the treatment of the subjects included in the title the special knowledge gained in his important official position as statistician of the late census, in charge of some of the most important branches, including education, illiteracy and religious organizations."

The Dover (N.H.) _Star_, says:

"He makes the best argument for the Constitutionality of National Aid [to education] which we have yet seen. It will bear careful consideration by members of Congress."

The _Boston Daily Herald_ refers to the author's views as follows:

"One of the most original and valuable contributions yet made to the discussion of the project of extending federal aid to common school education in the States ... The moderation of its tone and the conservatism of its suggestions will commend it to all thoughtful students of this problem, while its statistics, many of which, in their arrangement and application, are substantially new, should have a direct influence in shaping the final action of Congress ... Mr. Waite has given long and careful study to this subject in all its bearings, and he writes with an equipment of information and reflection which has been palpably lacking in much of the Senatorial discussion of it."

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ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.

The _New York Independent_, after referring to the various books on Arctic explorations and adventure--the narratives of Kane and Hayes and Gilder and De Long--says of Dr. Nourse's work: "The field of Arctic authorship was not yet, however, covered by any of these works, and it is to the credit of Professor Nourse that he saw what remained to be done. In the work before us he comes into no competition with the literary workers who have preceded him. No one will be the less disposed to read Dr. Kane's chapters, or to peruse Mr. Gilder's, for having read Professor Nourse; nor, on the other hand, will these works prejudice Professor Nourse's chance to be read. His book stands on ground of its own, as the one complete and competent survey of what American explorers have done in the polar zones.... Professor Nourse's volume is embellished with numerous good illustrations, and provided with an excellent and indispensable circumpolar map. It deserves the successful sale we understand it is already receiving."

The _Literary World_ in a review of the book says "it is an encyclopaedic review of the whole subject of American enterprise in Arctic seas," and adds: "Professor Nourse's book bears the credentials of accuracy and authority, is well printed and bound, has numerous engravings and useful maps, including some portraits on steel, has a suitable index and table of contents, and furthermore is provided with a bibliography of chief publications on Arctic research since 1818. In every respect, then, it is a well-made book, a solid contribution to popular reading."

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BACCALAUREATE SERMONS.

D. Lothrop & Co., of Boston, have published in book form nineteen baccalaureate sermons preached at Harvard College, by Dr. A.P. Peabody, the new Professor of Christian Morals. Dr. Peabody's reputation, as a vigorous thinker and manly preacher, is as wide as this Republic; and the volume of sermons before us is something more than a series of homilies. It is a collection of addresses to young men--students just ready to embark on the perilous sea of life--which may be profitably read by every citizen of our country. The preacher does not address himself to any single side of human life. He counsels the students in their duties as men in all the relations of life. And in the selection of themes he embraces a great variety of topics. In the discourse on "Hebrew, Latin and Greek," for example, he takes the first-named tongue as standing for religion, the second for beauty and the third for strength. On this triad be formulates not only an intellectual cult but a practical rule of life. Another notable sermon is on "The Sovereignty of Law," an admirable disquisition on the supremacy of law in the intellectual life, the physical existence, the domain of morals and in every department of human activity. Dr. Peabody's style is forcible and virile, and his compactness of statement, enables him to put "infinite riches in a little room."--_Chicago Tribune._

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A BOY'S WORKSHOP.

Every boy with a jack-knife in his pocket and his head full of plans will fall to with delight on anything that gives him plenty to do in the boyish line. This is the merit of a little manual just published by the Messrs. D. Lothrop & Co., _A Boy's Workshop, with Plans and Designs for Indoor and Outdoor Work_, by a "Boy and his Friends"; with an introduction by Henry Randall Waite. The little manual goes to work intelligibly, describing the shop, and the tools, giving hints and accurate directions how to make a great variety of things whose uses will be at once apparent to the boyish mind, and suggestions as to other mysteries, the key to which makes any boy who possesses it a king among his mates.

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HOW SUCCESS IS WON.

