The Doomed Ship; or, The Wreck in the Arctic Regions.
_Crown 8vo., Elegantly Bound, Gilt extra, 3s. 6d._
"There is no lack of adventures, and the writer has a matter-of-fact way of telling them."--_Spectator._
"'The Doomed Ship,' by William Hurton, is a spirited tale of adventures in the old style of sea-stories. Mr. Hurton seems to enter fully into the manliness of sea life."--_Idler._
"It is unlike most books on its subject in being brief and readable to an unlearned student. But its chief interest and its unquestionable value is for those who consider dates more curiously than most men need do in an age in which incorporated societies endeavour to persuade a man to insure his life by presenting him with an illuminated table of days. Those who are engaged in original historical researches will find it invaluable both for study and for reference."--_The Scotsman._
"A large amount of carefully prepared information."--_Aberdeen Free Press._
The Quaker Poets of Great Britain and Ireland.
The volume opens with a brief sketch of the Rise of the Society of Friends, and Characteristics of its Poetry. Biographical Notices and Examples of the best Poems of the Chief Quaker Poets of Great Britain and Ireland.
"The book throughout is a good example of scholarly and appreciative editing."--_The Times._
"The book is well worth reading, and evinces signs of careful selection and treatment of themes."--_Liverpool Daily Post._
"Mrs. Armitage's book was worth compiling, and has claims on others than members of the Society of Friends."--_Newcastle Daily Leader._
"The volume is well worth careful study."--_Manchester Guardian._
"This is a charming and even captivating book."--_Friends' Quarterly Examiner._
_Crown 8vo., 140 pp.; fancy cover, 1s.; cloth bound, 2s._
CONTENTS:--In a reasonable and able manner Mr. Maxwell deals with the following topics:--The Popular meaning of the Word Socialism--Lord Salisbury on Socialism--Why There is in Many Minds an Antipathy to Socialism--On Some Socialistic Views of Marriage--The Question of Private Property--The Old Political Economy is not the Way of Salvation--Who is My Neighbour?--Progress, and the Condition of the Labourer--Good and Bad Trade: Precarious Employment--All Popular Movements are Helping on Socialism--Modern Literature in Relation to Social Progress--Pruning the Old Theological Tree--The Churches: Their Socialistic Tendencies--The Future of the Earth in Relation to Human Life--Socialism is Based on Natural Laws of Life--Humanity in the Future--Preludes to Socialism--Forecasts of the Ultimate Form of Society--A Pisgah-top View of the Promised Land.