Contents.Boys.Girls.Eh! What is it?32That Awful Girl55The Lady Killer21How I Made My Fortune6A Cure for Obstinancy39Aunt Jerusha’s Mistake22A Fair Fight44Between Two Stools23The Pet of the School83Maud May’s Lovers82The Heiress’ Ruse44The Cardinal’s Godson61The foregoing collection of Dramas are all original, and were written expressly for School and Parlor performance.Bound in boards50 cts.Paper covers30 cts.Dick’s One Hundred Amusements for Evening Parties, Picnics and Social Gatherings.This book is full of Original Novelties. It contains:New and Attractive Games, clearly illustrated by means of Witty Examples, showing how each may be most successfully played.Surpassing Tricks, easy of performance.Musical and other innocent sells.A variety of new and ingenious puzzles.Comical illusions, fully described. These surprising and grotesque illusions are very startling in their effects, and present little or no difficulty in their preparation.ALSO AN ENTIRELY NEW VERSION OF THE CELEBRATED “MRS. JARLEY’S WAX WORKS.”The whole being illustrated by sixty fine wood engravings.Illuminated paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.Madame Le Normand’s Fortune Teller.An entertaining book, said to have been written by Madame Le Normand, the celebrated French Fortune Teller, who was frequently consulted by the Emperor Napoleon. A party of ladies and gentlemen may amuse themselves for hours with this curious book. It tells fortunes by “The Chart of Fate” (a large lithographic chart), and gives 624 answers to questions on every imaginable subject that may happen in the future. It explains a variety of ways for telling fortunes by Cards and Dice; gives a list of 79 curious old superstitions and omens, and 187 weather omens, and winds up with the celebrated Oraculum of Napoleon. We will not endorse this book as infallible; but we assure our readers that it is the source of much mirth whenever introduced at a gathering of ladies and gentlemen. Bound in boards.40 cts.The Fireside Magician; or, The Art of Natural Magic Made Easy.Being a scientific explanation of Legerdemain, Physical Amusement, Recreative Chemistry, Diversion with Cards, and of all the mysteries of Mechanical Magic, with feats as performed by Herr Alexander, Robert Heller, Robert Houdin, “The Wizard of the North,” and distinguished conjurors—comprising two hundred and fifty interesting mental and physical recreations, with explanatory engravings.132 pages, paper30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.Howard’s Book of Conundrums and Riddles.Containing over 1,200 of the best Conundrums, Riddles, Enigmas, Ingenious Catches and Amusing Sells ever invented. This splendid collection of curious paradoxes will afford the material for a never-ending feast of fun and amusement. Any person, with the assistance of this book, may take the lead in entertaining a company, and keep them in roars of laughter for hours together.Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.The Parlor Magician; or, One Hundred Tricks for the Drawing-Room.Containing an extensive and miscellaneous collection of Conjuring and Legerdemain, embracing: Tricks with Dice, Dominoes and Cards; Tricks with Ribbons, Rings and Fruit; Tricks with Coin, Handkerchiefs and Balls, etc. The whole illustrated and clearly explained with 121 engravings.Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.Book of Riddles and 500 Home Amusements.Containing a curious collection of Riddles, Charades and Enigmas; Rebuses, Anagrams and Transpositions; Conundrums and Amusing Puzzles; Recreations in Arithmetic, and Queer Sleights, and numerous other Entertaining Amusements. Illustrated with 60 engravings.Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.The Book of Fireside Games.Containing an explanation of a variety of Witty, Rollicking, Entertaining and Innocent Games and Amusing Forfeits, suited to the Family Circle as a Recreation. This book is just the thing for social gatherings, parties and pic-nics.Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.The Book of 500 Curious Puzzles.Containing a large collection of Curious Puzzles, Entertaining Paradoxes, Perplexing Deceptions in Numbers, Amusing Tricks in Geometry; illustrated with a great variety of Engravings.Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.Parlor Tricks with Cards.Containing explanations of all the Tricks and Deceptions with Playing Cards ever invented. The whole illustrated and made plain and easy with 70 engravings.Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.Day’s Book-Keeping Without a Master.Containing the Rudiments of Book-keeping in Single and Double Entry, together with the proper Forms and Rules for opening and keeping condensed and general Book Accounts. This work is printed in a beautiful script type, and hence combines the advantages of a handsome style of writing with its very simple and easily understood lessons in Book-keeping. The several pages have explanations at the bottom to assist the learner, in small type. As a pattern for opening book accounts it is especially valuable—particularly for those who are not well posted in the art.Day’s Book-Keepingis the size of a regular quarto Account Book, and is made to lie flat open for convenience in use50 cts.The Young Reporter; or, how to Write Shorthand.A Complete Phonographic Teacher, intended as a School-book, to afford thorough instructions to those who have not the assistance of an Oral Teacher. By the aid of this work, and the explanatory examples which are given as practical exercises, any person of the most ordinary intelligence may learn to write Shorthand, and report Speeches and Sermons in a short time. Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.How to Learn the Sense of 3,000 French Words in one Hour.This ingenious little book actually accomplishes all that its title claims. It is a fact that there are at least three thousand words in the French language, forming a large proportion of those used in ordinary conversation, which are spelled exactly the same as in English, or become the same by very slight and easily understood changes in their termination. 16mo., illuminated paper covers25 cts.How to Speak in Public; or, The Art of Extempore Oratory.A valuable manual for those who desire to become ready off-hand speakers; containing clear directions how to arrange ideas logically and quickly, including illustrations, by the analysis of speeches delivered by some of the greatest orators, exemplifying the importance of correct emphasis, clearness of articulation, and appropriate gesture. Paper covers25 cts.Live and Learn.A guide for all those who to speak and write correctly; particularly intended as a Book of Reference for the solution of difficulties connected with Grammar, Composition, Punctuation, &c., &c., containing examples of 1,000 mistakes of daily occurrence in speaking, writing and pronunciation. Paper, 16mo., 216 pages30 cts.The Art of Dressing Well.By Miss S. A. Frost. This book is designed for ladies and gentlemen who desire to make a favorable impression upon society.Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.Thimm’s French Self-Taught.A new system, on the most simple principles, for Universal Self-Tuition, with English pronunciation of every word. By this system the acquirement of the French Language is rendered less laborious and more thorough than by any of the old methods. By Franz Thimm25 cts.Thimm’s German Self-Taught.Uniform with “French Self-Taught,” and arranged in accordance with the same principles of thoroughness and simplicity. By Franz Thimm25 cts.Thimm’s Spanish Self-Taught.A book of self-instruction in the Spanish Language, arranged according to the same method as the “French” and “German,” by the same author, and uniform with them in size. By Franz Thimm25 cts.Thimm’s Italian Self-Taught.Uniform in style and size with the three foregoing books. By Franz Thimm25 cts.Martine’s Sensible Letter-Writer.Being a comprehensive and complete Guide and Assistant for those who desire to carry on Epistolary Correspondence; containing a large collection of model letters on the simplest matters of life, adapted to all ages and conditions—EMBRACING,Business Letters;Applications for Employment, with Letters of Recommendation and Answers to Advertisements;Letters between Parents and Children;Letters of Friendly Counsel and Remonstrance;Letters soliciting Advice, Assistance and Friendly Favors;Letters of Courtesy, Friendship and Affection;Letters of Condolence and Sympathy;A Choice Collection of Love-Letters, for Every Situation in a Courtship;Notes of Ceremony, Familiar Invitations, etc., together with Notes of Acceptance and Regret.The whole containing 300 Sensible Letters and Notes. This is an invaluable book for those persons who have not had sufficient practice to enable them to write letters without great effort. It contains such a variety of letters, that models may be found to suit every subject.207 pages, bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.Bound in cloth75 cts.Martine’s Hand-Book of Etiquette and Guide to True Politeness.A complete Manual for all those who desire to understand good breeding, the customs of good society, and to avoid incorrect and vulgar habits. Containing clear and comprehensive directions for correct manners, conversation, dress, introductions, rules for good behavior at Dinner Parties and the Table, with hints on carving and wine at table; together with the Etiquette of the Ball and Assembly Room, Evening Parties, and the usages to be observed when visiting or receiving calls; Deportment in the street and when traveling. To which is added the Etiquette of Courtship, Marriage, Domestic Duties and fifty-six rules to be observed in general society. By Arthur Martine.Bound in boards50 cts.Bound in cloth, gilt sides75 cts.Dick’s Quadrille Call-Book and Ball-Room Prompter.Containing clear directions how to call out the figures of every dance, with the quantity of music necessary for each figure, and simple explanations of all the figures which occur in Plain and Fancy Quadrilles. This book gives plain and comprehensive instructions how to dance all the new and popular dances, fully describingThe Opening March or Polonaise,Various Plain and Fancy Quadrilles,Waltz and Glide Quadrilles,Plain Lancers and Caledonians,Glide Lancers and Caledonians,Saratoga Lancers,The Parisian Varieties,The Prince Imperial Set,Social and Basket Quadrilles,Nine-Pin and Star Quadrilles,Gavotte and Minuet Quadrilles,March and Cheat Quadrilles,Favorite Jigs and Contra-Dances,Polka and Polka Redowa,Redowa and Redowa Waltz,Polka Mazourka and Old Style Waltz,Modern Plain Waltz and Glide,Boston Dip and Hop Waltz,Five-Step Waltz and Schottische,Varsovienne and Zulma L’Orientale,Galop and Deux Temps,Esmeralda, Sicilienne, Danish Dance,AND OVER ONE HUNDRED FIGURES FOR THE “GERMAN;”To which is added a Sensible Guide to Etiquette and Proper Deportment in the Ball and Assembly Room, besides seventy pages of dance music for the piano.Paper covers50 cts.Bound in boards75 cts.Odell’s System of Short-Hand.(Taylor Improved.) By which the method of taking down sermons, lectures, trials, speeches, etc., may be easily acquired, without the aid of a master. With a supplement containing exercises and other useful information for the use of those who wish to perfect themselves in the art of stenography. The instructions given in this book are on the inductive principle: first showing the learner how to get accustomed to the contracted form of spelling words, and then substituting the stenographic characters for the contractions. By this plan the difficulties of mastering this useful art are very much lessened, and the time required to attain proficiency reduced to the least possible limits.Small quarto, paper cover25 cts.Alice in Wonderland, and other Fairy Plays for Children. Consisting of Four Juvenile Dramas, the first of which is a faithful Dramatic Version of Mr. Lewis Carroll’s well-known “Alice in Wonderland;” and all combining, in the happiest manner, light comedy, burlesque, and extravaganza. By Kate Freiligrath-Kroeker. These plays are written in a style of quaint, childish simplicity, but embody a brilliant vein of wit and humor. The music of all the songs introduced is given, thus rendering each drama complete in all respects.143 pages, illuminated paper cover30 cts.Bound in boards50 cts.The American Housewife and Kitchen Directory.This valuable book embraces three hundred and seventy-eight recipes for cooking all sorts of American dishes in the most economical manner; it also contains a variety of important secrets for washing, cleaning, scouring and extracting grease, paint, stains and iron-mould from cloth, muslin and linen.Bound in ornamental paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.The American Card Player.An entirely new edition, containing all the improvements, latest decisions, and modern methods of playing the games of Whist, Euchre, Cribbage, Bézique, Sixty-six, Penuchle, Cassino, Draw Poker, and All Fours, in exact accordance with the best authorities, with all the accepted varieties of these popular games.150 pages, bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.Draiper’s Six Hundred Ways to Make Money.A reliable Compendium of valuable Receipts for making articles in constant demand and of ready sale, carefully selected from private sources and the best established authorities. By Edmund S. Draiper, Professor of Analytical Chemistry, etc. This Collection of Receipts is undoubtedly the most valuable and comprehensive that has ever been offered to the public in so cheap a form.144 pages, paper cover30 cts.The Language of Flowers.A complete dictionary of the Language of Flowers, and the sentiments which they express. Well arranged and comprehensive in every detail. All unnecessary matter has been omitted. This little volume is destined to fill a want long felt for a reliable book at a price within the reach of all.Paper15 cts.Chilton’s One Thousand Secrets and Wrinkles.A book of hints and helps for every-day emergencies. Containing 1,000 useful hints and receipts. No family should be without this little storehouse of valuable information.Paper covers30 cts.The Ladies’ Love Oracle.A Complete Fortune Teller of all questions upon Love, Courtship and Matrimony.30 cts.Trumps’ American Hoyle; or, Gentleman’s Hand-book of Games.Containing all the games played in the United States, with rules, descriptions and technicalities, adapted to the American method of playing. ByTrumps. Thirteenth edition; illustrated with numerous diagrams. This work is designed and acknowledged as an authority on all games as played in America, being a guide to the correct methods of playing and an arbiter on all disputed points. In each of the previous editions the work was subjected to careful revision and correction; but this, theThirteenth Edition, is Entirely New, and re-written from the latest reliable sources. It includes an exhaustive treatise on Whist, with all the latest essays on the modern game, by Clay, Pole, Drayson, &c., &c. Also, a lucid description of all the games now in vogue in America, with the laws that govern them, revised and corrected to conform to present usages, and embraces an elaborate and practical analysis of the Doctrine of Chances. 