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VOI.UME LV[. 
/Cl( REFERENCE to the contributors announced below will show that 
CM/ nearly all of the most distinguished and popular authors of this country, 
and many of those of Great Britain, have been engaged as contributors 
c ‘ to the Companion for the year 1883. The Announcement will be 
found, in many respects, we think, an extraordinary one: but it includes only 
a part of .the features of the volume for the coming year. 
SOB BROADWAY, NEW YORK 
Novelties in 
Confections. 
Illustrated Serial Stories. 
A Serial Story of Boy Life in America, by 
A Serial Story of Boy Life in Great Britain, by 
A Serial Story of New England Life, by 
A Seiial Story for Girls, by , 
A Serial Story of Southeru Life, by ... 
Amusing College -Stories, by . * . 
Stories of Old-Time Poor-Houses, by 
Old New England Peddlers’ Tales, bv 
Tales of the Old Dutch Farmers of New York, by 
J. T. Trowbridge. 
. . 'William Black. 
. Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
Harriet Prescott SpolVovd. 
. Marie B. Williams, 
i . Henry A. Gordon. 
J. D. Chaplin. 
^ . Wm. A. King. 
. . Eugene M. Prince. 
Freshness, Purity, and deliciousness ] 
of Flavor our specialties. 
Packed in Tin Boxes for Express or Mail, 
Illustrated Travel and Adventure. 
A Serial Story of Adventure, by 
Life in an Irish Fishing Village, by . 
Tales^of Old Ships and Sailors, by ’. 
The Saloon-Keeper's Story, by 
After the Mindanao Pirates in a Dutch Guu-Boar. bv 
Adventures in a Whaling Cruise in the North Pacific, by 
The Fiftieth Tiger. A narrative of Adventiu-e bVthe'speeial Correspondent 
of the London Telegraph ./ * 
Child Life ami Home Lire in Japan. Curious Pictures arid Domestic inci- 
. . C. A. Stephens 
Julian Hawthorne 
Capt. F. Luce- 
Franklin O. Parker- 
Lieut. P. F. Grinnell* 
Nfacombcr Brett. 
Moore’s Throat and Lung 
Lozenges, for a Cough, Cold or 
Sore Throat, 25c, per large box; 
but ns n »pcclul oiler till after the 
Holidays, l will send 3 boxes for 
50c. in stamm*. In order to make 
them more thoroughly known. 
Once tried, they become a family 
remedy. Agreeable in taste, add 
a certain cure for Whooping Cough. 
Cards and picture books. 
Dr. C. C. Moore, 78 Cort- 
I’vo had one. 
landt Street, New York. 
Phil Robinson. 
dents, by a traveler in that eountrv. 
ITJIV U urnui: TKmllin™ nt.,.,:.-. , * _ 
Railway Heroes. Thrilling stories of railroad men. Among others will be ’ 
” The Fireman s Story: 1 ’ ■* His Lite nr Thrive-w.*™ 
Prof. E. S. Morse. 
... * His Life or Theirs: * 
Boy,” and “ Express Messenger Riley,” by . 
* Skip Dustin, the Water 
Walter A. Moor* 
Special Articles. 
A Medicine for a Woman, Invented by a Woman. 
Prepared by a Woman. 
Important articles will be given by two of the most distinguished Neurolo¬ 
gists in the w oild, describing Nervous Diseases—showing the ordinary causes 
of these forms of hitman suffering—and giving general suggestions as to their 
treatment. The articles will not be merely technical treatises, but will be en¬ 
livened by curious and illustrative anecdotes. 
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Common Jvegrons Ailments. A Series of Papers, by . . i>,- iJro,vn-Sw,„..,-,i 
The Short History of a Nervous Man. The- Proper use of the Mind, Hallu¬ 
cinations and Delusions, The Cause of Sleep and Sleeplessness, Soranam- 
ouiLsm, etc ” by . . -.Dr. William A. Hammond. 
LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S 
VEGETABLE COMPOUND 
Is a Remedy 
Reminiscences and Anecdotes. 
For all those Complaints and Weaknesses 
so common to our best population. 
James Parton- 
Edgar Knowles- 
Hon. £. g. Cox- 
(Illustrated.) 
Yankee Drolleries at Old-Time Fairs and Shows, hv 
Stories of Old-Time Quack Doctors and their Remedies, bv 
On the Stump. Humorous Anecdotes of Electioneering. Stump Speaking etc* bv 
Victor Hugo-at Home. A chatty description of the home life of the* great 
poet, by his Private Secretary.. ° aat 
W ° r Gallerr *b S ° f thC Ho,l ' se ° r Commons. As seen from the Reporters’ 
Brilliant Articles. Reminiscences of Dean'Stanley and Picturesque Assoeia- 
tions of Westminster Abbey, by. 4 r , innil v w « 
Great Southern Leaders. A series of articles containing personal 'reminis- ’ * * rPar ' 
cences of Gen.Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, John c. Calhoun 
etc., etc., by.Hon. Alexander H. .Stephens 
IT IS A GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY, 
V y It revives the drooping spirits,Mnvigorate.s and harmon¬ 
izes the organic tunctions, gives elasticity and firmness to the 
step, restores the natural lustre to the eye, and plants on iho 
pale cheek of woman the fresh roses of life’s spring and 
early summer time. 
Richard Lesclidc. 
H. W. Lucy. 
The Help Series. 
James Parton. 
. N. Saroily. 
The Prolits of Literary Labor, by 
Photography as a'Profession, by. 
Salesmen and Saleswomen in City Stores. Theirwages'and opportunities'. 
A study 1 b K<l " calion - ®>w choose a College. Advantages of European 11 ** 1168 ' ! " ,0 ° Iil,iott 
Girls'who Earn a Living In Art. By the Principal of the Womans' aW 1 ''*'" 1 A ' na,nm ® ,,d 
School. Cooper Union. -v . 
What a Technical Education Costs. By the Professor of Engineering' of ' Carter 
...tkeInstitute of Technology, Hoboken. n 8 Hubert H 
Shifts and Expedients of College Life. Showing how Students' can pay * T * 
their way through a College Course, by A Graduate. 
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