"How Success is Won," by Sarah K. Bolton (D. Lothrop & Co.), is a collection of twelve brief biographies intended to make clear to the young the character and conduct that have resulted in the success of Peter Cooper, John B. Gough, John G. Whittier, John Wanamaker, Henry M. Stanley, Johns Hopkins, William M. Hunt, Elias Howe, Jr., Alexander H. Stephens, Thomas A. Edison, Dr. W.T.G. Morton and the Rev. John H. Vincent. The sketches are gracefully and interestingly written, and the little volume is in every way to be commended.--_N.Y. Com. Adv._

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THE GRAY MASQUE.

The Gray Masque of Mrs. Mary Barker Dodge (D. Lothrop & Co., Boston) has won a series of splendid notices; yet, so far as we know, sufficient stress has not been laid upon the keynote of the volume. _Love_, in its varying phases, sounds through the majority of the verses like the refrain of a song. Sometimes sad, sometimes solemn, oftener gay and hopeful, the differing themes take up, one after another, the burden of the initial poem; and answer, in separate ways, the question there propounded, until the many-sided revelation is found to be fittingly illustrated on the cover by the winged boy, who throws aside the masque of mortality, and, soaring aloft, leaves behind him every earthly doubt and care. The "Dedication" and the concluding poem, the first emotional in its simplicity, the last intellectual in its subtlety, mark the breadth as well as the limits of Mrs. Dodge's poetical expression.--_Baldwin's Monthly._

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LOTHROP'S YOUNG FOLKS' LIBRARY.

Nothing at once so good and cheap is anywhere to be found. These choice
16mo volumes of 300 to 500 pages, clear type, carefully printed, with
handsome and durable covers of manilla paper, and embracing some of the
best stories by popular American authors, are published at the low price
of 25 cents per volume, and mailed postpaid. One number issued each
month. No second edition will be printed in this style. The regular
edition is issued in cloth bindings at $1,25 to $1.75 per volume. Among
the numbers already published at 25 cents each as above are

1. Tip Lewis and his Lamp, by PANSY.
2. Margie's Mission, by MARIE OLIVER.
3. Kitty Kent's Troubles, by JULIA A. EASTMAN.
4. Mrs. Hurd's Niece, by ELLA FARMAN PRATT, Editor of WIDE AWAKE.
5. Evening Rest, by REV. J.L. PRATT.

Other equally charming stories will follow each month. The Library is
especially commended to Sunday-school superintendents or those
interested in securing choice Sunday-school books at lowest prices.
Attention is called to the necessity of early orders, as when the
present editions are exhausted, no more copies of the several volumes
can be had at the same price.

LOTHROP'S STANDARD BOOKS FOR YOUTHS.
Admirable books in history, biography and story.

Fern Glen Series. 31 vols., illust. Each 1.25
Young Folks' Series. 33 vols., illust. Each 1.50
Popular Biographies. 18 vols., illust. Each 1.50
Young Folks' Histories, by MISS YONGE and others.
10 vols., illust. Each 1.50
Yonge's Historical Stories. 4 vols., illust. Each 1.25
The $1000 Prize Books. A fresh edition in new style of binding.
16 vols., 12mo. 24.50
The new $500 Prize Series. A fresh edition in new style of
binding. 13 vols., 12mo. 16.75
The Original $500 Prize Series. A fresh edition in new style
of binding. 8 vols., 12mo. 12.00

LOTHROP'S TEMPERANCE LIBRARY.

No Sunday-school library is complete without some well-chosen volumes
showing the evils of intemperance, the great curse which good men and
women are everywhere endeavoring to remove.

D. Lothrop & Co. publish among others the following admirable temperance
books.

The only way Out. By J.W. Willing. $1.50
John Bremm. By A.A. Hopkins. 1.25
Sinner and Saint. By A.A. Hopkins. 1.25
The Tempter Behind. By John Saunders. 1.25
Good Work. By Mary D. Chellis. 1.50
Mystery of the Lodge. By Mary D. Chellis. 1.50
Finished or Not. By the author of "Fabrics." 1.50
Modern Prophets. By Pansy and Faye Huntington. 1.50
May Bell. By Hubert Newbury. 1.50

TEMPERANCE REFORMATION, The, and Its Claims upon the Christian
Church. By Rev. James Smith, of Scotland. 8vo. $2.50.

