A series of exquisitely printed little volumes, in flexible binding and red edges.
Any volume of "The Little Classics." Price, per volume 1.00 This is a series of handy volumes, containing many of the choicest short Stories, Sketches and Poems in English Literature. The following list presents the contents of each volume, viz.:— | 1.—EXILE. | | Ethan Brand | Hawthorne | | The Swans of Lir | Gerald Griffin | | A Night in a Workhouse, | Jas. Greenwood | | The Outcasts of Poker Fiat, | Bret Harte | | The Man without a Country | Hale | | Flight of a Tartar Tribe | DeQuincey | | 2.—INTELLECT. | | The House and the Brain | Bulwer | | L'Outre Mort | Harriet Prescott Spofford | | The Fall of the House of Usher | Poe | | Chops, the Dwarf | Dickens | | Wakefield | Hawthorne | | Murder considered as one of the Fine Arts | DeQuincey | | The Captain's Story, | Rebecca Harding Davis | | 3.—TRAGEDY. | | The Murders in Rue Morgue | Poe | | The Lauson Tragedy | DeForest | | The Iron Shroud | Wm. Mudford | | The Bell Tower | Herman Melville | | The Kathayan Slave | Mrs. Judson | | The Story of La Roche, | Henry Mackenzie | | The Vision of Sudden Death | DeQuincey | | 4.—LIFE. | | Rab and his Friends | Dr. John Brown | | A Romance of Real Life | W. D. Howells | | The Luck of Roaring Camp | Bret Harte | | Jerry Jarvis's Wig | R. H. Barham | | Beauty and the Beast | Willis | | David Swan | Hawthorne | | Dreamthorp | Alexander Smith | | A Bachelor's Reverie | D. G. Mitchell | | The Grammar of Life | B. F. Taylor | | My Chateaux | G. W. Curtis | | Dream Children | Charles Lamb | | The Man in the Reservoir | C. F. Hoffman | | Westminster Abbey | Addison | | The Puritans | Macaulay | | Gettysburg | Abraham Lincoln | | 5.—LAUGHTER. | | A Christmas Carol | Dickens | | The Haunted Crust | Katherine Saunders | | A Dissertation upon Roast Pig | Lamb | | The Total Depravity of Inanimate Things | Mrs. E. A. Walker | | The Skeleton in the Closet | Hale | | Sandy Wood's Sepulchre | Hugh Miller | | A Visit to the Asylum for Decayed Punsters | Holmes | | Mr. Tibbot O'Leary the Curious, | Gerald Griffin | | Neal Malone | William Carleton | | 6.—LOVE. | | Love and Skates | Theodore Winthrop | | The Maid of Malines | Bulwer | | The Story of Ruth | From the Bible | | The Rise of Iskander | Disraeli | | 7.—ROMANCE. | | Iris | Holmes | | The Rosicrucian | Miss Mulock | | The South Breaker, | Harriet Prescott Spofford | | The Snow Storm | Christopher North | | The King of the Peak, | Allan Cunningham | | 8.—MYSTERY. | | The Ghost | W. D. O'Connor | | The Four-Fifteen Express, | Amelia B. Edwards | | The Signal Man | Dickens | | The Haunted Ship | Cunningham | | A Raft that no Man Made, | Robt. T. S. Lowell | | The Invisible Princess, | Francis O'Connor | | The Advocate's Wedding Day, | Catherine Crowe | | The Birthmark | Hawthorne | | 9.—COMEDY. | | Barney O'Reirdon, the Navigator | Lover | | Hadad-Ben-Ahab, the Traveller | John Galt | | Bluebeard's Ghost | Thackeray | | The Picnic Party | Horace Smith | | Father Tom and the Pope | Samuel Ferguson | | John Darbyshire | William Howitt | | The Gridiron | Lover | | The Box Tunnel | Reade | | 10.—CHILDHOOD. | | A Dog of Flanders | Ouida | | The King of the Golden River | Ruskin | | The Lady of Shalott | Miss Phelps | | Marjorie Fleming | John Brown | | Little Jakey | Mrs. S. H. DeKroyft | | The Lost Child | Henry Kingsley | | Goody Gracious! and the Forget-me-Not | John Neal | | A Faded Leaf of History, | Rebecca Harding Davis | | A Child's Dream Right indexBesides giving the above as premiums, we offer them for sale, postpaid, at the prices named. Divider | Every Woman her own Flower Gardener. By Daisy Eyebright (Mrs. S. O. Johnson). A delightful little Treatise on Out-door Gardening for Ladies—practical, timely, charmingly written. Contains valuable information about Pansies, Roses, Geraniums, Climbing Plants, Annuals, Perennials, Fuchsias, Ribbon Beds, &c. Printed in excellent taste. Bound in cloth. Price | $1.00 | Right indexWe will give as a Premium for two Subscriptions, at 1.60 each, any book the price of which does not exceed One Dollar. It may be selected from any publisher's catalogue. Divider MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. Building blocks | Alphabet and Building Blocks.—Containing Roman Alphabets—large andsmall letters—Numerals and Animals—Painted Blocks. Price | 1.00 | | Crandall's Alphabet-Blocks.—Red, White, and Blue. Water-proof. All children are pleased with them. Price | 1.00 | | Combination Toy-Blocks; Irregular Shapes.