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POPULAR GARDENING. 



IX 



Talks with Homely Girls- (■'>«)— A work on 

 health and l^eauty, tlieir preservation and culti- 

 vation. By Frances 

 ymith. It is a useful 

 book for every lady, 

 the twenty cliapt*;rs 

 lieinj; complete with 

 information on many 

 important subjects. 

 ( loth binding. Given 

 ... for one new name. 

 )? Price .■)» cents and 

 postajre its altove. 

 Rubber Printing Stamii. Boy's TTseful Pas- 

 [Eilheronefor one new nainr. ti^gj (,-.!))— Pleasant 

 See Premimm 220 anrf 221.) ^,,^, p,.„fl,able amuse- 

 ment for spare hours, ^ving especial attention 

 to the use and care of tools, and the making of 

 many useful and entertjiining articles. By Prof. 

 Robt. Griffith, A. M.' Cloth. ;«0 illustratiims. Just 

 the book for every boy. Given for one new 

 name. Price 8") cents and postage. 



Girls who became Famous. (<>0)— By Sarah K. 

 Bolton. Short biographies of Harriet Beecher 

 Stowe, George Eliot, Jean Ingelow, Harriet Hos- 

 raer, Margaret Fuller, and other eminent women. 

 With :iO portraits. Given for one new name and 

 20 cents. Price S1..5i) and ]>ostage. 



Mrs. Shillaber's Cook Book. «>1)— A practical 

 Guide for Housekeepers, by Lydia ,Shillaber. 

 with an introduction by Mrs. Partington. 

 Kitchen edition, in oilcloth. Given for one new 

 name and 1(1 cents. Price $1.2.5. 



Atlas of the World. («2)— This is the General 

 Atlas of the World, published by Rand, McNally 

 & Co., Chicago. Its dimensions are about 12^^ x 19 

 inches, open; the binding is handsome English 

 cloth, it contains 216 pages of carefully arranged 

 maps and text, specially prepared for this work. 

 There are 9.3 full page maps. Accompanying these 

 there is given climate, industrial, historical, and 

 political information. The solar system is also 

 explained. Besides the foregoing the following 

 subjects are amply treated: Average rainfall at 

 different latitudes, lengths of the principal rivers 

 in different parts of the world, and the areas of 

 surface drained by them; areas of the largest 

 islands on the globe; height of the principal 

 mountains, monuments, buildings, etc., in the 

 world; dimensions and populations of the prin- 

 cipal states, with their colonies, etc.; dimensions 

 of each continent, and the population of the 

 globe by continents. This large Atlas given for 

 two new names. Price $i.ith. Postage and pack- 

 ing 30 cents when sent as a premium or bought. 

 Handy Binder for " Popular Gardening. " (63) 

 — We have had made expressly for this journal 

 a number of the new Handy Binders. They are 

 bound in cloth, and have the name of the paper 

 stamped on the side. The papers are easily in- 

 serted or removed, and a single cover will con- 

 tain the copies of more than a year. Given for 

 one new name. Price .50 cents post-paid. 



Back Volumes of " Popular Gardening," (64)— 

 The bound volumes of this journal each contain- 

 ing an elaborate annual index, are little less than 

 complete cyclopaedias of horticultural informa- 

 tion, and embrace hundrcl.^ of engravings. 



Good Booh to be hcul f»n mogt favm'ahU terms. Read 



terms for all Premium>i from 43 to 178. 

 When the supply is exhausted they cannot be 

 replaced. Either one of the past three volumes, 

 I, II, III, bound in full cloth, given for three new 

 names. Price $1.75, post-paid. 



Valuable Bural Books, an Oifer that should 

 Interest Many. (6.">)— in presenting an offer of 

 our Standard list of Rural Books, as liberal as 

 the present one, we should think eveiy reader of 

 this journal would take stei)S to secure one 

 or a number of the valuable bo<jks. Our offer is 

 this; for every nar subscriber sent in to us we 

 allow 55 cents to apply on any book or books on 



our regular list, and these will be sent by mail 

 post-paid. Thus, if ten subscribcre are secured 

 you may select books from the list to the value 

 of $5..50, and these will be delivered free at your 

 express or post -office. If you havn't this li.st at 

 hand, (it has appeared in recent issues,) drop us 

 a postal card in<(uiring for it, and we will return 

 one. It embraces about all the standard works. 

