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BY

HENRY JAMES, JR.

ILLUSTRATED BY

HARRY W. MCVICKAR

8vo, Illuminated Cover, $3 50

EDITION DE LUXE
Limited to 250 Copies

Printed on Hand-made Paper, in Two

Colors, and Bound in Full Vellum, $15

HIS elegant edition of HENRY JAMES'S popular stories "Daisy Miller" and "An International Episode "-in one volume-is copiously and appropriately illustrated from drawings by H. W. MCVICKAR. It is printed on highly finished paper, and is bound, with broad margins and uncut edges, in a style suggestive of the delightful character of its contents.

A superb édition de luxe, limited to 250 copies, has also been published. The latter is printed on handmade paper, and the illustrations in tints-a different color being used for each story. The binding is of vellum, beautifully ornamented, and the whole presents a happy combination of features which every lover of books will appreciate.

The publishers reserve the right to increase the price of this edition at any time, without further notice. Copies will be supplied in the order in which applications are received.

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Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York

For sale by all booksellers, or will be sent by the pub

lishers to any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price.

LIST OF NEW BOOKS.

The following works are for sale by all booksellers, or will be sent by HARPER & BROTHERS, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price. HARPER'S NEW CATALOGUE, a descriptive list of over 3000 volumes, thoroughly revised, classified, and indexed, sent, post-paid, on receipt of Ten Cents.

Prue and I.

By GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS. Illustrated from Drawings by ALBERT EDWARD STERNER. pp. xx., 272. 8vo, Illuminated Silk, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $3 50; Edition de luxe (limited to 250 copies), Full Vellum, $15 00. (See page 7 of this advertising sheet.)

London.

Illustrated.

By WALTER BESANT, Author of "Fifty Years Ago," etc. pp. xv., 509. 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $3 00. The history of London has often been written, but this is the first attempt to portray the life of the City and its people from age to age. The work is a series of descriptive chapters - instantaneous photographs in pen and ink-showing the streets, the buildings, and the citizens at work and at play, at different periods of the City's history. The text is admirably supplemented by more than a hundred illustrations of architectural remains, buildings, bridges, street scenes, works of art,

etc.

Daisy Miller and An International Episode.

By HENRY JAMES. Illustrated from Drawings by HARRY W. MCVICKAR. Pp. vi., 296. 8vo, Illuminated Cover, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $3 50. Édition de luxe (limited to 250 copies), Full Vellum, $15 00. (See page 8 of this advertising sheet).

A Tour Around New York,

And My Summer Acre: Being the Recreations of Mr. Felix Oldboy. By JOHN FLAVEL MINES, LL.D. Illustrated. pp. xviii., 518. 8vo, Cloth. (Nearly Ready.)

The Armies of To-day.

A Description of the Armies of the Leading Nations at the Present Time. By Brigadier-general WESLEY MERRITT, U.S.A., VISCOUNT Wolseley, and others. Profusely Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top. (Nearly Ready.)

The chapters in this volume embrace a comprehensive exposition of the armies of the United States and Europe-their organization, discipline, equipment, and comparative efficiency, and the cost of their maintenance. The description of each army is written by one of its own officers, and may therefore be regarded as trustworthy and complete. The numerous illustrations made from drawings by T. de Thulstrup, after careful personal observation, add much to its interest and value.

HARPER'S MAGAZINE ADVERTISER.

From the Black Forest to the Black Sea. By F. D. MILLET. Illustrated by the Author and ALFRED PARSONS. pp. xiv., 329. Crown 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $2 50.

For its pictures alone this work is well worth having, but the text is rarely interesting, Mr. Millet having a keen eye for effects and salient features, and interweaving much of ethnographical, historical, social, and artistic moment and suggestion. The volume will command a host of readers.-Hartford Courant.

The illustrations of the volume are as delightful as the text. The pencils of both artists were busy throughout the entire trip, and the pictures by themselves would give one a pretty good idea of the entire country through which they passed, the scenery, the towns, the peasants, and whatever is of interest or of beauty along of banks of the Danube. The book is far and away above the ordinary volume the travels, and is sure of a wide popularity.-Boston Courier.

History of the United States,

From the Compromise of 1850. By JAMES FORD RHODES. Pp. xx., 1047. Vol. I., 1850-1854; Vol. II., 1854-1860. 8vo, Cloth, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top. (Nearly Ready.)

Stories and Interludes.

By BARRY PAIN. pp. vi., 203. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 00. Mr. Barry Pain stands on his own legs, and by these stories has done some very fascinating work.-St. James's Gazette, London.

Mr. Pain's pathos and fantastic power are here at their high-water mark; and his humor, peeping over the shoulder of his tragic muse, completes an irresistible combination. Athenæum, London.

City Festivals.

By WILL CARLETON. pp. 164. Illustrated. Square 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $200; Gilt Edges, $2 50; Full Seal, $4 00. Uniform with "Farm Ballads," "Farm Legends," "Farm Festivals," "City Ballads," and "City Legends."

The Woodman.

By JULES DE GLOUVET (M. QUESNAY DE BEAUREPAIRE, ProcureurGénéral of France). Translated from the French by Mrs. JOHN SIMPSON (née SENIOR). pp. xii., 223. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 00. It is a wonderful picture. With the same skill he has depicted the natural, the ignorant, the cunning, the human peasants. Here you may see, as in the forest, the natural good and the natural evil. . . . The most interesting character that fiction has given us in a long time is Jean Renaud. He is a child of the forest, which was his foster-mother and school-master.-CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER.