12mo., cloth, 536 pages.Price$2.00Dick’s Games of Patience;or, Solitaire with Cards. Containing Forty-three Games. Illustrated with Thirty-three explanatory full-page Tableaux. This treatise on Solitaire, a pastime which is steadily gaining in popularity, embraces a number of new and original Games, and all the Games of Patience at present in favor with the most experienced players. Each game is carefully and lucidly described, with the distinctive rules to be observed and hints as to the best means of success in play. The Tableaux furnish efficient aid in rendering the disposition of the cards necessary to each game plain and easily comprehensible. The difficulty usually attending descriptions of intricate games is reduced, as far as possible, by precision in method and terseness of expression in the text, and the illustrations serve to dispel any possible ambiguity that might be unavoidable without their aid. The work is attractive in style and will prove an interesting companion for many a solitary hour. Quarto. Illustrated.Paper cover75 cts.Cloth$1.00Blackbridge’s Complete Poker Player.A Practical Guidebook to the American National Game; containing mathematical and experimental analyses of the probabilities of Draw Poker. ByJohn Blackbridge, Actuary. This, as its title implies, is an exhaustive treatise on Draw Poker, giving minute and detailed information on the various chances, expectations, possibilities and probabilities that can occur in all stages of the game, with directions and advice for successful play, deduced from actual practice and experience, and founded on precise mathematical data.Small quarto, 142 pages, paper50 cts.Bound in full cloth$1.00The Modern Pocket Hoyle.By “Trumps.” Containing all the games of skill and chance, as played in this country at the present time, being an “authority on all disputed points.” This valuable manual is all original, or thoroughly revised from the best and latest authorities, and includes the laws and complete directions for playing one hundred and eleven different games.388 pages, paper covers50 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth backs75 cts.Hoyle’s Games.A complete Manual of the laws that govern all games of skill and chance, including Card Games, Chess, Checkers, Dominoes, Backgammon, Dice, Billiards, as played in this country at the present time, and all Field Games. Entirely original, or thoroughly revised from the latest and best American authorities.Paper covers50 cts.Boards75 cts.CHECKERS AND CHESS.Spayth’s American Draught Player; or, The Theory and Practice of the Scientific Game of Checkers.Simplified and Illustrated with Practical Diagrams. Containing upwards of 1,700 Games and Positions. By Henry Spayth. Sixth edition, with over three hundred Corrections and Improvements. Containing: The Standard Laws of the Game—Full instructions—Draught Board Numbered—Names of the Games, and how formed—The “Theory of the Move and its Changes” practically explained and illustrated with Diagrams—Playing Tables for Draught Clubs—New Systems of numbering the Board—Prefixing signs to the Variations—List of Draught Treatises and Publications chronologically arranged. Bound in cloth, gilt side and back$3.00Spayth’s Game of Draughts.By Henry Spayth. This book is designed as a supplement to the author’s first work, “The American Draught Player”; but it is complete in itself. It contains lucid instructions for beginners, laws of the game, diagrams, the score of 364 games, together with 34 novel, instructive and ingenious “critical positions.” Cloth, gilt back and side$1.50Spayth’s Draughts or Checkers for Beginners.This treatise was written by Henry Spayth, the celebrated player, and is by far the most complete and instructive elementary work on Draughts ever published. It is profusely illustrated with diagrams of ingenious stratagems, curious positions and perplexing problems, and contains a great variety of interesting and instructive Games, progressively arranged and clearly explained with notes, so that the learner may easily comprehend them. With the aid of this Manual a beginner may soon become a proficient in the game. Cloth, gilt side75 cts.Scattergood’s Game of Draughts, or Checkers, Simplified and Explained.With practical Diagrams and Illustrations, together with a Checker-Board, numbered and printed in red. Containing the Eighteen Standard Games, with over 200 of the best variations, selected from various authors, with some never before published. By D. Scattergood. Bound in cloth, with flexible covers50 cts.Marache’s Manual of Chess.Containing a description of the Board and Pieces, Chess Notation, Technical Terms, with diagrams illustrating them, Laws of the Game, Relative Value of Pieces, Preliminary Games for Beginners, Fifty Openings of Games, giving all the latest discoveries of Modern Masters, with the best games and copious notes, Twenty Endings of Games, showing easiest ways of effecting Checkmate, Thirty-six ingenious Diagram Problems, and sixteen curious Chess Stratagems, being one of the best Books for Beginners ever published. By N. Marache.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.Bound in cloth, gilt side75 cts.Lola Montez’ Arts of Beauty; or, Secrets of a Lady’s Toilet.With hints to Gentlemen on the Art of Fascinating.Lola Montez here explains all the Arts employed by the celebrated beauties and fashionable ladies in Paris and other cities of Europe, for the purpose of preserving their beauty and improving and developing their charms. The recipes are all clearly given, so that any person can understand them, and the work embraces the following subjects:How to obtain such desirable and indispensable attractions as A Handsome Form;A Bright and Smooth Skin;A Beautiful Complexion;Attractive Eyes, Mouth and Lips;A Beautiful Hand, Foot and Ankle;A Well-trained Voice;A Soft and Abundant Head of Hair;Also, How to Remedy Gray Hair;And harmless but effectual methods of removing Superfluous Hair and other blemishes, with interesting information on these and kindred matters.Illuminated paper cover25 cts.Hillgrove’s Ball-Room Guide and Complete Dancing-Master.Containing a plain treatise on Etiquette and Deportment at Balls and Parties, with valuable hints on Dress and the Toilet, together withFull Explanations of the Rudiments, Terms, Figures and Steps used in Dancing;Including Clear and Precise Instructions how to dance all kinds of Quadrilles, Waltzes, Polkas, Redowas, Reels, Round, Plain and Fancy Dances, so that any person may learn them without the aid of a Teacher;To which is added easy directions how to call out the Figuresof every dance, and the amount of music required for each. Illustrated with 176 descriptive engravings. By T. Hillgrove, Professor of Dancing.Bound in cloth, with gilt side and back$1.00Bound in boards, with cloth back75 cts.The Banjo, and How to Play it.Containing, in addition to the elementary studies, a choice collection of Polkas, Waltzes, Solos, Schottisches, Songs, Hornpipes, Jigs, Reels, etc., with full explanations of both the “Banjo” and “Guitar” styles of execution, and designed to impart a complete knowledge of the art of playing the Banjo practically, without the aid of a teacher. This work is arranged on the progressive system, showing the learner how to play the first few notes of a tune, then the next notes, and so on, a small portion at a time, until he has mastered the entire piece, every detail being as clearly and thoroughly explained as if he had a teacher at his elbow all the time. By Frank B. Converse, author of the “Banjo without a Master.” 