IN NAZARETH TOWN: A Christmas Fantasy; and other Poems. By JOHN W. CHADWICK. 16mo. Cloth, gilt or red edges. Price, $1.00
"Mr. Chadwick has a preference for simple domestic and religious themes; his thought is clear and natural; his temperament is gentle and cheerful; his taste is refined; his sense of beauty, both spiritual and physical, is acute; and his expression is easy, fluent and graceful. These qualities will make his verse welcome in many households. All the pieces in the present collection are of recent date. They are not ambitious. They touch only the chords over which the poet's mastery is sure; but they appeal to sympathies which are universal."--_N.Y. Tribune._
DONALD AND DOROTHY. By MARY MAPES DODGE. Square 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, $2.00
"One of the most delightful books of the year, and one which will fascinate old readers as well as young, is Mary Mapes Dodge's 'Donald and Dorothy.' Everybody knows what an immense popularity Mrs. Dodge's first book, 'Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates,' attained, and how well deserved that popularity was, but 'Hans Brinker' must of a necessity take second place by the side of 'Donald and Dorothy.' And the charm of the story itself is added to by the tasteful and elegant manner in which the volume is brought out. The clear print, the fine paper, the beautiful illustrations, and the strong and handsome binding, make it a pleasure even to look at it."--_Boston Transcript._
"A bright, fresh, wide awake story by Mary Mapes Dodge, whose 'Hans Brinker' has made troops of readers eager to see whatever new story comes from the charming pen which wrote that. There are hundreds of thousands of girls and boys who would be gladdened and helped by reading this excellent story."--_Springfield Union._
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LETTERS OF REV. ORVILLE DEWEY. Edited by his daughter, MARY E. DEWEY. With a faithful likeness of Dr. Dewey. 12mo. Cloth. Price, $1.75
"This charming addition to the storehouse of biographical literature is one of the most interesting publications of the day. In its pages the memory of Dr. Dewey, one of the greatest pulpit orators of his time, is pleasantly revived. Miss Dewey, the daughter of the subject of the memoir, has prepared the book for the press. It contains a brief autobiography of the eloquent divine, a selection from his letters to familiar friends, and a running commentary from Miss Dewey's pen that connects the different portions into a nearly complete biography, far more acceptable than one carried out in the ordinary routine. The autobiography is a model in its way. It was written at the request of his family and for their special use, without a thought of publication. It is a piece of literary composition remarkable for its polished, transparent and unaffected style. It is equally remarkable for the honesty, modesty and purity of character it reveals in the man who tells with _naïve_ unconsciousness the story of his youth, his active life, and his occupation after his retirement from the ministry.... To the present generation, who know him only by printed sermons and lectures, from which the living presence was wanting, the book will be a new revelation. Readers who have a taste for biography will enjoy this book for the refreshing absence of eulogy, and as the interesting record of a life where eminent distinction was won by unfaltering perseverance in the cultivation of great natural gifts."--_Providence Journal._