Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know; or, Over 3,500 Facts for the People.“Inquire Within” is one of the most valuable and extraordinary volumes ever presented to the American public, and embodies nearly 4,000 facts, in most of which any person living will find instruction, aid and entertainment. As a book to be kept in the family for reference it is unequaled, comprising, as it does, all kinds of books of information in a single volume.It is a Doctor, a Gardener, a Schoolmaster,A Dancing-Master, an Artist, a Naturalist,A Modeler, a Cook, a Lawyer,A Surgeon, a Chemist, a Perfumer,A Dyer, a Brewer, an Architect,A Bookkeeper, a Confectioner, a Laundress,A “Hoyle,” a “Letter-Writer,”A “Ready Reckoner,” and a Housekeeper.It Also ContainsTables of Weights and Measures,Interest Tables from $1 up to $10,000,Innumerable Tables on Curious and Interesting Subjects,All Kinds of Family Amusements and Recreations.It might strike the casual observer as something incredible, if not impossible, that such an immense and varied amount of matter could be crowded into a book of the merely nominal price of a dollar and a half; but the work contains 436 large pages of small type, closely printed in double column, and a perusal of it will convince the most skeptical that the only thing to be wondered at in it, is the extremely low price at which it is offered. Bound in extra cloth, with gilt side and back.$1.50The Perfect Gentleman.A book of Etiquette and Eloquence. Containing information and instruction for those who desire to become brilliant or conspicuous in General Society, or at Parties, Dinners or Popular Gatherings, etc. It gives directions how to use wine at table, with Rules for judging the quality thereof, Rules for Carving, and a complete Etiquette of the Dinner Table, including Dinner Speeches, Toasts and Sentiments, Wit and Conversation at Table, etc. It has also an American Code of Etiquette and Politeness for all occasions. It also contains all the necessary information relating to the Rules of Etiquette to be observed in fashionable and official society at Washington, and this alone makes it valuable to any one who visits that city, either for pleasure or business. It also contains, Model Speeches, with directions how to deliver them, Duties of the Chairman at Public Meetings, Forms of Preambles and Resolutions, etc. It is a handsomely bound volume of 335 pages.$1.50McBride’s New Dialogues.Especially designed for School and Literary Amateur Entertainments; containing entirely New and Original Dialogues, introducing Irish, Yankee, and other eccentric characters. ByH. Elliott McBride.Contents.A Happy Woman.The Somnambulist.Those Thompsons.Playing School.Tom and Sally.Assisting Hezekiah.A Visit to the Oil Regions.Breaking up the Exhibition.Turning Around.A Little Boy’s Debate.The Silver Lining.Restraining Jotham.A Shoemaker’s Troubles.An Uncomfortable Predicament.The Opening Speech.The Cucumber Hill Debating Club.Married by the New Justice.Bread on the Waters.An Unsuccessful Advance.When Women Have Their Rights.Only Another Footprint.Rosabella’s Lovers.A Smart Boy.A Heavy Shower.Master of the Situation.The marked favor with which the four preceding volumes have been received suggested the necessity for an increased variety of new eccentric and characteristic pieces, to form an addition to the repertoire contained in “McBride’s Comic Dialogues,” “McBride’s All Kinds of Dialogues,” “McBride’s Humorous Dialogues,” and “McBride’s Temperance Dialogues.” They are all written with a view to develop dramatic talent, and abound in quaint humor, Dialect Drolleries, and telling stage “situations.”16mo, 178 pages, illuminated paper cover.30 cts.Bound in boards.50 cts.Dick’s Book of Toasts, Speeches and Responses.Containing Toasts and Sentiments for Public and Social Occasions, and specimen Speeches with appropriate replies suitable for the following occasions:Public Dinners,Social Dinners,Convivial Gatherings,Art and Professional Banquets,Manufacturers’ Meetings,Agricultural and Commercial Festivals,Special Toasts for Ladies,Christmas, Thanksgiving and other Festivals,Friendly Meetings,Weddings and their Anniversaries,Army and Navy Banquets,Patriotic and Political Occasions,Trades’ Unions and Dinners,Benedicts’ and Bachelors’ Banquets,Masonic Celebrations,Sporting Coteries,All Kinds of Occasions.This work includes an instructive dissertation on the Art of making amusing After-dinner Speeches, giving hints and directions by the aid of which persons with only ordinary intelligence can make an entertaining and telling speech. Also, Correct Rules and Advice for Presiding at Table.The use of this work will render a poor and diffident speaker fluent and witty—and a good speaker better and wittier, besides affording an immense fund of anecdotes, wit and wisdom, and other serviceable matter to draw upon at will. Paper covers.Price.30 cts.How Boggins Was Cured.An intensely ludicrous sketch, pictorially expressed; showing how Mr. Boggins, who had been reduced to a despairingly crippled state by rheumatism and a complication of other causes, was induced to submit to the wonderful effects of a course of dynamo-electro magnetic therapeutics, tracing the magical and potent effects of the treatment, and the heroic efforts he made while