—These Blocks are made up of geometrical figures, cut with mathematical precision from fine maple wood. They are very instructive, and are often used in schools for drawing exercises and geometrical illustrations. They will make finished architectural designs, such as churches, forts, monuments, boats, &c.; also every letter of the alphabet. Mode of using simple and easy. Put up in cherry boxes with sliding covers, fine label, and illustrated book of directions. Price | 1.00 | | One Hundred Funny Fellows.—Large Showy Cubes.—When matched together, make a hundred comical figures. Printed in colors. Price | 1.00 | | A Checker-Board and Checkers. Price | 1.00 | | A Microscope.—For examining insects, flowers, etc. Price | 1.00 | | | Ladies' Shawl Strap.—With two long straps, handle, and bar. Price | 1.00 | | Child's Table Set.—Consisting of Knife, Fork, and Spoon. Price | 1.00 | | A Pocket Compass.—Accurate.—Watch pattern. Price | 1.00 | | Dissected Map Of the United States.—Printed in colors, judiciously arranged so as to bring out prominently the different states. Price | 1.00 | | Checkered Game of LifeThis game is so simple that any child who can read may learn to play it. It is not simply a game of chance, but in every move there is an opportunity for the exercise of the judgment. The accompanying cut represents the game board. Two, three, or four can play, and each player is represented by one counter, or man, which is entered at infancy, and by various means regulated by the throw of a tetotum, or die, passes through school, college, industry, success, perseverance, etc., to wealth or happy old age; or through idleness, intemperance, gambling, crime, etc., to disgrace, poverty, ruin, suicide, or prison. Price | 1.00 | | A small Rubber Pencil Case.—Gold-tipped. Price | 1.00 | | A small Writing-Desk.—Embossed cloth; made to contain paper, envelopes, etc. Price | 1.00 | | Tool holder | | A Patent Pocket Tool-Holder.—It is made of hard Maple. In it are neatly packed 20 cast steel tools. It can be carried in the pocket, and yet the tools it contains are so many and so varied, and of such convenient size, as to make it almost a necessity to any boy or to any family. Price | 1.00 | | A Pocket Knife.—Two blades. Nice English steel. Very neat. Price | 1.00 | | A nice Morocco Portmonnaie.—Made of the best materials. New pattern. Price | 1.00 | | A Butter Knife.—Silver-plated. Extra quality. Price | 1.00 | | A Sugar-Shell.—Extra quality. Silver-plated. A handsome pattern. Price | 1.00 | | Plated pencil | | A Gold-Plated Pencil.—Price | 1.00 | | A neat Portfolio.—Beautifully embossed, well made, with four pockets, and blotting-paper, lock and key. Price | 1.00 | Divider Right index Besides giving the above as premiums, we offer them for sale, postpaid, at the prices named. Divider Send length of Boot when ordering.
Send length of Boot when ordering. | The Florence Steel Skate.—The runners are of highly tempered steel castings. Metal sole and heel plates. Very strong and durable.
| Sleeve buttons Sleeve Buttons.—Best Gold Plate. New style. This size. Price 1.00 Ladies cuff pins Ladies' Cuff Pins.—Fine Gold Plate. New Pattern. This size. Price 1.00 Illuminated Silk-woven Book Marks.—These new and beautiful productions of the Loom are the wonder and admiration of all who see them. Each design is woven in silk in beautiful colors. The engraving here given is a careful reproduction of one of them on a very small scale, and will give a faint outline of its beauty. From the large list of Mottoes and Designs, we have made the following selections, which we specially commend. For two subscribers select two of Series 1, or one of Series 2. Forget me not | SERIES No. 1. Price 50 Cents Each. | | NO. | | The Busy Bee | 76 | | Little Red Riding Hood | 85 | | For a Good Girl | 88 | | Mistress Mary | 94 | | To my Darling | 96 | | The Lily | 68 | | Compliments of the Season | 70 | | God is Good | 73 | | A Blessing | 78 | | To my dear Brother | 79 | | Unchanging Love | 82 | | To my dear Sister | 83 | | To my dear Father | 84 | | To my dear Mother | 86 | | To One I love | 101 | | A Happy Christmas | | | SERIES No. 2. Price $1.00 Each. | | NO. | | Honor thy Father and Mother | 161 | | Remember the Sabbath Day | 162 | | The Lord's Prayer | 163 | | Blessed are the Merciful | 164 | | The Doxology | 167 | | The Lord is my Shepherd | 170 | | A Happy New Year | 174 | | Remember Me | 175 | | Faith, Hope and Charity | 180 | | Hope, the Anchor of my Soul | 252 | | Remember now Thy Creator | 257 | | A Happy New Year | 260 | | A Birthday Blessing | 266 | | Many Happy Returns of the Day | 269 | | I Love Thee | 278 | | The Priceless Gem | 288 | | Unchanging Love | 289 | | True Love | 293 | | May our Hearts be United | | Divider Right index Besides giving the above as premiums, we offer them for sale, postpaid, at the prices named. Divider
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