IMPORTANT NEW BOOKS.
I.
By WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS.
APRIL HOPES. A Novel. By William Dean Howells.
12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
Mr. Howells never wrote a more bewitching book. It is useless to deny therarityand worth of the skill that can report so perfectly and with such exquisitehumor themanifold emotions of the modern maiden and her lover.—Philadelphia Press.
MODERN ITALIAN POETS. Essays and Versions. ByWilliam Dean Howells.
Author of “April Hopes,” &c. With Portraits.12mo, Half Cloth, Uncut Edges and Gilt Tops, $2 00.
A portfolio of delightsome studies.... No acute and penetrating criticsurpassesMr. Howells in true insight, in polished irony, in effective and yet gracefultreatment of his theme, in that light and indescribable touch that fixes youreye on thetrue heart and soul of the theme.—Critic, N. Y.
II.
CONCLUSION OF KINGLAKE’S CRIMEAN WAR.
KINGLAKE’S CRIMEAN WAR. The Invasion of the Crimea:
its Origin, and an account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan.By Alexander William Kinglake. With Maps and Plans. Five Volumesnow ready. 12mo, Cloth, $2 00 per vol.
Vol. V. From the Morrow of Inkerman to the Fall of Canrobert; justpublished.—Vol. VI. From the Rise of Pelissier to the Death of LordRaglan—completing the work—nearly ready.
The charm of Mr. Kinglake’s style, the wonderful beauty of his pictures,the subtle irony of his reflections, have made him so long a favorite and companion, thatit is with unfeigned regret we read the word “farewell” with which these volumesclose.—Pall Mall Gazette, London.
III.
T. ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
WHAT I REMEMBER. By T. Adolphus Trollope.
With Portrait. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75.
The most delightful pot-pourri that we could desire of the time just anteriorto ourown.... Mr. Trollope preserves for us delightful, racy stories of his youth andthe youth of his century, and gives us glimpses of loved or worshipped facesbanished before our time. Hence the success of these written remembrances.—Academy,London.
IV.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “SELF-HELP.”
LIFE AND LABOR; or, Characteristics of Men of Industry,
Culture, and Genius. By Samuel Smiles, LL.D.,Author of “Self-Help,” &c. 12mo, Cloth, $1 00.
Commends itself to the entire confidence of readers. Dr. Smiles writesnothing that is not fresh, strong, and magnetically bracing. He is one of the most helpfulauthors of the Victorian era.... This is just the book for young men.—N. Y. Journalof Commerce.