submitting to the doctor’s system of pathology; until, crowned with complete success, he is able to throw aside his crutches and is restored to perfect health and pristine agility. An entirely new and original series of sketches. Funny! is no name for it.Small quarto. Illustrated.10 cts.Le Marchand’s Fortune-Teller and Dreamer’s Dictionary.Containing a complete Dictionary of Dreams, alphabetically arranged, with a clear interpretation of each Dream. Also showing how to tell fortunes by the Lady’s Love Oracle. How to foretell the Sex of Children. How to tell any Person’s Age. To know who your future Husband will be, and how soon you will be Married. How to tell Future events with Cards, Dice, Tea and Coffee Grounds, Eggs, Apple Parings and the Lines of the Hand. Illustrated with wood engravings. 144 pages.Bound in boards.40 cts.Fontaine’s Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller.Being the most complete book on Fortune Telling and Interpreting Dreams ever printed. This book informs you how toTell Fortuneswith theGolden Wheel, Cards, Dice and Dominoes; how to find whereto dig for water, with the celebratedDivining Rod; together with Twenty Ways of Telling Fortunes on New Year’s Eve. It is illustrated with engravings, and contains a large Colored Lithographic Engraving of theGolden Wheel, which folds up.144 pages, bound in boards.40 cts.Pettengill’s Perfect Fortune-Teller and Dream-Book;or, The Art of Discerning Future Events. This is a most complete Fortune-Teller and Dream-Book. It is compiled with great care from authorities on Astrology, Geology, Chiromancy, Necromancy, Spiritual Philosophy, etc., etc. Among the subjects treated of, are—Casting Nativities by the Stars, Telling Fortunes by Lines on the Hand, by Moles on the Body, by Turning Cards, by Questions of Destiny, by Physical Appearances, by the Day of Birth, etc. A book of 144 pages. Bound in boards.40 cts.Mother Shipton’s Fortune-Teller;or, Future Fate Foretold by the Planets. Being the 900 Answers of Pythagoras to the Questions of Life’s Destiny. Derived from the Mystic Numbers and Letters of the Planets. Containing the Emblematical and Mystical Wheel of Fortune and Fate, colored.115 pages, paper covers.30 cts.Mother Shipton’s Oriental Dream-Book.Being a reliable interpretation of Dreams, Visions, Apparitions, etc. Together with a History of Remarkable Dreams, proven true as interpreted. Collected and arranged from the most celebrated masters. 16mo, paper covers.30 cts.The Everlasting Fortune-Teller and Magnetic Dream-Book.Containing the Science of Foretelling Events by the Signs of the Zodiac; Lists of Lucky and Unlucky Days; List of Fortunate Hours; the Science of Foretelling Events by Cards, Dice, Dominoes, etc.; the Science of Foretelling anything in the Future by Dreams; and also containingNapoleon’s Oraculum; or, The Book of Fate.30 cts.Mother Carey’s Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller.Containing the method of Fortune-Telling with Cards; a complete Dreamer’s Dictionary; the Science of Palmistry, or telling Fortunes by the Lines of the Hand; how to tell a Person’s Character by a list of Lucky and Unlucky days and hours; how to tell with Cards which of Three Ladies has the best Husband. Mathematical Tables for telling any Person’s Age.15 cts.Aristotle’s Book of Fate and Dictionary of Dreams.Containing Dreams and their Interpretations; the Signification of Moles on Men and Women; one hundred and eighty-seven Weather Omens; Hymen’s Lottery and Aristotle’s Oraculum, or Book of Fate.15 cts.The Egyptian Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller.Containing an Alphabetical list of Dreams, with their signification and their lucky numbers. Illustrated with explanatory diagrams. Boards, cloth back.40 cts.The French Wine and Liquor Manufacturer.A Practical Guide and Receipt Book for the Liquor Merchant. Being a clear and comprehensive Treatise on the Manufacture and Imitation of Brandy, Rum, Gin and Whisky, with Practical Observations and Rules for the Manufacture and Management of all kinds of Wine, by Mixing, Boiling and Fermentation, as practiced in Europe; including complete instructions for Manufacturing Champagne Wine, and the most approved methods for making a variety of Cordials, Liquors, Punch, Essences, Bitters and Syrups, together with a number of Recipes for Fining, Flavoring, Filtering and Coloring Wines and Liquors, and instructions for Restoring and Keeping Ale and Cider. Also containing the latest improvements for Manufacturing Vinegar by the Quick Method. To which is added a collection of Descriptive Articles on Alcohol, Distillation, Maceration and the use of the Hydrometer; with Tables, Comparative Scale, and 14 important Rules for Purchasing, Reducing and Raising the Strength of Alcohol, etc. Illustrated with descriptive diagrams and engravings. Adapted for the Use and Information of the Trade in the United States and Canada. By John Rack, Practical Wine and Liquor Manufacturer. Bound in cloth.