Sunday-school teachers and superintendents will find the above books
admirably adapted to the purpose of teaching great moral lessons, while
they are also full of pleasure and interest to young readers.

LOTHROP'S POPULAR LOW-PRICE LIBRARIES.

Among attractive and valuable Libraries issued in sets at prices which
place them not only beyond competition, but within the easy reach of
all, are

Best Way Series. 3 vols., illust. $1.50
Half Hour Library, by PANSY. 8 vols., illust. 3.20
Little People's Home Library. 12 vols., illust. 3.00
Little Pansy Series. 10 vols., illust. Cloth, $4.00; boards. 3.00
Little May's Picture Library. 12 vols., illust. 2.40
Mother's Boys and Girls, by PANSY. 12 vols., illust. 3.00
Rainy Day Library. 8 vols., illust 4.00
Spring Blossom. 12 vols., illust. 3.00
Stories from the Bible, 1st and 2d Series. Each .15
Twisty Clover Series. 6 vols., illust. 1.20
Happy Thought Library. 6 vols., large 18mo. illust. 3.00
Little Neighbor Series. 6 vols., large 18mo, illust. 1.50
May and Tom Library. 5 vols., 18mo, illust. 3.00
Sunny Dell Series. 6 vols., 18mo, illust. 3.60
Side by Side Library. 3 vols., 16mo, illust. 1.80

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LOTHROP'S POPULAR PANSY BOOKS.

The works of this popular author are universally acknowledged to be
among the very best of all books for Sunday-school reading. Earnest,
hopeful, practical, full of the spirit of Christian faith and courage,
they are also in the highest degree interesting.

COMPLETE LIST OF THE PANSY BOOKS.
_Each volume, 12mo,_ $1.50.

Chautauqua Girls at Home.
Divers Women.
Echoing and Re-echoing.
Endless Chain (An).
Ester Ried.
Ester Ried Yet Speaking.
Four Girls at Chautauqua.
From different Standpoints.
Hall in the Grove (The).
Household Puzzles.
Julia Ried.
King's Daughter (The).
Links in Rebecca's Life.
Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On.
Modern Prophets.
Man of the House (The).
New Graft on the Family Tree (A).
Pocket Measure (The).
Ruth Erskine's Crosses.
Randolphs (The).
Sidney Martin's Christmas.
Those Boys.
Three People.
Tip Lewis and his Lamp.
Wise and Otherwise.

_Each volume, 12mo_ $1.25.

Cunning Workmen.
Dr. Deane's Way.
Grandpa's Darlings.
Miss Priscilla Hunter and my Daughter Susan.
Mrs. Deane's Way.
What she Said.

_Each volume, 12mo,_ $1.25

Five Friends.
Mrs. Harry Harper's Awakening.
Next Things.
Pansy's Scrap Book,
Some young Heroines.

_Each volume, 16mo._ 75 cents.

Getting Ahead.
Mary Burton Abroad.
Pansies.
Six little Girls
That Boy Bob.
Two Boys.

_Each volume 16mo,_ 75 cents.

Bernie's White Chicken.
Docia's Journal.
Helen Lester.
Jessie Wells.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hedge Fence (A)., 16mo, 60 c.
Side by Side, 16mo, 60 c.
Pansy's Picture Book. 4to, boards, 1.50; cloth 2.00
The little Pansy Series. 10 vols., boards, 3.00; cloth 4.00
Mother's Boys and Girls Library. 12 vols., quarto, boards. 3.00

PANSY'S NEW BOOKS.

Among the new books by this favorite author, which Sunday-school
Superintendents and all readers of her previous books will wish to
order, are

A HEDGE FENCE. A story that will be particularly pleasing to
boys, most of whom will find in its hero a fair representation of
themselves, 16mo, 60 cents.

