The Religious Tract Society Catalogue - 1889 Part 3

[Ill.u.s.tration: Victoria R.I. signature] Her Life and Reign.

By Dr. MACAULAY, Author of "Sea Pictures," "Luther Anecdotes," "Gordon Anecdotes," etc. With Five Portraits of the Queen, and Sixty Engravings by Edward Whymper and others. Small Quarto. 10s. 6d.

cloth, gilt edges.

"The author's endeavour has been to recall those qualities in the personal character of the Queen and the incidents in her life which have most endeared her to her people."--_Ill.u.s.trated London News._

"It is a beautifully printed and very prettily ill.u.s.trated volume, and is admirable in tone and feeling."--_Athenaeum._

"A very acceptable gift-book."--_Stamford Mercury._

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=Winter Pictures.= By Poet and Artist. An elegant book, most appropriate for Seasonable Presentation. Profusely Ill.u.s.trated by EDWARD WHYMPER. 4to., 6s., cloth boards gilt.

"The wood engravings by Mr. Edward Whymper are designed in accordance with the subject and tone of the poems selected by the editor, whose choice does credit to his taste and judgment."--_Ill.u.s.trated London News._

=The Crown of Flowers.= Poems and Pictures from "The Girl's Own Paper."

Edited by CHARLES PETERS, with Ill.u.s.trations by M. E. Edwards, Davidson Knowles, Frank d.i.c.ksee, A.R.A., R. Catterson Smith, Robert Barnes, Charles Green, John C. Staples, C. H. Edwards, O'Kelly, J.

McL. Ralston, William Small, Frank Dadd, and other eminent artists.

6s. handsome cloth gilt.

"This book cannot fail to be most acceptable as a prize or present to young ladies, who will find in it at once a source of pleasure and profit."--_Queen._

=The Harvest of a Quiet Eye=; or, Leisure Thoughts for Busy Lives. By the Rev. J. R. VERNON, M.A. With numerous Engravings. New Edition.

6s. 6d. cloth, gilt edges.

"I never saw anything more gracefully or more rightly done--more harmoniously pleasant in text and ill.u.s.tration."--_Mr. Ruskin._

=Ingleside and Wayside Musings.= A companion volume to "The Harvest of a Quiet Eye." 6s. cloth gilt.

=Random Truths in Common Things.= Occasional Papers from my Study Chair. By the Rev. J. R. VERNON, M.A., author of "The Harvest of a Quiet Eye." Ill.u.s.trations. 7s. cloth gilt.

"It seems even better than 'The Harvest of a Quiet Eye.'"--_Mr. Ruskin._

"Should be placed next to Wordsworth on every student's bookshelf."--_Standard._

=The Life of Jesus Christ the Saviour.= By Mrs. S. WATSON. With many fine Engravings. 5s. cloth.

"For young people to read, or to help a teacher in lighting up a narrative of the one perfect life, and interesting young people in all its parts and details, we have seen no better volume of the kind than this."--_Methodist Recorder._

Dr. Stoughton's Reformation Books.

=The Spanish Reformers, their Memories and Dwelling Places.= By Dr.

STOUGHTON. Finely Ill.u.s.trated. 8s. handsome cloth gilt.

"A most interesting and instructive volume."--_Spectator._

=Footprints of Italian Reformers.= By Dr. STOUGHTON. Finely Ill.u.s.trated. 8s. handsome cloth gilt.

"A very charming and useful gift-book."--_Congregationalist._

=Homes and Haunts of Luther.= By Dr. STOUGHTON. Finely Ill.u.s.trated. 8s.

handsome cloth, gilt edges.

A USEFUL SET FOR PRESENTATION

To a Minister or Sunday School Teacher.

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By-Paths of Bible Knowledge.

"The volumes which the Tract Society is issuing under the above t.i.tle fully deserve success. They have been entrusted to scholars who have a special acquaintance with the subjects about which they severally treat."--_The Athenaeum._

1. =Cleopatra's Needle.= By the Rev. J. KING, Lecturer for the Palestine Exploration Fund. With Ill.u.s.trations. 2s. 6d.

2. =Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments.= By A. H. SAYCE, LL.D., Deputy Professor of Comparative Philology, Oxford, etc. With Facsimiles from Photographs. 3s.

3. =Recent Discoveries on the Temple Hill at Jerusalem.= By the Rev. J.

KING, M.A., Lecturer for the Palestine Exploration Fund. With Maps, Plans, and Ill.u.s.trations. 2s. 6d.

4. =Babylonian Life and History.= By E. A. WALLIS BUDGE, M.A., Cambridge, a.s.sistant in the Department of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum. 3s.

5. =Galilee in the Time of Christ.= By SELAH MERRILL, D.D., Author of "East of the Jordan." With a Map. 2s. 6d.

6. =Egypt and Syria.= Their Physical Features in Relation to Bible History. By Sir J. W. DAWSON, F.G.S., F.R.S. With many Ill.u.s.trations. 3s.

7. =a.s.syria: Its Princes, Priests, and People.= By A. H. SAYCE, M.A., LL.D. Ill.u.s.trated. 3s.

8. =The Dwellers on the Nile.= Chapters on the Life, Literature, History, and Customs of Ancient Egypt. By E. A. WALLIS BUDGE, M.A., of the British Museum. Ill.u.s.trated. 3s.

9. =The Diseases of the Bible.= By Sir J. RISDON BENNETT, M.D., F.R.S., Ex-President of the Royal College of Physicians. 2s. 6d.

10. =Trees and Plants of the Bible.= By W. H. GROSER, B.SC.

Ill.u.s.trated. Crown 8vo. 3s. cloth.

11. =Animals of the Bible.= By H. CHICHESTER HART, B.A., Naturalist to Sir G. Nares' Arctic Expedition and Professor Hull's Palestine Expedition. Ill.u.s.trated. Crown 8vo. 3s.