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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
35 
THE 
HOOSIER 
SCHOOL- MASTER. 
By EDWARD EGGLESTON. 
Finely Illustrated, with 12 Full-Page 
Engravings, and Numerous Other 
Cuts. 
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quiet, impersonal, and almost epigrammatic in its ability to 
lay bare an entire situation or character in a sentence or 
phrase.— Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 
It is at once quaint and truthful, and illustrated as it is by 
masterly cuts, it should be one of the most popular 
books.— Christian Standard (Cincinnati). 
For realistic conception and life-like delineation of char¬ 
acter. it is not excelled by any American story .—Methodist. 
Some passages in it, for life-like delineation and the sim¬ 
ple, artless beauty which constitute the highest perfection 
of story-writing, are equal to some of the very best passages 
In Dickens.— Beligious Telescope. 
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The End of the World, 
A LOYE STORY. 
By EDWARD EGGLESTON, 
Author of “The Eoosier School-Master,” 
WITH 
Thirty-two Fine Illustrations. 
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The personages who figure in this story are, with one 
exception, country people—sucii men and women as 
Wordsworth loved to study. It is not every man, what¬ 
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of literary labor. To be successful in it, he must possess 
exceptional qualities; but for those who know how to 
find it, here there is gold of the purest, richest kind. In 
such a work, however, there is no convenient place 
where mediocrity can rest; there is nothing but absolute 
failure or absolute success. And Mr. Eggleston has suc¬ 
ceeded. His power lies in the delineation of character. 
The plot is ingenious and natural, the incidents are man¬ 
aged with great skill, and there are many descriptive 
passages of singular force and beauty. But the strongest 
impression left on the reader’s mind as he closes the 
volume is that he has been in the company of very inter¬ 
esting men and women, and has made a number of new 
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The Mystery 
OF 
Metropolisville, 
By EDWARD EGGLESTON, 
Author of “ The Hoosier School-Master," “ The End 
of the World," etc. 
FINELY ILLUSTRATED. 
CONTENTS. 
' Preface.—Words Beforehand. Chapter 1. The Autocrat of 
the Stage-Coach.—2. The Sod Tavern.—3. Land and Love.— 
4. Albert and Katy.—5. Corner-Lots.—6. Little Katy's Lover. 
—7. Catcuing and Getting Caught.—8. Isabel Marlay.— 
9. Lovers and Lovers.—10. Plausaby, Esq., takes a Fatherly 
Interest.—11. About Several Things.—12. An Adventure.— 
13. A Shelter.—14. The Inhabitant.—15. An Episode.—16. The 
Return.—17. Sawney and his Old Love.—18. A Collision.— 
19. Standing Guard in Vain.—20. Sawney and Westcott.— 
21. Rowing.—22. Sailing—23. Sinking.—24. Dragging.—25. 
Afterwards.—26. The Mystery.—27. The Arrest—28. The 
Tempter.—29. The Trial.—30. The Penitentiary.—31. Mr. 
Lurton.—32. A Confession.—33. Death.—34. Mr. Lurton's 
Courtship. —35. Unbarred. —36. Isabel. —37. The Last.— 
Words Afterwards. 
ILLUSTRATIONS.—By FRANK BEARD. 
His Unselfish Love found a Melancholy Recompense.— 
The Superior Being.—Mr. Minorkey and the Fat Gentle¬ 
man—Plausaby sells Lots.—“ By George! He! he! he!”— 
Mrs. Plausaby.—The Inhabitant.—A Pinch of Snuff.—Mrs. 
Ferret.—One Savage Blow full in the Face.—“Wliat on 
Airth’s the Matter? "—The Editor of “The Windmill.”— 
“ Git up and Foller! ” 
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BY' 
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its commencement to its close, and gives muclt food for 
thought regarding the workings of political rings and gov¬ 
ernment frauds in our large cities.— Tost, Salem, Mass. 
The characters and their work are strongly but no doubt 
truthfully drawn. Aside from its literary merit, the book 
deserves credit for calling attention to a crying shame of 
our time.— Christian Advocate, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
It will at once enchain the attention of the reader, and 
prove vigorously and skillfully written, by this among 
the foremost novel writers of America.— Commonwealth, 
Boston, Mass. 
