This series presents a selection of books, remarkable for the rare and enduring value of their contents, and made additionally attractive by the form in which they are published. The volumes are of the semi-square shape which offers such excellent opportunities for the best effects in simple but elegant typography and binding, and the results will be in the highest degree satisfactory to all lovers of handsome books. The series takes its name from the book first upon the list. _THE GOLDEN TREASURY_, edited by Francis Turner Palgrave, consists of selections made with rare discrimination from the very best of English songs and lyrical poems. _IN THE BOOK OF PRAISE_, Sir Roundell Palmer, with a just appreciation of their merits and a devout sympathy with their spirit, has brought together, from the range of English hymns, those which are worthy of a permanent place in public favor. _THE BALLAD BOOK_, edited with no less painstaking care, and excellence in judgment, by William Allingham, includes an unsurpassed selection of the representative ballads which have won fame and favor for the bards of Britain. In no other form is so rare and pleasing a collection of British ballads to be found. Of the volume which includes those masterpieces of Sir Walter Scott, _MARMION, LADY OF THE LAKE, AND THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL_, no explanatory words are necessary. These poems in the future, as in the past, will hold undisputed place among the gems of classic literature. The popularity of England's Poet Laureate makes it equally unnecessary to more than present the title of the next volume upon the list, _THE COMPLETE WORKS OF TENNYSON._ Lord Macaulay's _LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME, IVRY_, and the _ARMADA_, is another volume upon which comment is needless. _RELIGIOUS POEMS_ is an admirable selection, reflecting the life and sentiments of the Christian believer. _IN THE MIND AND WORDS OF JESUS_, by Rev. T.R. Macduff, we have a masterly interpretation of the thoughts and utterances of the Divine Teacher, so full of deep insight, of spirituality, and helpfulness, as to seem little less than inspired. This series of standard books would be incomplete without the name of Bunyan and his _PILGRIM'S PROGRESS_, which concludes the list. Each volume is beautifully illustrated and printed on the finest paper. To their other excellent features is added a price which cannot fail to make them popular. Vellum, cloth, $1.25 each. LOTHROP'S SPARE MINUTE SERIES. "The significance of the name of this series is seen from the fact that THOUGHTS THAT BREATHE, for instance, has 300 pages, and contains 273 separately numbered and independent extracts. Thus a person can read one or more of these at a time, and put the book down without breaking the train of thought." 6 vols, 12mo, $5.00. 6 vols, imitation half calf. $7.50. 6 vols, full imitation calf. $9.00.