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od Prevaricators," and "Ballads of Capers and Actions," give an idea of the nature of the contents, which are fully equal in freshness, vigour, and manly feeling to the poems by which Mr. Day has already won an established reputation. "It is impossible to think of any person or class of people in America that these epical lyrics, these laughter-fetching, tear-provoking ballads will fail to please."--_The Chicago Record-Herald._ Cloth, decorative, gilt top, illustrated, 7-1/2 x 4 in. _Net_, =$1.00= * * * * * BY OLIVER HERFORD =ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIES, AN= "Mr. Herford, less considerate than Dr. Holmes, always dares to be as funny as he can, and the wicked glee with which he groups persons incongruous and antipathetic and shows them doing things impossible to them, and makes pictures of them, is a thing to shock the Gradgrinds and dismay the Chadbands. The book is printed in two colors to divert the reader's mind from the jokes, lest laughter be fatal to him."--_New York Times._ Paper boards, 9-3/8 x 7-1/8 in. With 26 illustrations by the Author. =$1.50= * * * * * BY JOHN B. TABB =CHILD VERSE. Poems Grave and Gay= Little poems, full of fancy and sweetness, for grown people as well as for children. "It is pleasant to observe that Father Tabb is not afraid of the pun. He uses it very felicitously in a number of his verses. It is good to see the rehabilitation of an ancient and unfortunate friend."--_Harper's Weekly._ Cloth, decorative, 7-7/8 x 6-3/8 in. =$1.00= * * * * * BY AGNES LEE =ROUND RABBIT, THE. And Other Child Verse= A new holiday edition of Mrs. Lee's delightful verse, which includes a number of new poems. With illustrations by O'Neill Latham. "The mother who (can read) to her young ones these cheerful, sweet, and fascinating jingles, with the pretty quaint conceits and ingenious rimes, without chuckling and forgetting her woes, will be indeed deeply dyed in cerulean."--_The Bookseller, Newsdealer, and Stationer._ Cloth, decorative, 7-7/8 x 6-1/4 in. Net, =$1.00= * * * * * A STANDARD LIBRARY OF BIOGRAPHY * * * _THE BEACON BIOGRAPHIES OF EMINENT AMERICANS_ * * * Th
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