Of a story of Mrs. Davis it is hardly necessary to say that 
it holds tlie reader’s absorbed attention from beginning to 
end. Though tlie interest of the plot is very considerable, 
it is subordinate to the higher interest of tlie description 
and development of character. There is a great deal of 
very life-like painting of people and manners.— Christian 
Union, New York. 
The characters are well drawn, the incidents are full of 
interest, and the plot sustained with consistency and power. 
—Daily Spy, Worcester, Mass. 
We are constantly struck with the out-cropping of tlie 
one golden thread that holds all her writings together, and 
never fails to shine through the web of whatever plot she 
weaves aboxit it—that singleness of point and moral more 
characteristic of her writings than of any other we know of, 
and which is, broadly stated, a self-sacrificing devotion to 
duty.— Daily Standard, Bridgeport, Ct. 
Her hero is a man entangled by tlie great Ring of Penn¬ 
sylvania, who is sent by this corporation to the State Senate 
with a hold of criminality to keep him in hand, who even 
then attempts to break loose and join the party of honesty, 
but is at tlie crisis brought in chock again by tlie Ring, with 
tlie still more potent motive of love. . . . Tlie plot is very 
well wrought, and the denouement is powerfully conceived 
and managed.— New York Evening Mail. 
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PRETTY 
MRS. GASTON, 
AND OTHER ST0KXES. 
BY 
J. ESTEN COOKE, 
Author of “ The Virginia Comedians"Dr. Van Dyke," 
“Surry of Eagle's West," etc. 
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The narrative is ever animated, and here and there touch¬ 
ed with warm, tender, yet natural emotion. — College 
Courant, New Haven, Conn. 
The principal figure of the story, tlie pretty widow Mrs. 
Gaston, is well drawn and attractive, and the author lias 
displayed iu the treatment of this character much care and 
ingenuity.— Boston Traveller. 
The style of Mr. Cooke’s writings is smooth and fascinat¬ 
ing, and whoever commences tlie perusal of them will never 
regret tlie undertaking.— Westfield News Letter. 
A romance with a most delightful complication of matri¬ 
monial purposes, as well as having a villain, forger, gambler 
and detective to assist in the action.— Boston Post. 
The plot of the principal story is finely wrought out, full 
of incident, and there is a sort of fascination about tlie style, 
which claims tlie attention of the reader until the close.— 
Salem Gazette. 
Avery lively and amusing book.— Country Gentleman. 
The story is written in popular style—a little plot, a little 
mystery, a little love—and is sure to attract a large number 
of readers.— Reading (Pa.) Eagle. 
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A Man of Honor. 
By GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON. 
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A capital picture of Lire in Old Virginia before the war is 
to be found in Mr. George Cary Eggleston’s “A Man of 
Honor." Virginian hospitality, Virginian cousinsliip, Vir¬ 
ginian housekeeping, are portrayed in accurate and attract¬ 
ive colors. It is a life which the author lias himself known 
and loved, and he writes of it with a warmth that comes 
from the heart.— N. Y. Evening Post. 
Really readable in the most refreshing sense of the term— 
a story of the most amusing and attractive interest.—®. 
Louis Tunes. 
It is written in an off-hand manner, and is bright and 
amusing.— Worcester, (Mass.) Spy. 
With Virginian life as a specialty, Mr. Eggleston has drawn 
a simple, straightforward, truthful, and withal, artistic pic¬ 
ture of Southern society. It is sketchy, perhaps too much 
so, hut tlie sketches are all vigorous and show the hand of a 
practiced artist. In forming the characters of his book it is 
evident that Mr. Eggleston lias drawn oftener on Ids memory 
than on his imagination ; that lie has lived among the people 
whom lie describes, lias heard them talk, and seen them 
under all the moods of ordinary life.— Boston Daily Adver¬ 
tiser. 
CONTENTS. 
Chapter 1. Mr. Pagebrook gets up and calls an Ancient 
Lawgiver.—2. Mr. Pagebrook is Invited to Break¬ 
fast.—3. Mr. Pagebrook Eats his Breakfast.—1. Mr. 
