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Series 179 - Vademecum Series (early numbering)


 
 
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Vademecum Series (early numbering)
1894 - 1898
Varied reprint editions
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Title: Author: Year: Illustrator:
1 Cranford Gaskell, Mrs. E.C.  
2 Window in Thrums Barrie, J.M.  
3 Rab and His Friends Brown, John  
4 Vicar of Wakefield Goldsmith, Oliver  
5 Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Jerome, Jerome K.  
6 Tales From Shakespeare Lamb, Charles and Mary  
7 Sesame and Lilies Ruskin, John  
8 Ethics of the Dust Ruskin, John  
9 Pleasures of Life Lubbock, John  
10 Scarlet Letter (For more information click here) Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
11 House of the Seven Gables Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
12 Mosses from an Old Manse Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
13 Twice Told Tales Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
14 Essays of Lord Francis Bacon with Memoirs and Notes Bacon, Francis  
15 Emerson's Essays, First Series Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
16 Emerson's Essays, Second Series Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
17 Representative Men Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
18 Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus  
19 Discourses, Epictetus Long, George  
20 Of the Imitation of Christ Kempis, Thomas A.  
21 Addresses (Drummond) Drummond, Henry  
22 Chesterfield's Letters, Sentences and Maxims Chesterfield, Lord  
23 Reveries of a Bachelor (For more information click here) Marvel, Ik  
24 Dream Life Marvel, Ik  
25 Sartor Resartus Carlyle, Thomas  
26 Heroes and Hero Worship Carlyle, Thomas  
27 Uncle Tom's Cabin Stowe, Harriet Beecher  
28 Last Essays of Elia Lamb, Charles  
29 My Point of View Shephard, William  
30 Sketch Book Irving, Washington  
31 Kept for the Master's Use Havergal, Frances Ridley  
32 Lucile Meredith, Owen  
33 Lalla Rookh Moore, Thomas  
34 Lady of the Lake Scott, Sir Walter  
35 Marmion Scott, Sir Walter  
36 Princess and Maud Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
37 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Byron, Lord  
38 Idylls of the King Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
39 Evangeline Longfellow, Henry  
40 Belfry of Bruges, and Other Poems Longfellow, Henry 1895
40a Longfellow's Poems #1 Longfellow, Henry 1896-1897-1898
41 Show at Washington unknown 1895-1896
41a Queen of the Air Ruskin, John 1897-1898
42 Voices of the Night and Other Poems Longfellow, Henry 1895
42a Longfellow's Poems #2 Longfellow, Henry 1896-1897-1898
43 Poems, Volume I (Whittier) Whittier, John Greenleaf  
44 Poems, Volume II (Whittier) Whittier, John Greenleaf  
45 Raven, and Other Poems Poe, Edgar Allan  
46 Thanatopsis and Other Poems Bryant, William Cullen  
47 Last Leaf and Other Poems Holmes, Oliver Wendell  
48 Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales Kingsley, Charles  
49 Wonder Book Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
50 Undine Fouque, De La Motte  
51 Addresses (Brooks) Brooks, Phillips  
52 Balzac's Shorter Stories Balzac, Honore de  
53 Two Years Before the Mast Dana Jr., Richard  
54 Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin  
55 Last Essays of Elia Lamb, Charles  
56 Tom Brown's School Days Hughes, Thomas  
57 Weird Tales Poe, Edgar Allan  
58 Crown of Wild Olive Ruskin, John  
59 Natural Law in the Spiritual World Drummond, Henry  
60 Abbe Constantin Halevy, Ludovic  
61 Manon Lescaut Prevost, Abbe  
62 Romance of a Poor Young Man Feuillet, Octave  
63 Black Beauty Sewell, Anna  
64 Camille Dumas, Alexandre  
65 Light of Asia Arnold, Edwin  
66 Lays of Ancient Rome Macaulay, Thomas B.  
67 Confessions of an Opium Eater De Quincey, Thomas  
68 Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis  
69 Carmen Merimee, Prosper  
70 Sentimental Journey Sterne, Laurence  
71 Blithedale Romance Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
72 Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs Gilbert, W.S.  
73 Fanchon Sand, George  
74 Poems (Lowell) Lowell, James Russell  
75 John Ploughman's Talk Spurgeon, Rev. Charles  
76 John Ploughman's Pictures Spurgeon, Rev. Charles  
77 Manliness of Christ Hughes, Thomas  
78 Addresses to Young Men Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward  
79 Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Holmes, Oliver Wendell  
80 Mulvaney Stories Kipling, Rudyard  
81 Ballads Kipling, Rudyard  
82 Morning Thoughts Havergal, Frances Ridley  
83 Ten Nights in a Bar-Room Arthur, Timothy Shay  
84 Evening Thoughts Havergal, Frances Ridley  
85 In Memoriam Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
86 Coming to Christ Havergal, Frances Ridley  
87 House of the Wolf Weyman, Stanley  
88 Changed Cross and Other Religious Poems Anonymous  
89 Laddie and Miss Toosey's Mission Anonymous  
90 Gold Dust Anonymous  
91 Daily Food for Christians Anonymous  
92 Plain Tales From the Hills Kipling, Rudyard  
93 Phantom Rickshaw Kipling, Rudyard  
94 Jessica's First Prayer and Jessica's Mother Stretton, Hesba  
95 Throne of Grace Anonymous  
96 Steps Into the Blessed Life Meyer, Rev.F.B.  
97 Adventures of a Brownie Mulock, Miss  
98 Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture Gladstone, William E,  
99 Pathway of Promise M., J.A.  
100 Pathway of Safety Oxenden, Rev. Ashton  
101 Kidnapped Stevenson, Robert Louis  
102 Prince of the House of David Ingraham, Rev. J. H.  
103 Christian Life Oxenden, Rev. Ashton  
104 Message of Peace Church, Rev. R.W.  
105 Peep of Day Anonymous  
106 Line Upon Line Anonymous  
107 Precept Upon Precept Anonymous  
108 Tanglewood Tales Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
109 Song of Hiawatha Longfellow, Henry  

 

Henry Altemus      Format: 1      Volumes: 1 - 27
Paperback. The cover was the same as the frontispiece of the cloth style in 1894. This format was only published in 1894.

Henry Altemus      Format: 2      Volumes: 1 - 59
Half Russia. Full back, gold tops. Boxed.

Henry Altemus      Format: 3      Volumes: 1 - 109
Various attractive multicolored decorative patterns with both floral and line drawn decorations. See pictures for which decoration appeared in which year of publication. 6.0 x 4.25 or 5.87 x 4.25.

Henry Altemus      Format: 4      Volumes: 1 - 109
Half calf. Gold tops. Boxed.

Series Notes:
1. In 1894 #1-27 were published. In 1895 #1-59 were published. In 1896 #1-74 were published. In 1897 #1-87 were published. In 1898 #1-109 were published. Starting in 1899 new numbering with the books in alphabetical order was used.
2. Format 3 changed every year. The year and cover are shown in the picture section.
3. The cloth cover books of 1896, 1897 and 1898 were boxed.

Special comments: From the pictures below it it easy to appreciate that many of these formats were published in various colors. This means that if the 1898 cover came in 6 different colors that each of the 109 titles published in this series in that year were also published with 6 different color covers. I suspect that some colors have not yet been seen.

 

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