The author is M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire, Procureur- Général of France, who drew up the celebrated act of accusation against General Boulanger. . . . His story is a perfect idyl. It deals with the lives of common people, of the simple-hearted foresters who dwell in the Chemins Verts or green roads country. . . . Neither George Sand, George Eliot, nor Thomas Hardy ever gave us more wondrously drawn pictures of woodland life than are to be found in this book. . . . The translator and publishers deserve the thanks of all lovers of whatever is good or noble for giving to them a work of such charming delicacy and dramatic power.-Philadelphia Record.

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A Short History of the English People. By JOHN RICHARD GREEN, M.A. Edited by Mrs. J. R. GREEN and Miss KATE NORGATE. Volume I. With Portrait, Colored Plates, Maps, and Numerous Illustrations. Royal 8vo, Illuminated Cloth. (Just Ready.)

This well-known book is universally recognized as one of the standard works in the English language, and it has long been felt that a well-illustrated edition would meet with general approval. Indeed, it was a favorite wish of the author to see English history so interpreted and illustrated by pictures that its readers might see how men and things appeared to the lookers-on of their own day, and how contemporary observers aimed at representing them. This new edition of the book is an attempt to carry out such an idea. The pictures, selected by Mrs. Green and carefully engraved, are from authentic sources, and illustrate the arts, industries, costumes, coins, and domestic and ecclesiastical architecture of the various periods dealt with by the historian. In addition to these, the work also contains an exhaustive series of portraits of eminent persons, besides a number of colored maps and colored reproductions from manuscripts, illuminated missals, etc., all executed in the highest style of chromo-lithography.

The Boy Travellers in Central Europe.

Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through France, Switzerland, and Austria, with Excursions among the Alps of Switzerland and the Tyrol. By THOMAS W. KNOX. Profusely Illustrated. pp. xvi., 532. 8vo, Cloth, $3 00.

Vesty of the Basins.

A Novel.

pp. iv., 271.

By S. P. McL. GREENE, Author of "Cape Cod Folks," etc.
Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25.

As to country, "Vesty" ought to come from somewhere north of Machias, on the old Maine coast, and there is a fog there, and the foam comes in like buttermilk at times. . . . What pleases is not so much the comedy as the pathos of it. It is a remarkably strong representation of American fiction, and "Vesty" deserves recognition as such.-N. Y. Times.

An Earthly Paragon.

A Novel. By EVA WILDER MCGLASSON. Author of "Diana's Livery." Illustrated by F. V. Du MOND. pp. vi., 207. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental. (Nearly Ready.)

A story of life and manners in the mountain region of Kentucky, vigorously told, with touches of quaint humor, and a graceful literary finish which every reader will appreciate and enjoy.

Literary Landmarks of London.

By LAURENCE HUTTON, Author of "Literary Landmarks of Edinburgh," "Curiosities of the American Stage," etc. (New Edition.) With over 70 Portraits. pp. xvi., 368. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 75. In the volume Laurence Hutton has performed the same service for London that he accomplished for Edinburgh. . . . He has with infinite patience and outlay of time found the coffee-house, inn, or club-room which Dryden, Congreve, Addison, Johnson, or Goldsmith used to frequent; searched out the building or its former site where genius lodged once on a time.-Springfield Republican.

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Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure; and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada. By JULIAN RALPH. Illustrated. pp. x., 325. 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $2 50.

Among the many sketches of Canada, its Indian tribes and its hunting-grounds, these are among the best, and they are brought out in an elegantly appointed volume, illustrated from many excellent sketches made on the spot by Frederic Remington, who was the author's travelling companion.-Springfield Republican.

It is a group of brilliant sketches of travel, of observation, and adventure which have been gathered into this volume. . . . Mr. Ralph is sanguine as to the future of British Columbia. His paper on Canada's "El Dorado" is entrancing as a picture. -N. Y. Tribune.

Harper's Black and White Series. New Volumes :

A Little Swiss Sojourn.

By WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS. Illustrated. pp. viii., 119. 32mo,
Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.

A delightful narrative of a three months' stay in Switzerland, including sketches of scenes, incidents, and impressions connected with visits to several of the most interesting localities.

A Family Canoe Trip.

By FLORENCE WATTERS SNEDEKER. Illustrated. pp. 144. 32mo,
Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.

We recommend "A Family Canoe Trip" to everybody who is capable of understanding a delightful piece of work.-N. Y. Sun.

Really a classic in its way.-Hartford Courant.

This is a most delightful addition to the pretty little "Black and White Series."-Philadelphia Bulletin.

A Letter of Introduction.

A Farce. By W. D. HOWEells.

Ornamental, 50 cents.

Illustrated. pp. 61.

61. 32m0, Cloth,

Each one of Mr. Howells's inimitable farces seems more delightful than its predecessors, and "A Letter of Introduction" is simply irresistible in its mirthprovoking qualities.-Dial, Chicago.

James Russell Lowell:

An Address. By GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS. With Illustrations. pp. 8o. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.

Thomas Carlyle.

By JOHN NICHOL, LL.D., M.A. pp. viii., 257. 12mo, Cloth, 75 cents. In the "English Men of Letters Series," a complete list of which will be sent by the publishers on application.

Professor Nichol has done his work admirably, and with much of the fidelity which Carlyle himself displayed.-Spectator, London.

It has distinct merits as a narrative, a few passages of sound criticism, and at the end a refreshingly vigorous recognition of the great position of Carlyle.-Saturday Review, London.

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