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PIANO MUSIC! 
Five Fine Collections !!! 
parlorIwusic 
is in two large volumes, pages sheet music size. 
Yol. I has 242, and Yol. II has 222 pages, filled 
with the best and most popular Piano pieces, every¬ 
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PEARLS OF MELODY 
has 224 pages (sheet music size) with choice pieces 
by Wilson, Tonel, La Hache, Allard, Ole Bull, 
Spindler, &c., &c.; a large number, and all of the 
best. 
LA CREME DE LA CREME, 
first issued in numbers, is here presented in two 
volumes of about 240 pages (sheet music size) each. 
Music is for advanced players, and carefully chosen. 
FOUNTAIN OF GEMS 
(224 pages, sheet music size) is a general collection 
of easy, popular pieces, that every one can play. 
WELCOME HOME 
(224 pages, sheet music size) will receive a welcome 
in every Home where it is used, having well chosen 
bright music, and nothing harder than the medium 
degree of difficulty. 
Pries of each Book—$2.50 Bds.; 
$3 Cloth; $4 Gilt. 
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A splendid new book on Household Art, de 
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HOME RECREATIONS IN 
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J The above is the tide of a new boo! 
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JBl \ Horses, Dogs, Crosses, Scenes of Poetr 
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m IBL. price of the book. 
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postpaid. 
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