AN ENDLESS CHAIN. From the introduction, on the first page, of
the new superintendent of the Packard Place Sabbath-school, to the end,
there is no flagging of interest in this bright, fresh, wholesome story.
Illustrated, 12mo, $1.50.

SIDE BY SIDE. Short illustrated stories from Bible texts for the
help of boys and girls in their everyday duties. 16mo, cloth, 60 c.

CHRISTIE'S CHRISTMAS. No more charming little heroine can be
found than the Christie of this volume, and the story of her journey to
spend Christmas, with the great variety of characters introduced, all of
them original and individual in their way, is perfectly novel and
interesting.

As a guide to teachers, rich in suggestions and directions for methods
of teaching, etc., there is nothing better than PANSY'S SCRAP BOOK.
12mo. Cloth, Illustrated $1.00.

In fact all of Pansy's books have some special charm or attraction which
makes them a power for good whenever read.

LOTHROP'S SELECT SUNDAY-SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

_Every book in these marvellously cheap libraries will bear the
closest criticism_. Each is fresh and interesting in matter,
unexceptional in tone and excellent in literary style. These libraries
as a whole, considering their character and cost _have no
superiors_.

Select Sunday-school Library, No. 12, 20 vols., $5.00 net.
Select Sunday-school Library, No. 9, 50 vols., $25.00 net.
Select Sunday-school Library, No. 10, 12 vols., $5.00 net.
Select Sunday-school Library, No. 11, 20 vols., $10.00 net.
Pansy's Primary Library, 30 vols., 7.50 net.
Select Primary Sunday-school Library, 36 vols.,
in extra cloth binding, 5.50 net.

LOTHROP'S BOOKS FOR SUPERINTENDENTS.

BIBLE READER, THE. By Rev. H.V. Dexter, D. D. 16mo., .50

BIBLE LESSONS FOR SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONCERTS AND ANNIVERSARIES. By
Edmund Clark, 18 numbers 5 cts. each. Bound in 16mo. vol, cloth, $1.00.

BIBLE PICTURES. By Rev. Geo. B. Ide, D.D. 12mo, $2.00.

FIFTY YEARS WITH THE SABBATH-SCHOOL. By Rev. Asa Bullard, D.D.
12mo, cloth, $1.25.

SELF-GIVING. A story of Christian missions. By Rev. W.F.
Bainbridge. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, $1.50.

ROCK OF AGES. By Rev. S.F. Smith, D.D. A choice collection of
religious poems. 18mo, cloth, gilt edges, $1.25.

STUDY OF NAHUM (A). By Professor Thom. H. Rich. 16mo, $.40

STORY OF THE PRAYERS OF CHRISTIAN HISTORY (The). By Hezekiah
Butterworth. 12mo. illustrated $1.50.

WALK TO EMMAUS. By Rev. Nehemiah Adams. Charming specimens of
sermon literature. 12mo, $1.00.

WARS OF THE JEWS. By Flavine Josephus. Translated by William
Whiston, M.A. 8vo, cloth, plain, $1.00. Extra cloth, gilt top, fully
illustrated, $1.50.

WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT [The]; or, The New Birth. By Prof. Austin
Phelps, D.D. 16mo, $1.25.

LOTHROP'S BOOKS FOR ANNIVERSARIES AND CONCERTS.

It is often a difficult matter to determine what to use for
Sunday-school anniversaries, etc. To those in doubt, we would suggest
the use of the following capital aids:

BIBLE LESSONS FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS, CONCERTS AND ANNIVERSARIES. By
Edmund Clark. 18 numbers, 5 cents each. Bound in one 16mo volume, cloth,
$1.00.

HELP FOR SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONCERTS. By A.P. and M.T. Folsom. A
choice collection of poems. 16mo, $1.00.

ENTERTAINMENTS. By Lizzie W. Champney. For concerts, exhibitions,
church festivals, etc. 15mo, Illustrated. $1.00

A THOUSAND OTHER CHOICE BOOKS.

The above, and a thousand other choice books which cannot be mentioned
here, make up a list from which superintendents and teachers can easily
select a VALUABLE LIBRARY at a low price. Send for full catalogue,
mailed free, and for special terms to those ordering any number of
volumes. Any book sent postage paid on receipt of price.

