Books for Winter Reading!
By Editor
THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIBRARY
Is a series of books for young people. Every one of these books has been carefully edited at first and then read and endorsed by a large committee. We can safely promise, then, that there is nothing objectionable in the series, and more, that it is a very valuable collection of books. The long winter evenings are now coming on. This series of books will interest every member of the family. Jottings from the Pacific No. 1 is a graphic and interesting description of the Fijian and Samoan Islands, their geographical position, their government and religion, their social and physical peculiarities, the wonderful productions of these islands, the coral formations of the Pacific, cannibalism, the curious traditions of the islands, the past and present funeral rites, cyclones in the coral seas, and many other things of interest. 2. Jack the Conqueror; or, Overcoming Difficulties.
"Resolve well, and persevere" is the excellent motto of the book, and is strikingly exemplified by the hero of the story. Jack so completely conquers one difficulty after another as to rise from a ragged, useless boy to an honored educator in cap and gown. The narrative is an incitement to nobler living, and it is pleasant, safe, and easy reading for boys. The life of this great preacher of Florence. The scene of the book is of course that land of romance and song and heroism, Italia, where the Apostle Paul and other witnesses of the truth finished the "good fight of faith." The little volume is a graphic sketch of the most prominent events of the preacher's life and experience, the monasticism of the fifteenth century, the iniquities that prevailed, the political influence of Savonarola, his trial and death. 4. The Tonga Islands and Other Groups.
Jottings from the Pacific No. 2. The history of many of the interesting island groups of the Pacific is comparatively unknown to ordinary readers except through the writings of missionaries. When international complications arise, as a year ago at Samoa, or, more lately, at Ponape, so little is known of the locality or the people that it is like showing pictures to the blind. This little volume gives something of the history of the Tongas, the Hervey group, and the Marquesas Islands, before they were visited by the missionaries, and indeed were hardly known to the first navigators of those seas. The habits of the people, their government, the vegetable wonders on shore, and the great wonders of the sea about them, are graphically told in a manner that cannot fail to entertain and instruct young readers. 5. Letters from the Holy Land.
This is a volume of letters from a father to his children describing such incidents and observations of travel as came under his own experience. They tell of such scenes as are often referred to in the Bible, and which we may look upon to-day much as did Christ or David, since the habits of the people have changed little in centuries. In the hand of a child it is a companion for his Bible stories, giving him a more intelligent understanding of the Word. The style of the sketches, though adapted to children, is not childish, but simple and entertaining for all. 6. Among the Northern Icebergs.
This little book contains very interesting sketches of the Arctic expeditions of England and America in the nineteenth century, and is full of instruction. Such books as this are very valuable not only for young people who would not read the larger ones, but for busy men and women who for the want of time cannot peruse them. The book is cheap, contains a number of handsome illustrations, is attractively bound, is written in a pleasing style, and is just the kind of reading to give to our young people. Is a story of the struggles of a family to help "mother" and each other during the absence of the father, and pleasantly reveals the brighter side of youth where there is a worthy purpose and a will to be kind and affectionate. 8. Two Cannibal Archipelagoes.
A graphic description of the New Hebrides and Solomon Islands. The luxuriance of their vegetation, the strange phases of animal life, the volcanoes and other natural curiosities, the manners and customs of the people, and the efforts to civilize and Christianize them, are all told in a lively and most entertaining style. "The Morning Star of the Reformation." Every reader of the English Bible owes a debt of gratitude to this man, who had so much to do with placing the Scriptures in the hands of the people. The writer has sketched in striking outlines the great controversies of the times and the part that was taken in them by Wycliffe. 10. Native Life in India.
A most interesting description of the social and religious characteristics of the Hindus. The writer of this book spent eighteen years in India. The book is fully illustrated with cuts that are made from native sketches. The name of this great reformer is well known in every household, and this story of his life, at home, at the university, as a monk, as a priest, at Rome, at the Diet of Worms, and finally the closing scenes of his eventful career, will be of deep interest to the young. This short, though comprehensive, story of the new-old empire of the Kongo, in many respects the choicest portion of the "Dark Continent," cannot fail to interest young and old. The information given has the merit of being the product of the personal observation of the author and other well-known parties who have traversed the country which is so graphically described. SERIES ONE, comprising numbers one to six inclusive, neatly bound in cloth, in a box, postpaid for $3.60. SERIES TWO, comprising numbers seven to twelve inclusive, neatly bound in cloth, in a box, postpaid for $3.60. Address, PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO. Or, 43 Bond Street, New York. Oakland, California.