HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
A YEAR IN A COAL-MINE
By JOSEPH HUSBAND
"Mr. Husband enables the reader to carry away a vitalized impression of a coal-mine, its working and its workers, and a grasp of vivid details."--_San Francisco Chronicle_.
"It is a story of vivid and compelling interest and every word bears the impress of truth."--_Living Age._
"Apart from its informative value, this is a book that no one can fail to enjoy."--_Philadelphia Press._
"A refreshingly frank narrative."--_New York Sun_.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
THE CONFESSIONS OF A RAILROAD SIGNALMAN
By J.O. f.a.gAN
"Extremely well written and forcible."--_The Outlook._
"A terrible indictment of our railway management."--_New York Post._
"The literature of the day contains few things more interesting than these confessions. They relate to railroad accidents, and the confessor is manifestly a man not only of remarkable discernment, but likewise of rhetorical skill."--_Stone and Webster Public Service Journal._
"Throws much light on the frequency of railroad accidents and will stimulate serious thought on the part of readers."--_Troy Times._
"Remarkable and interesting."--_Boston Herald._
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
ROUTINE AND IDEALS
BY LE BARON R. BRIGGS, _President of Radcliffe College_.
"Common sense enriched by culture describes everything which Dean, or, as he ought now to be called, President, Briggs says or writes. The genius of sanity, sound judgment, and high aim seems to preside over his thought, and he combines in an unusual degree the faculty of vision and the power of dealing with real things in a real way."--_The Outlook_, New York.
SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND CHARACTER
BY THE AUTHOR OF "ROUTINE AND IDEALS."
"With the soundest good sense and with frequent humorous flashes, Dean Briggs takes students and parents into his confidence, and shows them the solution of college problems from the point of view, not of the "office" but of a very clear-thinking, whole-souled man _in_ the "office""--_The World"s Work_, New York.
Houghton Mifflin Company, Publishers
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
JOHN PERCYFIELD
By C. HANFORD HENDERSON
"_John Percyfield_ is twisted of a double thread--delightful, wise, sunshiny talks on the lines laid down by the Autocrat, and an autobiographical love story. It is full of wisdom and of beauty, of delicate delineation, and of inspiring sentiment" _New York Times_.
"Its merits will rank it among the few sterling books of the day."
_Boston Transcript_.
"A book of rare charm and unusual character ... fresh and sweet in tone and admirably written throughout." _The Outlook, New York_.