# The Gilded Age/Adverts

CATALOGUE OF BOOKS
PUBLISHED BY
The American Publishing Co.,
HARTFORD, - CONN.
PRICE IN CLOTH.
Steady Employment given to persons to introduce these books into every city town and village in the land. A good paying, honorable and permanent business can be built up by any one who will give it the attention and time necessary to secure success in any other business. Selling books by subscription has become recognized as legitimate by the public, and the largest publishers have added subscription branches to their concerns, and publish their best books that way.
New Books in preparation by us, from the pens of the most, popular authors of the day. Full information sent free to all asking it. Address,
AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO., Hartford, Conn.
MARK TWAIN'S WORKS.
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, $3.50.Library, $4.00.Half Morocco, $5.00
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,
SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED.
PRICES.
Cloth, $3.50.Library, $4.00.Half Morocco, $5.00
Persons wishing either of these volumes, by addressing the Publishers will be supplied.
☞ Wanted, parties to deliver these books to subscribers, a very remunerative business.
Address,
AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.,
HARTFORD, CONN.
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 true index to its character, and everybody wants to see and read it.
It is full of cuts in Nast's happiest style, and Billing 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, $3.50.Library, $4.00.Half Morocco, $4.50
Address,
AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.,
HARTFORD, CONN.
LIFE AMONGST THE MODOCS;
UNWRITTEN HISTORY,
BY
JOAQUIN MILLER.
This book just published in England has been most warmly eulogized there by the press and the public.
Its appearance here is producing the greatest sensation, written as it was from a stand-point which gave its author a view of his subject not attainable by other writers. For years Mr. Miller lived with the Modocs—not as a prisoner, but voluntarily and as one them, enjoying their confidences, joining in their sports and hunts, sympathizing in their sorrows, taking part in their wars, visiting settlements and towns where he purchased arms and ammunition, and found means to convey them to the warriors lying in wait outside, and taking such action in the quarrels between the Indians and the whites as entitles him to the warmest praise as one who dared espouse the cause of the weak and oppressed in the face of public opinion, or of overwhelming condemnation as a renegade and traitor to his own people.
It is a wonderful book, full of romance and poetry. The reader will find himself enwrapped in the story and will rise from its reading with new views and ideas of the subject. It is the Indians side of the story, told by a master hand in an enchanting style and in eloquent language.
PRICES.
Cloth, $3.00.Library, $3.50.Half Morocco, $4.50
Address,
AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.,
HARTFORD, CONN.
SELLING BOOKS BY SUBSCRIPTION.
THE AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
—OF—
HARTFORD, CONN.,
Are engaged in the publication of rare and valuable
Standard Works,
Selling them by
SUBSCRIPTION ONLY.
By this method they reach directly the whole reading public, multiply their sales ten fold, and place the works in the hands of thousands whose attention otherwise would not be called to them. This enables the publishers not only to give honorable and remunerative employment to a very large class of worthy persons acting as agents, but to expend largely upon their books in their preparation and publication, to illustrate them profusely and to sell them at much lower prices than works of equal cost are sold by the regular trade. They also are enabled by this method to maintain an uniformity of price throughout the country, and to see that all subscribers receive what they actually contract for.
THE AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
have universally given better books than they promised. They look back with gratification over their list, and the unqualified praise each volume has received from the press and the public. They publish nothing but books worthy a place in the libraries of the educated and the refined; and such books, by their system of agents, they bring to the direct notice of almost every person in the country. No recommendations are given to the public except those sent from voluntary sources; and no unworthy means are taken to procure them.
We Want Agents Throughout the Country,
The sale of our works is an honorable and praiseworthy employment, and is particularly adapted to disabled Soldiers, aged and other Clergymen having leisure hours, Teachers and Students during vacation, &c., Invalids unable to endure hard physical labor, Young Men who wish to travel and gather knowledge and experience by contact with the world, and all who can bring industry, perseverance, and determined will to the work. Women who can devote time to the work, often make the best of canvassers. Our terms to agents are very liberal; we give exclusive territory to operate in; Catalogues and Circulars sent free upon application.
Address AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO., Hartford, Conn.
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