“One of the most interesting books of travel we have ever read.... We have great admiration of the book, and feel great respect for the author for his intelligence, humanity, manliness, and philosophic spirit, which are conspicuous throughout his writings.”—Nation.
“Crowded with entertainment and instruction. A careful reading of it will give more real acquaintance with both the physical geography and the ethnology of the northern temperate regions of both hemispheres than perhaps any other book in existence.”—N.Y. Evening Post.
STILLMAN’S (W.J.) CRETAN INSURRECTION OF 1866-7-8. By W.J. STILLMAN, late U.S. Consul in Crete. 12mo. $1.50.
WHIST (SHORT WHIST). Edited by J.L. Baldwin. The Standard adopted by the London Clubs. And a Treatise on the Game, by J.C. 18mo, appropriately decorated, $1.00.
“Having been for
thirty-six years a player and lover of the game,
we commend the book
to a beginner desirous of playing
well.”—Boston
Commonwealth.