LAIRD & LEE'S 



CMARMUNQ ARTISTIC BOOKS 



FOR THE, HOLIDfly AND CHRISTMAS SEASON. 



THE WINNER OF '98. 



REX WAYLAND'S FORTUNE; or, The 

 Secret of the Thunderbird. By H. A. 

 Stanley. 

 A beautiful book of nearly 400 pages, printed 

 on good paper, with half-tone and line engrav- 

 ings. Bound in extra cloth, stamped in gold, 

 silver and ink with characteristic cover design. 



Price $1.00 

 A strikini: woid picture of one of the finest and least 

 known recions of our country. The .'story ot an Eastern 

 boy in quest of hiciden treasurein a region of niarvellons 

 beauty and niarvellous capacities for the proiiucliou of 

 wealth. Hijjhlv valuable information about former 

 •Indian princes' and princesses, and stirring reali-tic 

 incidents in the hunting- p:ronnds. lofty peaUs and 

 strange recesses of the modern Olympics. 



GENUINELY AMERICAN. 



OPir. READ'S PURE AND DELIGHTFUL 

 WORK^ OF FICTION. 



Handsoinelv .gotten up, printed on fine laid 

 paper, bound in Holhston cloth gold tops, 

 uncut side and bottom edges, stamped in gold 

 and ink with an original and artistic cover 

 design. Six volumes in a box, $6 00 



Each, $1.00 



Old Ebenezer. The Jucklins. 



My Young Master. A Kentucky Colonel. 



On the Suwanee River. A Tennessee Judge. 



A SUCCESS BEYOND QUESTION. 



1ST EDITION EXHAUSTED IN TWO DAYS. 



2ri0 EDITION NOW READY. 



THE PRACTICAL SPANISH INSTRUCTOR. 



By F. M. De Rivas, a Graduate of the 

 University of Sevilla, Spain. 



One sound for every letter. A unicpie method 

 of learning Spanish without the aid of a teacher. 

 No irksome or confusing rules of grammar. 

 5,000 different forms of ])hrases. 2,000 names 

 of Spanish officials, ships, cities, etc., with their 

 correct pronunciation. vSilk cloth, 25c, 



Morocco, full gilt, 50c. " '",~. 



TAN PILE TIM ; or» a Yankee Waif Among . 

 the Bluenoses. By B. Freeman Ashley. 



Beautifully illustrated. i2mo cloth, stamped 

 in gold and colors, with gilt top. Price $1.00 



'fan Pile Tim is a bright, quickwitted Yankee boy, 

 who captivates you in spite of yourself. His sailor 

 language which he uses to convey his nif-aning will 

 sometimes startle you by its want of elegance, but it 

 will at the same tinie provoke a smile by it« striking 

 originality, while the cindor, Yankee pluck and manly 

 iuaependence call forth your heariiest admiration 



THE HEART OF A BOY. From the 1 66th 

 Edition of Edmondo de Amicis. 



i2mocloth, illu.strated, gilt top, with stamp 



in gold and colors on side and back. Price $1.00 



AVe couM hardly name a better book for a boy or girl, 

 jior one mo e likely to be read by them. No one ever 

 began 10 read it without being lield spellbound to the 

 last page, and no one ever rose from this story without 

 being inspired for nobler life. 



DICK AND JACK'S ADVENTURES ON 

 SABLE ISLAND. By B. Freeman Ashley. 



1 2mo cloth, illustrated, gilt top, with stamp 



in gold and coiors on side and back. Price $J.OO 



a story of two boys stranded on this inhospitable 

 coast (the most dangerous part of the Atlantic, and 

 the -scene of the terrible Burgogne disaster), and who 

 spentxone whole year among adventures of a most 

 varied and captivating nature. 



AIR CASTLE DON ; or, From Dreamland to 

 Hardpan. By ,B. Freeman Ashley. 

 i2mo cloth-, profusely illustrated, w-ith cover 

 design in gold and colors, gilt top. Price $1.00 



Its humor, sentiment and originality appeals to the 

 grown up people, as well as to the young ones. 



For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers, or 



LAIRD 



A Companion Volume to the " Spanish Instructor." 

 SALVA - WEBSTER SPANISH - ENGLISH 

 ENGLISH - SPANISH DICTIONARY- 



Acknowledged by the Spanish press of Nortli 

 and Soulli .-vmerica to be the mo.st perfect, 

 accurate and complete work of its kind pub- 

 lished on this continent 4000. > words and 

 definitions, colored maps of Spanish-speaking 

 countries, list t<f consulates, a geographical and 

 biographical e':cyclo])edia, etc , etc 



Flexible cloth, red edges, not indexed, 30c. 

 vStiff silk cloth, marbled edges, complete 



doal)le index ...... 60c. 



THRILLING TALES OF ADVENTURE ON 

 LAND AND SEA By \Vm. H. Thomes. 



Over 400 pages in each volume, all illus- 

 trated with half-tone frontispieces and numerou.s 

 line engravings. Two series of 5 cloth volumes 

 each, with special cover design, put up in a neat 

 box. Price $3.75 



Each 75c. 



1ST SERIES. 



A Gold Hunter's Adventures. 

 Running the Blockade. The Bushrangers. 

 On Land and Sea. Lcwey and L 



2no SERIES. 



The Belle of Australia. A Slaver's Adventures. 



A Manilla Romance; or, Life in the East Indies. 



The Gold Hunters in Europe. 



A Whaleman's Adventures. 



RELIABLE. PRACTICAL. ECONOMICAL. 



THE CENTURY COOK BOOK AND HOME 

 PHYSICIAN. By Jennie A. Hansey and 

 Dr N. T. Oliver. * 



Over 1,000 recipes. 300 illustrations. 36 



departments. Recipes selected, tried and found 



good. The Medical Department thoroughly 



practical and original. 



Over 100,00 American families now using it, 

 and the demand still increasing. 



i2mo. Special kitchen edition, bound in 

 washable oilcloth covers. $J.00 



Cloth extra, 75c. 

 sent postpaid oa receipt of price by 



&. LEE, Publishers, CHICAGO. 



