A SELF-INSTRUCTOR

AND

AID TO SOCIAL HOURS AT HOME.

COMPRISING

NEW AND INTELLECTUAL ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE FORM OT

TEST-EXERCISES WITH ANSWERS

IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF

EDUCATION.

With Facts and Figures pertaining to Curious Things and Things Worth Knowing.

EDITED BY A CORPS OF PROFESSORS AND TEACHERS

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

THOMAS HUNTER, A. M., PH. D.,

PRESIDENT OF THE NORMAL COLLEGE CITY OF NEW YORK.

“A book which hath been culled from the flowers of all books."

GEORGE ELIOT.

ILLUSTRATED.

ST. LOUIS :

S. F. JUNKIN & CO.,