Puslapio vaizdai
PDF
„ePub“

"No other book in English has surveyed the whole field so comprehensively."-The Outlook.

ICONOCLASTS: A Book of Dramatists

By James Huneker

Iconoclasts' is the most pungent dramatic work of the year and a brilliant addition to the literature of the stage."-Boston Herald.

"This is a valuable book. Its brilliancy as well as its depth of analysis, besides the mere bulk of information it contains, makes it so."-Literary Digest.

"His style is a little jerky, but it is one of those rare styles in which we are led to expect some significance, if not wit, in every sentence."-G. K. Chesterton in London Daily News.

$1.50 net (postage 12 cents)

TWO NEW LITERARY LIVES

COVENTRY PATMORE

By Edmund Gosse

"This compact, concise, and lucid monograph will reveal the poet to the public.”—Pittsburg Gazette. "Mr. Gosse's biography is highly interesting.”—Dial.

Illustrated, $1.00 net (postage 10 cents)

ERNEST RENAN

"A wonderfully luminous monograph."-Boston Herald

By William Barry, D.D.

"Could hardly be improved as far as good temper, lightness of touch, grace, clearness of judgment and sanity are concerned."-Evening Sun.

Illustrated, $1.00 net (postage 10 cents)

PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS BOOKS

Assistant Professor of Philosophy in Harvard University

THE APPROACH TO PHILOSOPHY By Ralph Barton Perry, Ph.D. A stimulating and valuable introduction to philosophy designed for the general reader.

AMOS AND HOSEA

$1.50 net

By W. R. Harper, Ph.D. "His learning is marvellous, and his combined attention to detail and unity of treatment unrivalled." -Living Church "This commentary will henceforth be the authoritative one."-Standard.

$3.00 net (postage 24 cents)

ISRAEL'S HISTORICAL and BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVES By Professor Charles Foster Kent This new volume of The Student's Old Testament incorporates the results of the most recent Biblical scholarship, and contains charts, etc. $2.75 net (postage 15 cents)

OUTLINES OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST

maps,

By William Sanday, D.D.

"Few writings on the Life of Christ exhibit so fine a combination of wide learning and reverent caution."-Christian World.

"His monograph merits the praise it has received."-Evening Post. $1.25 net (postage 12 cents)

THE BIBLE: Its Origin and Nature

By Marcus Dods, D.D.

"He states his arguments with great ability and meets objectors with ingenuity and skill."—Outlook. "If any honest, truth-seeking person has felt confused and perplexed, he could not do better than turn to this book for light and help."-Glasgow Herald.

$1.00 net (postage 10 cents)

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

NEW YORK

[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]

With a series of intimate and sympathetic introductions by MRS. STEVENSON, telling of the circumstances under which the books were written.

"The most important thing in such an edition is the type and paper and form of the volumes, and in the present case these deserve hearty praise."-N. Y. Evening Post.

"There was obviously a need for just such an edition, and the publishers are to be commended for giving it just this form."-Outlook.

"Mrs. Stevenson's prefaces are not long, but they are interesting and valuable for the light they throw on the writing of the various stories."

་་

-JEANNETTE GILDER, in Louisville Courier-Journal.

"It is an attractive dress that has been selected for the new 'Biographical' edition of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson. The type is large and clear, the size of

the volumes very convenient, for they will slip into the pocket, and the paper is very good."-New York Sun.

KIDNAPPED

TREASURE ISLAND

THE WRECKER

FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN
AND BOOKS

THE WRONG BOX

WEIR OF HERMISTON

THE SILVERADO SQUATTERS containing THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT

Already Published

THE DYNAMITER
DAVID BALFOUR

PRINCE OTTO

AN INLAND VOYAGE

TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY

To be Published Shortly

ACROSS THE PLAINS
THE EBB TIDE

THE MERRY MEN

containing DR. JEKYLL AND
MR. HYDE

COMPLETE POEMS

NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS

THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENT
THE BLACK ARROW
VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE

ST. IVES

MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS
IN THE SOUTH SEAS

ESSAYS OF TRAVEL AND IN
THE ART OF WRITING

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

NEW YORK

SCRIBNER'S NEW IMPORTATIONS

THE CONFESSIONS OF LORD BYRON

A Collection of His Private Opinions of Men and of Matters, taken from the new and enlarged edition of his Letters and Journals. Arranged by W. A. LEWIS BETTANY. With a photogravure portrait. Square 8vo, $2.50 net.

