6 USEFUL INSTRUCTIVE BOOKS AT 25c. BACH. 
The Pistol as a Weapon of De- 
FENCE, in the House or on the Road. 
50 pages. 
This work aims to instruct peaceable and law- 
abiding citizens in the best means of protecting 
themselves from the attacks of the brutal and the 
lawless, and it is the only practical book published 
on this subject. Its contents are as follows: The pistol as a weapon of defence; the 
carrying of firearms ; different kinds of pistols in market; how to choose a pistol ; 
amunition, different kinds; powder, caps, bullets, copper cartrjdges, etc.; best form 
of bullet ; how to load; best charge for pistols; how to regulate the charge ; care of 
pistol ; how to clean it ; how to handle and carry it; how to learn to shoot; practical 
use of the pistol ; how to protect yourself and disable your antagonist. 
Shooting on the Wing.—Plain direc- 
tions for acquiring the art of shooting on 
the wing. With useful hints concerning 
all that relates to guns and shooting, par- 
ticularly in regard to the art of loading so 
as to kill. To which has been added several 
valuable and hitherto secret recipes of very 
great practical importance to the sports- 
man. By AN OLD GAMEKEEPER. 88 pages; 
illustrated. 
This book tells how to choose the gun, about ammunition, gun cases, how to load 
the gun, how to clean it, how to handle and bow to carry it, how to learn to shoot, 
finishing touches, useful hints, recipes and miscellaneous matter. The book contains 
@ novel and most valuable feature found in no other work on this subject. This isa 
series of graduated lessons by which the self-taught young sportsman is enabled to 
Advance step by step from such easy marks as a sheet of paper nailed on a fence to 
the most difficult trap-shooting and the sharpest snap-shots. 
What to Do in Case of Accident.— 
A book for everybody. 96 pages. 
This is one of the most useful books ever published. 
It tells exactly what to do in case of accidents, such as 
severe cuts, sprains, dislocations, broken bones, burns 
with fire, scalds, burns with corrosive chemicals, sun- 
stroke, suffocation with foul air, hanging, drowning, 
frost-bite, fainting, stings, bites, starvation, lightning, 
poisons, accidents from machinery, gun-shot wounds, 
ete.,etc. It ought to be in every house and workshop, 
for young and old are liable to accident, and the directions given in this book might 
be the means of saving many a valuable life. 
The Sun.—A familiar description of 
his phenomena. By Rev. Tuomas WILL- 
1am Wess. Author of ‘Celestial Objects 
for Common Telescopes.” 80 pages; illus- 
trated by 17 engravings. 
_A book for every one interested in Nature, as it 
simply and fully describes the sun, tells about spots, 
eclipses, etc., in a very attractive style, so that the 
ordinary reader who does not understand astronomy 2 
may thoroughly comprehend and enjoy the subject. A reading of this book will give 
a fair idea of the wonderful universe of which we are 4 part. ¢ 
Rhymes of Science: Wise and Otherwise.—By OLiver W. 
Hotmegs, Bret Hart, Incoutpssy, Prof. ForBes, Prof. J. W. Mc.Q. 
a 
. Rankine, Hon. R. W. Raymonp and others. 66 pages ; illustrat 
A collection of scientific rhymes that will form pleasant reading for any one inter 
’ ested in science. 
