The Alden Catalogue of Choice Books, May 30, 1889

38 Richard Wagner. Bertha Thomas. 2c

41 Peter Cooper. C. Edwards Lester. 8c

50 Life of Irving, by R. H. Stoddard, and three other biographical sketches. 10c

75 Sam Houston. C. Edwards Lester. 15c

100 James Ferguson, the Astronomer. 2c

104 Count Rumford. John Tyndall. 2c

135 Wendell Phillips. Geo. Wm. Curtis. 2c

142 Emerson. Matthew Arnold. 2c

155 Thomas Carlyle. Augustine Birrell. 2c

178 Life of Hannibal. Thomas Arnold, of Rugby 8c

183 Julius Cæsar. H. G. Liddell. 8c

219 Charles Brockden Brown. Prescott. 3c

22 °Cervantes. ′ 3c

221 Sir Walter Scott. ′ 5c

222 Moliere. Wm. H. Prescott. 3c

Marcus Aurelius. Matthew Arnold. 3c

Thackeray. By author of Rab and His Friends. 5c

Cyrus the Great. Geo. Rawlinson. 2c

ANCIENT CLASSICS —Each 10c.

These are not literal translations, but, far more interesting to the average reader, they are biographical and critical, giving extended selections (translated) at once characteristic of the author, and entertaining.

22 Cæsar. Anthony Trollope.

23 Herodotus. Geo. C. Swayne.

24 Cicero. W. Lucas Collins.

31 Aristotle. Sir Alex. Grant.

34 Horace. Theodore Martin.

39 Juvenal. Edward Walford.

45 Tacitus. W. B. Donne.

73 Homer’s Odyssey.

72 Homer’s Iliad. W. L. Collins.

77 Æschylus. Bishop of Colombo.

80 Pliny. Church and Brodribb.

81 Aristophanes. W. L. Collins.

82 Greek Anthology. Lord Neaves.

85 Euripides. W. B. Donne.

86 Livy. W.L. Collins

87 Ovid. Rev. A. Church.

90 Thucydides. W. L. Collins.

91 Lucian. W. L. Collins.

92 Plautus and Terrence. W. L. Collins.

95 Lucretius. W. H. Mallock.

96 Pindar. Rev. F. D. Morice.

97 Hesiod and Theognis. Davis.

MISCELLANEOUS.

