THE
HOME EDITION
OF THE
Story of the Bible
Surpasses in Value and Completeness All Former Editions
of this Standard Work.

THE HOME EDITION of the Story of the Bible.

Gives admirers of the book an opportunity to procure it in a handsomer form, either for presentation to friends or for use at home.

The COVER of this edition bears an appropriate and ornamental design in gold and color. The INSIDE is no less attractive than the outside. On opening it, the Illuminated Presentation Page first meets the eye. This is followed by the beautiful Steel Plate Engraving of Jacob's Dream, as a Frontispiece. A double page Colored Map comes next, showing countries and places mentioned in the Bible. Six Richly Colored Plates, with 300 Engravings, illustrating the principal scenes and events narrated in the book, are distributed throughout its pages, from beginning to end.

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FOR SALE
by the same Dealer from whom this book is obtained.

The Story of the Gospel.

By CHARLES FOSTER, Author of the "Story of the Bible."

360 Pages. 16mo. With 150 Illustrations, and a Frontispiece in Colors.

The New Testament in simple form for Children. Written in Language easy to understand. Printed in large, plain type, and filled with Pictures.

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100th THOUSAND NOW SELLING.

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The Author of the "Story of the Bible," after publishing that work, found that a smaller and still simpler book on the New Testament alone, was needed.

He therefore prepared the "Story of the Gospel," which contains the Life of Christ written in a style easily understood by children, and illustrated by a large number of excellent wood engravings.

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From Rev. M. A. GOODELL, Northwood, Iowa.

I am much pleased with the "Story of the Gospel." The illustrations are excellent. The Story is told in beautiful language, and in such a way that very difficult points are made plain even to children. It is also a good commentary on the Word for older persons, and should be in every family.

I lent my copy of the "Story of the Gospel" to the teacher of the Primary Department in our public school, who used it instead of the Bible in opening school, and after a few days said she could not do without it.

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FOR SALE
by the same Dealer from whom this book is obtained.

FIRST STEPS
FOR LITTLE FEET IN GOSPEL PATHS.
328 Pages. 16mo. With Colored Frontispiece and
140 Illustrations.

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By CHARLES FOSTER, Author of the "Story of the Bible."
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There still remained one class of learners whose wants were not supplied by either the Story of the Bible or the Story of the Gospel. These were the little ones in the Nursery, the Infant School, and the Kinder-Garten. For their instruction the author has prepared a third book, First Steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths. This book is arranged on a different plan from either of the preceding. Instead of being divided into Chapters, it consists of separate passages or Lessons, most of them quite short, and each one complete in itself. Each Lesson is followed by Questions so simple that the little hearers, if attentive when the passage is read, may readily answer them.

From Robert W. Fenwick, President of the Washington FrÖebel Society, Washington, D. C.

To the Publisher: I am the grateful recipient of a nicely-bound, well-printed and illustrated work entitled "First Steps." Upon an examination of it, I feel that every Kinder-Garten teacher should possess this gem of a book for little children. Its simple presentation of great truths and facts, in words as well as in pictures, should be brought home to the heart of every child by the parent or teacher; and, this done, the coming generation will be wiser and better than the past. I am thankful (as President of the Washington FrÖebel Society, having under its care the Bethany Free Kinder-Garten) that this book has reached me.

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FOR SALE by the same Dealer from whom this book is obtained.

NEW LIGHTS
—ON—
OLD PATHS.
By Charles Foster, Author of the "Story of the Bible," Etc.
QUARTO, 496 PAGES. 350 ILLUSTRATIONS.

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The author of the stories contained in this beautiful book has given life and power of speech to many of the inanimate objects which we meet in every-day life.

The Well in the Yard, the Gate and Gate-Post, the Brook and Water-Wheel, with other familiar things, give their impressions, in these charming and original tales, of what takes place around them, and speak to one another with audible voice.

If the reader will listen to what they say, he will learn some valuable lessons, and perhaps receive advice that will help him in days to come.

Many familiar places and oft-trodden paths will be given a new interest by reading some of the stories contained in this book.

Objects that have been familiar for years, and which have never caused a moment's reflection as they were carelessly passed by, will now have a new significance, and whenever seen will connect themselves with the imaginary parts they play in this volume.

In appearance the book is an unusually handsome one, being TASTEFULLY BOUND AND PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. It contains 350 PICTURES which in artistic merit, interest, and faithful portrayal of the scenes described in the text, are unsurpassed by any book of its class.

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Office of Charles Foster's Publications, 118 S. Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa.

NEW LIGHTS
—ON—
OLD PATHS.
By CHARLES FOSTER, Author of the "Story of the Bible," Etc.
QUARTO, 496 PAGES. 350 ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Office of Charles Foster's Publications, 118 S. Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa.

