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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[February, 
The Mystery 
OP 
Metropolisville, 
By EDWARD EGGLEST01V, 
Author of " The Hoosier School- Master," " The Mid 
of the World," etc. 
FINELY ILLUSTRATED. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
If hy " the American novel " we mean one which por- 
trays graphically those features of American life which 
are distinctly American in that they are developed no- 
where else — which catches up the expression and 
reflects the character of the ideal and unesaggerated 
American man and woman —then we may as well give 
over seeking for it, for it has come, and Edward Eg- 
gleston is its author. . . . Truthful characterization, a 
ready humor, a graphic style, and a skillful use of the 
Hoosier dialect combine to make The Mystery of Me- 
tropolisville a vivid picture of the times and scenes 
with which it has to do. We award Mr. Eggleston the 
palm as the most characteristically American writer of 
the day.— Boston Journal. 
The story is told with much spirit.—: Pittsburgh Leader. 
It is a good story, told with rim and naturalness. — 
Daily Commercial, ".Vilmingtou, Del. 
The plot of the story is very simple, but the happy 
faculty the author possesses in delineating border life is 
used to capital effect.— Weekly Advertiser, Portland, Me. 
It is finished better than either of the former ones 
( u Hoosier School-Master 11 and '* End of the World 1 '), 
and has less of the preacher and more of the novelist 
in it.— Spring Held Republican. 
It is a very bright and readable hook.— Liberal Chris- 
tian, New York. 
The tendency of the book will be to make a brave, 
true life honorable, and to make idleness, hypocrisy, and 
irreligion odious. — Methodist Recorder, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
It is marked by power, close observation, and has some 
remarkably well-drawn characters. — Globe, Boston. 
It will be read with general interest, and start the tears 
andrisibles alike.— Co?nmo?nvealth, Boston. 
At intervals a writer comes to the surface whom every- 
body wants to read, and we doubt whether either Dickens 
or Mrs. Stowe took stronger hold on the popular heart 
than has the author of these hearty, home-life sketches. 
In the present volume he greatly enlarges his sphere, 
taking a widely different class of characters and topics 
in hand than was attempted in the former volumes. His 
sterling personal character gives weight and worth to 
whatever he sends forth. — Methodist Home Journal, Phila. 
He (the author) particularly excels in treating of certain 
phases of American manners, and this is the main task 
which he wisely places before himself.— Daily Palladium, 
New Haven. 
All the characteristics of Western life arc well illus- 
trated in this racy volume— the rough and the smooth, 
the coarse and the fine.— State Republican, Lansing, Mich. 
The story is well and truthfully told, and has one merit 
so often sadly wanting in modern literature— it is entirely 
free from all objectional immorality and vice, and will 
no doubt become immensely popular. — Daily Chronicle, 
Washington, D. C. 
CONTENTS. 
Preface.— Words Beforehand. Chapter 1. The Autocrat of 
the Stage-Coach.— '2. The Sod Tavern.— 9. Land and Love.— 
4. Albert and Katy.— 6. Corner-Lots.— 6. Little Katy's Lover. 
— ~. Catching and Getting Caught.— 8. Isabel Maiiav.— 
9. Lovers and Lovers.— 10. Plausaby, Esq., takes a Fatherly 
Interest.— U. About. Several Tilings.— 13. An Adventure.— 
13. A Shelter.— 14. The Inhabitant.— 15. An Episode.— lfi. The 
Return.— 17. Sawney and his Old Love.— 18. A Collision.— 
10. Standing Guard in Vain.— 20. Sawney and WestcoU.— 
21. Rowing.— 22. Sailing.— 23. Sinking.—' 2L Dragging.— 25. 
Afterwards*— 26. The Mystery.— 27. The Arrest.— 28. The 
Tempter.— 29. The Trial.— 30. The Penitentiary.— 31. Mr. 
Lurt.on.— 32. A Con legion.—"". Depth.— St. Mr. Lurfrm'a 
Courtship.— Sjj, rjnbarred.— 86. ftabeL-^B?. The La>-t.— 
■Words Afterwards. 
ILLUSTRATIONS.— By FRANK BEARD. 
His Unselfish Love found n Mplftneliolv TJecnmpenfle.— 
The Sun-rim- Being.— Mr. Mino»key mid Hie Fnt Gentle- 
man.— Plausaby sells Lota.— " By George! Hi*! he! lie!"— 
Mrs. ri.tnvihv.— The Inhabitant.— A Pinch of Snntr.— Mrs. 
Ferret.— One Savage r.low lull In the Fnec.— *'Wha1 on 
Airth's the Matter?"— Tne Editorof "Toe "Windmill."— 
"Git up and Poller ! ' 
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