Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888

By WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS.

APRIL HOPES. A Novel. By WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.

_Mr. Howells never wrote a more bewitching book. It is useless to deny the rarity and worth of the skill that can report so perfectly and with such exquisite humor the manifold emotions of the modern maiden and her lover._--Philadelphia Press.

MODERN ITALIAN POETS. Essays and Versions. By WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS. Author of "April Hopes," &c. With Portraits. 12mo, Half Cloth, Uncut Edges and Gilt Tops, $2 00.

_A portfolio of delightsome studies.... No acute and penetrating critic surpasses Mr. Howells in true insight, in polished irony, in effective and yet graceful treatment of his theme, in that light and indescribable touch that fixes your eye on the true heart and soul of the theme._--Critic, N. Y.

II.

CONCLUSION OF KINGLAKE'S CRIMEAN WAR.

KINGLAKE'S CRIMEAN WAR. The Invasion of the Crimea: its Origin, and an account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan. By ALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE. With Maps and Plans. Five Volumes now ready. 12mo, Cloth, $2 00 per vol.

Vol. V. From the Morrow of Inkerman to the Fall of Canrobert; just published.--Vol. VI. From the Rise of Pelissier to the Death of Lord Raglan--completing the work--_nearly ready_.

_The charm of Mr. Kinglake's style, the wonderful beauty of his pictures, the subtle irony of his reflections, have made him so long a favorite and companion, that it is with unfeigned regret we read the word "farewell" with which these volumes close._--Pall Mall Gazette, London.

III.

T. ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

WHAT I REMEMBER. By T. ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE. With Portrait. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75.

_The most delightful pot-pourri that we could desire of the time just anterior to our own.... Mr. Trollope preserves for us delightful, racy stories of his youth and the youth of his century, and gives us glimpses of loved or worshipped faces banished before our time. Hence the success of these written remembrances._--Academy, London.

IV.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "SELF-HELP."

LIFE AND LABOR; or, Characteristics of Men of Industry, Culture, and Genius. By SAMUEL SMILES, LL.D., Author of "Self-Help," &c. 12mo, Cloth, $1 00.

_Commends itself to the entire confidence of readers. Dr. Smiles writes nothing that is not fresh, strong, and magnetically bracing. He is one of the most helpful authors of the Victorian era.... This is just the book for young men._--N. Y. Journal of Commerce.

V.

THOMAS W. HIGGINSON'S NEW BOOK.

WOMEN AND MEN. By THOMAS W. HIGGINSON, Author of "A Larger History of the United States," &c. 16mo, Cloth, $1 00.

_These essays are replete with common-sense ideas, expressed in well-chosen language, and reflect on every page the humor, wit, wisdom of the author._--N. Y. Sun.

VI.

Plain, sensible, sturdy advice.--Chicago News.

BIG WAGES, AND HOW TO EARN THEM. By A FOREMAN. 16mo, Cloth, 75 cents.

_The views of an intelligent observer upon some of the foremost social topics of the day. The style is simple, the logic cogent, and the tone moderate and sensible._--N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

VII.

The standard authority upon the Inquisition.--Philadelphia Ledger.

HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF THE MIDDLE AGES. By HENRY CHARLES LEA. To be completed in THREE VOLUMES. 8vo, Cloth, Uncut Edges and Gilt Tops, $3 00 per volume. Vols. I. and II. now ready. Vol. III. nearly ready.

_Characterized by the same astounding reach of historical scholarship as made Mr. Lea's "Sacerdotal Celibacy" the wonder of European scholars. But it seems even to surpass his former works in judicial repose and in the mastery of materials.... Of Mr. Lea's predecessors no one is so like him as Gibbon._--Sunday-School Times, Philadelphia.

VIII.

THE NAVIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF EUROPE.

MODERN SHIPS OF WAR. By SIR EDWARD J. REED, M.P., late Chief Constructor of the British Navy, and EDWARD SIMPSON, Rear-Admiral U.S.N., late President of the U.S. Naval Advisory Board. With Supplementary Chapters and Notes by J. D. JERROLD KELLEY, Lieutenant U.S.N. Illustrated. Square 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $2 50.

_This is the most valuable contribution yet made to the popular literature of modern navies.... The whole country is indebted to the authors and to the publishers for a book on men-of-war that both in matter and make-up is without an equal._--N. Y. Herald.

IX.

Full, from beginning to end, with good stories.--Saturday Review, London.

MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES. By W. P. FRITH, R.A. Portrait. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.

_The whole round of English autobiography does not comprise a work more full of character, more rich in anecdote, or more fruitful in entertainment for the general reader. A delightful volume._--London Daily News.

X.

NEGRO TROOPS IN THE REBELLION.