shades, the finer play of thought and imagination belonging to individual authors, are brought out in this way (by the arrangement of poems under subject-headings) as they would not be under any other system....  We are deeply impressed with the keen appreciation of poetical worth, and also with the good taste manifested by the compiler.”—­Churchman.

“Cyclopaedias of poetry are numerous, but for sterling value of its contents for the library, or as a book of reference, no work of the kind will compare with this admirable volume of Mr. Coates.  It takes the gems from many volumes, culling with rare skill and judgment.”—­Chicago Inter-Ocean.

THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF POETRY.  Compiled by HENRY T. COATES.  Containing over 500 poems carefully selected from the works of the best and most popular writers for children; with nearly 200 illustrations.  The most complete collection of poetry for children ever published. 4to.  Cloth, extra, black and gold, gilt side and edges, $3.00; full Turkey morocco, gilt edges, $7.50.

“This seems to us the best book of poetry for children in existence.  We have examined many other collections, but we cannot name another that deserves to be compared with this admirable compilation.”—­Worcester Spy.

“The special value of the book lies in the fact that it nearly or quite covers the entire field.  There is not a great deal of good poetry which has been written for children that cannot be found in this book.  The collection is particularly strong in ballads and tales, which are apt to interest children more than poems of other kinds; and Mr. Coates has shown good judgment in supplementing this department with some of the best poems of that class that have been written for grown people.  A surer method of forming the taste of children for good and pure literature than by reading to them from any portion of this book can hardly be imagined.  The volume is richly illustrated and beautifully bound.”—­Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.

“A more excellent volume cannot be found.  We have found within the covers of this handsome volume, and upon its fair pages, many of the most exquisite poems which our language contains.  It must become a standard volume, and can never grow old or obsolete.”—­Episcopal Recorder.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF THOS.  HOOD.  With engravings on steel. 4 vols., 12mo., tinted paper.  Poetical Works; Up the Rhine; Miscellanies and Hood’s Own; Whimsicalities, Whims, and Oddities.  Cloth, extra, black and gold, $6.00; red cloth, paper label, gilt top, uncut edges, $6.00; half calf, gilt, marbled edges, $14.00; half Russia, gilt top, $18.00.