372 Washington’s Farewell Address, Etc. 3c

5 The Sea-Serpents of Science. A. Wilson. 2c

7 Motive and Habit of Reading. C. F. Richardson. 2c

10 Queen Mabel and Other Poems. E. T. Alden 2c

12 World-Smashing, Etc. W. M. Williams. 2c

13 A Half Hour in Natural History. Peabody. 2c

30 Highways of Literature. David Pryde. 8c

40 Sunshine, and Other Stories, E. T. Alden. 2c

42 The Civilizations of Asia. Rawlinson. 2c

371 The Evidences of Evolution. Huxley. 2c

64 Bacon’s Essays. Complete. 12c

66 The Celtic Hermits. Charles Kingsley. 2c

69 A Half Hour with St. Paul. Conybeare and H. 2c

79 The Spectre Bridegroom. Washington Irving. 12c

83 Fior D’Aliza. Lamartine. 2c

99 The Four Chief Apostles. F. Godet. 2c

103 The Battle of Marathon. Sir Edward Creasy. 2c

109 The Battle of Hastings. Creasy. 2c

111 The Battle of Saratoga. Creasy. 2c

113 Conduct of the Understanding. John Locke. 8c

116 Luther Anecdotes. Dr. Macaulay. 8c

122 Public Health. Edw. Orton. LL.D. 2c

129 Erasmus and Henry VIII. D’Aubigne. 2c

132 On Liberty. John Stuart Mill. 10c

134 Numbers. Matthew Arnold. 2c

137 Progress of the Working Classes. R. Giffen. 3c

143 Thoughts from Greek Authors. Æschylus, Etc. 2c

145 The Same – Aristotle, Etc. 2c

146 The Same – Demosthenes, Diogenes, Etc. 2c

147 The same – Euripides, etc. 2c

155 Thomas Carlyle. By the author of Obiter Dicta. 3c

157 On Leaves. Sir John Lubbock. 10c

160 Obiter Dicta. Augustine Birrell. 15c

365 Burke on the Sublime and Beautiful. 10c

163 Co-operation. G. J. Holyoake. 10c

173 Civil Service Reform. Geo. S. Bernard. 18c

185 Erasmus and Luther. J. A. Froude. 2c

200 Pleasures of Reading. Sir John Lubbock. 2c

229 History of the Knights Templars. Froude. 5c

234 Transcendentalism, an Essay. 5c

281 Rasselas. Dr. Johnson. 7c

290 Picciola. J. X. B. Saintine. 7c

321 The Love of Books. John Bright. 2c

349 Rip Van Winkle. Irving. 2c

On Education. James Anthony Froude. 3c

Rab and his Friends. Dr. John Brown. 2c

The Lamp of Memory. Ruskin. 2c

Message of the Nineteenth Century to the Twentieth.

Andrew D. White. 3c

Women and Marriage. Philip G. Hamerton. 3c

Selections from Confucius and Mencius. 3c

The Choice of Books. Prof. Chas. F. Richardson. 10c

Classic Essays. Part II. (complete). 10c

Socialism. John Stuart Mill. 5c

Madagascar, a History. J. W. Phelps. 10c

Irving’s Sketch Book. 15c

Standard Poets – Fine Binding – Cheap

*Poetical Works: Library Edition of the Standard Poets. Each bound in half Russia, marbled edges. In new and attractive style of binding. 12mo, each $1.00,; 60c. (10c):

Aurora Leigh,

Browning (Mrs.),

Browning (Robert),

Bryant,

Burns,

Byron,

Campbell,

Chaucer,

Christian Year,

Coleridge,

Cook (Eliza),

Cowper,

Dante,

Eliot (George),

Familiar Quotations,

Familiar Poems,

Faust (Goethe’s),

Goethe’s Poems,

Golden Treasury,

Goldsmith,

Hemans,

Herbert,

Hood,

Hugo (Victor),

Iliad,

Ingoldsby Legends,

Jean Ingelow,

Keats,

Lady of the Lake,

Lalla Rookh,

Lay of the Last Minstrel,

Longfellow,

Lucile,

Marmion,

Meredith (Owen),

Milton,

Moore,

Mulock (Miss),

Odyssey,

Percy’s Reliques,

Pilgrim’s Progress,

Pope,

Procter,

Red Letter Poems,

Schiller,

Scott,

Shelley,

Southey,

Spanish Ballads,

Spenser,

Tennyson,

Thomson,

Virgil,

White, Kirke,

Whittier,

Wordsworth.

Good paper, large and clear type, ample margins, excellent press work and a somewhat odd but remarkably neat and tasteful style of binding, together with the nature of their contents cause these books to combine the useful and the ornamental in a high degree. The price, low before, is reduced one-half.

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. (30c); 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.

“I have two encyclopedias – Chambers’s and the Britannica – but for handy reference I prefer the Manifold. It is the Encyclopedia for the student, author and poor man.” – D. W. Hull, Colfax, Iowa.

“The work is marked by uniform excellence, each volume being packed with just such information on the manifold topics treated of as is ordinarily desired. The illustrations are numerous and helpful. It is a Cyclopedia for the people, and it is made available to all by the extremely small price.” —Christian Intelligencer, New York.

Alden’s Cyclopedia of Literature

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 13 vols., cloth, for cash received before July 1, 1889, $6.50. For half Morocco, add 10 cents a volume. AGENTS WANTED.

“No student of literature can afford to be without this work; and to subscribe for it at once, and study each volume as it comes out, is the best way for those who have not much time or money at their disposal. There is really no reason why the lover of the best literature should not read this excellent selection steadily through from the first page to the last.” —National Baptist, Philadelphia.

“I have received thirteen volumes of Alden’s Cyclopedia of Literature, and am more than satisfied with them. I think the same amount of equally well digested information could not have been brought to my shelves from other sources for double the cost of these volumes. Both their manner and matter are excellent.” – H. H. McIntire, West Randolph, Vt.

