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his is a thrilling story of frontier life, full of incident, and graphically sketched. It is published in a good style."--_Philadelphia Public Ledger._ "This is a spirited narrative of stirring scenes, by Emerson Bennett. Those who love daring adventure and hair-breadth escapes will find it an engaging book."--_Detroit, Mich., Paper._ "It is a thrilling narrative of South-Western adventure, illustrated by numerous engravings."--_Detroit, Mich., Paper._ "It is a wondrous story of thrilling adventures and hair-breadth escapes, the scene of which is laid in the South-West. The book is illustrated with engravings representing some of the exciting events narrated by the writer."--_Detroit, Mich., Paper._ "It is a work replete with stirring adventure. Romance, incident, and accident, are blended together so as to form a highly interesting work of 334 pages."--_New York Picayune._ Published and for sale by T. B. PETERSON, No. 102 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia WILD OATS SOWN ABROAD; OR, ON AND OFF SOUNDINGS, BY A GENTLEMEN OF LEISURE. A NEW AND EXQUISITELY ORIGINAL WORK. Have you read it? If not, then do so. Price Fifty Cents in Paper; or Seventy Five Cents in Cloth. Wild Oats Sown Abroad is a splendid work. It is the Private Journal of a Gentleman of Leisure and Education, and of a highly cultivated mind, in making the Tour of Europe. It is having a sale unprecedented in the annals of literature, for nothing equal to it in spiciness, vivacity, and real scenes and observations in daily travel, has ever appeared from the press. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY WORK. Opening the Journal. Adventure in search of Ruin. Parting Tribute to Love. Three Desperate Days! The Poetry of Sea-Sickness. The Red Flannel Night-Cap. A Ship by Moonlight. Arrival in London. The Parks of London. Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey. England's Monuments. Madame Tussaud's Wax Works. The "Beauties" of Hampton Court. Love and Philosophy. "Love's Labor Lost." A Peep at "The Shades." The Modern "Aspasia." Noble Plea for Matrimony. The Lily on the Shore. English Mother and American Daughter. The "Maid of Normandie." An Effecting Scene. "Paris est un Artist." The Guillotine. "Give us Another!" Post Mortem Reflections. Fashionable Criticism. Whiskey Punch and Logic. "Shylock asks for Justice!" "Lorette" and "Grisette." Kissing Day. The Tatt
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