THE

HAND BOOK

ОР

ILLUSTRATED PROVERBS:

COMPRISING ALSO A SELECTION OF

APPROVED PROVERBS

OF

VARIOUS NATIONS AND LANGUAGES,

ANCIENT AND MODERN.

INTERSPERSED WITH NUMEROUS

ENGRAVINGS AND DESCRIPTIONS:

ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF ALL AGES AND CLASSES CF PERSONS.

BY JOHN W. BARBER,

AUTHOR OF SEVERAL HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, &C.

NEW YORK:

GEORGE F. TUTTLE, PUBLISHER,

102 NASSAU STREET.

1857.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
JAN 10 19:2

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, BY JOHN W. BARBER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the District of Connecticut.

J. H. BENHAM, STEREOTYPER & PRINTES