Selecting some choice passages of the best
standard authors, each of sufficient length to occupy half an hour
in its perusal, there is here food for thought for every day in the
year: so that if the purchaser will devote but one-half hour each
day to its appropriate selection he will read through these six
volumes in one year, and in such a leisurely manner that the
noblest thoughts of many of the greatest minds will be firmly in
his mind forever. For every Sunday there is a suitable selection
from some of the most eminent writers in sacred literature. We
venture to say if the editor's idea is carried out the reader will
possess more and better knowledge of the English classics at the
end of the year than he would by five years of desultory reading.
They can be commenced at any day in the year. The variety of
reading is so great that no one will ever tire of these volumes. It
is a library in itself.
THE POETRY OF OTHER LANDS. A Collection of Translations into English
Verse of the Poetry of Other Languages, Ancient and Modern. Compiled by
N. CLEMMONS HUNT. Containing translations from the Greek, Latin,
Persian, Arabian, Japanese, Turkish, Servian, Russian, Bohemian, Polish,
Dutch, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese languages. 12mo.
Cloth, extra, gilt edges, $2.50; half calf, gilt, marbled edges, $4.00;
Turkey morocco, gilt edges, $6.
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