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LIST OF TITLES 
Addtn Bede. By George Eliot. 
Amen'cdn Notes. By Charles Dickens. 
Barnaby Rudge. By Charles Dickens. 
Bleak House. By Charles Dickens. 
Channings, The. By Mrs. Henry Wood. 
Ghafles O^Malley. By Charles Lever. 
Child’s History of England. By Charles 
Dickens. 
Christmas Books. By Charles Dickens. 
Cloister and the Hearth. By Charles 
Reade. 
Danesbury House. By Mrs. Henry Wood. 
David Copperfield. By Charles Dickens. 
Dombey and Son. By Charles Dickens. 
East Lynne. By Mrs. Henry Wood. 
Great Expectations. By Charles Dickens. 
Hard Times. By Charles Dickens. 
Henry Esmond. By W. M. Thackeray. 
House of the Seven Gables. By Nath¬ 
aniel Hawthorne. 
Ivanhoe. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Jane Eyre. By Charlotte Bronte. 
John Halifax, Gentleman. By Miss 
Muloch. 
Kenilworth. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Last of the Barons. By Lord Lytton. 
Little Dorrit. By Charles Dickens. 
Master Humphrey’s Clock. By Charles 
Dickens. 
Mill on the Eloss. By George Eliot. 
Martin CImzzlewit. By Charles Dickens. 
Mrs. Halliburton’s Troubles. By Mrs. 
Henry Wood. 
Never too Late to Mend. ByCharles Reade. 
Nicholas Nickleby. By Charles Dickens. 
No Name. By Wilkie Collins. 
Old Curiosity Shop. ByCharles Dickens. 
Oliver Twist. By Charles Dickens. 
Pickwick Papers. By Charles Dickens. 
Pilgrim’s Progress. By John Bunyan. 
Reprinted Pieces. By Charles Dickens. 
Scarlet Letter. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
Scenes of Clerical Life. By George Eliot. 
Shirley. By Charlotte Bronte. 
Si las Marner. By George Eliot. 
Sketches by Boz. By Charles Dickens. 
Stories and Sketches. ByCharles Dick¬ 
ens. 
Tale of I wo Cities. By Charles Dickens. 
Talisman. By Sir Walter Scott. 
Tennyson’s Poetical Works. 
Tom Brown’s School Bays. By Thomas 
Hughes. 
Two Years Ago. By Charles Kingsley. 
Westward Ho. By Charles Kingsley. 
Woman in White. By Wilkie Collins. 
Wuthering Heights. By Emily Bronte. 
OTHER TITLES IN PREPARATION 
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, 
PUBLISHERS 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
recent communication to the American 
Society of Civil Engineers, Mr. E. 
Gerber gives the results of a careful 
investigation into the present state of a 
number of bridges which had been 
painted with one of the above three 
classes of paint. In all cases rust was 
found to a greater or less extent, occur¬ 
ring always in spots in the center of clean 
metal. Most of this, however, was thin, 
and was as had in new structures as in 
old. 
It was, however, found that the 
iron oxide paints adhered more firmly 
to the metal than the lead paints, only 
one case being found in which the latter 
adhered well and was tough. It is, 
however, suggested that much of this 
brittleness was due to adulteration of the 
oil by turpentine, benzine, or other 
petroleum products. There is more 
likehhood of such adulteration with lead 
paints than with iron, as they are more 
difficult to spread, and there is thus more 
temptation to dilute the oil. In some 
cases, bridges coated with iron oxide 
eleven or twelve years ago were still in 
good condition, without having been 
repainted. 
Only two of the bridges exam¬ 
ined had been painted with carbon 
or asphaltum paints, hut the condition 
of things in these two cases was found to 
he not altogether sati.sfactory, as in 
neither case was the coating tough and 
adherent. 
The metal had, however, been 
protected by them. Mr. Gerber con¬ 
siders that too little attention has, in 
the past, been paid to thoroughly clean¬ 
ing the metal before the first coat of 
paint is applied. Most of the rust spots 
found had apparently been there from 
the outset, and had done no harm so 
long as not too far advanced. 1 he best 
plan of securing clean surfaces, in Mr. 
Gerber’s opinion, would be to coat the 
metal with linseed oil as it left the rolls. 
—Engl fleering. 
LEIPSIC’S MOUNTAIN OF ASHES 
'T^HE city of Eeipsic is situated in 
a plain, which is rather uninter¬ 
esting on account of its monotony. In 
order to bring a little change into the 
landscape, the City Council has, for a 
long time past, ordered the deposit of 
ashes and refuse from the city at one 
certain point, which, in the course of 
time, has risen some one hundred and 
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