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PORTER & COATES'

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

SENSIBLE ETIQUETTE

OF THE BEST SOCIETY.

BY MRS. H. O. WARD. 12mo, cloth, extra, bevelled boards and gilt top, $2.

This is the Book of Etiquette the announcement of which has created such a sensation in fashionable society.

RUSSIA.

A TRIP UP THE VOLGA,

TO THE FAIR OF NIJNI-Novgorod.

BY H. A. MUNRO BUTLER-JOHNSTONE, M.P. '12mo, cloth, extra, largely illustrated, $1.25. The great interest now taken in everything pertaining to Russia and the manners and customs of her people, makes the publication of this work very opportune.

TEN THOUSAND A YEAR.

BY SAMUEL WARREN.

New edition, printed from entirely new plates. Large 12mo, illustrated, and containing nearly one thousand pages. Cloth, extra, gilt back and sides, $1.50.

This is by far the cheapest and best edition of this popular work that has ever been issued.

THE THREE GUARDSMEN.

BY ALEXANDER DUMAS.

New edition, from entirely new plates. One volume, 12mo, illustrated. Cloth, extra, gilt back and sides, $1.50. This is decidedly the best and cheapest edition of this work published.

THE TRAVELS AND

SURPRISING ADVENTURES

OF

BARON MÜNCHHAUSEN.

New edition, from entirely new plates, with numerous illustrations by Alfred Crowquill 12mo, cloth, extra, gilt back, $1.25.

ÆSOP'S FABLES.

New edition. With more than Fifty Illustrations, designed by John Tenniel. 12mo, cloth, extra, gilt back and side, $1.25.

PORTER & COATES, Publishers, PHILADELPHIA.

Books for Summer Reading.

I. SHOOTING STARS. As observed from the sixth column of the Times, by W. L. Alden. With eight fullpage illustrations, by F. S. Church. Square 16mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.

We congratulate the publishers on their announcement. The book should sell by millions.-Burlington Hawk Eye.

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II. THE CREW OF THE SAM WELLER. By John Habberton, author of "The Barton Experiment," "The Scripture Club," "The Jericho Road," etc., etc. With frontispiece by F. S. Church. Square 16mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.

A vigorous and realistic story of western life, humor and character.

III. SIX TO ONE. A Nantucket Idyl. By a new writer. With frontispiece by F. S. Church. Square 16mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.

The summer experience of an editor who was sent to Nantucket for rest for an overtasked brain, and who under the refreshing influence of an environment of the uninterrupted ocean and girls (especially girls), found rest and something else.

IV. CANOEING IN KANUCKIA. The Haps and Mishaps on Sea and Shore of the Statesman,t he Artist, the Editor and the Scribbler. Recorded by the Commodore and the Cook (C. L. Norton and John Habberton). 8vo fully illustrated, $1.25.

There is no breezier and better companion for a summer vacation than this volume.-New York Times. The illustrations are exceedingly rich, the adventures are irresistibly ludicrous, the good nature is bubbling over continually, and the descriptions are perfect in their way.-Christian Register.

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The above are for sale by all dealers and by the Publishers,

G. P. Putnam's Sons,

182 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK

WM. GILMORE SIMMS' NOVELS

"Will always hold the place which they have now held, some of them, over twenty years. Written with eminent grace and spirit, the author's claim to a prominent place in the front rank of American novelists will never be questioned, we believe."

ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY EDITION.

17 Volumes. Large 12mos, about 500 pages each, with Illustrations by F. O. C. Darley. Uniform cloth binding. Price, $1.50 per volume. Comprising:

I.-REVOLUTIONARY TALES.

The Partisan. A Romance of the Revolution. | The Scout; or, The Black Riders of the ConMellichampe; A Legend of the Santee. garee.

Katharine Walton; or, The Rebel of Dor- Woodcraft; or, The Hawks about the Dovechester.

Cote.

The Forayers; or, The Raid of the Dog-Days.
Eutaw. A Sequel to "The Forayers."

II.-BORDER ROMANCES OF THE SOUTH.

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The Yemassee. A Romance of South Carolina.

Southward, Ho! A Spell of Sunshine.
The Wigwam and Cabin.

Vasconselos. A Romance of the New World.

Sold separately, or in sets.

