ons will find these 'Edge-Tools'
inexhaustible, yet well arranged, and highly convenient for
reference. The book is a literary treasure, and will surely
hold its own for years to come. It deserves a place by the
side of Mr. Bartlett's 'Familiar Quotations,'--no mean honor
for any book."

=THE CRITIC=:

"M. M. Ballou's 'Edge-Tools of Speech' shows a broader
culture and a wider range of thought and subject. He has
classified his quotations alphabetically under the head of
subjects after the fashion of a glossary ('Ability,'
'Absence,' etc.), and has collected the most famous literary
or historical sayings bearing on each subject. Every side of
the subjects finds an application and illustration in one
quotation or another. Thus the word 'Ability' is made the
text of wise utterances from Napoleon I., Dr. Johnson,
Wendell Phillips, Longfellow, Maclaren, Gail Hamilton,
Froude, Beaconsfield, Zoroaster, Schopenhauer, La
Rochefoucauld, Matthew Wren, Gibbon, and Aristotle. It has
no rival."

=PHILADELPHIA TIMES=:

"There is a running fire of fine thoughts brilliantly
expressed, and hence a splendid fund of entertainment."

=BOSTON JOURNAL=:

"'Edge-Tools of Speech' will find its way into thousands of
families. It is a volume to take up when a few minutes of
leisure are found, and it will always be read with
interest."

=CHURCH PRESS=:

"The work, indeed, is a dictionary or encyclopaedia of wise
and learned quotations; and, beginning with the word
'Ability' and ending with 'Zeal,' it presents in consecutive
order the wisest and wittiest sayings of all the best
writers of all ages and countries upon all subjects in
theology, philosophy, poetry, history, science, and every
other topic that might be useful or entertaining. It is thus
a treasury of useful learning, and will prove valuable in
suggesting thoughts, or in supplying quotations for the
illustration of ideas, or the embellishment of style."

=BOOK NOTES=:

"It is a large collection of condensed expressions of
thought on a great variety of subjects, by the most
distinguished or profound writers of all ages. It is
arranged by subjects. Take the word 'novel,' by which we
mean a fictitious story. This book gathers short, pithy