“We hail with pleasure every new volume of this most unique and interesting work.” —Farm, Field and Stockman, Chicago, Ill.

“I have received volumes XII. and XIII. of the Cyclopedia of Universal Literature, and am more and more surprised at the cheapness and thoroughness of the work. When completed, I do not think there will be its equal in the language.” – Mrs. Lois J. Campbell, Fairfield, Pa.

A Good $10.00 Atlas – $2.25!

Alden’s Home Atlas of the World. In one large quarto vol. 11 x 14 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.

“The maps are not only very complete, but are brought up to the latest development of the various countries of the world in railroads, adjustment of territorial lines and discovery.” —Presbyterian Quarterly, Chester, S. C.

“It is one of the marvels of cheapness for which American readers are already much indebted to this publisher.” —Christian Cynosure, Chicago.

History of French Literature

– A History of French Literature. By Prof. Chas. Woodward Hutson, of the University of Mississippi. 12mo, cloth, $1.10 (40c).

“It is clear, well arranged, and comprehensive, abounding in personalities of the writers, which gives the reader a good idea of their qualities. For a great multitude of readers the volume is just such a book as they need.” —Inter-Ocean, Chicago, Ill.

“Evidently Prof. Hutson is an accomplished scholar and a thorough master of the subject of which he writes. His book is as fresh and bright and interesting as a novel.” —News, Charleston, S. C.

“A short history of French literature, clear, comprehensive, well arranged, extending from its beginnings to the present time; the interest is enhanced by the personality with which the author invests the individual writers, and by the well-chosen quotations (translated) with which he sustains his own opinions.” —Christian Leader, Cincinnati, Ohio.

“A handsome manual by Professor C. W. Hutson, author of ‘The Beginnings of Civilization.’ It is marked by the same scholarly spirit as was there shown. It covers the last 900 years in its view. The troubadours, the fables and the chronicles, the Renaissance ages, the great satirists, dramatists, essayists, encyclopedists, the scientific writers, the philosophers, the critics and the poets, men and women, from Moliere to de Stael, and even the translated French literature of Louisiana – all are generously though compactly treated.” —Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y.

“The work is exceedingly interesting, and gives a very faithful illustration of French thought as set forth in the general literature of the people. One cannot read the work without securing a fair and most pleasant acquaintance with the eminent men and women who have given to France a literature second to none, in many respects, of any nation. The author shows himself both an admirer of French thought and thoroughly conversant with it.” —Herald of Gospel Liberty, Dayton, Ohio.

THE BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION

– The Beginnings of Civilization. By Prof. Chas. Woodward Hutson. Ideal Ed., cl., 60c. (20c)

“Beginnings of Civilization will be of great interest to Bible students, especially in those portions which treat of countries in immediate connection with Hebrew history.” —Christian World, Dayton, O.

THE STORY OF BERYL

Hutson. The Story of Beryl. By Prof. Hutson. Ideal Ed. Paper, 15c., cl., 35c. (10c)

“The ‘Story of Beryl’ is written in the author’s usual graceful style. The characters are true to nature, the incidents told in pure English, and one can not help being interested in the story.” —Morning Star, Boston.

OUT OF A BESIEGED CITY

– Out of a Besieged City. By Prof. Hutson. Paper, 10c., cloth, 25c. (6c)

“Out of a Besieged City affords one the most excellent idea of the events of the stirring times of the Revolution.” —Central Baptist, St. Louis.

Alden’s “New” Ideal Book Case

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, 40 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.

Alden’s “New” Ideal Revolving Book Case, above described, ready May 1, 1889, is a great improvement upon the styles heretofore sold. The new is supported from the top instead of at the base, as formerly, thus standing firmer and revolving more freely; the “knock-down” feature of No. 3 is a triumph of mechanical ingenuity; the workmanship and the material used, in both styles, are a great advance on those formerly sold – this is high praise, indeed, considering the delightful satisfaction the book cases have given in the past, but our patrons will find our estimate just; this, we think, comes very near to being a “perfect” book case!