NICK OF THE WOODS;

Or, The Jibbenainosay. A Tale of Kentucky. By ROBERT M. BIRD, author of "Calavar,"" The Infidel," etc. New Edition, with Illustrations by Darley. I vol., large 12mo, 400 pages, cloth, $1.50.

This standard novel has been read for a period of fifteen years, and it is more admired and praised to-day than at any time since it was first given to the world. It has also been dramatized, and as a play has a wide popularity throughout the country.

EDGAR A. POE'S PROSE STORIES.

12mo, paper, 50 cents.

A selection of the "Tales" of EDGAR A. POE, detached from his other prose writings, made in compliance with an often-expressed desire of many to possess these characteristic productions of the author's genius in cheap form. Containing many of the more REMARKABLE TALES, as

"The Gold Bug," "MS. Found in a Bottle," " Maelstrom," "Hans Pfaall," etc., etc. POE'S PROSE TALES COMPLETE.

2 vols., 16mo, cloth, gilt top, $1.50 per vol.

POE'S LIFE AND POEMS.

Uniform with the Tales. $1.50.

For Sale at Bookstores and News Agents.

W. J. WIDDLETON, PUBLISHER

27 HOWARD STREET, NEW YORK.

Midsummer Holiday Number of Scribner's Monthly.

EDITION, 85,000 COPIES.

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SCRIBNER FOR AUGUST.-The Midsummer | revealed a rare literary sense. The illustrations Holiday Number-a feature to which the read- are by Mrs. Foote herself, who has not a supeers of this magazine look forward with delight rior in refined and picturesque drawing. Second, will be both an important and a beautiful issue. "SHARP EYES," This number will contain the opening chapters of a novel by H. H. Boyesen, author of "Gunnar," "A Norseman's Pilgrimage," etc. The name of Boyesen's third long romance is

"Falconberg."

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This is the first novel by Boyesen the scene of which is laid in America. It depicts some of the most interesting and extraordinary phases of immigrant life in the West, and is written from intimate personal acquaintance with its subject. There are portions of Falconberg" which will reveal peculiarities of Western society undreamed of by most of our readers. Mr. Boyesen, though an American by adoption, has already won a high reputation as a master of English. "Falconberg" will be illustrated by Mr. Frederick Dielman, one of the most prominent of the younger American artists.

Bryant.

The first "Midsummer Holiday Number" of Scribner's (for August, 1876) contained Bryant's poem, "The Flood of Years." Many months ago the conductors of the magazine began to prepare an illustrated article on the homes and haunts of the poet, to appear, not as an obituary, but during his life: namely, in the Midsummer Number for 1878. After the letter-press (by Rev. Horatio N. Powers) was put into type for that number, Mr. Bryant's unexpected death occurred. A crayon portrait had been obtained from life during the preceding winter, to serve as a frontispiece of the August number, and to accompany Mr. Powers' article. This portrait, for which Mr. Bryant gave the artist, Mr. Wyatt Eaton, repeated sittings, has been engraved by Mr. T. Cole, and while it is interesting as the last for which the poet sat, it will, we think, be pronounced also one of the most characteristic and in every way satisfactory.

The magazine has already become remarkable for sympathetic and intelligent

Writing about Nature,

and in this vein the August number will present three notable papers, first,

"A SEAPORT ON THE PACIFIC," by Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote, whose "California Mining Camp," in the February number

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by John Burroughs, author of "Wake Robin," 'Winter Sunshine," Birds and Poets," is a record of out-of-the-way observations of nature by a charming writer who sees not only with the eyes but with the heart and the brain. Mrs. Fanny Eliot Gifford makes a first appearance in magazine illustration with drawings of birds to accompany this paper. Third,

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Glimpses of Farm Life in New England,” by R. E. Robinson, author of "Fox Hunting in New England," in the January number, is the first of several papers by different hands on the picturesque side of American farm life. Mr. Robinson's paper is a tonic, and will interest a It is the basis for large variety of readers. drawings by a number of artists, including H. Farrar, Tiffany, Swain Gifford, McEntee and Homer, who are new to the pages of SCRIBNER.

Four Important Poems.

The number also contains the following long poems: "THE PURITAN'S GUEST," a ballad by Dr. Holland, with illustrations by Mary Hallock Foote. "OLD ROBIN," by J. T. Trowbridge, with illustrations by Will H. Low. "MERIDIAN, AN OLD FASHIONED POEM," read at the Twentyfifth Anniversary of the Yale Class of 1853, by Edmund Clarence Stedman, and "OFF SCARBOROUGH," a battle poem by Bret Harte.