16mo., bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.Ned Donnelly’s Art of Boxing.A thorough Manual of Sparring and Self-Defence, illustrated with Forty Engravings, showing the various Blows, Stops and Guards; by Ned Donnelly, Professor of Boxing to the London Athletic Club, etc., etc. This work explains in detail every movement of attack and defence in the clearest language, and in accordance with the most approved and modern methods; the engravings are very distinctly drawn, and show each position and motion as plainly as the personal instruction of a professor could convey it. It teaches all the feints and dodges practised by experienced boxers, and gives advice to those who desire to perfect themselves in the Manly Art. 121 pages.Price25 cts.Athletic Sports for Boys.Containing clear and complete instructions in Gymnastics, and the manly accomplishments of Skating, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Horsemanship, Riding, Driving, Angling, Fencing and Broadsword. Illustrated with 194 wood cuts. Bound in boards75 cts.Sut Lovingood.Yarns spun by “A Nat’ral Born Durn’d Fool.” Warped and Wove for Public Wear, by George W. Harris. Illustrated with eight fine full page engravings, from designs by Howard. It would be difficult, we think, to cram a larger amount of pungent humor into 300 pages than will be found in this really funny book. The Preface and Dedication are models of sly simplicity, and the 24 Sketches which follow are among the best specimens of broad burlesque to which the genius of the ludicrous, for which the Southwest is so distinguished, has yet given birth. 12mo., tinted paper, cloth, gilt edges$1.50Uncle Josh’s Trunkful of Fun.Containing a rich collection ofComical Stones, Cruel Sells,Side-Splitting Jokes, Humorous Poetry,Quaint Parodies, Burlesque Sermons,New Conundrums, Mirth-Provoking Speeches,Curious Puzzles, Amusing Card Tricks, andAstonishing Feats of Parlor-Magic.This book is illustrated with nearly 200 funny engravings, and contains, in 64 large octavo double-column pages, at least three times as much reading matter and real fun as any other book of the price.15 cts.The Strange and Wonderful Adventures of Bachelor Butterfly.Showing how his passion for Natural History completely eradicated the tender passion implanted in his breast—also detailing his Extraordinary Travels, both by sea and land—his Hair-breadth Escapes from fire and cold—his being come over by a Widow with nine small children—his wonderful Adventures with the Doctor and the Fiddler and other Perils of a most extraordinary nature. The whole illustrated by about 200 engravings.30 cts.The Laughable Adventures of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson.Showing where they went, and how they went, what they did, and how they did it. Here is a book which will make you split your sides laughing. It shows the comical adventures of three jolly young greenhorns, who went traveling, and got into all manner of scrapes and funny adventures. Illustrated with nearly 200 thrillingly-comic engravings.30 cts.The Mishaps and Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck.This humorous and curious book sets forth, with 188 comic drawings, the misfortunes which befell Mr. Oldbuck; and also his five unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide—his hair-breadth escapes from fire, water and famine—his affection for his poor dog, etc. To look over this book will make you laugh, and you can’t help it.30 cts.Jack Johnson’s Jokes for the Jolly.A collection of Funny Stories, Droll Incidents, Queer Conceits and Apt Repartees. Illustrating the Drolleries of Border Life in the West, Yankee Peculiarities, Dutch Blunders, French Sarcasms, Irish Wit and Humor, etc., with short Ludicrous Narratives; making altogether a Medley of Mirthful Morsels for the Melancholy that will drive away the blues, and cause the most misanthropic mortal to laugh. Illustrated paper covers25 cts.Snipsnaps and Snickerings of Simon Snodgrass.A collection of Droll and Laughable Stories, illustrative of Irish Drolleries and Blarney, Ludicrous Dutch Blunders, Queer Yankee Tricks and Dodges, Backwoods Boasting, Humors of Horse-trading, Negro Comicalities, Perilous Pranks of Fighting Men, Frenchmen’s Queer Mistakes, Scotch Shrewdness, and other phases of eccentric character, that go to make up a perfect and complete Medley of Wit and Humor. It is also full of funny engravings.25 cts.Day’s Cards of Courtship.Arranged with such apt conversations, that you will be enabled to ask the momentous question categorically, in such a delicate manner that the young lady will not suspect what you are at. These cards may be used either by two persons, or they will make lots of fun for an evening party of young people. When used in a party, the question is read aloud by the lady receiving it—she shuffles and hands out an answer—and that also must be read aloud by the gentleman receiving it. The fun thus caused is intense. Put up in handsome card cases, on which are printed directions.30 cts.Day’s Love-Letter Cards; or, Love-Making Made Easy.We have just printed a novel Set of Cards which will delight the hearts of young people susceptible of the tender passion. Both letters and answers are either humorous or humorously sentimental—thus creating lots of fun when used at a party of young people—and special pains has been taken with them to avoid that silly, sentimental formality so common in printed letters of this kind. Put up in handsome cases, on which are printed directions.30 cts.Day’s Conversation Cards.A New and Original Set, comprising Eighteen Questions and Twenty-four Answers, so arranged that the whole of the answers are apt replies to each one of the eighteen questions. The plan of these Cards is very simple, and easily understood. Used by a party of young people, they will make a good deal of fun. The set comprises forty-two Cards in the aggregate, which are put up in a handsome case, with printed directions for use.30 cts.Day’s Fortune-Telling Cards.We have just printed an original set of Cards for telling fortunes, which are an improvement on any hitherto made. They are so arranged that each answer will respond to every one of the questions which may be put. These cards will also afford a fund of amusement in a party of young people. Each pack is enclosed in a card case, on which are printed directions.30 cts.Day’s Cards for Popping the Question.An Original Game for Lovers and Sweethearts, or for Merry-Making in a Party of Young People. As soon as these cards become known, we feel sure that they will have an endless sale. Put up in cases, with directions for playing.30 cts.Day’s Leap-Year Cards.To enable any lady to pop the question to the chosen one of her heart. This set of Cards is intended more to make fun among young people than for any practical utility. Put up in handsome cases, with printed directions.30 cts.Chesterfield’s Letter-Writer and Complete Book of Etiquette.Containing the Art of Letter-Writing simplified, a guide to friendly, affectionate, polite and business correspondence, and rules for punctuation and spelling, with complete rules of Etiquette and the usages of Society. An excellent hand-book for reference. 16mo., bound in boards.40 cts.How to Behave; or, The Spirit of Etiquette.A Guide to Polite Society, for Ladies and Gentlemen; containing rules for good behavior at the dinner table, in the parlor, and in the street; with important hints on introduction, conversation, etc.12 cts.How to Win and How to Woo.Containing Rules for the Etiquette of Courtship, with directions showing how to win the favor of the Ladies, how to begin and end a Courtship, and how Love-Letters should be written.15 cts.Allyn’s Ritual of Freemasonry.Containing a complete Key to the following Degrees: Degree of Entered Apprentice; Degree of Fellow Craft; Degree of Master Mason; Degree of Mark Master; Degree of Past Master; Degree of Excellent Master; Degree of Royal Arch; Royal Arch Chapter; Degree of Royal Master; Degree of Select Master; Degree of Super-Excellent Master; Degree of Ark and Dove; Degree of Knights of Constantinople; Degree of Secret Monitor; Degree of Heroine of Jericho; Degree of Knights of Three Kings; Mediterranean Pass; Order of Knights of the Red Cross; Order of Knights Templar and Knights of Malta; Knights of the Christian Mark, and Guards of the Conclave; Knights of the Holy Sepulchre; The Holy and Thrice Illustrious Order of the Cross; Secret Master; Perfect Master; Intimate Secretary; Provost and Judge; Intendant of the Buildings, or Master in Israel; Elected Knights of Nine; Elected Grand Master; Sublime Knights Elected; Grand Master Architect; Knights of the Ninth Arch; Grand Elect; Perfect and Sublime Mason. Illustrated with 38 copper-plate engravings. By Avery Allyn, K. R. C. K. T. K. M., etc. 12mo., cloth.