Henry Altemus Company - Belles-Lettres Series 50

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Belles-Lettres Series
1896 - 1897
Varied reprint editions

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50
31
1

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
1	Independence Day	Hale, Edward Everett	1896
2	Scholar in Politics	Olney, Richard	1896
3	Young Man in Business	Bok, Edward W.	1896
4	Young Man and the Church	Bok, Edward W.	1896
5	Spoils System: An Address to the Civil Service Reform League	Schurz, Carl	1896
6	Conversation by Thomas De Quincey	De Quincey, Thomas	1896
7	Sweetness and Light	Arnold, Matthew	1896
8	Work	Ruskin, John	1896
9	Nature and Art	Emerson, Ralph Waldo	1896
10	Use and Misuse of Books	Harrison, Frederic	1896
11	Monroe Doctrine: Its Origin, Meaning and Application	McMaster, John Bach	1896
12	Destiny of Man	Lubbock, John	1896
13	Love and Friendship	Emerson, Ralph Waldo	1896
14	Rip Van Winkle	Irving, Washington	1896
15	Art, Poetry and Music	Lubbock, John	1896
16	Choice of Books	Lubbock, John	1896
17	Manners	Emerson, Ralph Waldo	1896
18	Character	Emerson, Ralph Waldo	1896
19	Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Irving, Washington	1896
20	Beauties of Nature	Lubbock, John	1896
21	Self-Reliance	Emerson, Ralph Waldo	1896
22	Duty of Happiness	Lubbock, John	1896
23	Spiritual Law	Emerson, Ralph Waldo	1896
24	Old Christmas	Irving, Washington	1896
25	Health, Wealth and the Blessing of Friends	Lubbock, John	1896
26	Intellect	Emerson, Ralph Waldo	1896
27	Why Americans Dislike England	Adams, Geo. B.	1896
28	Higher Education as a Training for Business	Judson, Harry Pratt	1896
29	Miss Toosey's Mission	Anonymous	1897
30	Laddie	Anonymous	1897
31	J. Cole	Gellibrand, Emma	1897

Henry Altemus
Leatherette. White. Various decorative patterns in silver, blue, green etc. Title and author in silver gilt letters on the front cover. 7.25 x 5 or 7 x 4.5 (no priority)

Series Notes:
1. No illustrations.
2. Numbers 1-28 were published in 1896.
3. The rest of the series and the earlier numbers were published in 1897.
4. The series stopped publication in 1899.
5. Same format as the Eternal Life Series.

Advertising Flyer

Here is a nice little advertising piece (5.875 x 3. 375) for the Belles Lettres Series.

It lists 26 volumes in the series at 30 cents each. Since the first 28 volumes were published in 1896, this dates the flyer to 1896.