WAGNER'S LETTERS TO MME. WESENDONCK LETTERS AND LEAVES FROM A DIARY. By RICHARD WAGNER. With portraits and facsimiles. Translated by WILLIAM ASHTON ELLIS. 8vo, $4.00 net.

This is one of the most remarkable volumes ever published about the great composer Richard Wagner. In Mme. Wesendonck's friendship Wagner found his greatest inspiration and out of their relations grew his most beautiful work, "Tristan and Isolde."

JOHN OF GAUNT

King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Aquitane and Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester, Seneschal of England. By SYDNEY ARMITAGE-SMITH, Late Scholar of New College, Oxford; Fellow of University College, London. With illustrations. 8vo, $4.50 net.

"A fascinating story of chivalry, pageantry and war; a story of many personages and many scenes; a story, too, told with feeling and intelligence by one who breathes the spirit of the times."-The Outlook.

THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS

An Introduction to Celtic Myth, Legend, Poetry and Romance. By CHARLES SQUIRE. 8vo, $3.50 net.

BRASSEY'S NAVAL ANNUAL, 1905

Edited by T. A. BRASSEY, A.I.N.A. With numerous illustrations. 8vo, $7.50 net.

Invaluable in acquiring accurate information about the naval situation in the Russo-Japanese war. Roumanian Folk-Songs

SONGS OF THE VALIANT VOIVODE

and other strange Folk-Lore.

For the first time collected from Roumanian Peasants, and set forth in English by HÉLÈNE VACARESCO, who also collected the Roumanian Folk-Songs published under the title of "The Bard of Dimbovitza." Square crown 8vo, net $2.50. Another brilliant book from a field of literature almost untouched.

BOOKS ON GARDENING

FORMAL GARDENS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND

Their Planning and Arrangement, Architectural and Ornamental Features. A Series of Illustrations mainly from Old Examples. With an Introduction and Descriptive Accounts by H. INIGO TRIGGS, A.R.I.B.A. Complete in three parts. Folio, $25.00 net.

The most sumptuous work on Formal Gardens, containing 120 plates (size 17x13 inches), of which 50 are photogravures reproduced directly from the most artistic photographs taken especially for this work, and presenting views of the most beautiful and famous Formal Gardens in England.

GARDENS OLD AND NEW-Second Series

Containing Additional Examples Beautifully Illustrated, of the "Country House and Its Garden Environment." 4to, Profusely Illustrated, $12.00 net. Also

Gardens Old and New-First Series

Profusely Illustrated. 4to, $12.00 net.

"One could not, if one would, overpraise the charm of this beautiful book. As an example of the beautiful in books, it is a long time since we chanced on anything so noteworthy as Gardens Old and New.'"-Birmingham Daily Post.

THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN AND HOME

GROUNDS

Design and arrangement shown by existing examples of Gardens in Great Britain and Ireland, followed by a Description of the Plants, Shrubs, and Trees for the open air Garden and their Culture. By W. ROBINSON. Eighth Edition. Profusely illustrated, 8vo, $6.00 net.

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, New York

SCRIBNER'S NEW IMPORTATIONS

THE GARDENS OF ITALY

Being a series of illustrations from photographs of the most famous examples of The Gardens of Italy by CHARLES LATHAM. With descriptive text by E. MARCH PHILLIPPS. With 300 beautiful half-tone illustrations. 2 vols., folio, $18.00 net.

A superbly illustrated work, treating most completely the deservedly famous and beautiful Gardens of Italy, fascinating alike to the lovers of Gardening, Architecture, Art, and History.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY

AND ITS MEMBERS. A History from 1768 to 1830. By the late J. E. HODGSON, R.A., and F. A. EATON, M.A., Secretary of the Royal Academy. With photogravure portraits and illustrations. Large 8vo, $5.00 net.

An authentic history of the first 60 years of this brilliant Academy with biographical accounts of the great men who made its annals famous.

PICTURES IN UMBRIA

BY KATHERINE S. MACQUOID. With fifty original illustrations by Thomas R. Macquoid, R.I. 12mo, $1.50 net.

FAMOUS ART CITIES.

NUREMBERG

NUREMBERG, AND ITS ART TO THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY. BY DR. P. J. RÉE. With 123 illustrations. Square 8vo, $1.50 net. The third volume of a splendidly illustrated series under the title of "Famous Art Cities." The succeeding volumes will treat of Venice, Florence, Rome, Siena, Ravenna, Cairo, Rome, Paris, Bruges, Seville, Pisa, Moscow, Strassburg and others, and form excellent supplementary guides for the traveler of artistic tastes.

