"_Of all the John Browns, commend us to Dr. John Brown, the physician, the man of genius, the humorist, the student of men, women, and dogs. By means of two beautiful volumes he has given the public a share of his by-hours; and more pleasant hours it would be difficult to find in any life._"--London Times.
SPARE HOURS. First Series, I vol. 16mo. Cloth, $2.00; Half calf, $3.75.
_CONTENTS._--Rab and his Friends.--"With Brains, Sir."--The Mystery of Black and Tan.--Her Last Half-Crown.--Our Dogs.--Queen Mary"s Child-Garden.--Presence of Mind and Happy Guessing.--My Father"s Memoir.--Mystifications.--"Oh, I"m wat, wat!"--Arthur H.
Hallam.--Education through the Senses.--Vaughan"s Poems.--Dr.
Chalmers.--Dr. George Wilson.--St. Paul"s Thorn in the Flesh.--The Black Dwarf"s Bones.--Notes on Art.
"Dr. John Brown is a medical pract.i.tioner in Edinburgh, whose leisure mements have been devoted to the cultivation of letters, and who, without the slightest degree of formality or reserve, pours out his feelings on paper, showing himself equally at home in the sphere of genial criticism, pathetic sentiment, and gay and sportive humor. His confessions have the frankness of Montaigne, and almost the playful _navete_ of Charles Lamb, combined with a vein of tender earnestness that stamps the individuality of the writer. The tone of his remarks is uniformly healthful, showing a genuine love of nature, and a cordial sympathy with all conditions of humanity."--_New York Tribune._
=SPARE HOURS.= Second Series, I vol. 16mo. With Steel Portrait and Ill.u.s.trations. Cloth, $2.00; Half calf, $3.75.
_CONTENTS._--John Leech.--Marjorie Fleming.--Jeems the Door-keeper.--Minchmoor.--The Enterkin.--Health: Five Lay Sermons to Working-People.--The Duke of Athole.--Struan.--Thackeray"s Death.--Thackeray"s Literary Career.--More of "Our Dogs."--Plea for a Dog Home.--"Bibliomania."--"In Clear Dream and Solemn Vision."--A Jacobite Family.
"An excellent portrait of the author, showing a broad brow, and a face replete with sense, shrewdness, humor, and resolute force, adds to the attractiveness of one of the most attractive volumes of essays published for a long period."--_Boston Transcript._
=RAB AND HIS FRIENDS.= Paper, 25 cents.
"Dr. Brown"s masterpiece is the story of a dog called "Rab." The tale moves from the most tragic pathos to the most reckless humor, and could not have been written but by a man of genius.
Whether it moves to laughter or to tears, it is perfect in its way, and immortalizes its author."--_London Times._
"A veritable gem. It is true, simple, pathetic, and touched with an antique grace."--_Fraser"s Magazine._
=MARJORIE FLEMING ("Pet Marjorie").= Paper, 25 cents.
"A story of one of the most exquisite children, miraculously brilliant, thoughtful, and fascinating."--_Detroit Post._
"A quaint, winning, sympathetic, beautiful sketch of child-life."--_Springfield Republican._
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