Two handsome India Paper Editions have just been added, making this the most complete line in existence. The "Oxford" India Paper is beautifully soft to the touch, strong enough to bear a great strain, and of such opacity that the impression on one side does not show through when the other side is being read. PRAYER AND HYMNAL SETS, Suitable for all purposes, in all styles of binding. Combination Covers, Slip and Patent Cases, etc., etc. "OXFORD" TEACHERS' BIBLES. THE SALE OF THE "OXFORD" TEACHER'S BIBLE ALREADY EXCEEDS THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION COPIES. ELEVEN EDITIONS: Six on best Rag-Made Printing Paper. NEW EDITION IN LARGE TYPE. THE FINEST TEACHER'S BIBLE MADE. There are now over One Hundred Styles of the "Oxford" Teacher's Bible from which to select, at prices varying from $1.25 to $17.50. For sale by all booksellers. THOMAS NELSON & SONS, Oxford Bible Warehouse, 42 BLEECKER STREET, NEW YORK. NEW AND ATTRACTIVE XMAS GIFTS A dainty new series of delightful size and very low price. THE PHOTOGRAVURE SERIES A great novelty lies in the exquisite illustrations, each hymn having NEW PHOTOGRAVURES, beautifully printed in different colors, from designs by Mr. FREDERICK W. FREER, made especially for this serics. Parchment-paper binding, with very decorative design stamped in gold across the top of the cover, and with lettering below in color. Each in a box. Each volume 75 cents. Others in preparation. Cloth, similar stamping in gold and color. Each volume 75 cents. A GREAT ADVANCE UPON ANY PREVIOUS COLLEC REPRESENTATIVE ETCHINGS. BY ARTISTS OF TO-DAY IN AMERICA. All the plates have been etched especially for the collection, and the list of etchers includes several most important artists whose plates have not appeared in the former collections. Text, including an important new essay, by Ripley Hitchcock. LIST OF ETCHERS AND TITLES OF PLATES: FREDERICK S. CHURCH, The Return of the Wanderer. ROBERT F. BLUM, A Macaroni of the XVIIIth Century. JAMES S. KING, Ideal Head. STEPHEN PARRISH, A Winter's Day, Windsor. HERMAN N. HYNEMAN, Desdemona. FREDERICK W. FREER, Honeysuckle. FRANK M. GREGORY, Madison Square, New York. STEPHEN J. FERRIS, A Good Story. JAMES J. CALAHAN, S uvenir of Cairo, after Gerome. C. F. W. MIELATZ, Old Mill near Newport, R. I. I.-Vellum Proofs. Limited to five copies, signed and numbered. Remarque proofs on vellum, accompanied by proofs on Japanned paper. Price, per copy, $100.00. II.--Satin Proofs. Limited to 15 and numbered. Proofs on satin. $50.00. copies, signed Price, per copy, III.—Japan Proofs. Limited to 100 copies, signed and numbered. Proofs on Japan paper. Price, per copy, $35.00. All etchings contained in the above copies are Remarque proofs, signed. All styles of the artist-proof editions are enclosed in handsome portfolios of vellum with leather backs. All have ornamentation on side in color and gold, and are tied with silk. IV.-Regular Impressions on etching-paper, bound AT VARIOUS Three new volumes and two new bindings in the popular BIRD-SONGS SERIES. By FIDELIA BRIDGES and SUSIE BARSTOW SKELDING. IV.-Favorites in Feathers. Colored designs of Cat- birds and Garden-roses; Owls at Evening; Chewink and Trillium; and Cedar-birds and Cedar-bongh. With poems, etc., by well-known authors, including "Major and Minor," by GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, in facsimile of his MS. V.-Harbingers of Spring. Colored designs of City-sparrows and Wisteria; White Doves and Blossoming Apricot; Swallows Skimming over White Daisies; Chipping-birds and Pussy-willow. With poems, etc., by well-known authors, including poems by MARY BRADLEY and FRANCES L. MACE, each in fac-simile of MS. VI.