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ELLA FARMAN'S BOOKS.

Ella Farman is the editor of WIDE AWAKE, and her books are full of
sympathy with girl-life, always sunshiny and hopeful, always pointing
out new ways to do things and unexpected causes for happiness and
gladness.

_9 vols. 12mo. Illust. $10.00._

Annie Maylie.
A Little Woman.
A Girl's Money.
A White Hand.
Grandma Crosby's Household.
Good-for-Nothing Polly.
How Two Girls Tried Farming.
Cooking Club of Tu-Whit Hollow.
Mrs. Hurd's Niece.

JULIA A. EASTMAN'S BOOKS.

Miss Eastman has a large circle of young admirers. She carries off the
palm as a writer of school-life stories, and teachers are always glad to
find their scholars reading her books. Miss Eastman's style is
characterized by quick movement, sparkling expression, and incisive
knowledge of human nature.

_6 vols. 12mo. Illust. $7.50_

Kitty Kent.
Young Rick.
Romneys of Ridgemont, Short Comings and Long Goings. (The).
Striking for the Right.
School Days of Beulah Romney.

REV. J.L. PRATT'S BOOKS.

This set of books is valuable for its fitness to the needs of young
people who have come to the age when they begin to examine for
themselves into religious beliefs and opinions. They are interesting as
stories, abounding with beautiful descriptions and delicate portraitures
of character, and are everywhere favorites with the thoughtful and
meditative.

_4 vols. 12mo. Illust. $6.00._

Evening Rest.
Bonnie Ærie.
Branches of Palm.
Broken Fetters.

MRS. A.E. PORTER'S BOOKS.

Mrs. Porter is a favorite author with adult readers, as well as with
children. Her stories, always dealing largely with home-life, are well
calculated to make truthfulness and steadfastness and Christian living
the subjects of youthful admiration and imitation.

_5 vols. 12mo. Illust. $6.25._

This One Thing I Do.
Millie Lee.
Sunset Mountain.
My Hero.
Glencoe Parsonage.

BY AUTHOR OF ANDY LUTTRELL

Powerful books, dealing with knotty problems, and positive in their
religious teaching. They are perennial favorites with all classes of
readers.

_6 vols. 12mo. Illust. $7.50._

Andy Luttrell.
Barbara.
Talbury Girls.
Strawberry Hill.
Silent Tom.
Hidden Treasure.

MRS. E.D. KENDALL'S WORKS.

Each full of earnestness of purpose, and impressing a life lesson on the
reader's mind. Excellent for boys.

_3 vols. 12mo. Illust. $3.75._

Judge's Sons.
The Stanifords of Staniford's Folly.
Master and Pupil.

MARY J. CAPRON'S BOOKS.

These books are thoroughly healthy and stimulating, and admirably
adapted to put into the hands of thoughtful young people to lead them to
right ideas on the fundamental truths of the religious life.

_4 vols. 12mo. Illust. $5.00._

Plus and Minus.
Gold and Gilt.
Maybee's Stepping Stones.
Mrs. Thorne's Guests.

REV. Z.A. MUDGE'S WORKS.

This well known author's works are among the most popular in the
Sunday-school library.

_3 vols. 12mo. Illust. $3.75._

Shell Cove.
Luck of Alden Farm.
Boat Builders.

CHARLOTTE M. YONGE'S HISTORIES.

Miss Yonge, while always boldly and continuously outlining the course of
historical events, has the knack of seizing upon incidents which reveal
the true character of historical personages. These histories are
attractive as romance and possess a peculiar power of impressing the
memory, being written from a Christian standpoint they are very
desirable books for Sunday-school libraries.

_6 vols. 12mo. Illust. $9.00._

Young Folks' History of Germany.
Young Folks' History of Greece.
Young Folks' History of Rome.
Young Folks' History of England.
Young Folks' History of France.
Young Folks' Bible History.

SPARE MINUTE SERIES

These are bright and pithy and soul-stirring volumes, quickening the
intellect of the reader and warming the heart.