$5.00.Lester’s “Look to the East.” (Webb Work.)A Ritual of the First Three Degrees of Masonry. Containing the complete work of the Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason’s Degrees, and their Ceremonies, Lectures, etc. Edited by Ralph P. Lester. This complete and beautiful Pocket Manual of the First Three Degrees of Masonry is printed in clear, legible type and not obscured by any attempts at cypher or other perplexing contractions. It differs entirely from all other Manuals, from the fact that it contains neither the passwords, grips, nor any other purely esoteric matter, with which Masons, and Masons only, are necessarily entirely familiar. It affords, therefore, a thorough guide to the regular “work” in the above degrees, divested of everything that any member of the Fraternity would object to see in print, or hesitate to carry in his pocket.Bound in cloth$2.00.Leather tucks (pocket book style), gilt edges$2.50.Courtship Made Easy; or, The Art of Making Love Fully Explained.Containing full directions for Conducting a Courtship with Ladies of every age and position in society, and valuable information for persons who desire to enter the marriage state. Also, forms of Love-letters to be used on certain occasions. 64 pages15 cts.How Gamblers Win; or the Secrets of Advantage Playing Exposed.Being a complete and scientific exposé of the manner of playing all the numerous advantages in the various Card Games, as practised by professional gamblers. This work is designed as a warning to self-confident card-players. 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Contents.Boys.Girls.Eh! What is it?32That Awful Girl55The Lady Killer21How I Made My Fortune6A Cure for Obstinancy39Aunt Jerusha’s Mistake22A Fair Fight44Between Two Stools23The Pet of the School83Maud May’s Lovers82The Heiress’ Ruse44The Cardinal’s Godson61
The foregoing collection of Dramas are all original, and were written expressly for School and Parlor performance.Bound in boards50 cts.Paper covers30 cts.
Dick’s One Hundred Amusements for Evening Parties, Picnics and Social Gatherings.This book is full of Original Novelties. It contains:
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The Fireside Magician; or, The Art of Natural Magic Made Easy.Being a scientific explanation of Legerdemain, Physical Amusement, Recreative Chemistry, Diversion with Cards, and of all the mysteries of Mechanical Magic, with feats as performed by Herr Alexander, Robert Heller, Robert Houdin, “The Wizard of the North,” and distinguished conjurors—comprising two hundred and fifty interesting mental and physical recreations, with explanatory engravings.132 pages, paper30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.
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The Parlor Magician; or, One Hundred Tricks for the Drawing-Room.Containing an extensive and miscellaneous collection of Conjuring and Legerdemain, embracing: Tricks with Dice, Dominoes and Cards; Tricks with Ribbons, Rings and Fruit; Tricks with Coin, Handkerchiefs and Balls, etc. The whole illustrated and clearly explained with 121 engravings.Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.
Book of Riddles and 500 Home Amusements.Containing a curious collection of Riddles, Charades and Enigmas; Rebuses, Anagrams and Transpositions; Conundrums and Amusing Puzzles; Recreations in Arithmetic, and Queer Sleights, and numerous other Entertaining Amusements. Illustrated with 60 engravings.Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.
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AND OVER ONE HUNDRED FIGURES FOR THE “GERMAN;”
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Trumps’ American Hoyle; or, Gentleman’s Hand-book of Games.Containing all the games played in the United States, with rules, descriptions and technicalities, adapted to the American method of playing. ByTrumps. Thirteenth edition; illustrated with numerous diagrams. This work is designed and acknowledged as an authority on all games as played in America, being a guide to the correct methods of playing and an arbiter on all disputed points. In each of the previous editions the work was subjected to careful revision and correction; but this, theThirteenth Edition, is Entirely New, and re-written from the latest reliable sources. It includes an exhaustive treatise on Whist, with all the latest essays on the modern game, by Clay, Pole, Drayson, &c., &c. Also, a lucid description of all the games now in vogue in America, with the laws that govern them, revised and corrected to conform to present usages, and embraces an elaborate and practical analysis of the Doctrine of Chances. 12mo., cloth, 536 pages.Price$2.00
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Blackbridge’s Complete Poker Player.A Practical Guidebook to the American National Game; containing mathematical and experimental analyses of the probabilities of Draw Poker. ByJohn Blackbridge, Actuary. This, as its title implies, is an exhaustive treatise on Draw Poker, giving minute and detailed information on the various chances, expectations, possibilities and probabilities that can occur in all stages of the game, with directions and advice for successful play, deduced from actual practice and experience, and founded on precise mathematical data.Small quarto, 142 pages, paper50 cts.Bound in full cloth$1.00
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Spayth’s American Draught Player; or, The Theory and Practice of the Scientific Game of Checkers.Simplified and Illustrated with Practical Diagrams. Containing upwards of 1,700 Games and Positions. By Henry Spayth. Sixth edition, with over three hundred Corrections and Improvements. Containing: The Standard Laws of the Game—Full instructions—Draught Board Numbered—Names of the Games, and how formed—The “Theory of the Move and its Changes” practically explained and illustrated with Diagrams—Playing Tables for Draught Clubs—New Systems of numbering the Board—Prefixing signs to the Variations—List of Draught Treatises and Publications chronologically arranged. Bound in cloth, gilt side and back$3.00
Spayth’s Game of Draughts.By Henry Spayth. This book is designed as a supplement to the author’s first work, “The American Draught Player”; but it is complete in itself. It contains lucid instructions for beginners, laws of the game, diagrams, the score of 364 games, together with 34 novel, instructive and ingenious “critical positions.” Cloth, gilt back and side$1.50
Spayth’s Draughts or Checkers for Beginners.This treatise was written by Henry Spayth, the celebrated player, and is by far the most complete and instructive elementary work on Draughts ever published. It is profusely illustrated with diagrams of ingenious stratagems, curious positions and perplexing problems, and contains a great variety of interesting and instructive Games, progressively arranged and clearly explained with notes, so that the learner may easily comprehend them. With the aid of this Manual a beginner may soon become a proficient in the game. Cloth, gilt side75 cts.