A Grand Old Roman

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)

“This is a wonderfully interesting book. The ancient stoical philosophy receives, in this great and gentle-minded Roman Emperor, its noblest expression.” —Advance, Chicago.

The Earth for 25 Cents!

Alden’s Handy Atlas of the World. 138 colored maps, diagrams, tables, etc. Price, 30c. (8c);

“I think so much intrinsically valuable information was never before compressed into so small a space. An Atlas and a Gazetteer for 25 cents!” – Benson J. Lossing, LL.D., Dover Plains, N. Y.

Great Oriental Poems

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)

“No man, since the days of Sir William Jones, has so deeply drunk at the founts of Indian learning, or so well interpreted its meaning to the Occidental mind as has Edwin Arnold. The ‘Pearls of the Faith,’ contains some of the finest poetry, in thought and expression, of recent times.” —Methodist Magazine, Toronto.

Bacon and Locke

Bacon’s Essays. With notes of Devey. Elzevir Ed., cloth, 30c. (10c)

Bacon’s Essays, and Locke on the Understanding, in one vol. half Russia, 45c. (15c)

“‘Bacon’s Essays’ are a part of the mental furniture of nearly all reading people. They can be read now with as much profit as when they were first written.” —Observer, New York.

“If Bacon first discovered the rules by which knowledge is improved, Locke has most contributed to make mankind at large observe them.” – Mackintosh.

A Poem that Ranks with the Iliad

Crawford. The Kalevala. The National Epic Poem of the Finlanders. Translated into English Verse, by Dr. John Martin Crawford. In two volumes, small octavo, Small Pica type, leaded, cloth, gilt top, $2.25 (75c); half Morocco, $2.75 (85c); in one volume cl., gilt top, $1.70 (60c)

This is the estimate put upon the Kalevala by such an eminent authority as Max Müller.

“Certainly the ‘Kalevala’ as it stands, is one of the World’s great poems. * * Of its antiquity there is no doubt. It is thoroughly pagan from beginning to end. * * All the characteristics of a splendid antique civilization are mirrored in this marvelous poem, and Mr. Crawford’s admirable translation should make the wonderful heroes of Suomi song as familiar if not as dear to our people as the heroes of the great Ionian epics.” —Evening Telegraphy, Philadelphia, Pa.

Curious Myths and Legends,

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)

“‘Curious Myths’ will be found of great assistance to intelligent persons generally who are often puzzled about the Wandering Jew, William Tell, and other distinguished characters who become the more unsubstantial the nearer we get to them.” —Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Carlyle’s Popular Works

Carlyle. Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History. By Thomas Carlyle. Ideal edition Brevier type; cloth, 30c. (11c)

– Popular Works French Revolution, Elzevir Edition. Brevier type, leaded, 2 volumes, cloth $1.00 (30c) Past and Present, 12mo, cloth, 40c. (10c)

“The works of Thomas Carlyle have become classic. A library would be scarcely complete without something from his pen.” —Evangelist, St. Louis.

Miracles Daily Wrought!

Carter. Divine Healing; or, The Atonement for Sin and Sickness. By Capt. R. Kelso Carter. Small quarto. Small Pica type, paper, 25c. (10c), cloth, 60c. (20c)

The best exposition of the “Faith Cure.” The author claims that the atonement of Christ was designed to give health to the body as well as to the soul.

“Whatsoever the reader may think of the subject discussed in the work, he will certainly find it the most readable, reasonable, and reliable compend of this interesting topic.” —Friends’ Expositor, Toronto, Ont.

A Literary Gold Mine

Franklin Literary Nuggets, The. Size 4½ x 6 inches, about 200 pages each. Fine cloth binding, gilt tops. Per volume, 30c. (8c)

1. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

2. The Castle of Otranto. By Horace Walpole.

3. My Ten Years’ Imprisonment. By Silvio Pellico.

4. Lessing’s Nathan the Wise.

5 and 6. White’s Natural History of Selborne, 2 vols.

