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The Harp of a Thonsand Strings
OR,LAUGHTER FOR A LIFETIME.
And peculiarly prepared to produce prolific PICALS OP L.\UGI1TER. The
very quinlessence of HUMAN WIT, WAGGERY and WISDOM.
400 Pages of the most Mirth-Provoking Literature ever printed.
It contains more tlian a Million XjaugliSf and is Illiutrated
.
vvitU /200 Comic Cuts.
The pictures are all original,designed by somo ofonr bestartists(including Darley),
and tlio collection ofdroll conceits and queer stories is unsurpassed,having been sev
eral years in preparation.
Large VlmCy nearly iQd pages,Illustrated with 200 Comic JIngravinga,and bound in
jine Clothy with gilt side and back stamp,
PRICC 03VE DOIiJLAIt AND TWENTV-FIVE CENTS,
TI-IE BOOK OF
One Thousand Comical Stories
Or, ENDI-KSS REPAST OP PUN.
A rich Bnnquet for Every Day in the Year,withseveral courses and a dessert.
bill op fake: ComprisinJ? Talcs of Humor, Laushablo Anecdotes, Irresistible
DroUcrics.Jovial Jokes, Comical Conceits,Puns and Pickings, Quibbles and Qr.o-
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Merry Jloments; Conundrums for the Million; an inexhaustible store of Nuts to
Crack,and Sports and Pastimes for all Seasons—forming a Welcome Guest for
Spring, n Cheerful Friend for Summer,a Jovial Uost for Autumn, a Pleasant
Companion for Winter,and a varied Feast of Mirth for Everybody's Enjoyment.
Appropriately Illustrated with 300 Comic Engravings, Dy the author of"Mrs.Par-
tington's Carpet Bag of P^n."
Large ISmo. Clotli. Price One Dollar.
Mrs.Partington's Carpet Bag ofFun.
Illustrated with over 150 of the most laughable engravings ever designed,
from drawings by Darley,McLennan,Leach,Phiz,Henniug, Hine, Tenniel,
Crowquill, Cruikshank,Meadows,Doyle,Goder and others;aud a collection
of over 1,000 ofthe mostComicalStones,Amusing Adventures,Side-splitting
Jokes, Cheek-extending Poetry,Funny Conundrums,QUEER SAYINGS OF
MRS.PARTINGTON,Heart-rending Puns,Wittj'Repartees,etc., etc.
Douncl In. Paper^ Price 50 Cents; Clotli^ $1 00.
In offering this book to the public, we must caution all weakly and nervous people
against buying it. It is only intended for those hearty and robust persons who can
laugh long and loud, and grow fat, being a perfect Encyclopedia of Wit and Witty
Sayings. To those fond of Fun it will be a treasure.
Copies of cither of the above Books sent to any address %n the United States^
free ofpostage,
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