-Winged Flower-Lovers. Colored designs of Bobolink and Clover-blossoms; Sandpipers and Blossoming Beach-plums; Purple Finches and Peach-blossoms; King-bird and Cardinal flowers. With poems, etc., by well-known authors, including one by JOHN W. CHADWICK, in fac-simile of MS. Each one of volumes IV., V. and VI. is bound in the new Satin-Panel Binding. A perfect reproduction, in miniature size, has been made of each of three of Miss Bridges' best designs of birds. This appears in colors, upon a panel of white satin which is sunk in the white cover of each volume. Cover is of heavy "sealskin paper" (new and very beautiful in effect), roughened edges, with title, in embossed gold letters, below the satin panel. I. Songs of Birds, II. Birds of Meadow and Grove, and (the other volumes in this series), are offered in a new Each of the above six volumes has covers with rough. ened edges, is tied with silk-and-metal cord, and is in a neat box. Price, each volume, $1.50. (For further particulars, send for catalogue.) EIGHT CALENDARS FOR 1888, OF WHICH THE MOST NOTABLE IS The Photogravure Shakespearian Calendar. A new departure in calendars. An original design for each month, by Mr. Frank M. Gregory, the well-known etcher, and secretary of the Salmagundi Club,-and each design has been beautifully engraved by the photograv. ure process. The various designs are printed in a variety of colors, and each illustrates à quotation from Shakespeare, appro priate to the month. Each photogravure is printed on a separate leaf, and the twelve are tied together with silk and have rough. ened edges. By far the most artistic and dainty calendar yet published. Each in a box, $1.50. Send for Catalogue for descriptions of the other seven. Any of the above can be had of your bookseller, or will be sent, at publishers' expense, on receipt of advertised price. For full particulars send for new Catalogue, which contains descriptions of many beautiful Holiday Publications, Calendars, Etchings, etc. Mention THE DIAL. On receipt of ten cents, this Catalogue and one of Fidelia Bridges's new studies of birds, in colors, will be sent to any address. FREDERICK A. STOKES & BROTHER, Publishers, Importers, Booksellers, Stationers, Dealers in Works of Art, (Successors to WHITE, STOKES, & ALLEN.) 182 Fifth Ave., NEW YORK CITY. PORTER & COATES'S NEW BOOKS. THE HEART OF MERRIE ENGLAND. By the Rev. JAMES S. STONE, D.D. 12mo, cloth, extra, $1.75. A better and more thoughtful book of travels in the Mother Country has not appeared for a long time. Though "to the manor born" and consequently well acquainted with the manners and custom of her people, the greater portion of his life has been passed in the new world, and the author, in a recent trip to the old country, walked through the green lanes and by-paths of "Merrie England," with all his love for the old world quickened by his life in the new, and the result has been a work of the greatest interest and value. THE CHILDREN OF SILENCE; OR, THE STORY OF THE DEAF. By JOSEPH A. SEISS, D.D., LL.D. 12mo, cloth, extra, $1.00. OUR FELLOWS; OR, SKIRMISHES WITH THE SWAMP DRAGOONS. By HARRY CASTLEMON. Illustrated, 16mo, cloth, extra, black and gold, $1.25. THE STORE BOY; OR, THE FORTUNES OF BEN BARCLAY. BY HORATIO ALGER, JR. Illustrated, 16mo, cloth, extra, black and gold, $1.25. HUNTERS OF THE OZARK. By EDWARD S. ELLIS. Illustrated, 16mo, cloth, extra, black and gold, $1.25. THE CAMP IN THE MOUNTAINS. By EDWARD S. ELLIS. Illustrated, 16mo, cloth, extra, black and gold, $1.25. By EDWARD S. ELLIS. By DANIEL DE FOE. THE LAST WAR TRAIL. Illustrated, 16mo, cloth, extra, black and gold, $1.25. AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. A beautiful edition from entirely new plates. Elegantly illustrated with 86 engravings. Crown, 8vo, bevelled boards, cloth, extra, gilt edges, $2.50. HOLIDAYS AT THE GRANGE; OR, A WEEK'S DELIGHT. and gold, $1.00. BY EMILY MAYER HIGGINS. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth, extra, brown The Handsomest and Cheapest Gift Books of the Year. THE BELLS SERIES. Beautifully Illustrated. In entirely new and unique bindings. These books in IVORY SURFACE are undoubtedly the most attractive holiday presents this year. Small quarto, per volume, $1.50. THE BEAUTIES OF TENNYSON. BY ALFRED TENNYSON. FROM GREENLAND'S ICY MOUNTAINS. By BISHOP Heber. LADY CLARE. BY ALFRED TENNYSON. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. BY CLEMENT C. MOORE. THE BELLS. By EDGAR ALLAN POE. THE DESERTED VILLAGE. By OLIVER GOLDSMITH. By ROBERT BURNS. PORTER & COATES, Publishers, PHILADElphia, Pa. Compiled from the Best and Latest Authorities. By JEAN ROEMER, LL.D., Professor of the French Language and Literature and Vice-President of the College of the City of New York. With Chart and Lithographic Fac-similes of Anglo-Saxon and Early French Writings. 1 vol., 8vo, pages xxiii + 658, cloth. Price, $3.50. Wealth and Progress: A Critical Examination of the Labor Problem. The Natural Basis for Industrial Reform, or How to Increase Wages without Reducing Profits or Lowering Rents: the Economic Philosophy of the Eight-Hour Movement. By GEORGE GUNTON. 12mo, cloth. Price, $1.00. The Education of Man. By FRIEDRICH FROEBEL. Translated from the German and Annotated by W. N. HAILMANN, A. M., Superintendent of Public Schools at La Porte, Indiana. “International Education Series." Edited by W. T. Harris, LL.D. 12mo, cloth. Price, $1.50. Through Green Glasses: Andy Merrigan's Great Discovery, and other Irish Tales. By F. M. ALLEN. With Illustrations by M. Fitzgerald. 12mo, paper cover. Price, 50 cents. "Deliciously humorous sketches." "-Whitehall Review. "The funniest book of the year."-St. Stephen's Review. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century. By Professor THOMAS H. HUXLEY. Reprinted from "The Reign of Queen Victoria: A Survey of Fifty Years of Progress." 12mo, paper cover. Price, 25 cents. The "How I was Educated" Papers. From "The Forum" Magazine. 8vo, paper. Price, 30 cents. In response to numerous requests, largely from teachers and others interested in education, the series of papers above designated, which form the first part of the volume "The College and the Church," recently pub. lished, is here presented in a portable form at a low price. For sale by all booksellers; or any work sent by the publishers by mail, post-paid, on receipt of the price. 1, 3 and 5 BOND ST., NEW YORK. CHOICE HOLIDAY BOOKS. GERALDINE. A Tale of the St. Lawrence. 1 vol., 8vo. Beautifully illustrated. Full gilt, $3.50; in antique morocco, tree calf, or flexible calf, $7.50. With 100 new illustrations, after drawings by W. P. Snyder, Charles Copeland, F. Myrick, Paker Hayden, and A. V. S. Anthony. Engraved by F. H. Wellington, T. Johnson, Russell & Richardson, and A. V. S. Anthony. Every one who has travelled on our northern border will appreciate and enjoy the beautiful pictures of familiar scenes there, from Twin Island and Alexandria Bay and the Thousand Islands, Bonnie Castle and Crossman's and Point Marguerite to Montreal and its overlooking moun. tain, Quebec and Cape Diamond, and the lone glories of the Saguenay. Amid these scenes are pictures of the characters of the story, Geraldine Hope, Percival Trent, Isabel Lec, and others. SCOTT'S POEMS. Revised, corrected, and edited, with Notes and Commentaries, by WILLIAM J. ROLFE. 