[April, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1872.] 
6th Thousand 
Selling Rapidly. 
THE 
HOOSIER 
SCHOOL-MASTER. 
By EDWARD EGGLESTON. 
Finely Illustrated, with 12 Full-Patre 
Engravings on Tinted Paper, 
and Numerous Other 
Cuts. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
The scene is laid in the State of Indiana, where the hero 
of the tale figures as a country school-master, contending 
with the ignorance and coarseness of the primitive popula¬ 
tion, and subject to numerous trials and perplexities whicli 
would have been fatal to the equanimity of a less sagacious 
and stoical nature than his own. Of this long-suffering 
worthy, Mr. Eggleston has given an admirable portraiture. 
His attempts at the diffusion of useful knowledge under 
peculiar difficulties, arc described with a certain grave 
naivete which is far more effective than any affectation of 
vivacity. 
The talent of the author is by no means limited to exter¬ 
nal observation, but extends below the surface to shrewd 
recognition of tire lights and shades of character. He 
makes free use of Hie comic element in his descriptious, 
but only when comic objects fall in his way ; lie is not al¬ 
ways bound on a forlorn pursuit of fun ; and does ills read¬ 
ers tlie justice to remember that they arc capable of amuse¬ 
ment without being kept on a broad laugh by perpetual 
caricature. Although possessing a strong sense of the ludi¬ 
crous, lie is no cynic; lie is not one who rejoices in making 
sport of tiic faults and foibles of his fellow-creatures \ his 
power of satire furnishes him with a trenchant blade, but 
lie has too much good-nature to use it for mischief. The 
kindly tone of his volume does not at all detract from its 
piquant effect, while ft will recommend it to many readers 
who prefer humanity to ill-humor.— New York Tribune. 
It is full of quaint humor, a tender pathos, and vivid de¬ 
scriptions.— New York Standard. 
The “ events ” are stirring and dramatic, and the style is 
quiet, impersonal, and almost epigrammatic in its ability to 
lay baro an entire situation or character in a sentence or 
phrase. — Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 
It is at once quaint and truthful, and illustrated aa it is by 
masterly cuts, it should be one of the most popular 
books.— Christian Standard (Cincinnati). 
The development of the story is substantially a rude epic 
of truth, gentleness, and true pluck. For the youug master, 
younger than most of his pupils, far more cultivated in 
every direction than any of the population, and practically 
religious, instructs the community as well as the school; 
reclaims some of the worst, foils some; and has some de¬ 
tected and punished; encourages and loves, and is loved 
by a charming orphan, and graduates into a higher position 
with the highest honors. The moral is one of robust man¬ 
hood confirmed in the worst conditions.— American and 
Gazette (Philadelphia). 
For realistic conception and life-like delineation of char¬ 
acter, it is not excelled by any American story.— Methodist. 
Mr. Eggleston’s powerful novel, “The Iloosier School- 
Master,” increases in interest as it goes on, and contains 
some characters truly original.— Springfield Republican. 
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.— Religious Telescope. 
Edward Eggleston's genius for story-telling is now flower¬ 
ing out in “ Tlie Iloosier School-Master,” an illustrated 
story, which promises to be of rare interest.— Sunday-School 
Times. 
Edward Eggleston’s story, “ The Iloosier School-Master,” 
affords one of the most graphic and picturesque portrait¬ 
ures of the early frontier life ot the West which has ever 
been written. Some ol his character sketches arc inimita¬ 
ble, and all have an individuality and freshness whicli stamp 
him as a genuine artist.—W. Y. Evening Mail. 
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DRAINING FOR PROFIT 
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