7. Izaak Walton’s Complete Angler.

8. Addison and Steele’s Sir Roger de Coverley.

9. Herodotus’ Egypt and Scythia.

10. Marco Polo’s Voyages and Travels.

11. Sir Thomas Brown’s Religio Medici.

Beautiful little volumes which need only to be seen to be admired. Note the extremely low price. At these rates really choice literature is cheaper than the “trash” which in low-priced form is largely circulated.

The Dickens! – New Edition,

$3.00 Post-paid!

Dickens. The Works of Charles Dickens’ “Boz” Edition, in six vols., small 8vo, good type, with numerous illus., well printed on fair paper, cl., $3.00 (75c)

List of the Vols. – Over 130 Illustrations.

1. Dombey and Son. Old Curiosity Shop. Hard Times.

2. Copperfield. Christmas Stories. Tale of Two Cities. Uncommercial Traveler.

3. Nicholas Nickleby. Martin Chuzzlewit. American Notes.

4. Mutual Friend. Little Dorrit. Reprinted. Edwin Drood.

5. Pickwick Papers. Barnaby Rudge. Sketches by Boz.

6. Oliver Twist. Great Expectations. Bleak House. Pictures from Italy.

So many thousands of our book buying patrons seem to want a cheap Dickens that I concluded to produce this, incomparably the cheapest edition ever printed! And quite a respectable edition it is, too – printed from the same plates as Appleton’s “Popular Library Edition,” which is still on their catalogue at $10.00! You may have a sample volume (name at least four, and your order of preference) for 45 cents, postpaid, to be returned if not wanted. Discounts to Club Agents liberal. Order a sample and sell a dozen – or a hundred – sets!

“The set of ‘Boz’ Dickens which I ordered from you came yesterday, and I assure you of my delight at possessing such a literary treasure for such a small expenditure of money.” – Mrs. J. T. Stephenson, Griffin, Ga.

The Immortal —A Great Novel! A Scorching Satire!

Daudet. The Immortal. By Alphonse Daudet. 12mo, cloth, 60c. (20c)

“Daudet is undoubtedly a genius. He knows the power of words, and uses it with skill. The simplest scenes fairly thrill with life. His noble characters move with that charm that is so attractive, and his ignoble characters with that meanness that is so detestable. When he touches with that genuine simplicity any bewitching look of nature, he makes it so powerful that it remains in the memory long afterwards. Whether this last novel of the great Frenchman is aimed or not at the individual members of the Academy, we do not know, but certainly he punctures the big bubble of the Academy itself and lets out a great deal of the gas; not in one place or two, but in a hundred. But we sincerely wish this literary French genius would employ his pen with less objection in some instances, or, in other words, that he would be more chaste and refined. If this is a study of social life, as he claims in his dedication, then evidently what Paris needs is not so much study, but reform.” —Zion’s Herald, Boston.

Delightful Stories for Young Folks

*Church, Alfred J. Stories from the Classics, Each 1 vol., 12mo, cloth, $1.50, reduced to 75c. (25c)

Stories from Homer,

Stories of Virgil,

Stories from the Greek Tragedians,

Roman Life in the Days of Cicero,

Stories from Livy,

Stories of the Persian War from Herodotus,

Two Thousand Years Ago; or the Adventures of a Roman Boy,

Stories from Herodotus,

Here are eight books one can commend most heartily, and with a good conscience. They are not only charming, but they are educating, in the truest sense. They delight the young folks, and parents and teachers are pleased to know the fact. It is a positive pleasure to be able to present these exquisite old tales in such excellent form, at a cost so greatly reduced.

Epictetus, Stoic Philosopher

Epictetus, The Teachings of, translated with notes. Ideal edition. 210 pp., cloth, 30c. (10c)

The Emerson of the Ancients! No philosopher of antiquity, save possibly Plato and Aristotle, is more quoted, or more revered. It is really a good book for every library. This pretty and convenient Ideal edition is just the dress for such a book.

Contains the Encheiridion, selections from the Dissertations and Fragments, an introduction and helpful notes. Deserves wide circulation.

“The book of Epictetus, the noblest of the Stoics.” —St. Augustine.