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Carlyle, T. Heroes and hero worship. 

N. Y., Macmillan, 1897 80c

Beyond all living men Mr. Carlyle has colored the thought of his time. He is above all things original.

 Century magazine, 1897-8 and 1898. 

N. Y., Century Co. 2 vols. ea. $2.75

Childs, F. S. An old New England town. 

N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 net, $2

Papers on the old town of Fairfield, Conn.

Claflin, M. B. Under the old elms. 

N. Y., Crowell & Co., 1895 $1

Reminiscences of Charles Sumner, Henry Wilson, Henry Ward Beecher, Mrs. Stowe and others.

j Cumnock R. M. Comp. School speaker. 

Chic., McClurg & Co., 1895 75c

This collection includes only such selections as seem to appeal directly to the fancy and feelings of youth.

Earle, A. M. The Sabbath in Puritan New England. 

N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1.25

A piquant contribution to Puritan sociology

Emerson, R. W. Essays. 1st and 2d series. 

Bost., Houghton. Mifflin & Co.,, 1894 ea. $1.75

A beautiful presentation of noble thought.

——— Lecture and biographical sketches. 

Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1.75

This volume includes essays on character, Plutarch, etc., and biographical sketches of Dr. Ripley, Mr. Hoar, Henry Thoreau and others.

——— Letters and social aims. 

Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1. 75

Author's style is clear and brilliant and shows honest and independent thought.

——— Miscellanies. 

Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1.75

In none of these essays was any change from the original form made, except in the "Fortune of the republic," which was necessary.