popular prejudice about
Northern and Eastern Europe which, strange to relate, is
still supreme in our press and even in our literature, but
is wholly unjustified."

=NEW-ORLEANS TIMES-DEMOCRAT=:

"A very charming book, ... a series of studies and sketches
of Northern Europe, with myth and legend and historical fact
interwoven, that makes it enchanting reading."

=THE CHURCH REVIEW=:

"Altogether, this is certainly one of the most successful
and satisfactory books of its kind recently published."

=THE WATCHMAN=:

"While Mr. Ballou confines himself to facts, his style is
yet so graceful and natural as to captivate the attention
and interest of the reader. The narrative runs on like a
pictorial panorama unrolled upon canvas, under the best
light, and we seem to see in tangible form the people, the
architecture, and the thousand characteristics of scenery
which are recorded by the author's ready pen."

EDGE-TOOLS OF SPEECH.

By M. M. BALLOU.

An Encyclopaedia of Quotations, the Brightest Sayings of the Wise and
Famous. Invaluable for Debating Societies, Writers, and Public Speakers.
A Treasure for Libraries. 1 vol. 8vo. $3.50.

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NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

=CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL=:

"A vast collection of pungent quotations.... Mr. Ballou has
made this immense collection in a liberal spirit. His test
has been fitness and excellence. The volume will be an
addition to the working force of writers, speakers, and
readers."

=THE NORTHWESTERN=:

"An almost inexhaustible mine of the choicest thoughts of
the best writers of all ages and countries, from Confucius
down to Garfield and Gladstone,--a _potpourri_ of all the
spiciest ingredients of literature. There is a vacancy on
every student's desk and in every library which it alone can
fill, and, we believe, soon will fill. The book deserves the
popularity which it is most certain to gain."

=THE BEACON= (=Boston=):

"The quotations cover a wondrous multitude of subjects.
Indeed, the book is like an endless string of pearls, with
here and there a ruby, a diamond, or a bit of honest glass
interjected. Mr. Ballou's taste is thoroughly catholic, his
sympathy wide as the world, and his judgment good. The
friends of quotati