_4 vols. 12mo. $4.00._

Thoughts that Breathe. _From_ Dean Stanley. Introduction by
Phillips Brooks.

Cheerful Words. _From_ George MacDonald. Introduction by James T.
Fields.

The Might of Right. _From_ Rt. Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone. Introduction
by John D. Long.

True Manliness. _From_ Thomas Hughes. Introduction by James Russell
Lowell.

W.H.G. KINGSTON'S BOOKS.

These stories are intensely interesting and graphic and enforce the
highest and most practical lessons.

_3 vols. 12mo. Illust. $8.00._

Voyage of the Steadfast.
Charley Laurel.
Virginia.
Little Ben Hadden.
Young Whaler.
Fisher Boy.
Peter the Ship Boy.
Ralph and Dick.

BUNGENER HISTORICAL SERIES.

From the French of L.L.F. Bungener. These works are of thrilling
interest, illustrating the religious struggles, heroism and social life
of the times of Louis XIV. and XV.

_4 Vols. 12mo. Illust. $5.00._

Bourdaloue and Louis XIV.
Louis XV. and his Times.
Rabaut and Bridaine.
The Tower of Constancy.

BANVARD'S AMERICAN HISTORY.

Every library should be furnished with this series of American
Histories.--_New England Farmer_.

No more interesting and instructive reading can be put into the hands of
youth.--_Portland Transcript_.

Every American should own these books.--_Scientific American_.

_5 vols. 12mo. Illust. $5.00._

Southern Explorers.
Soldiers and Patriots.
Pioneers of the New World.
Plymouth and the Pilgrims.
First Explorers of North America.

DR. NEHEMIAH ADAMS' WORKS.

_12 vols. 12mo. $12.00._

At Eventide.
Agnes; or, the Litte Key.
Bertha.
Broadcast.
Christ a Friend.
Communion Sabbath.
Catherine.
Cross in the Cell.
Endless Punishment.
Evenings wish the Doctrines.
Friends of Christ.
Under the Mizzen-Mast.

D. LOTHROP & CO., Publishers, 32 Franklin St., Boston.

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MARGARET SIDNEY'S BOOKS.

The brightness and versatility of this charming writer are well shown in
the following stories which cover a wide range, and are attractive to
all ages, from wide awake schoolboys and eager schoolgirls to thoughtful
readers of maturer years. As a delineator of character, especially that
of the New England type, she has few superiors, and her pictures of
child life are especially pleasing.

FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS, AND HOW THEY GREW.
Extra cloth binding, very elegant die in colors and gold.
12mo, illust. 1.50

PETTIBONE NAME (The). V.I.F. Series,
12mo, cloth. 1.25

SO AS BY FIRE.
12mo, illust. 1.25

WHO TOLD IT TO ME.
Double chromo cover, fully illustrated. 1.25; Extra cloth binding. 1.75

WHAT THE SEVEN DID.
Quarto, fully illustrated, board cover designed by J. Wells Champney,
1.75; extra cloth, very elegant side and back stamp. 2.25

HALF YEAR AT BRONCKTON.
16mo, illust. 1.25

HOW THEY WENT TO EUROPE.
16mo, illust. 1.00

GOLDEN WEST (The), as seen by the Ridgway Club.
Quarto, illustrated, boards, 1.75; extra cloth binding. 2.25

(Nearly ready).

EDWARD A. RAND'S BOOKS.

Mr. Rand's strong, helpful, interesting stories have made him such a
favorite among boys and among all other who read his books, as to make
comment upon them almost needless. The racy incidents and sparkling
style which characterize his stories, arouse interest at once, and there
is in them an under-current of earnestness, and an influence for good
which will remain after the stories are forgotten.

