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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[September, 
SUPERIOR STANDARD WORKS. 
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THE HORSE. 
FRANK FORESTER'S 
HORSE OF AMERICA 
By HENRY WM. HERBERT. 
Revised, corrected, enlarged, and continued to 1871, 
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REPRESENTATIVE HORSES, 
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a full record of the performances of 1860 and 1870. 
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With au Introductory Essay on the true 
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ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 Broadway, N. Y. 
The Mystery 
OF 
Metropolisville, 
By EDWARD EGGLEST01V, 
Author of " The Booster School- Master," " The End 
of the World," etc. 
FINELY ILLUSTRATED. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
Tf by ''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 tip the expression and 
reflects the character of the ideal aud unexaggerated 
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 
Iloosier dialect combine to ' make Tlte Mystery of Me- 
iropolisville 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 Leadei\ 
It is a good story, told with vim and naturalness. — 
Daily Commercial, Wilmington, Del. 
The plot of the story is very simple, but the happy 
faculty the author possesses in delineating horder life is 
used to capital effect. — Weekly Advertiser, Portland, Me. 
It is finished better than either of the former ones 
("Hoosier School-Master" and "End of the World"), 
and has less of the preacher and more of the novelist 
in it— Springfield Republican. 
It is a very bright and readable book. — Liberal Chris- 
tian, New York. 
The tendency of the book will be to make a brave, 
true life honorable, and to niake idleness, hypocrisy, and 
irreligion odious. — Methodist Recorder, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
It is marked by power, close observation, and has some 
•-oninrkablv well-drawn characters. — Globe, Boston. 
It will be read with general tmc,^ „ u a Btai t u, c i c „„ 
aud risibles alike.— Commonwealth, 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 lopics 
in hand than was attempted in the former volumes. His 
sterling personal character gives weight and worth to 
whatever he sends forth.— Methodist Borne 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 are well illus- 
trated in this racy volome— 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-Couch.— 2. The Sod Tavern.— 3. Land and Love.— 
4. Albert and Katv.— 5. Corner-Lots.— 6. Little Katv's Lover- 
-7. Catching and Getting Canght.— 8. Isabel "Marlav.— 
9. Lovers and Lovers.— 10. Plausaby.Tsq,, takes ft Fatherly 
Interest. — 11. About Several Things.— 12. .An Adventure. — 
13. A Shelter.— 14. The Inhabitant.— 15. An Episode.— 16. The 
Return. — 17. Sawnev and his Old Love.— 18. A Collision. — 
19. Standing Guard" in Vain.— 20. Sawnev and Westcott— 
21. Bowing.— 22. Sailing— 28. Sinking.- 21 Dragging, as. 
Afterwards— 26. The Mystery— 27. The Arrest— 28. The 
Tempter— 29. The Trial.— 30. The Penitentiary— 31. Mr. 
l.urton.— 32. A Confession.— 33. Death.— 34. Mr. Lurton"s 
Courtship.— SB. Unbarred. — 36. Isabel.— 37. The Last.— 
Words Afterwards. 
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Bt FRANK BEARD. 
His Unselfish Love found a Melancholy recompense.— 
The Snnerior Being— Mr. Minorkey and the Fnt Gentle- 
man— Plansabv sells Lots.— " Bv George! He! he! he! — 
Mrs. Plausaby — The Inhabitant.— A Pinch of Snufl— Mrs. 
Ferret — One Savage Blow lull in the Face.— "What on 
Alrth's the Matter"?"— Tne Editor of "The Windmill."— 
" Git up and Foller ! " 
Price, Postpaid, 
$1 50 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 
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