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AMERICAN AG-RICULTU'RIST. 
237 
THE 
HOOSIER 
SCHOOL-MASTER. 
By ED WARB EGGLESTON. 
Finely Illustrated, with 12 Full-Page 
Engravings, and Numerous Other 
Cuts. 
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It is fall of quaint humor, a tender pathos, and vivid de- i 
acviptions.— New York Standard. 
The “ events ” are stirring and dramatic, and the style is j 
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 i 
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- 
pie, artless beauty which constitute the highest perfection 
of story-writing, are equal to some of the very best passages 
in Dickens.— Religion* Telescope. 
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The End of the World, 
■ 
A LOVE STORY. 
By EDWARD EGGLESTON, 
Authoi' of “ The Hoosier School-Master." 
WITH 
Thirty-two Fine Illustrations. 
NOTICES BY THE PRESS. 
The personages who figure in this story are, with one 
exception, country people—such men and women as 
Wordsworth loved to study. It is not every man, what¬ 
ever may be his talents, that can safely enter this sphere 
of literary labor. To be successful in it. he must possess 
exceptional qualities; hilt for those who know howto 
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 hut 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 arc 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 
and valuable acquaintances.— The Albion , New York. 
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T3i8 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 Ivaty’s Lover 
-■7. Catching 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 Tiie 
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.— 
l he 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 lull in the Face.—"What on 
Airth’s the Matter?”—Tne Editor of “The Windmill."— 
Git up and Foller! " 
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THE PRACTICAL 
POULTRY KEEPER. 
A COMPLETE AND STANDARD GUIDE TO TIIK 
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The Barrels of the Breech- 
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How Breech-Loaders are 
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The Pin and Central Fire 
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Metal and Paper Cartridges. 
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TheLocks oi a Breech-Loader. 
To Take a Gun Lock to Pieces. 
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To Take Apart and Put To 
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'I he Dead Shot. 
Hqw to Aim. 
The Value of Field Sports. 
Game Laws. 
Field Philosophy. 
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MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY, 
FOR DOMESTIC USE, THE MARKETS, OR 
Window Gardening. 
By henry t. williams, 
EXHIBITION. 
.Beautifully Illustrated. 
By L. WRIGHT. 
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This book is a valuable manual for everybody who 
feeds chickens or sells eggs. It suits at once the plain 
poulterer who must, make the business pay, and the chick¬ 
en fancier whose taste is for gay plumage, and strange, 
bright birds. The most valuable portion is the first sec¬ 
tion, extending through fifty-five pages. These were writ¬ 
ten with the intention of producing a manual so plain, 
minute, and practical, that anyone conld, by using it as a 
guide, with no previous experience with poultry, become 
at once successful in producing eggs, young chickens, and 
fat fowls for market. The author has not missed his aim. 
The middle parts of Mr. Wright’s Manual are taken up 
with minute directions for making show fowls for Fairs, 
a nice discussion of the good and bad points of the dif¬ 
ferent breeds, and a brief sketch of such fancy stock as 
peafowl, pheasants, and water-fowl. Then follows a 
section on artificial hatching, and another, worth special 
attention, on large poultry yards_A study of Mr. 
Wright’s book will convince any farmer’s wife that all ' 
she needs is to give a half hour each day, of intelligent 
and sagacious attention to her poultry, it! order to obtain i 
from them, not tape, and knitting needles, and buttons, 
and nutmegs merely, but the family supplies of sugar, 
shoes, and cloth. New York Tribune. 
It is the most complete and valuable work on the mat. 
»ers of which it treats yet published. It will be found a 
piain and sufficient guide to any one in any circumstances 
likely to occur, and is illustrated with elegant engravings 
of many breeds of fowls. Farmers' Cabinet. 
This is a reprint, with numerous wood engravings, of 
an English book, the object of whicli is to convey in 
plain language a great deal of practical information about 
the breeding and management of poultry, whether for 
domestic use, the markets, or exhibition_The book is 
eminently practical, and we recommend it to farmers am’ 
others interested in breeding and selling poultry. 
Philadelphia Press. 
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and enriched with nearly fifty illustrations. Itis evidently 
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The subject is treated fully and ably by an experienced 
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among the growing class of poultry fanciers. It is em¬ 
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New York Observer. 
EDITOR OF TIIE 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 how they may be arriinge’d, and ivliat flowers to 
plant. It is seldom that a book is published on such sub¬ 
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— The World (New York). 
CON TENTS: 
Chap. 1.—Window Gardening 
—Its Pleasures—Increase in 
Popular Taste — Refilling 
Influences. 
Chap. 2.—Location and De 
signs for Window Gardens 
Chap. 3.—General Manage 
ment of Window . Gardens. 
Chap. 4.—Special Care 01 
Window Gardens. 
Chap. 5.—Insects, and bow to 
Kill then!. 
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.—The Ivy for Deco¬ 
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Chap. 12. —Climbing Vines, 
Balcony Gardening. 
Chap. 13.—Bulbs. 
Chap. 14.—Ferneries,Wardian 
Cases, Fern Decoratioi s. 
Chap. Ja.—The Camellia. 
Chap. 1 16—The Rose. 
Chap. 17.—'The Fuchsia, Myr¬ 
tle. 
Chap. 18.—The Heliotrope. 
< hap. 19.—Tiie Geranium. 
Chap. ”0.—The Oleander,Bou- 
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Chap. 21. —Verbenas, Petu¬ 
nias,' etc. 
Chap. 22.—The Mignonette. 
Cinerarias. 
Chap. 23.—Carnations. 
Chap. 24.—A1 l ine Plants. 
Chap.25.—M isc e) 1 all eous 
Plants. 
Chap. 26.— Parlor Decora¬ 
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In June of 1872 we gave illustrations of u Tro¬ 
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page 97 (March) of last year’s volume 
we described the use of this apparatus 
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