"A charming little series, well edited and printed. More thoroughly readable little books it would be hard to find: there is no padding in them: all is epigram, point, poetry or sound common sense."--_London Publishers' Circular._ _Mizpah. Friends at Prayer. Containing a Prayer or Meditation for each day in the Year._ By LAFAYETTE C. LOOMIS. 12mo. Beautifully printed on superfine tinted paper within red lines. Fine cloth, $2. Extra cloth, gilt edges. $2.50. This work proposes Morning and Evening Scripture Readings, and an Evening Meditation. The Morning Readings embrace the Psalms twice, and the evening, the New Testament entire, during the year. The Meditations are not expositions of the text, but rather devotional reflections--generally upon the Evening Reading--and intended to follow the Scripture and precede prayer. _The Wife's Messengers: A Novel._ By Mrs. M. B. HORTON. 12mo. Tinted paper. Extra cloth, $1.75. "The writer has produced a capital contribution to the cause of domestic truth, and one which will be read with delight in many a household."--_Ohio Statesman._ "This story is pervaded by a strong religious feeling. The story is well worth reading on its own merits, and some portions of it are written with a real power that cannot fail to command attention."--_Philada. Evening Telegraph._ _Our Own Birds of the United States. A Familiar Natural History of the Birds of the United States._ By WILLIAM L. BAILY. Revised and Edited by Edward D. Cope, Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences. With numerous Illustrations. 16mo. Toned paper. Extra cloth, $1.50. "The text is all the more acceptable to the general reader because the birds are called by their popular names, and not by the scientific titles of the cyclopædias, and we know them at once as old friends and companions. We commend this unpretending little book to the public as possessing an interest wider in its range but similar in kind to that which belongs to Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne."--_N.Y. Even. Post._ "The whole book is attractive, supplying much pleasantly-conveyed information for young readers, and embodying an arrangement and system that will often make it a helpful work of reference for older naturalists."--_Philada. Even. Bulletin._ "To the youthful, 'Our Own Birds' is likely to prove a bountiful source of pleasure, and cannot fail to make them thoroughly acquainted with the birds of the United States. As a science there is none more agreeable to study than ornithology. We therefore feel no hesitation in commending this book to the public. It is neatly printed and bound, and is profusely illustrated."--_New York Herald._ _A Few Friends, and How They Amused Themselves._ A Tale in Nine Chapters, containing descriptions of Twenty Pastimes and Games, and a Fancy-Dress Party. By M. E. DODGE, author of "Hans Brinker," &c. 12mo. Toned paper. Extra cloth, $1.25.