Published by =G. & C. MERRIAM=, Springfield, Mass. ALSO Webster’s National Pictorial Dictionary, _1040 Pages, Octavo. 600 Engravings_. * * * * * THE SINGER LEADS THE WORLD! [Illustration: =Works of the Singer Manufacturing Co., Elizabeth, N. J.=] Notwithstanding the great depression of business, THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY made and sold 282,812 Machines in 1877—BEING 20,496 =MORE= THAN IN ANY PREVIOUS YEAR. _PRICES REDUCED_ =$30= _ON EACH STYLE OF MACHINE._ _Send for Circular_. ☞ The public are warned against a counterfeit machine, made after an _old abandoned model_ of our Machine. To get a genuine “SINGER SEWING MACHINE,” buy only of our authorized Agents, and see that each Machine has our Trade-Mark stamped on the arm. THE SINGER M’F’G CO., Principal Office, 34 Union Square, New York. * * * * * E. D. Bassford’s (COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK.) Net Illustrated Priced Catalogue Is a book of fifty closely printed pages, quoting, with the size, capacity and style, the prices of about =SIX THOUSAND= items of House-furnishing Hardware, China, Glass, Silver Ware, Cutlery, Cooking Utensils, Table Ware, Dinner, Tea and Toilet Sets, Coal Vases, Fire Sets and Stands, and every kind of goods for the furnishing of a house and table, from the plainest for every-day use to the richest and most elaborately decorated, all at prices a great deal below competitors’ figures, as will be seen by examination of Priced List, which, with Illustrated Catalogue, is mailed free on receipt of 3c. stamp. Goods carefully boxed and shipped to all parts. Edward D. Bassford, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17 _COOPER INSTITUTE_, (Cor. 3d & 4th Ave.) And Astor Place (8th St.), Opp. Bible House, NEW YORK CITY. * * * * * HAUTE NOUVEAUTE. Grand Opening OF NOVEL AND BEAUTIFUL STYLES. THE DEMOREST _Representative and Cosmopolitan_ EMPORIUM OF FASHIONS Furnishing the World’s Ideal of Artistic Beauty, Novelty, Utility, Variety, Accuracy, Economy, and Fashionable Elegance. Always First Premium in every competition, including the World’s Fair; American Institute, New York; Mechanics’ Institute, Boston; Mechanics’ Institute, Maryland; New York and other State Fairs, and the exclusive award over all competitors at the Centennial Exhibition.