ul book. On the slight thread of
sea-voyaging it hangs the terse thoughts of an original mind on many
subjects. The style is so spicy that one reads with interest even when
not approving."

_CHRISTIAN INTELLIGENCER_, New York:

"No one can spend an hour or two in Mr. Bowles' gallery of graphic
pen-pictures without being so deeply impressed with their originality
of conception and lively, spicy expression, as to talk about them to
others."

VI.

The Highways of Literature.

_NATIONAL BAPTIST_, Phila.:

"A book full of wisdom; exceedingly bright and practical."

_PACIFIC CHURCHMAN_, San Francisco:

"The best answer we have seen to the common and most puzzling
question, 'What shall I read?' Scholarly and beautiful."

_DANBURY NEWS_:

"Its hints, rules, and directions for reading are, just now, what
thousands of people are needing."

_CHRISTIAN WITNESS_, Newmarket, N.H.:

"Clear, terse, elegant in style. A boon to young students, a pleasure
for scholars."

_NEW YORK HERALD_:

"Mr. David Pryde, the author of 'Highways of Literature; or, What to
Read, and How to Read,' is an erudite Scotchman who has taught with
much success in Edinburgh. His hints on the best books and the best
method of mastering them are valuable, and likely to prove of great
practical use."

_NEW YORK TABLET_:

"This is a most useful and interesting work. It consists of papers in
which the author offers rules by which the reader may discover the
best books, and be enabled to study them properly."

VII.

Colin Clout's Calendar.

_LEEDS MERCURY_, England:

"The best specimens of popular scientific expositions that we have
ever had the good fortune to fall in with."

_NEW YORK NATION_:

"The charm of such books is not a little heightened when, as in this
case, a few touches of local history, of customs, words, and places
are added."

_AMERICAN REFORMER_, New York:

"There certainly is no deterioration in the quality of the books of
the Standard Library. This book consists of short chapters upon
natural history, written in an easy, fascinating style, giving rare
and valuable information concerning trees, plants, flowers, and
animals. Such books should have a wide circulation beyond the list of
regular subscribers. Some will criticise the author's inclination to
attribute the marvellous things which are found in these plants,
animals, etc., to a long process of development rather than to Divine
agency. But the infor