"These volumes tell the story of his life with exquisite taste; they also unfold a panorama of the literary history of America, and are among the rare and monumental books of the present century."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._ * * * * * NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE AND HIS WIFE. By JULIAN HAWTHORNE. With portraits newly engraved on steel and vignettes. Two vols. 12mo. In cloth, $5.00. Half morocco or half calf, $9.00. Edition de luxe, numbered copies, $12.00. The fullest and most charming accounts of Hawthorne's ancestry and family; his boyhood and youth; his courtship and marriage; his life at Salem, Lenox, and Concord; his travels and residence in England and Italy; his later life in America; and his chief works and their motives and origins. "It increases my admiration for the character of Hawthorne and my respect for his genius as an author."--_R. H. Stoddard, in The Critic._ "The most charming biography of the year, pure and sweet from the beginning to end."--_The Beacon_ (Boston). "Colored with the very hues of life, and bearing the signature of truth. The reader will close the book with a new admiration for the pure-minded and honest gentleman who was the greatest original writer our country has produced."--New _York Tribune._ "And so the inspiration left behind by this biography is that of increase of happy faith in the power of high, disinterested love to transmute the prose of daily life into poetry, to give beauty for ashes, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness."--_Boston Herald._ "Leaves on the mind of the reader a clear perception of Hawthorne's moral and intellectual character, a vivid impression of his personal traits, disposition, and habits, as manifested in the alternations of work and play, in the study, in the family, and in society, and a singularly distinct and life-like image of his person."--_George William Curtis, in Harper's Magazine._ =TICKNOR AND COMPANY, Boston.= * * * * * JOHN BODEWIN'S TESTIMONY. By MARY HALLOCK FOOTE, author of "Led-Horse Claim," etc. 1 vol. 12mo. $1.50. "Mrs. Foote is only to be compared with our best women novelists. To make this comparison briefly, Miss Woolson observes keenly, Mrs. Burnett writes charmingly, and Mrs. Foote feels intensely."--_The Critic._ NEXT DOOR. By CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM, author of "Dearly Bought," "No Gentlemen," etc. $1.50. "'Next Door' is a love story, pure and simple. The conversations are vivacious, with an exceptional charm. The tone of the book is refined and pure, and it will make itself an especial favorite among the summer novels."--_Boston Traveller._ TWO COLLEGE GIRLS. By HELEN DAWES BROWN. 12mo. $1.50.