THE LANGHAM SERIES

New volumes. ROME AS AN ART CITY. By ALBERT ZACHER. With 16 illustrations. ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE. Being a Brief Account of Its Principles and Progress. By J. WOOD BROWN. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLISH CARICATURE. By SELWYN BRINTON, M. A. With illustrations. Sq. 16mo, leather, $1.00 net.

Already issued in "The Langham Series "-Bartolozzi-Colour Prints of Japan-Illustrations of Montmatre-Auguste Rodin-Venice as an Art City-London as an Art City-Nuremberg. Each illustrated. Sq. 16mo, $1.00 net.

A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

ON THE COMPARATIVE METHOD. For the Student, Craftsman and Amateur. By the late Professor BANISTER FLETCHER, Prof. Architecture, King's College, London, and BANISTER F. FLETCHER, Architect. Fifth edition, rewritten and greatly enlarged, with about 2000 illustrations, including 124 full-page reproductions from photographs of the chief buildings of the world, and 165 full-page reproductions of specially prepared drawings of architecture, ornament and construction. Thick demy, 8vo, $6.00 net.

POLO: PAST AND PRESENT

By T. P. F. DALE. With numerous illustrations. (The "Country Life" Library of Sport.) 8vo, $3.75 net. ALREADY ISSUED in The "Country Life" Library of Sport. CRICKET, I vol. SHOOTING, 2 vols. FISHING, 2 vols. Each with numerous illustrations. $3.75 a vol.

BAEDEKER'S INDISPENSABLE GUIDES

THE UNITED STATES, with an Excursion into Mexico Third edition, completely revised, rewritten and enlarged. With 25 maps and 35 Plans. $3.60 net.

Canada

EUROPEAN GUIDE BOOKS—Latest Editions

Illustrated with numerous Maps, Plans, Panoramas and Views. All prices net.

Alps (Eastern)

Austria

Belgium and Holland

Berlin and Its Environs
Egypt

France (Northern)

France (Southern)

Germany (Southern)

[blocks in formation]

$1.80

2.10

2.40 Great Britain

Norway and Sweden

2.40

3.00

Palestine and Syria

1.80

Greece

3.60

2.40

Paris and Its Environs

1.80

.90 Italy (from the Alps to Naples,
4.50 with 26 Maps and 44 Plans) 2.40
2.10 Italy (Northern)
2.40
2.70 Italy (Central) and Rome, New Edn 2.25
1.80 Italy (Southern) and Sicily

[blocks in formation]

1.80

[ocr errors]

Travelers' Manual of Conversation, in English, German, French and Italian

.90

[ocr errors]

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, New York

New Picture Publications

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

HEADS IN PASTEL

[graphic]

BY

ALONZO KIMBALL

Under this title, AMERICAN BEAUTIES, is to be seen the first work in pastel by Alonzo Kimball, an artist who bids fair to rival the most popular depicters of feminine beauty. The four subjects are artistic in handling and represent popular types of beauty. They are reproduced in full colors and make a most attractive set of pictures. Each picture 13 x 17 inches on mounts 19 x 24 inches. Price for the set of four, $3.00 net. Express prepaid in the United States and Canada.

[graphic]

WESTERN LIFE

BY

C. M. RUSSELL

This set of four spirited pictures in colors depicting scenes of Western life discloses a fresh and vigorous figure in art. Mr. Russell knows the life he paints from personal experience, having lived for years the fascinating and adventurous life of a cowboy. The pictures are faithful reproductions of the originals in full colors.

Each picture about 12 x 17 inches on mounts 19x24.

Price for the set, $3.50 net.

Express prepaid in the United States and Canada.

[graphic]

SMART HEADS

IN COLORS

By G. G. WIEDERSEIM

Chic is the word which best describes this set of four heads in colors
by Grace G. Wiederseim. They are especially attractive examples of
this kind of art. They are "smart set" types and are very fetching in
pose and arrangement. Her ability to picture the charm and grace
of femininity is very apparent in this set of pictures.

Each picture 11 x 17 inches on mounts 14 x 21 inches.
Price for the set of four, $2.50 net.

Express prepaid in the United States and Canada.

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, New York

« AnkstesnisTęsti »