BIOGRAPHY
ROBERT E. SPEER, D.D.
The Foreign Doctor: “The Hakim Sahib”
A Biography of Joseph Plumb Cochran, M.D., of Persia. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth, net $1.50.
Dr. Cochran came to a position of power in Western Persia which made his life as interesting as a romance. He was one of the central figures in the Kurdish invasion of Persia, and was the chief means of saving the city of Uramia. In no other biography is there as full an account of the actual medical work done by the medical missionary, and of the problem of the use of the political influence acquired by a man of Dr. Cochran’s gifts and opportunities.
HENRY D. PORTER, M.D., D.D.
Illustrated, 8vo, cloth, net $1.50.
A biography of one of the most honored missionaries of the Congregational Church, whose long and effective service in China has inscribed his name high in the annals of those whose lives have been given to the uplift of their fellow-men.
MARY GRIDLEY ELLINWOOD
His Life and Work. Illustrated, cloth, net $1.00.
A charming biography of one of the greatest missionary leaders of the Nineteenth Century.—Robert E. Speer.
ANTONIO ANDREA ARRIGHI
The Story of Antonio the Galley Slave
With Portrait, 12mo, cloth, net $1.25.
“Reads like a romance, and the wonderful thing about it is that it is true. A fervid religious experience, a passion for service and good intellectual equipment were his splendid preparation for a great missionary work among his countrymen in America.”—Zion’s Herald.
GEORGE MULLER
New Edition, including the Later Story of the Bristol Orphan Home. Illustrated, cloth, net 75c.
“What deep attractiveness is found in this life of the great and simple-hearted apostle.”——Christian Advocate.
KINGSTON DE GRUCHE
Dr. Apricot of “Heaven-Below”
Illustrated, 8vo, cloth, net $1.00.
“No one who has read this book will ever afterwards repeat the threadbare objection, “I don’t believe in missions.”—Continent.