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BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.75
Emerson felt that the ends of study and composition are best answered by announcing undiscovered regions of thought, and so communicating new activity to the torpid spirit.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.75
N. Y., Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1890 $1
The clever conversations take place between four typical characters who meet Saturday night in a quiet corner of their club; opposite views being presented of various subjects.
Chic., Belford, Clarke & Co., 1891 $4
An exceptional collection of stories, poems and essays.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1897 and 1898 2 vols. ea. $3.50
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1.25
Brief discussions on popular subjects.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1891 $1.25
Presents in a fresh and attractive way old and familiar subjects.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.25 and $1.50
Rich in the ripe culture of the older world, the autocrat still has a brightness of mood, a nimbleness of wit and quickness of idea which belong to the new and more hopeful world.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1.50
Is on the same plan as the "Autocrat of the breakfast table." Many topics, social, literary, etc., are brightly and keenly discussed.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1.50
One of that admirable series of table talks in which the witty, versatile and every way admirable Dr. Holmes has embalmed the best part of himself.