Part 24

THE FAMILY DOCTOR. Intended to guard against diseases in the family; to furnish the proper treatment for the sick; to impart knowledge in regard to medicines, herbs, and plants; to show how to preserve a sound body and mind, and written in plain language, free from medical terms. By Prof. HENRY TAYLOR, M. D. Profusely Illustrated. Cloth. $1 75.

THE AMERICAN PRACTICAL COOKERY BOOK. A faithful and highly useful guide, whose directions all can safely follow, making housekeeping easy, pleasant, and economical in all its departments, and based upon the personal test, throughout, of an intelligent practical housekeeper. Illustrated with Fifty Engravings. Cloth. $1 75.

MODERN COOKERY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Designed to interest and benefit housekeepers everywhere by its plain and simple instructions in regard to the judicious preparation of food, and altogether a work of superior merit. By Miss ELIZA ACTON. Carefully revised by Mrs. SARAH J. HALE. With many Illustrations and a copious Index. Cloth. $1 75.

THIRTY YEARS IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS. The graphic narrative of Sir John Franklin, the most celebrated of Arctic Travellers, in which Sir John tells his own story--unsurpassed for intense and all-absorbing interest--sketching his three expeditions, and that part of the fourth now shrouded in mystery to the world. Cloth. $1 75.

EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES DURING FOUR YEARS' WANDERINGS IN THE WILDS OF SOUTHWESTERN AFRICA. Important and exciting experiences, full of wild adventure and instructive facts, which seem to possess a mysterious charm for every mind, and in which the spirit of intelligent and adventurous curiosity is everywhere prominent. By CHARLES JOHN ANDERSON. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

LIVINGSTONE'S TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA. Given in the pleasing language of Dr. Livingstone, and rich in the personal adventures and hair-breadth escapes of that most indefatigable discoverer and interesting Christian gentleman--making a work of special value. By DAVID LIVINGSTONE, LL. D., D. C. S. Profusely Illustrated. Cloth. $1 75.

TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA. Recounting an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H. B. M.'s Government, exhibiting the most remarkable courage, perseverance, presence of mind, and contempt of danger and death, and immensely important as a work of information. By HENRY BARTH, Ph. D., D. C. L., etc. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

ELLIS' THREE VISITS TO MADAGASCAR. Written in Madagascar, while on a visit to the queen and people, in which is carefully described the singularly beautiful country and the manners and customs of its people, and from which an unusual amount of information is obtainable. By Rev. WILLIAM ELLIS, F. H. S. Profusely Illustrated. Cloth. $1 75.

ORIENTAL AND WESTERN SIBERIA. A Stirring narrative of seven years' explorations in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghes Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia, revealing extraordinary facts, showing much of hunger, thirst, and perilous adventure, and forming a work of rare attractiveness for every reader. By THOMAS WILLIAM ATKINSON. With numerous Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

HUNTING SCENES IN THE WILDS OF AFRICA. Thrilling adventures of daring hunters--Cummings, Harris, and others--among the Lions, Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, and other animals--than which few, if any works, are more exciting. With numerous Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

HUNTING ADVENTURES IN THE NORTHERN WILDS. A tramp in the Chateaugay Woods, over hills, lakes and forest streams, at a time when millions of acres lay in a perfect wilderness, affording incidents, descriptions, and adventures of extraordinary interest. By S. H. HAMMOND. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

WILD NORTHERN SCENES; OR, SPORTING ADVENTURES WITH THE RIFLE AND THE ROD. Affording remarkably interesting experiences in a section where the howl of the Wolf, the scream of the Panther, and the hoarse bellow of the Moose could be heard--presenting a racy book. By S. H. HAMMOND. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

PERILS AND PLEASURES OF A HUNTER'S LIFE; OR, THE ROMANCE OF HUNTING. Replete with thrilling incidents and hair-breadth escapes, and fascinating in the extreme, while depicting the romance of hunting. By PEREGRINE HERNE. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

HUNTING SPORTS IN THE WEST. An amount of novelty and variety, of bold enterprise and noble hardihood, of heroic daring and fierce encounters, which seem to be much more entertaining by the quiet fireside than they would be to the one going through them in the forest or field. By CECIL B. HARTLEY. With numerous Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

