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HOOK

OF

HOUSEHOLD

PETS.

Containing

valuable

--^

Instructions

about

the

Diseases.

Breeding,

Training

and

Management

of

the

Canary,

Mocking

Bird.

Parrot,

and

other

domestic

pets

;

together

with

a

Compre-

hensive

Treatise

on

the

Principle

and

Management

of

the

Salt

and

Fresh

Water

Aquarium.

Illustrated

with

123

fine

wood

cuts.

Bound

in

boards,

cloth

back,

price

50

cts.

Bound

in

cloth,

gilt

side

75

cts.

ATHLETIC

SPORTS

FOR

BOYS.

A

Repository

of

^-^

Graceful

Recreations

for

Youth,

containing

clear

and

complete

instructions

in

Gymnastic

and

Limb

Exercises,

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Skatiu"-,

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aiid

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The

whole

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with

194

fine

wood-cuts

and

diagrams.

Bound

in

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with

cloth

back,

price

7.5

c-tsi

Bound

in

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gilt

side

$1

00

HTHE

PLAT-ROOM

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In-Door

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Including

Round

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Slate

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Table

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Toy

Games,

together

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large

collection of

Evening

Amuse-

ments,

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Comic

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Parlor

Magic,

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Scien-

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and

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197

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Bound

in

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cloth

back,

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,

.10

cts.

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side

75

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rPHE

PLAY-GROUXD

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Out-Door

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A

Book

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Healthy

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coutiiiuing

over

a

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of

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Marbles,

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with

Cricket,

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Base-Ball.

Splendidly

il-

lustrated

with

124:

fine

wood-cuts.

Bound

in

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cloth

back,

price

50

cts.

Bound

in

cloth,

gilt

side

75

cts.

The

above

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from

our

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more

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entitled, "

Tbe

American

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rVRE

PARLOR

MAGICIAN

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One

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Tricks,

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"

The

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miscellaneous

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Con-

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embracing

a

choice

vari-

ety

of

Curious

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may

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-ft-ith

the

aid of

simple

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ratus

;

the

whole

illustrated

and

clearly

explained,

with

121

engravings.

Paper

covers,

price

30

cts.

Bound

in

boards,

%vith

cloth

back

50

cts.

TluOK

OF

RIDDLES

and

500

Home

Amuse-

iiieiits.

Containing

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Choice

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Collection

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Anagrams,

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Amusing

Puzzles,

Queer

Sleights,

Recreations

in

Arithmetic,

Fireside

Games,

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Magic,

em-

bracing

Entertaining

Amusements

in

Magnetism,

Chemistry,

Second

Sight,

and

Simple

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in

Science,

for

Family and

Social

Pastime,

illustrated

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sixty

engi-avings.

Paper

covers,

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Bound

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vdth.

cloth

back

50

ctso

rPHE

BOOK

OF

500

CURIOUS

PUZZLES.

Contain-

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a

large

collection

of

Entertaining

Paradoxes,

Perplexing

Deceptions

in

Numbers,

and

Amusing

Tricks

in

Geometry.

Illustrated

with

a

great

variety

of

eu-

gra-vings.

This

book

will

have

a

large

sale.

It

will

furnish

fun

and

amuserneut

for

a

whole

winter.

Paper

covers,

price

30

cts.

Bound

in boards,

with

cloth

back

50

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How

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Go

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Scrapes

"

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