ll of beauty. Grace Aguilar knew the female heart
better than any writer of our day, and in every fiction from her pen we
trace the same masterly analysis and development of the motives and
feelings of woman's nature. 'The Days of Bruce' possesses also the
attractions of an extremely interesting story, that absorbs the
attention, and never suffers it to flag till the last page is closed,
and then the reader will lay down the volume with regret."--_Critic._

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HOME SCENES AND HEART STUDIES,

By GRACE AGUILAR.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

One volume, 12mo. Cloth. Price, $1.00.

The Perez Family. The Stone-Cutter's Boy of Possagno. Amete and
Yafeh. The Fugitive. The Edict; A Tale of 1492. The Escape; A Tale of
1755. Red Rose Villa. Gonzalvo's Daughter. The Authoress.

Helon.
Lucy.
The Spirit's Entreaty.
Idalie.
Lady Gresham's Fete.
The Group of Sculpture.
The Spirit of Night.
Recollections of a Rambler.
Cast thy Bread upon the Waters.
The Triumph of Love.

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THE WOMEN OF ISRAEL;

Or, Characters and Sketches from the Holy Scriptures, illustrative
of the past History, present Duties, and future Destiny of Hebrew
Females, as based on the Word of God.

By GRACE AGUILAR.

Two volumes, 12mo. Price $2.00.

PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.

FIRST PERIOD--WIVES OF THE PATRIARCHS.
Eve.--Sarah.--Rebekah.--Leah and Rachel.

SECOND PERIOD--THE EXODUS AND THE LAW.
Egyptian Captivity, and Jochebed.--The Exodus--Mothers of Israel.--Laws
for Wives in Israel.--Laws for Widows and Daughters In
Israel.--Maid-servants in Israel, and other Laws.

THIRD PERIOD--BETWEEN THIS DELIVERY OF THE LAW AND THE MONARCHY.
Miriam.--Tabernacle Workers--Caleb's Daughter.--Deborah.--Wife of
Manoah.--Naomi.--Hannah.

FOURTH PERIOD--THE MONARCHY.
Michal.--Abigail.--Wise Women of Tekoah.--Woman of
Abel.--Rispah.--Prophet's Widow.--The Shunamite.--Little Israelitish
Maid.--Huldah.

FIFTH PERIOD--BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY.
The Captivity.--Review of Book of Ezra.--Suggestions as to the identity
of the Ahasuerus of Scripture.--Esther.--Review of Events narrated in Ezra
and Nehemiah.

SIXTH PERIOD--CONTINUANCE OF THE SECOND TEMPLE.
Review of Jewish History, from the Return from Babylon to the Appeal of
Hycanus and Aristobulus to Pompey.--Jewish History from the Appeal to
Pompey to the Death of Herod.--Jewish History from the Death of Herod to
the War.--The Martyr Mothe