Scattergood’s Game of Draughts, or Checkers, Simplified and Explained.With practical Diagrams and Illustrations, together with a Checker-Board, numbered and printed in red. Containing the Eighteen Standard Games, with over 200 of the best variations, selected from various authors, with some never before published. By D. Scattergood. Bound in cloth, with flexible covers50 cts.
Marache’s Manual of Chess.Containing a description of the Board and Pieces, Chess Notation, Technical Terms, with diagrams illustrating them, Laws of the Game, Relative Value of Pieces, Preliminary Games for Beginners, Fifty Openings of Games, giving all the latest discoveries of Modern Masters, with the best games and copious notes, Twenty Endings of Games, showing easiest ways of effecting Checkmate, Thirty-six ingenious Diagram Problems, and sixteen curious Chess Stratagems, being one of the best Books for Beginners ever published. By N. Marache.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.Bound in cloth, gilt side75 cts.
Lola Montez’ Arts of Beauty; or, Secrets of a Lady’s Toilet.With hints to Gentlemen on the Art of Fascinating.Lola Montez here explains all the Arts employed by the celebrated beauties and fashionable ladies in Paris and other cities of Europe, for the purpose of preserving their beauty and improving and developing their charms. The recipes are all clearly given, so that any person can understand them, and the work embraces the following subjects:
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Hillgrove’s Ball-Room Guide and Complete Dancing-Master.Containing a plain treatise on Etiquette and Deportment at Balls and Parties, with valuable hints on Dress and the Toilet, together with
of every dance, and the amount of music required for each. Illustrated with 176 descriptive engravings. By T. Hillgrove, Professor of Dancing.Bound in cloth, with gilt side and back$1.00Bound in boards, with cloth back75 cts.
The Banjo, and How to Play it.Containing, in addition to the elementary studies, a choice collection of Polkas, Waltzes, Solos, Schottisches, Songs, Hornpipes, Jigs, Reels, etc., with full explanations of both the “Banjo” and “Guitar” styles of execution, and designed to impart a complete knowledge of the art of playing the Banjo practically, without the aid of a teacher. This work is arranged on the progressive system, showing the learner how to play the first few notes of a tune, then the next notes, and so on, a small portion at a time, until he has mastered the entire piece, every detail being as clearly and thoroughly explained as if he had a teacher at his elbow all the time. By Frank B. Converse, author of the “Banjo without a Master.” 16mo., bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.
Ned Donnelly’s Art of Boxing.A thorough Manual of Sparring and Self-Defence, illustrated with Forty Engravings, showing the various Blows, Stops and Guards; by Ned Donnelly, Professor of Boxing to the London Athletic Club, etc., etc. This work explains in detail every movement of attack and defence in the clearest language, and in accordance with the most approved and modern methods; the engravings are very distinctly drawn, and show each position and motion as plainly as the personal instruction of a professor could convey it. It teaches all the feints and dodges practised by experienced boxers, and gives advice to those who desire to perfect themselves in the Manly Art. 121 pages.Price25 cts.
Athletic Sports for Boys.Containing clear and complete instructions in Gymnastics, and the manly accomplishments of Skating, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Horsemanship, Riding, Driving, Angling, Fencing and Broadsword. Illustrated with 194 wood cuts. Bound in boards75 cts.
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Uncle Josh’s Trunkful of Fun.Containing a rich collection of
This book is illustrated with nearly 200 funny engravings, and contains, in 64 large octavo double-column pages, at least three times as much reading matter and real fun as any other book of the price.15 cts.
The Strange and Wonderful Adventures of Bachelor Butterfly.Showing how his passion for Natural History completely eradicated the tender passion implanted in his breast—also detailing his Extraordinary Travels, both by sea and land—his Hair-breadth Escapes from fire and cold—his being come over by a Widow with nine small children—his wonderful Adventures with the Doctor and the Fiddler and other Perils of a most extraordinary nature. The whole illustrated by about 200 engravings.30 cts.
The Laughable Adventures of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson.Showing where they went, and how they went, what they did, and how they did it. Here is a book which will make you split your sides laughing. It shows the comical adventures of three jolly young greenhorns, who went traveling, and got into all manner of scrapes and funny adventures. Illustrated with nearly 200 thrillingly-comic engravings.30 cts.
The Mishaps and Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck.This humorous and curious book sets forth, with 188 comic drawings, the misfortunes which befell Mr. Oldbuck; and also his five unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide—his hair-breadth escapes from fire, water and famine—his affection for his poor dog, etc. To look over this book will make you laugh, and you can’t help it.30 cts.
Jack Johnson’s Jokes for the Jolly.A collection of Funny Stories, Droll Incidents, Queer Conceits and Apt Repartees. Illustrating the Drolleries of Border Life in the West, Yankee Peculiarities, Dutch Blunders, French Sarcasms, Irish Wit and Humor, etc., with short Ludicrous Narratives; making altogether a Medley of Mirthful Morsels for the Melancholy that will drive away the blues, and cause the most misanthropic mortal to laugh. Illustrated paper covers25 cts.
Snipsnaps and Snickerings of Simon Snodgrass.A collection of Droll and Laughable Stories, illustrative of Irish Drolleries and Blarney, Ludicrous Dutch Blunders, Queer Yankee Tricks and Dodges, Backwoods Boasting, Humors of Horse-trading, Negro Comicalities, Perilous Pranks of Fighting Men, Frenchmen’s Queer Mistakes, Scotch Shrewdness, and other phases of eccentric character, that go to make up a perfect and complete Medley of Wit and Humor. It is also full of funny engravings.25 cts.
Day’s Cards of Courtship.Arranged with such apt conversations, that you will be enabled to ask the momentous question categorically, in such a delicate manner that the young lady will not suspect what you are at. These cards may be used either by two persons, or they will make lots of fun for an evening party of young people. When used in a party, the question is read aloud by the lady receiving it—she shuffles and hands out an answer—and that also must be read aloud by the gentleman receiving it. The fun thus caused is intense. Put up in handsome card cases, on which are printed directions.30 cts.
Day’s Love-Letter Cards; or, Love-Making Made Easy.We have just printed a novel Set of Cards which will delight the hearts of young people susceptible of the tender passion. Both letters and answers are either humorous or humorously sentimental—thus creating lots of fun when used at a party of young people—and special pains has been taken with them to avoid that silly, sentimental formality so common in printed letters of this kind. Put up in handsome cases, on which are printed directions.30 cts.
Day’s Conversation Cards.A New and Original Set, comprising Eighteen Questions and Twenty-four Answers, so arranged that the whole of the answers are apt replies to each one of the eighteen questions. The plan of these Cards is very simple, and easily understood. Used by a party of young people, they will make a good deal of fun. The set comprises forty-two Cards in the aggregate, which are put up in a handsome case, with printed directions for use.30 cts.
