1881. 



THE AMERICAN'' *BEE JOURNAL. 



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Because it adds to Personal Beauty 



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LIFE and ADVENTURES of ROBINSON CRUSOE. 



This well-known book may be ranked asthe most 

 popular standard juvenile book ever printed. 

 Our edition is complete, and contains the wonder- 

 ful adventures of a cast-away upon a desert 

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 THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS 

 From thiswuiid to that which is tocome. This re- 

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 under the similitude of a dream, by John 

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Cropriate illustrations. 

 LLIVERS TRAVELS. 

 This book tells of the supposed travels and surpris- 

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 remote regions of the world, where he met with a 

 race of people no larger than your hand. Also 

 his wonderful exploits among giants. Complete 

 in une volume. Finely illustrated. 



THE ARABIAN NIGHTS* ENTERTAINMENTS. 

 Illustrated with numerous wood engravings, de- 

 scriptive of those many strange and singular 

 stones which the legend says the fcultaness of 

 Persia related to the Sultan night after night, in 

 order to prolong her life, and thus finally won his 

 affections and delivered the many virgins, who 

 but for her would have been bacrificed to his 

 unjust resentment. 



SAVED AT LAST FROM AMONGTHEMORMONS. 

 Every nian and wuman in the land should read 

 this story which is fuunded upon facts, and gives 

 an insight into the low estate of woman under 

 the Mormon rule. 



BREAD AND CHEESE AND KISSES. 

 ByB.L. Karjeon. Avery popular Christmas story 

 after the stvle of Dickens: abounds in excellent 

 and novel features; is chiefly remarkable for its 

 admirable picture of country life, giving the 

 history of a very happy and contented young 

 couple who thought no lot in life too lowly for the 

 mentof Bread and Cheese and Kisses. 



JOHN PLOUGHMAN'S PICTURES; 

 Or, More of his Plain Talk for Plain People, by Rev. 

 (has. II. Spurgeon. This book is exceedingly 

 humorous and instructive, using the simplest 

 form of words and very plain speech. To smite 

 evil, and especially the monster evil of drink, has 

 been the author's earnest endeavor. The humor 

 and homely wisdom of this book should carry it 

 into every household. Complete in one volume — 

 containing a great number of pictures. 



NEW FARM AND FIRESIDE COOK BOOK. 

 BEST COOK BOOK EVER PUBLISHED. Contains 

 n bout 1,000 Recipes. It is just the book that even 

 wife and housekeeper needs. It tells how to cook 

 all kinds of bread, cakes and meats; it tells ho? 

 to make all kinds of soup ; it gives recipes for cook- 

 ing tish, oysters, poultry and game; it tells how t*. 

 select the best poultry, fish, meats, etc.; it give; 

 the best methods of preparing sauces and salads 

 and all kinds of vegetables for the table; and tells 

 the housekeeper all she needs to know about bread, 

 biscuits, rolls, puddings, pies, custards, creams, 

 cookies, tea, cotlee, chocolate, home-made candies, 

 antidote for poison, cooking for the sick, and many 

 other uselul things, 



/ESOP T S FABLES. 



The rabies of J&opns, an apt representative of'tne 

 great social and intellectual movement of the a^e 

 which he adorned. Born a slave, he forced hi& 

 way by his mother-wit into the courts of princes. 

 He knew that to be tolerated in courts he must 

 speak to please, and he gave lessons both to prince 

 and people by recitals of fables, which were very 

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 JEsop's Fables at his finger's ends was looked 

 upon as an illiterate dunce by Athenian gen- 

 tlemen. In one vol. Very profusely illustrated. 

 NOBLE DEEDS OF MEN AND WOMEN. 

 A history and description of noble deeds, present- 

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 awaken the impulse to imitate what we admire. 

 By the recorded actions of the great and good we 

 regulate our own course, and steer, star-guided, 

 over life's trackless ocean. 



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Complete in one volume, with illustrations. 



The usual price of these books bound in cloth is Si .00 to $3. 00 each. We propose to bind them in heavy 

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THE BOOKS will be the latest and most complete editions, and will contain many illustrations, 

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THE PAGES are about 5% by 8 inches— the most convenient size for reading and preservation. 



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THE FIRST BOOK, Robinson Crusoe, was ready about April 1st. One of the others will follow 

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RELIABLE.— Messrs. Rowell & Co., publishers of the American Newspaper Directory, writing 

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CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the Weekly Atnerlcan Bee Jour- 

 nal and any of the following periodicals, for 1881, 

 at the prices quoted in the last column of figures. 

 The first column gives the regular price of botn : 



Publishers' Price. Club. 



The Weekly BeeJournal (T.G.Newman) ..$2 00 



andGleaningsinBee-Culture(A.I.Rnot) 3 00.. 2 78 



Bee-Keepers' Magazine (A.J.King). 3 00.. 2 60 



Bee-Keepers' Exchange (J. H.Nellts) 2 75.. 2 50 



The 4 above-named papers 4 75.. 3 "5 



Bee-Keepers'Instructor( W.Thomas) 2 50.. 2 35 



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.Hill) 2 50.. 2 35 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 2 30.. 2 15 



The 1 above-named papers 05.. 5 00 



Prof. Cook's Manuali bound in cloth) 3 25.. 3 00 



Bee-Culture (T.G.Newman) 2 40.. 2 25 



Binder for Weekly, 1881 2 85. . 2 75 



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 For Monthly Bee Journal, $1.50 less. 



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