DOUBLE ATTRACTION.
JOSH BILLINGS' NEW BOOK,
ILLUSTRATED BY
THOMAS NAST,
Is sold only by subscription, and is now ready for Canvassers.
The combination of talent in the text and illustrations of this book, has
made it one of the most humorous and readable volumes ever printed. Its title,
“EVERYBODY'S FRIEND,”
Is a truex inde to its character, and everybody wants to see and read it.
It is full of cuts in Nast's happiest style, and Billings says his sharpest says
in it. It is a decided hit.
Agents wanted to introduce this work.
New beginners never had a better book to practise upon, and old agents can
astonish themselves with it.
Now is the time to get choice territory.
Full information, with circulars, etc., etc., sent free to all applicants.
PRICES.
Cloth, $ Library, $ Half Morocco, $
Address,
AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.,
HARTFORD, CONN.
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MARK TWAIN'S WORKS.
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The Innocents Abroad;
OR,
The New Pilgrim's Progress.
The names of this book and its author have become household
words. The work is universally acknowledged to be one of the
most fascinating volumes ever written.
150,000 COPIES SOLD.
Notices of the Press.
“The book is a Golconda of wit; a very mine of sparkling entertainment.”
—[N.Y.Express.
“He sees Palestine with eyes wide open and with a full appreciation of the Holy Land as
it was and is.”
—[Missionary Herald.
“Beautifully printed, and swarming with illustrations, which, in their way, are as effective
and amusing as the letter press.”
—[New York Times.
“It is fresh, racy, and sparkling as a glass of iced champagne—and a good deal better for
the health and digestion.”
—[Hartford (Ct.) Times.
“Buy it, and you will bless Mark Twain to the end of your existence.”
—[Mohawk Valley
Register.
PRICES.
Cloth, $ Library, $ Half Morocco, $
ROUGHING IT
IS A COMPANION VOLUME TO
THE INNOCENTS ABROAD,
And like it is filled with descriptions of people and things seen by
the author himself, with his own eyes, which differ in some respects
from those of others; related in his own style, which if in no other
way meritorious, is at least an original one.
It is suited to the wants of the old, the young, the rich, the poor,
the sad, and the gay. “There is a time to laugh,” and those who
buy this book, will see clearly that the time has arrived.
To all, we say buy this book, carry it home, do good with it, read
it to your family and your friends,
“And make all laugh who never laughed before,
And those who always laugh, make laugh the more.”
SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED.
PRICES.
Cloth, $3 Library, $ Half Morocco, $
Persons wishing either of these volumes, by addressing the Publishers will
be supplied.
&hand; Wanted, parties to deliver these books to subscribers, a very remunerative
business. Address,
AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.,
HARTFORD, CONN.
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SOMETHING RICH AND RACY!
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Husbands should buy it for their wives. Wives should buy it for their husbands.
Have it in the house someway. It will let the sunlight in.
My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's,
A SHARP, PUNGENT BOOK,
BY
JOSIAH ALLEN'S WIFE,
Who wrote it in spite of Josiah's determination not to pay a cent to hire
anybody to read it.
It tells its own story. No one can read it without the keenest enjoyment.
It is full of humor, sarcasm and instruction.
What the Press Say:
Dickens or Mark Twain in their happiest moments never produced anything
equal to “My Opinions.”
—Flint (Mich.) Globe.
There have been few books written which have contained such a fund of quiet
and cunning humor, sarcasm and philosophy.
—Bridgeport (Conn.) Standard.
“My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's,” by Josiah Allen's Wife, a new book in
the humorous vein, has great power to amuse. Many of the chapters on the
mishaps and oddities of home life in the country, with portraiture of character,
and rendering of conversation and exposition of view, are irresistibly funny.
There is much extravagance in it, much nonsense, and also much point, and an
indefinite amount of fun.
—Toledo Weekly Blade.
“Josiah Allen's Wife” is a right down sensible woman, and her “Opinions” are
worth considering. She proves herself a dangerous rival to any of our popular
humorists.
—Putnam Patriot.
The American Publishing Company, of Hartford, have published a humorous
work entitled “My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's” by Josiah Allen's wife. It is
written in dialect, and is as full of fun from beginning to end as can well be. To
those in want of a good laugh, it can confidently be recommended, both as regards
text and illustrations, which are plentiful.
—Morning Herald, Prov., R. I.
“My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's,” is “by Josiah Allen's wife,” who, if she
don't know how to spell, certainly knows how to write a book, and in this particular
she is not unlike Josh Billings, or the late lamented Artemus Ward. The
book is exceedingly droll and humorous, cute, sarcastic and smart; and “Josiah
Allen's” wife shows that she is nobody's fool, when she “rises to explain” a
point. The illustrations are numerous and funny, and the whole thing is the
funniest book that has come to our notice since Mark Twain's “Innocents” got
abroad. In fact the latter will have to return home a while now, until the public
read and laugh over “Josiah Allen's wife,” which will have a great sale.
—
Webster Times.
The book has been republished in England. The following
shows the way it is spoken of by the press there.
“Every part of the book is written with exquisite humor, and it will be
read with real amusement, many questions of interest to the student of woman's
rights are discussed, and with much common sense. We strongly recommend
this little volume to those who are seeking for a thoroughly entertaining book.
They will pity and perhaps despise Betsey Bobbet, even though she will amuse
them; but we are deceived if they do not learn to respect Josiah Allen's Wife,
in spite of her absurd blunders, as a woman whose heart is right, and whose
brains are not addled.”
—London Queen.
PRICES:
Fine English Cloth, $ Library, $ Half Morocco, $
For an agency, address AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO,
HARTFORD, CONN.
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