"I*et those now laugh -who never laughed before, 

 And those wlio always laughed now laugh the more. 



An Extinguisher to the " Blue Devils," or Devils of any color. 



For the benefit of all melancholy and sober-sided individuals A PERFECT CON- 

 CENTRATION OP MIRTH ! A comic concoction from the cocoanuts of all the wise 

 and funny-famous men of the age through which the a<red may prevent wrinkles, 

 and resume their juvenility, and also the juvenile obtain the experience of age. A 

 peculiarly portable volume presenting a profitable profusion of pickings and pleas- 

 antries, in prose and verse properly prefixed with the title of 



THE HARP OF A THOUSAND STRINGS; 



OR, 



Laughter for a Life-Time. 



And peculiarly prepared to produce prolific PEALS OF LAUGHTER. The very 

 quintessence of HUMAN WIT, WAGGERY and WISDOM. 



400 Pages of the most Mirth-Provoking Literature ever printed. 



It contains more than a. Million Laughs, and is 

 Illustrated with 20O Comic Cuts 



Of the most pungently funny character, drawn (out of their 

 heads) by Messrs. BARLEY, McLENAN, HOPPIN, HENNESSEY, 

 BELLEW, PHIZ, Quiz & Co., who have been just as funny as 

 they dared! 



Also, an extra Title Page, drawn expressly for this worli, by 

 P. O. C. Darley, and printed with, a tint. 



The curious compiler of this concoction cordially congratulates his con-Citizens, 

 together with those co-existing in the communities of Communipaw, Canada, Cali- 

 fornia, Canton, and countries circumadjacent, in the cordial, convivial, and cemcn- 

 tatory ceremonies connected with the coming out of the above cheerful volume Of 

 the completeness of this collection, wo can give but a slight conceit. Of course, among 

 the fattening things in the book, is the famous "HARP SERMON," which convulsed 

 the nation a few years ago. Every man, woman and child, will be glad to renew the 

 hearty Guffaw' 



-. Every tingle person in the land should certainly cecuro a copy, that they nviy thus 

 conceal the oynical and cut-off condition of their unhappy lives; while the Clergy- 

 cemented pairs of Adam and Eves will clutch this chance to conclude their happiness 

 and conjugal condition. And to facilitate which the Publishers have very consider- 

 ately placed copies of "THE HARP OF A THOUSAND STRINGS," beautifully 

 printed and elegantly bound, for sale in every Book Store, Steamboat and Railroad 

 Car in (and out of) the Union. 



Largo 12mo., nearly 400 Pages, Illustrated with 200 Comic Engravings, 

 and bound in fine Cloth, with gilt side and back Stamp: 



PRICE ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. 



ies mailed to any address in the United States or British Provinces free of 

 Send Cash orders to 



DICK & FITZGERALD, 18 Ann Street, New York, 