Day’s Fortune-Telling Cards.We have just printed an original set of Cards for telling fortunes, which are an improvement on any hitherto made. They are so arranged that each answer will respond to every one of the questions which may be put. These cards will also afford a fund of amusement in a party of young people. Each pack is enclosed in a card case, on which are printed directions.30 cts.
Day’s Cards for Popping the Question.An Original Game for Lovers and Sweethearts, or for Merry-Making in a Party of Young People. As soon as these cards become known, we feel sure that they will have an endless sale. Put up in cases, with directions for playing.30 cts.
Day’s Leap-Year Cards.To enable any lady to pop the question to the chosen one of her heart. This set of Cards is intended more to make fun among young people than for any practical utility. Put up in handsome cases, with printed directions.30 cts.
Chesterfield’s Letter-Writer and Complete Book of Etiquette.Containing the Art of Letter-Writing simplified, a guide to friendly, affectionate, polite and business correspondence, and rules for punctuation and spelling, with complete rules of Etiquette and the usages of Society. An excellent hand-book for reference. 16mo., bound in boards.40 cts.
How to Behave; or, The Spirit of Etiquette.A Guide to Polite Society, for Ladies and Gentlemen; containing rules for good behavior at the dinner table, in the parlor, and in the street; with important hints on introduction, conversation, etc.12 cts.
How to Win and How to Woo.Containing Rules for the Etiquette of Courtship, with directions showing how to win the favor of the Ladies, how to begin and end a Courtship, and how Love-Letters should be written.15 cts.
Allyn’s Ritual of Freemasonry.Containing a complete Key to the following Degrees: Degree of Entered Apprentice; Degree of Fellow Craft; Degree of Master Mason; Degree of Mark Master; Degree of Past Master; Degree of Excellent Master; Degree of Royal Arch; Royal Arch Chapter; Degree of Royal Master; Degree of Select Master; Degree of Super-Excellent Master; Degree of Ark and Dove; Degree of Knights of Constantinople; Degree of Secret Monitor; Degree of Heroine of Jericho; Degree of Knights of Three Kings; Mediterranean Pass; Order of Knights of the Red Cross; Order of Knights Templar and Knights of Malta; Knights of the Christian Mark, and Guards of the Conclave; Knights of the Holy Sepulchre; The Holy and Thrice Illustrious Order of the Cross; Secret Master; Perfect Master; Intimate Secretary; Provost and Judge; Intendant of the Buildings, or Master in Israel; Elected Knights of Nine; Elected Grand Master; Sublime Knights Elected; Grand Master Architect; Knights of the Ninth Arch; Grand Elect; Perfect and Sublime Mason. Illustrated with 38 copper-plate engravings. By Avery Allyn, K. R. C. K. T. K. M., etc. 12mo., cloth.$5.00.
Lester’s “Look to the East.” (Webb Work.)A Ritual of the First Three Degrees of Masonry. Containing the complete work of the Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason’s Degrees, and their Ceremonies, Lectures, etc. Edited by Ralph P. Lester. This complete and beautiful Pocket Manual of the First Three Degrees of Masonry is printed in clear, legible type and not obscured by any attempts at cypher or other perplexing contractions. It differs entirely from all other Manuals, from the fact that it contains neither the passwords, grips, nor any other purely esoteric matter, with which Masons, and Masons only, are necessarily entirely familiar. It affords, therefore, a thorough guide to the regular “work” in the above degrees, divested of everything that any member of the Fraternity would object to see in print, or hesitate to carry in his pocket.
Bound in cloth$2.00.Leather tucks (pocket book style), gilt edges$2.50.
Courtship Made Easy; or, The Art of Making Love Fully Explained.Containing full directions for Conducting a Courtship with Ladies of every age and position in society, and valuable information for persons who desire to enter the marriage state. Also, forms of Love-letters to be used on certain occasions. 64 pages15 cts.
How Gamblers Win; or the Secrets of Advantage Playing Exposed.Being a complete and scientific exposé of the manner of playing all the numerous advantages in the various Card Games, as practised by professional gamblers. This work is designed as a warning to self-confident card-players. Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.
Row’s Complete Fractional Ready Reckoner.For buying and selling any kind of merchandise, giving the fractional parts of a pound, yard, etc., from one-quarter to one thousand, at any price from one-quarter of a cent to five dollars. By Nelson Row. 36mo., 232 pages, Boards.50 cts.
How to Talk and Debate; or, Fluency of Speech Attained without the Sacrifice of Elegance and Sense.A useful hand-book on Conversation and Debate.12 cts.
Boxing Made Easy; or, The Complete Manual of Self-Defense.Clearly Explained and Illustrated in a Series of Easy Lessons, with some Important Hints to Wrestlers.15 cts.
What Shall We Do To-Night? or, Social Amusements for Evening Parties.This elegant book affords an almost inexhaustible fund of amusement for evening parties, social gatherings and all festive occasions, ingeniously grouped together so as to furnish complete and ever-varying entertainment for Twenty-six evenings. Its repertoire embraces all the best round and forfeit games, clearly described and rendered perfectly plain by original and amusing examples, interspersed with a great variety of ingenious puzzles, entertaining tricks and innocent sells; new and original Musical and Poetical pastimes, startling illusions and mirth-provoking exhibitions; including complete directions and text for performing Charades, Tableaux, Parlor Pantomimes, the world-renowned Punch and Judy, Gallanty Shows and original Shadow-pantomimes; also, full information for the successful performance of Dramatic Dialogues and Parlor Theatricals, with a selection of Original Plays, etc., written expressly for this work. It is embellished with over one hundred descriptive and explanatory engravings, and contains 366 pages, printed on fine toned paper. Extra cloth$2.00
The Secret Out; or, 1,000 Tricks with Cards, and Other Recreations.Illustrated with over 300 engravings. A book which explains all the Tricks and Deceptions with Playing Cards ever known, and gives, besides, a great many new ones. The whole being described so carefully, with engravings to illustrate them, that anybody can easily learn how to perform them. This work also contains 240 of the best Tricks of Legerdemain, in addition to the Card Tricks. Such is the unerring process of instruction adopted in this volume, that no reader can fail to succeed in executing every Trick, Experiment, Game, etc., set down, if he will at all devote his attention, in his leisure hours, to the subject; and, as almost every trick with cards known will be found in this collection, it may be considered the only complete work on the subject ever published. 12mo., 400 pages, bound in cloth, gilt side and back$1.50
The Magician’s Own Book; or, The Whole Art of Conjuring.A complete hand-book of Parlor Magic, containing over a thousand Optical, Chemical, Mechanical, Magnetic and Magical Experiments, Amusing Transmutations, Astonishing Sleights and Subtleties, Celebrated Card Deceptions, Ingenious Tricks with Numbers, curious and entertaining Puzzles, the Art of Secret Writing, together with all the most noted tricks of modern performers. Illustrated with over 500 wood-cuts, the whole forming a comprehensive guide for amateurs. 12mo., cloth, gilt$1.50
The Sociable; or, One Thousand and One Home Amusements.Containing Acting Proverbs, Dramatic Charades, Acting Charades or Drawing-room Pantomimes, Musical Burlesques, Tableaux Vivants, Parlor Games, Games of Action, Forfeits, Science in Sport and Parlor Magic, and a choice collection of curious Mental and Mechanical Puzzles, etc. Illustrated with numerous engravings and diagrams. The whole being a fund of never-ending entertainment. 376 pages, cloth, gilt$1.50
Confectioner’s Hand-Book.Giving plain and practical directions for making Confectionery. Containing upwards of three hundred Recipes, consisting of directions for making all sorts of Candies, Jellies, Comfits, Preserves, Sugar Boiling, Iced Liquors, Waters, Gum, Paste and Candy Ornaments, Syrups, Marmalades, Essences, Fruit Pastes, Ice Creams, Icings, Meringues, Chocolates, etc., etc. A complete Hand-Book of the Confectioner’s Art.