1 vol., 8vo. With 350 illustrations. Bevelled boards, full gilt, $10.00; half calf, $13.00; tree calf or antique morocco, $16.00. MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME. THE SWANEE RIVER. By STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER. Beautifully illustrated. Each in 1 vol. 4to, full gilt. Cloth, ivory finish, imitation wood or monkey grain, $1.50; seal, $2.50; flexible calf or tree calf, $5. POETS AND ETCHERS. A volume of full-page etchings, by JAMES D. 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RED-LETTER DAYS ABROAD. By JOHN L. STODDARD. author of the famous Stoddard Lectures. Toledo and Seville; Cordova and Granada; Ober-Ammergau; Moscow and St. Petersburg, etc. With sumptuous pictures. SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE. By ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. Illustrated by Ludvig Sandoë Ipsen. 1 vol. Oblong quarto, beautifully bound, full gilt, $8.00. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS CARLYLE AND RALPH WALDO EMERSON. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE AND HIS WIFE. New Li. brary Editions, each in 2 vols. 12mo. With portraits and other illustrations. Per set, $3.00; in half calf, $6.00. JAPANESE HOMES. BY PROF. EDWARD S. MORSE. CHOSON: THE LAND OF THE MORNING CALM. Sketch of Korea.) By PERCIVAL LOWell. Each in 1 vol. Large 8vo. Copiously and richly illus. trated. Per vol., $3.00; in half calf, $6.00. TICKNOR & CO., BOSTON, (A E. P. DUTTON & CO.'S NEW CHRISTMAS BOOKS. ENOCH ARDEN. BY ALFRED TENNYSON. With original illustrations, the artist having visited the Isle of Wight, where the scene of this great poem is laid, for the express purpose of taking sketches on the spot. Quarto, 96 pages, cloth, gilt, $6.00; Japanese calf, antique design, limp, $7.50; best tree calf or morocco, $12.00. TREASURES OF ART AND SONG. Favorite Poems of well-known Authors, illustrated by large monotints, very artistic and effective. Oblong, floral, Japanese calf, $6.00; tree calf or morocco, $12.00. THROUGH THE YEAR. Poems appropriate to the Four Seasons, profusely illustrated in monotint. Quarto, floral, Japanese calf, limp, $3.50; tree calf or morocco, $7.50. QUE CHOICE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. UEEN OF THE MEADOW. With colored illustrations. By Harriet M. BENNETT. Large quarto, 64 pages, $2.00. DAISY DAYS. With colored illustrations, 40 pages, $1.50. CHRISTMAS TREE FAIRY. With colored illustrations. By LIZZIE LAWSON, author of Christmas Roses," etc. Quarto, 32 pages, $1.00. DUTTON'S ANNUAL. Large quarto, about 300 pages, eight original full-page colored illustrations, double lithographed covers, all new matter in type and monotint. Large quarto, boards, $1.25. HIS LITTLE ROYAL HIGHNESS. An entertaining story. By RUTH OGDEN. Illustrated by W. Rainey. Quarto, 192 pages, cloth, $2.00. PICTURES AND SONGS FOR CHILDREN. By MISS CLARA DOTY BATES, MARGARET JOHNSTON, GEORGE COOPER, MRS. MILLER, and others. Profusely illustrated, quarto, boards, $1.50; cloth, extra gilt, $2.00. THE BLUE BELL SERIES 6 vols. Small quarto, 32 pages, monotint and type. Colored frontispiece, and cover printed in colors, each, 20 cents. THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING SERIES. 6 vols. Quarto. Colored frontispiece. Lithographed cover, each, 25 cents. MONOTINT BOOKS, These books are printed in from four to seven tints and type. All are beautifully illustrated and bound in attractive light tinted card covers, with rounded corners, gilt edges, and gold cord tied in a bow. MORNING SONGS AND SKETCHES. 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