FANNY HUNTER'S WESTERN ADVENTURES. Vividly portraying the stirring scenes enacted in Kansas and Missouri during a sojourn of several years on the Western Border, and fully representing social and domestic affairs in frontier life--containing curious pictures of character. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

WONDERFUL ADVENTURES, BY LAND AND SEA, OF THE SEVEN QUEER TRAVELLERS WHO MET AT AN INN. Revelations of a singular and unusually entertaining character, in which the most terrible circumstances and mysterious occurrences are faithfully and forcibly placed before the reader. By JOSIAH BARNES. Cloth. $1 75.

NICARAGUA; PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. Setting forth its history, the manners and customs of its inhabitants, its mines, its minerals, and other productions, and throwing light upon a subject of very great importance to the masses of our people. By PETER F. STOUT, Esq., late U. S. Vice-Consul. Cloth. $1 75.

FEMALE LIFE AMONG THE MORMONS; OR, MARIA WARD'S DISCLOSURES. Romantic Incidents, bordering on the marvelous, which show the evils, horrors, and abominations of the Mormon system--the degradation of its females, and the consequent vices of its society. By MARIA WARD, the Wife of a Mormon Elder. With Illustrations. 40,000 copies sold. Cloth. $1 75.

MALE LIFE AMONG THE MORMONS. Detailing sights and scenes among the Mormons, with important remarks on their moral and social economy; being a true transcript of events, viewing Mormonism from a man's standpoint, and forming a companion to the preceding volume. By AUSTIN N. WARD. Edited by MARIA WARD. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

PIONEER LIFE IN THE WEST. Describing the adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Clark, the Whetzels, the Johnsons, and others, in their fierce encounters with the Indians, and making up a work of the most entertaining and instructive character for those who delight in history and adventure. With numerous Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

THRILLING STORIES OF THE GREAT REBELLION. Fearful adventures of soldiers, scouts, spies, and refugees; daring exploits of smugglers, guerillas, desperadoes, and others; tales of loyal and disloyal women; stories of the negro, and incidents of fun and merriment in camp and field. By Lieut. CHARLES S. GREENE, late of the U. S. Army. With Illustrations in Oil. Cloth. $1 75.

HISTORY OF THE WAR IN INDIA. Furnishing the complete history of British India, together with interesting and thrilling details which have scarcely a parallel in the world's history, to which is added a memoir of General Sir HENRY HAVELOCK. By HENRY FREDERICK MALCOLM. Illustrated with numerous Engravings. Cloth. $1 75.

OUR BOYS. Personal experiences of the author while in the army, presenting the richest and raciest scenes of army and camp life ever published, and portraying various events in all their originality. By A. F. HILL, of the Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves. With Portrait on Steel, and characteristic Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

OUR CAMPAIGNS. The marches, bivouacs, battles, incidents, camp life, and history of a regiment during its three years' term of service in the war, together with a sketch of the Army of the Potomac under Generals McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant. By E. M. WOODWARD, Adj't Second Penna. Reserves. Cloth. $1 75.

MARGARET MONCRIEFFE, THE BEAUTIFUL SPY. An exciting story of Army and high life in New York, in 1776, presenting facts and historic names, and showing the mutual attachment between Aaron Burr and Margaret Moncrieffe, as well as the influence of the latter upon the former in the more important events of his life. By CHARLES BURDETT. Cloth. $1 75.

SIX NIGHTS IN A BLOCK HOUSE; OR, SKETCHES OF BORDER LIFE. Feats of hero hunters and thrilling exploits among the Indians; furnishing the names of hunters well known in western history, and showing the most exciting drama of border warfare, and, as a whole, the most intensely interesting and instructive work upon Indian life now offered the public. BY HENRY C. WATSON. With 100 Engravings. Cloth. $1 75.