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ROBERTS BROTHERS' LATEST NEW BOOKS.

H. H. BITS OF TRAVEL AT HOME. 420 pages. Square 16mo, red edges. Uniform with "Bits of Travel." Price, $1.50.

"H. H. has never written anything more varied, more picturesque, more rich in color, more appreciative of all local peculiarities, more tender in feeling; and the book takes its place among her very best."-Boston Daily Advertiser.

ASPIRATIONS OF THE WORLD. A Chain of Opals. By LYDIA MARIA CHILD. Price, $1.25.

"Aspirations of the World" is the title given by Mrs. Lydia Maria Child to "a chain of opals "-a collection of the moral and religious utterances of all nations, in all times, illustrating the fact that there always has been, and is now, a universal belief in one God.

PHILOCHRISTUS. Memoirs of a Disciple of the Lord.

Price, $2.

"Since Ecce Homo,' no religious book has appeared which can be compared with it for its power to nourish and deepen the interest felt in the life and spirit of Jesus of Nazareth."-Boston Christian Register.

THE BIBLE FOR LEARNERS. Volume I.-Patriarchs, Moses, Judges. Volume II.Kings and Prophets, with Index to Old Testament. Price, $2 each.

"If I were to have but one book about the Bible in my bookcase, and could choose that book of those I know, it would probably be 'The Bible for Learners.'"-A Christian Preacher.

READY FOR SUMMER TRAVEL.

SOMEBODY ELSE. A Novel. By GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP.

Square 16mo.

A STORY OR TWO FROM fort STREET. By ROBERT LOWELL, author of "The New Priest in Conception Bay," "Anthony Brade," etc. 16mo, cloth, price, $1.

HOW TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EYES, with advice to Parents and Teachers in regard to the Management of the Eyes of Children. By HENRY C. ANGELL, M.D. With illustrations. 16mo, cloth, price, 50 cents.

A popular manual intended for all readers. Says a critic: "We wish we could force every one afflicted with near or weak-sightedness to read the article on Weak Sight.' It is of untold value in suggestion."

There are no novels more in demand to-day than those included in that series of original stories known as THE "NO NAME SERIES,",

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A Modern Mephistopheles.

Hetty's Strange History.
Will Denbigh, Nobleman.
The Wolf at the Door.
Marmorne.
Gemini.

Mirage.

The " No Name Series" of Novelettes, by well-known writers, will be issued at convenient intervals, in handsome 16mo volumes, bound in black cloth, red lettered. Price, $1. THE AMERICAN TAUCHNITZ. MESSRS ROBERTS BROTHERS have inaugurated a new series of cheap books, which is so nearly a fac-simile of the celebrated Leipzig editions that it may appropriately be called the "American Tauchnitz Collection of Original Novels and Tales.' The initial volume is "MERCY PHILBRICK'S CHOICE," which has already had great popularity in the "No Name Series," and which will now take a new lease of popular favor. Square 16mo. Paper covers. Price, 50 cents.

TOWN AND COUNTRY SERIES.

"Books should to one of these four ends conduce:
For wisdom, piety, delight, or use.'
SIR J. DENHAM.

It will be the aim of the Publishers to make the "Town and Country Series" a collection of entertaining, thoughtful, serious works, selected from the choicest home and foreign contemporary literature; books acceptable at all seasons in Town and Country.

WORKS ALREADY PUBLISHED.

Ben Milner's Wooing. A Novel. By Holme Lee.
From Traditional to Rational Faith. By Rev.
R. ANDREW GRIFFIN.

A Winter Story. A Novel. By the author of "The
Rose Garden.'

Syrian Sunshine. Notes of Travel. By THOMAS G.
APPLETON.

Jan of the Windmill. A Novel. By Mrs. EWING.
G. T. T.; or, The Wonderful Adventures of a
Pullman. By Rev. E. E. HALE.

16mo, cloth, price, $1 each.

Messrs. ROBERTS BROTHERS' Publications are kept on sale by all Booksellers; but, when not thus procurable, they may be had promptly by mail, free of expense, by remitting the advertised price directly to the Publishers,

ROBERTS BROTHERS, 299 Washington St., Boston

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