Chapter XXXIV.--"How it Came Out.

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THE END OF THE WORLD.

A LOVE STORY.

BY EDWARD EGGLESTON.

Author of "The Hoosier School-master," etc.

With 15 full page Engravings, and numerous other Fine Illustrations.

CONTENTS.

Chapter I.--In Love with a Dutchman. II.--An Explosion. III.--A Farewell. IV.--A Counter-Irritant. V.--At the Castle. VI.--The Backwoods Philosopher. VII.--Within and Without. VIII.--Figgers won't Lie. IX.--The New Singing-Master. X.--An Offer of Help. XI.--The Coon-dog Argument. XII.--Two Mistakes. XIII.--The Spider Spins. XIV.--The Spider's Web. XV.--The Web Broken. XVI.--Jonas Expounds the Subject. XVII.--The Wrong Pew. XVIII.--The Encounter. XIX.--The Mother. XX.--The Steam-Doctor. XXI.--The Hawk in a New Part. XXII.--Jonas Expresses his Opinion on Dutchmen. XXIII.--Somethin' Ludikerous. XXIV.--The Giant Great-heart. XXV.--A Chapter of Betweens. XXVI.--A Nice Little Game. XXVII.--The Result of an Evening with Gentlemen. XXVIII.--Waking up an Ugly Customer. XXIX.--August and Norman. XXX.--Aground. XXXI.--Cynthy Ann's Sacrifice. XXXII.--Julia's Enterprise. XXXIII.--The Secret Stairway. XXXIV.--The Interview. XXXV.--Getting Ready for the End. XXXVI.--The Sin of Sanctimony. XXXVII.--The Deluge. XXXVIII.--Scaring a Hawk. XXXIX.--Jonas takes an Appeal. XL.--Selling Out. XLI.--The Last Day and What Happened in it. XLII.--For Ever and Ever. XLIII.--The Midnight Alarm. XLIV.--Squaring Accounts. XLV.--New Plans. XLVI.--The Shiveree.

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THE MYSTERY OF METROPOLISVILLE.

By EDWARD EGGLESTON,

_Author of "The Hoosier School-Master," "The End of the World," etc._

With Thirteen Illustrations.

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 Katy'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. The 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.--The Superior Being.--Mr. Minorkey and the Fat Gentleman.--Plausaby sells Lots.--"By George! He! he! he!"--Mrs. Plausaby.--The Inhabitant.--A Pinch of Snuff.--Mrs. Ferret--One Savage Blow full in the face.--"What on Airth's the Matter?"--The Editor of "The Windmill."--"Get up and Foller!"

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PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE; A Guide to the Successful Propagation and Cultivation OF FLORISTS' PLANTS.

By PETER HENDERSON, Bergen City, N. J.,

AUTHOR OF "GARDENING FOR PROFIT."

MR. HENDERSON is known as the largest Commercial Florist In the country. In the present work he gives a full account of his modes of propagation and cultivation. It is adapted to the wants of the amateur, as well as the professional grower.

The scope of the work may be judged from the following

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Aspect and Soil. Laying out Lawn and Flower Gardens. Designs for Flower Gardens. Planting of Flower Beds. Soils for Potting. Temperature and Moisture. The Potting of Plants. Cold Frames--Winter Protection. Construction of Hot-Beds. Greenhouse Structures. Modes of Heating. Propagation by Seeds. Propagation by Cuttings. Propagation of Lilies. Culture of the Rose. Culture of the Verbena. Culture of the Tuberose. Orchid Culture. Holland Bulbs. Cape Bulbs. Winter-Flowering Plants. Construction of Bouquets. Hanging Baskets. Window Gardening. Rock-Work. Insects. Nature's Law of Colors. Packing Plants. Plants by Mail. Profits of Floriculture. Soft-Wooded Plants. Annuals. Hardy Herbaceous Plants. Greenhouse Plants. Diary of Operations for each Day of the Year.

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PARSONS ON THE ROSE.

A TREATISE ON THE Propagation, Culture, and History of the Rose.

By SAMUEL B. PARSONS.

NEW AND REVISED EDITION.

ILLUSTRATED.

The Rose is the only flower that can be said to have a history. It is popular now, and was so centuries ago. In his work upon the Rose, Mr. Parsons has gathered up the curious legends concerning the flower, and gives us an idea of the esteem in which it was held in former times. A simple garden classification has been adopted, and the leading varieties under each class enumerated and briefly described. The chapters on multiplication, cultivation, and training, are very full, and the work is altogether the most complete of any before the public.

The following is from the author's Preface:

"In offering a new edition of this work, the preparation of which gave us pleasure more than twenty years ago, we have not only carefully revised the garden classification, but have stricken out much of the poetry, which, to the cultivator, may have seemed irrelevant, if not worthless. For the interest of the classical scholar, we have retained much of the early history of the Rose, and its connection with the manners and customs of the two great nations of a former age.

"The amateur will, we think, find the labor of selection much diminished by the increased simplicity of the mode we have adopted, while the commercial gardener will in nowise be injured by the change.

"In directions for culture, we give the results of our own experience, and have not hesitated to avail ourselves of any satisfactory results in the experience of others, which might enhance the utility of the work."

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