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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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Offered : Antique firearms, muskets, car- 

 bines and swords. P. W. F. 



For Sale: Beautifully enameled Louis 

 XY watch on gold in tortoise shell outer 

 case, in good running order. Also gold 

 repeater with engraved portrait of Wash- 

 ington on case ; also two gold Tobias 

 watches with exquisitely engraved scenes 

 — Washington on Field' of Trenton, the 

 other. Surrender of Cornwallis. Other 

 historic watches. Three rare contem- 

 porary seals with heads of Washington 

 cut cameo, one intaglio ; many rare and 

 artistic historic articles, rare antique 

 bronzes, wax portraitures, etc. L. S. D. 



Offered: Colonial wallet, excellent condi- 

 tion, knitted, green ground with straw- 

 berry design, name and date (1790) ; con- 

 tains two pieces Continental paper 

 money. C. N. H. 



Offered: A number of fine old samplers. 

 If in vicinity of New York will be glad 

 to call and submit same for inspection. 



A. N. T. 



Wanted: Historical dark blue Stafford- 

 shire China. Harvard College or Erie 

 Canal views. C. H. C. 



Offered: Old lace scarf, needle run, 

 Louis XY piling, perfectly preserved, 

 21 in. by 72 in, rare piece, $50; also, 

 three heavy linen bedspreads, drawn 

 border, 12 in. deep, 150 years old, $25 

 to $45 ; Grandfather clock, $75. 



Offered : Two Japanese swords (Katana) . 

 One by the celebrated swordsmith "Masa- 

 mune," long point. The sword furniture 

 on the scabbard and hilt are broken chisel 

 work ; very fine example. The other by 

 "Bishee Osfane," short point. The blades 

 are in excellent condition and polish, the 

 former being about 400 years old, and has 

 ornaments carved of a celebrated Jap- 

 anese general. The edges of both are 

 keen enough to show shavings on a hair. 



P. R. W. 



Offered: One brass helmet-shaped coal 

 hod, $8 ; one old blue bandbox called 

 "A Peep at the Moon," $5 ; six pewter 

 plates for S9.00, or will exchange for old 

 pewter and blue china. C. W. G. 



Wanted: Old pewter communion tokens, 

 snuff boxes, buckles, buttons and por- 

 ringers. C. W. G. 



Offered: Exquisitely wrought white 

 China crepe shawl, fringe 18 inches deep ; 

 two Colonial decanters, flat cut, fine old 

 style; Sheffield cake basket, beautiful in 

 shape, grapes and grape leaf pattern ; 

 tobacco box of Chinese cherry wood, 

 elaborate repousse copper box and 

 handle enameled in red and brown ; one 

 pair garnet hoop earrings, quaint and 

 beautiful; cameo snake bracelet, spiral 

 coil, separate rattles, fine head and carved 

 tail, unique; one pair white carnelian ear- 

 rings, long pear-shaped pendants, gold 

 Arabesque carving; two pendants with 

 exquisitely wrought fringe thereon ; old 

 Ginori placque, early Italian faience, 18 

 inches in diameter, figure of woman in 

 center; one shell cameo brooch finely 

 mounted in flat old-fashioned setting, con- 

 sidered remarkably fine cutting subject, 

 "St. Cecelia." J. M. C. 



Offered: Large pewter ewer and basin, 

 marked "Boardman," $15. M. B. S. 



Wanted: Very fine specimens of hair 

 work, miniature size only. L. M. S. 



Offered: Several very fine English samp- 

 lers, Eighteenth century. L. H. H. 





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The Scientific American 

 Boy at School 



By A. RUSSELL BOND, 



12 mo., 338 pages, 314 illustrations. Price, $2.00. 



•I This is a sequel to "The Scientific American Boy" and like its predecessor is brim full of 

 practical suggestions, all of which are entirely new. The construction of the apparatus, which 

 is within the scope of the average boy, is fully described and the instructions are interwoven in 

 a fascinating story, which makes the book interesting as well as instructive to the boy. This 

 volume contains instructions on surveying, sounding and signalling, the building of dams, canals 

 and canal locks, truss bridges and several different types of boats. Sun dials, clepsydras, 

 seismographs, gliding machines, kite photography and camera hunting are a few of the other 

 interesting subjects taken up. Other unique ideas are water kites, fish-tail boat-propellers, 

 bicycle sleds, geyser fountains, etc. No boy of a mechanical turn of mind can read the story 

 without being inspired to try his hand at making the devices. 



MUNN & CO., Inc. Publishers, 361 Broadway, New York. 



