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Afternoon Tea.

Ten photogravures from original photographs. A charming series of studies from life, representing two children giving an afternoon tea. New edition and new binding. Printed on Japan paper, bound in cloth, with silver stamp and fancy paper side. Quarto, iox11%......

Alhambra, The.

By Washington Irving. Darro Edition. Illustrated with thirty photogravures from photographs, many of which were taken specially for this edition. Each page is surrounded by a Moorish border in red and gold, the designs being carefully copied from the decorations of the palace. Two vols., small 8vo, cloth extra, gilt tops and with slip covers, binding decorated with handsome Moorish designs. In box......

Alhambra, The; and The Conquest of Granada.

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By Washington Irving. Beautifully illustrated with photogravure frontispieces and 32 fine half-tone plates from special photographs. Exquisitely bound with rich Moorish decorations on side and back in gold and colors, handsomely covered and boxed, 2 vols., octavo, gilt top, parti-colored cloth 4 00 Sold separately, each.....

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Among the Mountains of the Adirondacks.

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By S. R. Stoddard. Comprising from forty to fifty views of the most attract-
ive mountain scenery of the Adirondacks. Cloth with ornamental side... 200

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*Around the World in Eighty Minutes.

Over one hundred half-tone engravings from recent photographs of the most
famous places and edifices of the world, with an accurate and interesting
description of each view. Illuminated paper cover...
Fine English cloth, full gilt......

Aurelian, Emperor of Rome.

By William Ware, author of "Zenobia," etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, with cameo ornament..

A new edition of this standard work, uniform with the new edition of "Zenobia," printed from new plates, and fully illustrated with half-tone plates from photographs of scenes and places in Rome described in the work.

THE TROTTING MATCH.

From "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table."

Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

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Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, The.

By Oliver Wendell Holmes. Holiday Edition. From entirely new plates, with numerous full-page and text illustrations by Howard Pyle. In 2 volumes, crown 8vo, printed in the most careful manner and bound in an attractive style after designs by Mrs. Henry Whitman. Cloth, gilt top... 5 00 u.es It is unnecessary to describe, much less to commend, "The Autocrat." It is one of the best known and most valued books in American literature. Its wisdom, its thoughtfulness, its humor, its rare intellectual agility, and its admirable style are beyond praise. It is good for all seasons, but to lend it a special grace for the holiday season Mr. Howard Pyle has made for it a large number of full-page and text illustrations, which can hardly fail to satisfy and delight all lovers of "The Autocrat."

Baby's Biography, The.

An album in which may be recorded the mother's story of the chief_events of baby's life. Designed by A. O. Kaplan and illustrated by Mrs. Frances M. Brundage. Large quarto, 11x9, 72 pages, either in portfolio or bound in handsome combination of gold and different colored cloths...

In this volume, beautifully printed in colors, in Paris, by the most approved methods of photographic reproduction-may be given the little stranger's date of birth, its weight from month to month, etc.-in fact, the history of baby from birth to majority.

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Baby's Journal, The.

A collection of verse, with
illustrations in color by
S. Alice Bray. With
blank spaces for the
recording of name,
birth, gifts, items.
Beautifully printed,
with ornamental text
and 8 illustrations.

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Wherein may be chron-
icled, as memories for

grown up days, the Mother's Story of the Progress of the Baby. Designed and illustrated by Annie F. Cox. Oblong quarto. Blue and white cloth, or full gold cloth....

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This is practically a new work, the illustrations and text having been re-drawn and engraved, and many additions made to the contents.

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*Becket.

By Lord Alfred Tennyson. With illustrations by Frederic C. Gordon. 8vo,
cloth, with full gilt side from design by George Wharton Edwards....
Mr. Gordon has produced a series of most interesting and attractive illustrations for
Tennsyon's Becket, which has not before been issued in this manner. It makes a holiday
book of permanent value as well as of great beauty.

Ben Hur:

A Tale of the Christ. By Lew Wallace. Garfield Edition. Handsomely illustrated with 20 full-page photogravures and 1,000 marginal drawings of persons and places mentioned throughout the work. 2 vols., 8vo. Bound in silk and gold. In a box...

In this handsomely illustrated edition one or more drawings appear on every page of the text. They are remarkable not only for their number, but for their disposition on the pages, all being confined to the margins. They serve both to adorn the pages by their decorative quality, and to enhance the interest of the text by illustrating it with an appropriate picture whenever it has been found possible to do so. The photogravures, with the exception of the frontispiece in the second volume, are all taken from photographs.

Bits of Life.

Ten new photogravures from clever originals, by members of the Camera Club. Printed on Japan paper. Quarto, with silver stamp and fancy paper side.....

Bits of Nature.

Ten new photogravures of charming bits of American scenery, consisting of new subjects. Printed on Japan paper. Quarto, cloth, with silver stamp and fancy paper side....

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Bow of Orange Ribbon, The.

By Amelia E. Barr. New edition. With 100 illustrations, four of them in color, by Theo. Hampe. 8 vo, beautifully bound, cloth..

This picture of early New York, perhaps the best known of Mrs. Barr's widely known stories, has been charmingly illustrated with designs in pen and ink and half tone, both full-page and running into the text and into the margins, by Theo. Hampe.

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Boyhood of Christ, The.

ROSAMOND! RAINBOW, STAY,
GLEAM UPON GLOOM, BRIGHT
AS MY DREAM, RAINBOW, STAY!"
Dodd, Mead & Co.

By Lew Wallace, author of "Ben Hur," etc. 14 full-page engravings on plate paper. Quarto, ornamental leather binding.....

"This work is a gem of literature. The illustrations are numerous, and drawn from the choicest productions of human art. The binding is very beautiful, a unique feature of which is an edging of the Latin initials, 1. C. The whole work is beautiful in setting forth the character of Jesus."-Christian Intelligencer, New York.

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Brooks's, Phillips, Poems.

Christmas and Easter Carols, beautifully illustrated in color and monotint.
Quarto, 48 pages, cloth, gilt.....

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Bunch of Violets, A.

By Irene E. Jerome. Original illustrations engraved on wood and printed under the direction of George T. Andrew. Quarto, elegantly bound in gold cloth, full gilt, gilt edges...

"In this volume Miss Jerome has collected poetry relating to the exquisite little flower so dear to the lover of country scenes. The illustratione form a procession of violetdecked scenes from the first picture of a little girl with a basket of the blossoms, to the last page where a child is weeping because spring has departed, and every violet is gone."-Commercial Gazette.

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Including a trip through the Yellowstone Park. Edited by F. K. Warren,
R. B. S. With numerous wood engravings by the best artists.
quarto, cloth, embossed in silver, gilt edges.....

Camp Life.

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A series of views representing camp life in its varied aspects, from original photographs, by S. R. Stoddard. 12 plates, quarto, cloth, with ornamental

side.

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