Biographies of men particularly influential in the recent Political History of the Nation. Each volume, with Portrait, 12mo, $1.25 _net_; postage, 12 cents.
_This second series is intended to supplement the original list of American Statesmen by the addition of the names of men who have helped to make the history of the United States since the Civil War._
=JAMES G. BLAINE.= By EDWARD STANWOOD. =JOHN SHERMAN.= By THEODORE E. BURTON. =WILLIAM McKINLEY.= By T. C. DAWSON.
=ULYSSES S. GRANT.= By SAMUEL W. MCCALL. In preparation
_Other interesting additions to the list to be made in the future._
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Biographies of our most eminent American Authors, written by men who are themselves prominent in the field of letters. Each volume, with portrait, 16mo, gilt top.
_The writers of these biographies are themselves Americans, generally familiar with the surroundings in which their subjects lived and the conditions under which their work was done. Hence the volumes are peculiar for the rare combination of critical judgment with sympathetic understanding. Collectively, the series offers a biographical history of American Literature._
=WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.= By JOHN BIGELOW. =J. FENIMORE COOPER.= By T. R. LOUNSBURY. =GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.= By EDWARD CARY. =RALPH WALDO EMERSON.= By OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. =BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.= By JOHN BACH MCMASTER. =WASHINGTON IRVING.= By CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER. =MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI.= By T. W. HIGGINSON. =EDGAR ALLAN POE.= By GEORGE E. WOODBERRY. =GEORGE RIPLEY.= By O. B. FROTHINGHAM. =WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS.= By WILLIAM P. TRENT. =BAYARD TAYLOR.= By ALBERT H. SMYTH. =HENRY D. THOREAU.= By FRANK B. SANBORN. =NOAH WEBSTER.= By HORACE E. SCUDDER. =NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS.= By HENRY A. BEERS.
_The following, each, _$1.10_, net; postage, _10_ cents_
=NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.= By GEORGE E. WOODBERRY. =HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.= By T. W. HIGGINSON. =FRANCIS PARKMAN.= By H. D. SEDGWICK. =WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT.= By ROLLO OGDEN. =JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.= By GEO. R. CARPENTER.
The set, 19 volumes, $23.00; half polished morocco, $50.50.
=BRET HARTE.= By HENRY C. MERWIN. =OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.= By S. M. CROTHERS.