This no. being paged israratery makes a break in the pazin. "When all that is worldly turns to dro: s around us, books alone retain their steady value."-Irving. PUTNAO'S IBRARY A QUARTERLY SUMMARY, GIVING PRICED AND CLASSIFIED LISTS OF THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS OF THE PAST THREE MONTHS, WITH THE ADDITION OF BRIEF ANALYSES OR CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE MORE IMPORTANT BOOKS; BEING A QUARTERLY CONTINUATION OF "THE BEST READING." EDITED BY F. B. PERKINS. VOL. III. No. II. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 182 Fifth Avenue. NEW YORK JUNE, 30, 1879. PRICE, 50 CENTS A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. **The few short notes in this list are not meant to criticise, but to explain titles too concise to show clearly the character of books. For the convenience of purchasers it has been attempted to indicate roughly which are the more important or desirable of the books named under the several subjects. Thus: A means that the book so marked is considered the best or as good as any AT A MODERATE COST. B means in like manner, the best of the more elaborate or costly books on the subject. In the department of Fiction the books are however marked without reference to their cost. Agriculture. a. Root (L. C.) Quinby's new bee- Thomas (J. J.) Farm implements and Tusser's Husbandrie. Edited, with 12s. 6d. a. Robinson (H. M.) The great fur land; Tusser lived from 1500 to 1536. This curious old string of verses (for it cannot be called poetry) em 2IS. 25. I 75- a. Arndt (E. M.) Life and adventures of Ernst Moritz Arndt, the singer of the German fatherland. Compiled from the German. With preface by J. R. Seeley. Portrait. 12° Bost. 2 25 Arndt was born 1769 and died 1860, aged 91. He was a famous writer of German patriotic songs in the time of Napoleon, and was a powerful opponent of that conqueror. His life is full of information and anecdote. Bacon (Lord) By Lord Macaulay. ,32 N. Y. Paper Beaconsfield (Lord) By T. P. O'Con 25 Eddy (Rev. T. M.) Life. By C. N. Sims, D D. Introduction by Bishop Simpson. 12° N. Y. Elizabeth (Queen) Youth of Queen Elizabeth. Edited from the French of L. Wiesener, by Miss C. M. Yonge. 2 vols. Cr. 8° Lond. Gould (Emily B.) A life worth living: memorials of Emily Bliss Gould, of Rome. By L. R. Bacon. 12° N. Y. Portrait. I 75 2IS. I 50 Mrs. Gould lived at Rome from 1860 until her death in 1875, and was a wise and useful promoter of charitable schools for poor Italian children, and of other good works. Grundy (F. H.) Pictures of the past ; memories of men I have met and sights I have seen. Cr. 8° Lond. I2s. Reminiscences of Patrick Branwell Brontè, Leigh Hunt, Lewes, Stephenson, Bidder, and many more. Hawker. The vicar of Morwenstow; a life of Robert Stephen Hawker. By S. Baring-Gould. 12° N. Y. . I 75 Hawker was a very eccentric personage, and no contemptible poet. Henson (Rev. Josiah H.) Autobiography, 1789 to 1879; with preface by Mrs. Stowe, introductory notes by Wendell Phillips and J. G. Whittier, and an appendix on the " negro exodus," by Bishop Haven. 12° Bost. I 50 Mr. Henson is supposed to have been the original of "Uncle Tom." Joan of Arc. Joan the maid, deliverer I 50 COOKERY AND FOOD-ENGLAND. Dick (W. B.) Recitations and readings, No. 9. 16° N. Y. Paper 30 cts. Cookery and Food. Housekeeping in the blue grass; a new and practical cook-book. Edited by ladies of the Presbyterian Church, Paris, Ky. 10th ed., revised and enlarged. 12° Cinc. Johnston (J. F. W.) Chemistry of common life. New ed., revised and brought down to the present time. By A. H. Church. Maps and numerous engravings on wood. Cr. 8° Lond. Costume. Oliphant (Mrs. M. O. W.) Dress. (Art at home series). Illustr. 12° Phil. Wadleigh (R. H., ed.) Head-gear, antique and modern. Illustr. 8° Bost. Paper 25 cts. Decorative Art. Ames (D. T.) Alphabets adapted to etc. 50 I 50 7s. 6d. I OO 50 I 50 4 00 40 4 50 Payne (W. H.) Syllabus of a course of lectures on the science and art of teaching. 8 Adrian, Mich. Paper Schwab (E.) The school garden: contribution to subject of education; from 4th German ed. by Mrs. Horace Mann. 12° N. Y. Paper Elocution. a. Legouvé (E.) The art of reading; translated (in full) and with biographical notes by E. Roth. Portrait. 12° Phila. McDougall (W. H.) The classical elocutionist; a collection of gems in poetry and prose, for elocutionary 12° N. Y. exercises. 3s. 6d. England. Gilbert (W. S.) H. M. S. Pinafore; or, the lass that loved a sailor: nautical opera in two acts. With por trait of principal characters in costume. 16° N. Y. Paper I2s. 5 ΙΟ 15 I 00 15S. 15 40 I 00 I 00 35 50 I 50 I 25 25 |