THRILLING ADVENTURES AMONG THE EARLY SETTLERS. A series of desperate encounters with Indians, daring exploits of Texan Rangers, incidents of guerilla warfare, fearful deeds of desperadoes and regulators of the west, and graphic delineations of hunting and trapping well worthy universal preservation. By WARREN WILDWOOD, Esq. More than 200 Engravings. Cloth. $1 75.

THRILLING INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. Events which are among the most striking and important in our national annals, covering the Revolution, the French War, the Tripolitan War, the Indian Wars, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War--all of which are of great usefulness to the student and general reader. By the author of "The Army and Navy of the United States." With Three Hundred Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

SCOUTING EXPEDITIONS OF THE TEXAN RANGERS. Operations which occurred during some of the prominent events of the Mexican war, together with sketches of the celebrated partisan chiefs, Hays, McCulloch, and Walker, whose courage, sagacity, and remarkable exploits should be familiar to all Americans. By SAMUEL C. REID, Jr., late of the Texan Rangers, and Member of the Louisiana Bar. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

THE BATTLE-FIELDS OF THE REVOLUTION. The most brilliant points in the history of the Revolutionary war, recounting the principal battles, sieges, and other important events--the whole interspersed with numerous characteristic anecdotes. By THOMAS Y. RHOADS. With many Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

THRILLING ADVENTURES AMONG THE INDIANS. In which are enumerated the most remarkable incidents of the early Indian Wars, which abound in dangers, vindictiveness, endurance, heroism, gratitude, treachery, stoicism, and revenge, and in which there is much to fascinate the reader, and store the inquiring mind. By JOHN FROST, LL. D. With more than 300 Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

THE HERO GIRL, AND HOW SHE BECAME A CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY. The highly dramatic story of Molly Pitcher who, having lost her husband at the battle of Monmouth, gallantly stepped forward, took his place at the cannon, and continued serving it until the battle ended--after which the rank of Captain was conferred on her by Gen. Washington. By THRACE TALMON. With Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

MRS. PARTINGTON'S KNITTING WORK, AND WHAT WAS DONE BY HER PLAGUY BOY IKE. In which all will see the acid and sugar, and spirit and water--forming an intellectual punch, of which all can partake without headache or heartache. Wrought by the old lady herself. With characteristic Illustrations, including a portrait of the old lady in specs, surrounded by the Partington family. Cloth. $1 75.

WAY DOWN EAST; OR, PORTRAITURES OF YANKEE LIFE. Embodying some of the raciest stories of the "Down Easter" ever published by this humorous author--containing much of genuine wit and attractive thought. By SEBA SMITH, the original Major Jack Downing. With several rich and original Illustrations. Cloth. $1 75.

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Transcriber's Note:

Summarized here are the corrections applied to the text.

List of Illustrations: "Frolicksome" was spelled "Frolicsome" as opposed to the illustration

In color, the pure Ayrshires are generally red "Ayrshires" was printed as "Aryshires"

Some packers put meat in a copper which is rendered air-tight "meat" was printed as "meal"

The principal substances of which _glue_ is made "substances" was printed as "subtances"

degeneracy of acute into chronic dysentery "disentery" was printed as "dystentery"

It most frequently occurs in dry, hot weather. "frequently" was printed as "freqently"

acquired additional deleterious agency "acquired" was printed as "accquired"

and have found the spur in the hay wherever the disease is found. "disease" was printed as "diesase"

differing from like phenomena by other causes "phenomena" was printed as "phenonema"

until this singular phenomenon is clearly accounted for "phenomenon" was printed as "phenonemon"

embryotomy was in this instance employed "embryotomy" was printed as "emrbyotomy"

The diseased lungs sometimes attain inordinate weight. "diseased" was printed as "direased"

supported by alcoholic stimulants. "alcoholic" was printed as "alcholic"

When cut into, it did not present the red, mottled, organized appearance of those cases with air-tight cysts. "present" was printed as "prevent"

It comprehended one of the parotid glands "comprehended" was printed as "comprehened"

drawn tightly to the posterior ring, by a simple bow-knot. "knot" was printed as "not"

must be supplied by alcolized water "alcolized" was printed as "alcotized"

End of Project Gutenberg's Cattle and Their Diseases, by Robert Jennings