 Popular Library of Standard Works. In the 

 following lists is included the remarkable col- 

 lection of books known as the Altii Editifin, of 

 the Porter & Coatcs Publishing House. These 

 are 12m4). books size 7J^ x 11 inches, when open, 

 bound handsomely and in the most substantial 

 manner in trUith, 

 with designs in 

 black and gold; the 

 aitpearance of the 

 volumes being 

 shown in minature 

 in the farther cut on 

 opposite i)age. Each 

 volume has a ribbon 

 marker. In cases 

 where engravings 

 are suitable they are 

 freely introduced. 

 The books range in 

 size from about 400 



Chrlstina« stories— Selpftlous from the liest writers 

 HoiKlln's Kinp of Conjurers. 



Books of Adventure and Travel. lAltaEtlltlnn.) By 

 Jules IVriii'. 1118-1231-Tour iif the World lu Eighty; 

 Days; irudcrKrouud City; At the North Pole: Desert 



Family or Laboratory Microscope. (See Prem. 187.) 

 to 600 pages apiece, the paper is heavy and far 

 superior to that used in many cheap volumes. It 

 is marvelous to think that such nice books can 

 be offered on the terms we name below, and if 

 thousands are not taken b.v our subsciibers we 

 shall be surprised. Any (i(>o of these volumes 

 given for one new name and 15 cents. Just think 

 of what a chance to stock up with useful and en- 

 entertaining works. The price is 50 cents per 

 volume, on direct sales. Postage and packing 

 10 cents per volume when sent as a premium or 

 purchased. Read the titles. 



Entertaining Fiction and Poetry. {66-70)— Charles 

 Dickeris' Works: Martin Chuzzlewit: Pickwick Papers; 

 Olivei Twist; Italy and American Notes; David Copper- 

 fleld: Nicholas Nlckleby; Old Curiosity Shop; Barnaby 

 Rudge; Bleak House: Little Dorrlt; Dombey & Son; 

 Christmas Stories; Uncommercial Traveler, etc.; Edwlu 

 Drood: Master Humphrle's Clock, etc. 



By Sir Waller Scott: (71-74)— Guy Mannering: Ivan, 

 hoe: Waverly; Lady of the Lake. 



By Thomas Hood: (75-76)— Whimsicalities, Whims 

 and Oddities: Miscellanies and Hood's Own. 



Miscellaneous. (77-117>-Arablan Nights Entertain- 

 ment; Jane Porter's Scottish Chiefs, Thaddeus of War- 

 saw: Reglua Maria Roche's Children of the Abbey; 

 Oliver Qoldsmlth's Vicar of Wakefield; ^sop's Fables, 

 50 Illustrations; Bulwer's Last Days of Pompeii: Mar- 

 garet Hosmer's Under the Holly; Victor Hugo's Gar- 

 roche, the Gamin of Paris; Grimm's Popular Tales; 

 Grimm's HouseboM Stories; French Fairy Tales; Stan- 

 dard Fairy Tales: Holme Lee's The Vlcl8.sltudes of 

 Bessie Fairfax; Whyte Melville's Katerfelto, A Story 

 of Exnioor; Mrs. M. C. Despard's Chaste as Ice, Pure as 

 Snow; Elle Berthet's Prehistoric World: Pique, A Tale 

 of the English Aristocracy; T. S. Arthur's Orange Blos- 

 soms: Oliver B. Bunce's Romance of the Revolution; 

 D. A. Planche'8 Evening Amusements; E. E. Hale, Bay- 

 ard Taylor and others— Modern Classics; Jane Austen's 

 Mansheld Park; Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensi- 

 bility, and Persuasion; Anderson's Fairy Tales; Edgar 

 A. Poe's Tales; Charles Lever's Charles O'Malley and 

 Harry Lorrequer: Samuel Lover's Handy Andy; Alex- 

 ander Dumas' Three Guardsmen: East Lynne. or the 

 Earl's Daughter: Miss Mulock's John Halifax Gentle- 

 man; Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans; George 

 Eliot's Adam Bede and Queens of American Society: 

 Modern Story Teller— .Selections from the best authors; 



rrcneh Drawing luslruiiN til ■. U'tri'iu iwr name 

 and l^eenla. See Preiniuui 1!)0.) 



of Ice; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; 

 Wreck of the Chancellor. 



