STANDARD BOOKS. 



Edward Eggleston's Standard Works. 



The End of the World. 



A love story by Edward Eggleston. In love with a Dutch- 

 man; An explosion; A farewell; A counter-irritant; At the 

 castle; The backwoods philosopher; Within and without; 

 Figgers won't lie; The new singing master; An offer of 

 help; The coon-dog argument; Two mistakes; The spider 

 spins; The spider's web; The web broken; Jonas expounds 

 the subject: The wrong pew; The encounter; The mother; 

 The steam doctor; The hawk in a new part; Jonas 

 expresses his opinion on Dutchmen; Somethin' ludi- 

 kerous; The giant great heart; A chapter of bet weens; 

 A nice little game; The result of an evening with gentle- 

 men; Waking up an ugly customer; August and Norman; 

 Aground; Cynthy Ann's sacrifice; Julia's enterprise; The 

 secret stairway; The interview: Getting ready for the 

 end; The sin of sanctimony; The deluge; Scaring a 

 hawk; Jonas takes an appeal; Selling out; The last day 

 and what happened in it; For ever and ever; The mid- 

 night alarm; Squaring accounts; New plans; The 

 shiveree. Price, postpaid $1.50 



The Hoosier Schoolmaster. 



By Edward Egglestcn. A private lesson from a bull-dog; 

 A spell coming; Mirandy, Hank and Shocky; Spelling 

 down the master; The walk home: A night at Pete 

 Jones's; Ominous remarks of Mr Jones; The struggle in 

 the dark; Has God forgotten Shocky? The devil of si- 

 lence; Miss Martha Hawkins; The hardshell preacher; 

 A struggle for the mastery; A crisis with Bud; The 

 church of the best licks: The church militant; A coun- 

 sel of war; Odds and ends; Face to face; God remembers 

 Shocky; Miss Nancy Sawyer; Pancakes; A charitable in- 

 stitution; The good Samaritan; Bud wooing; A letter and 

 its consequences; A loss and a gain; The flight; The 

 trial; "Brother Sodom;" The trial concluded: After the 

 battle; Into the light; "How it came out." Price, post- 

 paid, $1.25. Library edition, price, postpaid. . $1.50 



The Mystery of Metropolisville. 



By Edward Eggleston. Words beforehand; The autocrat 

 of the stage coach: The sod tavern; Land and love; Al- 

 bert and Katy; Corner lots: Little Katy's lover; Catching 

 and getting caught; Isabel Marlay; Lovers and lovers; 

 Plausaby, Esq., takes a fatherly interest; About several 

 things; An adventure; A shelter; The inhabitant; An 

 episode; The return; Swaney and his old love; A collision; 

 Standing guard in vain: Sawney and Westcott; Rowing; 

 Sailing; Sinking; Dragging; Afterwards; The mystery; 

 The arrest; The temper; The trial; The penitentiary; 

 Mr Lurton; A confession; Death: Mr Lurton's courtship; 

 Unbarred; Isabel; The last; Words afterwards. Price 

 postpaid $1.50 