BIBLE PICTURES
—AND—
WHAT THEY TEACH US.
Containing 312 Illustrations from the Old and New Testaments,
WITH BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS
By CHARLES FOSTER, Author of the "Story of the Bible."

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Quarto, 232 Pages, 312 Engravings, printed on extra heavy calendered paper, and
bound in English cloth, black side stamp, gilt title on back.

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The Collection of Bible Pictures contained in this book is probably one of the most complete that has ever been brought together in one volume.

In preparing the work, the greatest care has been observed to use only such designs as will adequately illustrate the Bible scenes and fittingly portray the principal events in Bible history.

It has been a matter of great difficulty to obtain so large a number of pictures of the necessary merit, as illustrations of Bible subjects present peculiar difficulties to the artist. While preserving the freedom of style and vigor of treatment necessary to give life to his designs and reality to the varied scenes of the Scripture narrative, he must preserve for them a feeling of reverence and endow them with a dignity worthy of their sacred character.

A large number of the pictures in this book are reproduced from designs by foreign artists who have been celebrated for their skill in this branch of art. Others are by artists in this country. All the pictures have been personally selected by, or else drawn under the direction of, the author, who has spent years of labor and thousands of dollars in forming this collection.

Many of the engravings in "Bible Pictures" were first obtained and used for illustrating the "Story of the Bible" and the "Story of the Gospel," two former books by the same author. Other new engravings have been added, and the whole set, THREE HUNDRED AND TWELVE in number, are now brought together in this one volume, in which the broad pages (8 × 9³/₄ inches), fine, heavy paper and careful printing, display their artistic excellence to the best advantage.

The book forms a complete pictorial history of the main portion of the Bible. Many parts are so fully illustrated that the narrative can be followed and understood by merely looking at the series of pictures which illustrate them, so that children unable to read may obtain a fair idea of the nature and sequence of Bible events, by simply turning over the pages. The book, however, is by no means merely a picture book. A lucid and brief explanation, written by the author of the "Story of the Bible," accompanies each picture, on the same page, or on the page immediately facing it, so that the picture and the explanation appear simultaneously to the eye.

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FOR SALE by the same Dealer from whom this book is obtained.

BIBLE PICTURES,
AND
WHAT THEY TEACH US.
A Book containing 312 Illustrations from the Old and New Testaments,
with brief descriptions.
By CHARLES FOSTER, Author of the "Story of the Bible," etc.

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Quarto, 232 Pages, 312 Engravings, printed on extra heavy calendered paper and bound
in English cloth, ornamental side and back stamp.

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Charles Foster's Publications, 118 S. Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa.

—THE—
STORY OF THE BIBLE ANIMALS.
704 Pages. 300 Illustrations.

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This book contains a description of each animal mentioned in the Bible, and tells of its appearance, its habits and the use to which it was put by mankind.

The importance of understanding the nature of these animals, as a means of making clear the Scriptures, will be readily seen when it is remembered how frequently they are mentioned in the Bible, and how different many of them must be from those which we are accustomed to see.

Some passages in the Bible which have formerly possessed little or no meaning to the ordinary reader will have a new significance after the "Story of the Bible Animals" has been read, and the descriptions which it contains of the animals of the East, and the habits of Eastern people, have become familiar.

The book is not only interesting and instructive from the stories which it contains on the ever-popular subject of Natural History, but it also presents a vivid description of life in the Bible lands.

It describes the appearance at the present time of many of the places mentioned in the Bible, as well as the manners and customs of the people who dwell there.

Adventures of modern travellers in these unfamiliar and seldom-trodden paths form an important part of the book and are of absorbing interest, presenting to the reader a graphic picture of life in the Holy Land as it is to-day.

In the never-changing East this is in many respects a counterpart of the times in which the Bible was written. The Arab as he speeds across the desert upon his swift dromedary, or sits at the door of his tent watching his flocks and herds, retains many of the customs which prevailed in the time of Abraham.

The wild animals of these countries still roam through the forests and are hunted and slain by mankind. The crocodile and hippopotamus of the Nile are yet found in that mighty river, and yield their lives to the courage and skill of modern hunters as did those of old.

These scenes are vividly portrayed in the "Story of the Bible Animals" by travellers who have taken an active part in the adventures which they narrate, and who are thus able to adequately describe incidents that will be new and strange to most readers.

The book is also a valuable commentary on many portions of the Bible, for without some knowledge of the matters upon which it treats, the point of many passages of Scripture must either be entirely missed or else wrongly interpreted.

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Office of Charles Foster's Publications, 118 S. Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa.