The figure of the infant Christ dwells always in our mind, accompanied by that of the gracious mother who gave Him to the world. Let the fact of this great gift prefigure to us the august office of Woman. Hers be it also to preserve and transmit from age to age the Christian doctrine and the Christlike faith. And, in order that she may fully realize the glory and blessedness of giving, let her remember that what is worthily given to one time is given to all time. * * * * * UNIFORM WITH ARNOLD'S POEMS. THE LIGHT OF ASIA; OR, The Great Renunciation. Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (as told in verse by an Indian Buddhist). BY EDWIN ARNOLD, M.A. "It is a work of great beauty. It tells a story of intense interest, which never flags for a moment; its descriptions are drawn by the hand of a master with the eye of a poet and the familiarity of an expert with the objects described; its tone is so lofty that there is nothing with which to compare it but the New Testament; it is full of variety, now picturesque, now pathetic, now rising into the noblest realms of thought and aspiration; it finds language penetrating, fluent, elevated, impassioned, musical always, to clothe its varied thoughts and sentiments."--OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, _International Review_, October, 1879. "In Mr. Edwin Arnold, Indian poetry and Indian thought have at length found a worthy English exponent. He brings to his work the facility of a ready pen, a thorough knowledge of his subject, a great sympathy for the people of this country, and a command of public attention at home."--_Calcutta Englishman._ "'The Light of Asia' is a remarkable poem, and worthy of a place amongst the great poems of our time. Mr. Arnold is far more than 'a coiner of sweet words'--he is the exponent of noble impressions. He is a scholar and a philosopher; but he is also a true singer."--_London Daily Telegraph._ LIBRARY EDITION. 16mo. Cloth. Price $1.00 CHEAP EDITION. 16mo. Paper. Price .25 ROBERTS BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, BOSTON. _Messrs. Roberts Brothers' Publications._ ON THE RIGHT USE OF BOOKS. A LECTURE. By WILLIAM P. ATKINSON, Professor of English and History in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 16mo. Cloth. Price 50 cents.