Such is the beauty of his speech, such is the majesty of his ideas, such the power of the moral sen timent in men, and such the impression which his whole character makes on them, that they lend him, everywhere, their ears, and thousands bless his manly thoughts. - Massachusetts Quarterly Re view. More generations than two or than three will owe him much for some of the most genuine poetry that our language has to show, and for a collection of prose-writing informed with poetry, the fearless and serene sincerity of which, the wisdom, the sound sense, the humor, the wit, the marvelous insight of which make it a literary treasure that may well move our gratitude. The Nation (New York). There is no man living to whom, as a writer, so many of us feel and thankfully acknowledge so great an indebtedness for ennobling impulses. We look upon him as one of the few men of genius whom our age has produced; and there needs no better proof of it than his masculine faculty of fecundating other minds.-JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. MISCELLANIES. Embracing NATURE, ADDRESSES, and LECTURES. POEMS. 16mo. With Portrait. MAY-DAY, AND OTHER PIECES. 16mo FORTUNE OF THE REPUBLIC. Paper, 25 cents; cloth PROSE WORKS. Comprising the nine volumes first named, and embracing all the prose writings of Mr. Emerson yet collected into book form. 3 vols. crown 8vo, cloth, $7.50; half calf, $13.50; morocco 18.00 "LITTLE CLASSIC" EDITION. A tasteful handy-volume edition of Mr. Emerson's works, in nine volumes. Nine volumes, 18mo, $1.50 each; the set, cloth, $13.50; half calf, $24.50; tree calf, $31.50. FIRESIDE EDITION. ncluding the same as the "Little Classic" edition, printed on larger, finer paper. 5 vols. 16mo cloth, $10.00; half calf, $20.00; tree calf, $25.00. Sold only in sets. "MODERN One including Essays on - Power, Wealth, Illusions. CLASSIC" VOLUMES. Another with Essays on - Love, Friendship, Domestic Life. Seventy-five cents each. PARNASSUS: A volume of Choice Poems, selected from the whole range of English Literature edited by RALPH WALDO EMERSON. With a Prefatory Essay. Nearly 600 pages. Household Edition, $2.00; Holiday Edition, $4.00. PORTRAIT OF EMERSON. A fine life-size portrait of Mr. Emerson (size 24 inches by 30) will be mailed on receipt of $1.00. For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, BOSTON, MASS. |