Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher and seer : $b an estimate of his character and genius in prose and verse — John Shaqi
Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher and seer : $b an estimate of his character and genius in prose and verseAlcott, Amos Bronson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher and seer : $b an estimate of his character and genius in prose and verse
Alcott, Amos Bronson
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
=AALESUND TO TETUAN.= By CHAS. R. CORNING. A Volume of Travel. 12mo, 400
pp. Cloth. $2.00.
[_Ready in September._
TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Portsmouth—Isle of Wight—Channel
Islands—Normandy—Nice—Monte Carlo—Genoa—Naples and its
Environments—Rome—Verona—Venice—Norway—Sweden—St.
Petersburg—Moscow—Warsaw—Berlin—Up the
Rhine—Barcelona—Valencia—Seville—Cadiz—Morocco—Gibraltar—Granada—Madrid
and the Royal Wedding—Bull Fights—Escurial—Biarritz—Bordeaux—Paris.
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=TAPPY’S CHICKS=: or, Links Between Nature and Human Nature. By MRS.
GEORGE CUPPLES. Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth. $1.25.
The tenderness and humor of this volume are simply exquisite.—_E. P.
Whipple._
The title is altogether too insignificant for so delightful and
valuable a work.—_Spectator_ (London).
It is not merely a work of talent, but has repeated strokes of
undeniable genius.—_George Macdonald._
[_In preparation._
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=THOMAS CARLYLE’S COUNSELS TO A LITERARY ASPIRANT= (a Hitherto
Unpublished Letter of 1842), and What Came of Them. With a brief
estimate of the man. By JAMES HUTCHINSON STIRLING, LL. D. 12mo,
boards, 50 cents.
Gives a side of the rugged old Scotchman which will be new to most
readers. It shows that he was not always gruff and bearish, and that
he could at times think of somebody besides himself. _The letter is
one which every young man who has a leaning towards literary work will
read and ponder over._
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=SOCIAL LIFE AND LITERATURE FIFTY YEARS AGO.= 16mo, cloth, white paper
labels, gilt top. $1.00.
By a well-known _litterateur_. It will take a high place among the
literature treating of the period. A quaint and delightful book,
exquisitely printed in the Pickering style.
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=CIVILIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES.= By MATTHEW ARNOLD. And Other Essays
concerning America. 16mo, unique paper boards. 75 cents. Cloth, uncut,
$1.25. _The cloth binding matches the uniform edition of his collected
works._
Comprises the critical essays, which created so much discussion,
namely, “General Grant, an Estimate.” “A Word about America,” “A Word
more about America,” and “Civilization in the United States.”
⁂ This collection gathers in the great critic’s _last_ contributions
to literature.
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=LEGENDS OF THE RHINE.= From the German of Prof. BERNARD. Translated by
FR. ARNOLD. Finely Illustrated. Small 4to. Cloth.
An admirable collection of the popular historical traditions of the
Rhine, told with taste and picturesque simplicity.
[_In press._
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