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Howard’s Book of Love-Poetry.A Curious and Beautiful Collection of Tenderly Delicate, Sweetly Pathetic and Amusingly Quizzical Poetical Love-Addresses; containing a large number of the most admired selections from the leading Poets suitable for quotations in Love Letters, and applicable to all phases and contingencies incident to the tender passion. 141 pages.
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Brisbane’s Golden Ready-Reckoner.Calculated in Dollars and Cents. Showing at once the amount or value of any number of articles or quantity of goods, or any merchandise, either by gallon, quart, pint, ounce, pound, quarter, hundred, yard, foot, inch, bushel, etc., in an easy and plain manner. To which are added Interest Tables, calculated in dollars and cents, for days and for months, at six per cent. and at seven per cent. per annum, alternately; and a great number of other Tables and Rules for calculation never before in print. Bound in boards.35 cts.
How to Cook Potatoes, Apples, Eggs and Fish, Four Hundred Different Ways.Our lady friends will be surprised when they examine this book, and find the great variety of ways that the same article may be prepared and cooked. The work especially recommends itself to those who are often embarrassed for want of variety in dishes suitable for the breakfast-table, or on occasions where the necessity arises for preparing a meal at short notice.Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.
The Science of Self-Defense.Illustrated with explanatory engravings. This book was written by Ned Price, the celebrated boxer, and is the best work that was ever written upon the subject of Sparring and Wrestling. It contains all the tricks and stratagems resorted to by professional boxers, and the descriptions of the passes, blows and parries are all clearly explained by the aid of numerous diagrams and engravings. That portion of the work which treats on wrestling is particularly thorough, and is well illustrated with engravings. Bound in boards75 cts.
Richardson’s Monitor of Freemasonry.A complete Guide to the various Ceremonies and Routine in Freemasons’ Lodges, Chapters, Encampments, Hierarchies, etc., in all the Degrees, whether Modern, Ancient, Ineffable, Philosophical or Historical. Containing, also, the Lectures, Addresses, Charges, Signs, Tokens, Grips, Passwords, Regalias and Jewels in each Degree. Profusely illustrated with Explanatory Engravings, Plans of the interior of Lodges, etc.185 pages, paper covers75 cts.Bound in gilt$1.25.Bound in leather tucks (pocket-book style)$2.00.
How to Cook and How to Carve.Giving plain and easily understood directions for preparing and cooking, with the greatest economy, every kind of dish, with complete instructions for serving the same. This book is just the thing for a young Housekeeper. It is worth a dozen of expensive French books.Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.
The American Home Cook Book.Containing several hundred excellent recipes. The whole based on many years’ experience of an American Housewife, Illustrated with engravings. All the recipes in this book are written from actual experience in Cooking.Paper.30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.
The Yankee Cook Book.A new system of Cookery. Containing hundreds of excellent recipes from actual experience in Cooking; also, full explanations in the art of Carving.126 pages, paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.
Morgan’s Freemasonry Exposed and Explained.Showing the Origin, History and Nature of Masonry, and containing a Key to all the Degrees of Freemasonry. Giving a clear and correct view of the manner of conferring the different degrees, as practised in all Lodges.25 cts.
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The Biblical Reason Why.A Hand-Book for Biblical Students, and a guide to family Scripture reading. This work givesREASONSfounded upon the Bible, and assigned by the most eminent Divines and Christian Philosophers, for the great and all-absorbing events recorded in the History of the Bible, the Life of our Saviour and the Acts of His Apostles.
EXAMPLE.
This volume answers 1,493 similar questions. Beautifully illustrated. Large 12mo, cloth, gilt side and back$1.50
The Reason Why: General Science.A careful collection of reasons for some thousands of things which, though generally known, are imperfectly understood. A book for the million. This work assigns reasons for the thousands of things that daily fall under the eye of the intelligent observer, and of which he seeks a simple and clear explanation.
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The Reason Why: Natural History.Giving reasons for hundreds of interesting facts in connection with Zoology, and throwing a light upon the peculiar habits and instincts of the various orders of the Animal Kingdom.
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Frost’s American Etiquette; or, Laws of Good Society.A condensed but thorough treatise on Etiquette and its Usages in America. Containing plain and reliable directions for correct deportment in every situation and under all circumstances in life, including special directions and instructions on the following subjects:
BESIDES ONE HUNDRED UNCLASSIFIED LAWS APPLICABLE TO ALL OCCASIONS.
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Live and Learn; or, One Thousand Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Writing and Pronunciation, Corrected and Explained.There are hundreds of persons who are sensible of their deficiencies on many points connected with the Grammar of their own tongue, and who, by self tuition, may correct such deficiencies. For such persons this book has been written.
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Confectioner’s Hand-Book.Giving plain and practical directions for making Confectionery. Containing upwards of three hundred Recipes, consisting of directions for making all sorts of Candies, Jellies, Comfits, Preserves, Sugar Boiling, Iced Liquors, Waters, Gum, Paste and Candy Ornaments, Syrups, Marmalades, Essences, Fruit Pastes, Ice Creams, Icings, Meringues, Chocolates, etc., etc. A complete Hand-Book of the Confectioner’s Art.Price25 cts.
Howard’s Book of Love-Poetry.A Curious and Beautiful Collection of Tenderly Delicate, Sweetly Pathetic, and Amusingly Quizzical Poetical Love-Addresses; containing a large number of the most admired selections from the leading Poets suitable for quotations in Love-Letters, and applicable to all phases and contingencies incident to the tender passion. 141 pages25 cts.
“Trump’s” American Hoyle; or, Gentleman’s Hand-Book of Games.This work contains an exhaustive treatise on Whist, by William Pole, F.R.S. and the rules for playing that game as laid down by the Hon. James Clay. It also contains clear descriptions of all the games played in the United States, with the American rules for playing them; including
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