Pagebrook Learns Something about the Customs of 
the Country.—5. Mr. Pagebrook Makes some Acquain- 
tances.-6. Mr. Pagebrook Makes a Good Impression. 
—7. Mr. Pagebrook Learns Several Things—8. Miss 
Sudie Makes an Apt Quotation.—9. Mr. Pagebrook Meets 
an Acquaintance.—10. Chiefly Concerning .Foggy.”— 
11. Mr. Pagebrook Rides.—12. Mr. Pagebrook Dines 
with his Cousin Sarah Ann.—13. Concerning the Rivu¬ 
lets of Blue Blood.—14. Mr. Pagebrook Manages to 
be in at tlie Death.—15. Some very Unreasonable 
Conduct.—16. What Occurred Next Morning.—17. In 
which Mr. Pagebrook Bids his Friends Good-by.—18. 
Mr. Pagebrook Goes to Work.—19. A Short Chapter, 
not very Interesting, perhaps, but of some Importance 
in the Story, as the Reader will probably Discover after 
awhile.—20. Cousin Sarali Ann Takes Robert's Part. 
—21. Miss Barksdale Expresses some Opinions.—22. 
Mr. Sharp Does his Duty.—23. Mr. Pagebrook Takes 
a Lesson in the Law.— 2-1. Mr. Pagebrook Cuts Himself 
Loose from the Past and Plans a Future.—25. In which 
Miss Sudie Acts very Unreasonably.— 26. In which Miss 
Sudie adopts the Socratic Method.—27. Mr. Pagebrook 
Accepts an Invitation to Lunch and Another Invitation. 
28. Major Pagebrook Asserts Himself.—29. Mr. Barksdale 
the Younger goes upon a Journey.—30. The Younger 
Mr. Barksdale Asks to he Put upon his Oath.—31. Mr. 
William Barksdale Explains.—32. Which is also the 
Last. 
ILLUSTRATIONS.— By M. Woolf. 
“Now I've Got You ” (Frontispiece).—Mr. Robert 
Pagebrook was “ Blue.'’—“ I Fall at Once into a Chronic 
State of Washing; up Things.”—“ Foggy.”—Cousin 
Sarah Ann.—The Rivulets of Blue Blood.—Miss Sudie 
Declares Herself “ so Glad.”—“ Let Him Serve it at Once, 
Then.”—“ Very Well, Then.”—“I’m as Proud and aa 
Glad as a Boy with Red Morocco Tops to his Boots.” 
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Window Gardening. 
By HENRY T. WILLIAMS, .J 
EDITOR OF THE HORTICULTURIST, AND HORTICULTURAL 
EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK INDEPENDENT. 
FINELY ILLUSTRATED. 
There can be no more attractive ornaments about the 
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exactly bow they may be arranged, and what flowers to 
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— The World (New York). 
CONTENTS: 
Chap. 1.—Window Gardening 
—Its Pleasures—Increase in 
Popular Taste — Refining 
Influences. 
Chap. 2.—Location and De¬ 
signs for Window Gardens. 
Chap. 3.—General Manage¬ 
ment of Window Gardens. 
Chap. 4.—Special Care of 
Window Gardens. 
Chap. 5.—Insects, and Row to 
Kill them. 
Chap. 6.—Propagation from 
Seeds, Cuttings, etc. 
Chap. 7.—Propagating Boxes, 
Heating Cases, etc. 
Chap. 8.—Window Pots, Box¬ 
es. Plant Stands. 
Chap. 9.—Conservatories and 
Greenhouses. 
Chap. 10.—Hanging Baskets. 
Chap. 11.—Tlie Ivy for Deco¬ 
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Chap. 13.—Bulbs. 
Chap. 14.—Ferneries,Wardian 
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Chap. 15.—Tlie Camellia. 
Chap. 16.—The Rose. 
Cliap. 17.—Tlie Fuchsia, Myr¬ 
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Chap. 18.—The Heliotrope. 
Chap. 19.—The Geranium. 
Chap. 20.—The Oleander.Bou- 
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Chap. 21. —Verbenas, Petu- 
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Chap.’22.—The Mignenette, 
Cinerarias. 
Chap. 23.—Carnations. 
Chan. 24.—Alpine Plants. 
Chap. 25.—Miscellaneous 
Plants. 
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