Mi.icellaneous. (124-139)— Robinson Crusoe; Swiss 

 Family Robinson: American Family Robinson; Don 

 l^ulxote: Swift's Gulliver's Travels: Anne Bowman's 

 Bear Hunters; Kangaroo Himters; Qelkle's Adventures 

 In Canada; Cook's Voyages Around the World; Wil- 

 liams' Travelers In Africa: McCIlntoek's In the Artie 

 Seas; Frontier Life, Tales of the Southwestern Border; 

 J. Q. Brayman's Daring Deeds of American Heroes; 

 Thrilling Adventures on Land and Sea; Hood's Up the 

 Rhine: Three In Norway, by Two of Them. 



Historical 'Works. (Alta Edition.) (140-153)-Mac- 

 auley's History of England, In five volumes separate; 

 Dickens' ChUd's History of England; Sir Walter Scott's 

 Stories from French History: Schmucker's Memorial 

 .Scenes in French History: Speeches of Daniel Webster; 

 Fox 's Book of Martyrs; Martlneau's History of England, 

 In four volumes separate. 



Biographical Works. (AltaEdltlon.) (154-171)— Ban- 

 croft's Life of George Washington; Mrs. Jameson's 

 Celebrated Female Souvereigns: Mrs. Ellis' Pioneer 

 Women of the West; Teft's Life of Daniel Webster; 

 Arnault's Life of Napoleon: Ellis' Life of Daniel Boonej 

 Ellis' Life of David Crockett: Greeley and Sargent's 

 Life of Henry Clay; Jenkins' Ufe of Andrew Jackson; 

 Montgomery's Life of Zachery Taylor; Herbert's Life 

 of Heiu'y VIII and his six Wives; Herbert's Life of 

 Oliver Cromwell: Hartley's Life of Empress Josephine; 

 Schmucker's Life of Catherine II, Empress of Russia; 

 Bartlett's Life of Lady Jane Grey; Wirt's Life of Pat- 

 rick Henry; Bartlett's Life of Joan of Arc, William 

 H. Seward's Life of John Qulncy Adams. 



Religious and Temperance Works. (.41ta Edition. 

 (172-178)— Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress: Bunyan's 

 Holy War; Mrs. Smith's Children's Bible Studies; Julia 

 Wright's A MUlion Too Much, A Temperance Tale: 

 Jane Sommers' The Two Bequests, or Heavenward Led; 

 Smiles' Self Help. 



Solid Gold Pens. The Pens we offer are made 

 by Pearce & Hoagland, and are fully warranted 

 by us. No. 6. (179)-Shown in engraving; 10 

 karat; will be given for one new name and 10 

 cents. Price 75 cents post-paid. No. 2. (Iso)— A 

 favorite size for ladies given for one new name 

 only. Price 75 cents by mail post-paid. No. 6. 

 (181)— 14 karat given for two new names and 10 

 cents. Price $1..50 post-paid. No, 2. (183)— 14 

 karat given for one new name and 10 cents. Price 

 75 cents post-paid. 



Pens and Holders. No.ePen. (183)— 14 karat and 

 fine Pearl handle in Morocco case, for two new 

 names and $1.:J0, or for four new names and 10 

 cents. Price $3.00 to which add U) cents for pack- 

 ing and postage. No. 2 Pen. (184)— 14 karat with 

 fine Pearl handle in Mo- 

 rocco case, given for one 

 new name and $1.10, or 3 

 new names. Price $2.00, to 

 which a<ld 10 cents for 

 postage and packing. 



Metal Box for Deeds and 

 Valuables. il8r>)— Every 

 houfic slmuld have* such a 

 Box for keeping valuable 

 papers, etc. in, secure from 

 vermin and otherwise, safe 

 and convenient to remove 

 in case of a tire. The one 

 we offer is of Jaiianned 

 ware with hasp. Size Ii^^x9?^ 

 inches. Given for one new 

 name and 15 cents. Price 

 $1.(10. Postage 15 cents 

 when sent as a premium 

 or purchivsed. 



Compuund Micro- Stereoscope and Views. 

 scope. {For three new (I8<i)-A line hand Sfereo- 

 names and 10 cents, scope, of approved pattern 



See Premium \'Sd.) , ... , ♦!, . i * .a 



having the best ground 



lenses, and one dozen views selei'tcd from 

 American and foreign scenery and buildings. 

 Given for two new names and 35 cents. Price 