ALL ABOARD FOR SUNRISE LANDS.
Chromo board cover, 1.75; extra cloth binding. 2.25

BARK CABIN ON KEARSARGE.
16mo, cloth, illust. 1.00

TENT IN THE NOTCH, THE.
16mo, cloth, gilt. 1.00

ROY'S DORY AT THE SEASHORE. A sequel to "Pushing Ahead."
Large 16mo, cloth, illust. 1.25

ALL ABOARD FOR THE LAKES AND MOUNTAINS.
Boards, 1.75; extra cloth. 2.25

PUSHING AHEAD; or, Big Brother Dave.
16mo. 1.25

LITTLE BROWN-TOP: and the People under It.
12mo, illust. 1.25

MARIE OLIVER'S STORIES.

As a writer of fascinating stories for girls, Marie Oliver has a host of
admirers who watch eagerly for any new book from her pen, and find in
her a friendly and wise helper.

MARIE OLIVER'S STORIES.
4 volumes, 12mo, cloth, illustrated. 6.00

Margie's Mission.
Old and New Friends.
Ruby Hamilton.
Seba's Discipline.

THE BAINBRIDGE BOOKS.

These books, written by the Rev. W.F. Bainbridge and his wife, are
the outcome of their experience in a trip around the world undertaken
because of their interest in Christian Missions. They not only abound
in interesting descriptions of the numerous places visited, but present
such a record of lofty purposes and noble endeavors as will furnish
inspiration to all readers.

AROUND THE WORLD TOUR OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS. By W. F. BAINBRIDGE.
With maps of Prevailing Religions and all Leading Mission Stations.
8vo, cloth. 2.00

ROUND THE WORLD LETTERS. By LUCY SEAMAN BAINBRIDGE.
8vo, cloth, illustrated. 1.50

SELF-GIVING. A story of Christian Missions. By REV. W. F. BAINBRIDGE.
12mo, cloth, illust. 1.50

MRS. S.R. GRAHAM CLARK'S BOOKS.

There is not a book on the list of Mrs. Clark's delightfully
entertaining writings which is not thoroughly good from whatever
point of view considered.

YENSIE WALTON BOOKS.
12mo, cloth, illust $1.50 each. 5 volumes. 7.50

Yensie Walton.
Our Street.
Yensie Walton's Womanhood.
The Triple E.
Achor.

MISS YONGE'S HISTORICAL STORIES. There are very many, especially
among the young, who are not attracted to the study of history, as
presented in ordinary historical works, but who are attracted to it
through the reading of books in which it is interwoven with romance. All
such will be charmed with Miss Yonge's Historical Stories, which
instruct while they interest, and are written in the fascinating style
which has made her one of the most popular writers of the day.

YONGE'S HISTORICAL STORIES.
4 vols, 12mo. 5.00

The Little Duke.
The Prince and the Page.
Lances of Lynwood.
Golden Deeds.

THE FAMILY FLIGHTS.

By Rev. E.E. Hale and Miss Susan Hale.

Fresh, piquant, graphic, full of delicate humor, marked by grace in
diction and thorough scholarship, these books are not only unsurpassed,
but unequalled by any books of similar character. They treat of the
interesting features of the various countries named, including history,
geography, natural scenery, popular characteristics and customs, and
much else that will prove of real interest and value to the reader. The
authors have drawn their material from original sources, the countries
referred to having been actually visited, and the descriptions embody
the results of personal observation. The illustrations are not only
numerous and excellent, but in perfect harmony with the text. While
specially attractive to the young, adult readers who have themselves
visited the lands described, are among the most appreciative and
enthusiastic readers of these books.

A FAMILY FLIGHT AROUND HOME.
8vo, cloth, gilt. 2.50

A FAMILY FLIGHT THROUGH FRANCE, GERMANY, NORWAY AND SWITZERLAND.
8vo, illuminated board covers and linings, 2.00; extra cloth, gilt. 2.50

A FAMILY FLIGHT OVER EGYPT AND SYRIA.
8vo, illuminated board covers and linings, 2.00; extra cloth, gilt. 2.50

A FAMILY FLIGHT THROUGH SPAIN.
8vo, illuminated board covers and linings, 2.00; extra cloth, gilt, 2.50

A FAMILY FLIGHT TO MEXICO. Uniform with the above. In preparation.

ABBY MORTON DIAZ'S BOOK.