One hundred and ninety illustrations. White paper. First published in 1883. A Family Portfolio of Natural History, Biography, and Bible Scenes. Our lives receive coloring from everything with which we come in contact. As some colors fade, while others are enduring, so with the influences which affect us. There is nothing that abides with us longer than the sentiments we read. As has been said, "The written words, the unspoken thoughts that we have once admitted to the shrine of our minds, are there forever." How important, then, that our reading be of a nature which shall develop our noblest...