$3.00Bartender’s Guide.Containing Recipes for Mixing American, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian Drinks—such as Juleps, Punches, Cobblers, Slings, Cocktails, etc. By Jerry Thomas, late Bartender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and Planter’s House, St. Louis. To which is appended a Manual for the Manufacture of Cordials, Liquors, Fancy Syrups, etc., containing Recipes after the most approved methods now used in the Distillation of Liquors and Beverages, designed for the special use of Manufacturers and Dealers in Wines and Spirits, Grocers, Tavern-keepers and Private Families—the same being adapted to the trade of the United States and Canada. The whole work containing over 700 valuable recipes. A large book, bound in cloth.$2.50The Independent Liquorist;or, The Art of Manufacturing all kinds of Syrups, Bitters, Cordials, Champagne, Wines, Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, Beer, Punches, Tinctures, Extracts, Brandy, Gin, Essences, Flavorings, Colorings, Sauces, Catsups, Pickles, Preserves, etc. By L. Monzert, Practical Liquorist and Chemist. Every Druggist, Grocer, Restaurant, Hotel-keeper, Farmer, Fruit Dealer, Wine Merchant, should have a copy of this work. It gives the most approved methods, and a true description of the manner in which our most popular beverages are prepared, in such plain terms that the most inexperienced person can manufacture as well as the practical man, without the aid of any expensive apparatus. 12mo, cloth.$3.00The Bordeaux Wine and Liquor Dealer’s Guide.A Treatise on the Manufacture of French Wines and Liquors, with full directions to the Liquor Dealer how to manage his Liquors, Wines, etc., etc. A book of great value to every person who deals in Foreign and American Spirituous Liquors, or Foreign Wines, Cordials, etc. It tells exactly how all kinds of them are made. The directions are simple and easily understood. It also tells how to make all kinds of Ales, Porter and other fermented liquor, how to manage Cider, etc. 12mo, cloth.$2.50Lacour on the Manufacture of Liquors,Wines and Cordials, Without the aid of Distillation. Also, the Manufacture of Effervescing Beverages and Syrups, Vinegar and Bitters. Prepared and arranged expressly for the Trade. By Pierre Lacour. By the use of this book every man can make all kinds of liquors, wines, cordials and vinegar and syrups at home, without the use of any apparatus of any kind. The work is by the French chemist, Lacour, of Bordeaux. We would advise all who are concerned in the liquor business to get the work. Bound in cloth.$2.50Dick’s Games of Patience; or Solitaire with Cards.New and Revised Edition. Containing Sixty-four Games. Illustrated with Fifty 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. This comprehensive work contains the following Games:Auld Lang Syne.Tam O’Shanter.The Four Seasons.Simplicity.The Gathering of the Clans.Napoleon at St. Helena.The Calculation.The Surprise Party.The Four Kings.The Clock.The Garden.The Queen’s Audience.The Phalanx.The Idle Year.The Chameleon.La Belle Lucie.The Shamrocks.The House in the Wood.The House on the Hill.The Grand Duchess.The Constitution.The Beleaguered Castle.The Citadel.The Exiled Kings.Penelope’s Web.Napoleon’s Square.The Court Yard.The Windmill.Leoni’s Own.La Nivernaise.The Four Corners.The Baker’s Dozen.The Salic Law.The Sultan of Turkey.The Fortress.The Hemispheres.The Elevens.The Chester Game.The Shah of Persia.The Empress of India.The Zodiac.The Blockade.The Besieged City.The Fourteens.Napoleon’s Favorite.The Fifteen Puzzle.The Contra-Dance.The Betrothal.The Reinforcements.The Reserve.The Frog.The Pyramid.The Quadrille.The Chatelaine.The Order of Precedence.The Congress.Thirteen Down.The Octagon.Light and Shade.St. Louis.Rouge et Noir.The Blondes and Brunettes.The Royal Cotillion.Nestor.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 elegant in execution, and will prove an interesting companion for many a solitary hour. Quarto. 143 pages.Board cover75 cts.Cloth$1 00.Dick’s Parlor Exhibitions, and How to Make them Successful.Containing complete and detailed directions for preparing and arranging Parlor Exhibitions and Amateur Performances. It includes:Tableaux Vivants.Living Portraits.Living Statuary.Dame History’s Peep Show.Shadow Pantomimes.Popular Ballads illustrated by appropriate action.Charades of all kinds.Parlor Pantomimes.Punch and Judy.AND FIFTY OTHER DIVERTING PARLOR PASTIMES AND AMUSEMENTS.It contains also a full Catalogue of the celebrated “Art Exhibition,” and a practical treatise on the wonderfulScience of Second-Sight, by the aid of which all the startling effects and achievements of second-sight may be performed by any one possessing a tolerable retentive memory.This work is thoroughly practical and gives the fullest instructions for preparing and lighting the stage, the construction of theFrames for Living Portraits, and shows how each performance can be presented with complete success. It is illustrated with numerous engravings explaining the text.150 pages, paper cover30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.Walker’s Rhyming, Spelling and Pronouncing Dictionaryof the English Language. ContainingI.The whole Language arranged according to its terminations.II.Every Word explained and divided into Syllables, exactly as pronounced.III.Multitudes of Words, liable to a double pronunciation, fixed in their true sound by a Rhyme.IV.Many of the most difficult Words rendered easy to be pronounced, by being classed according to their endings.V.Numerous classes of Words ascertained in their pronunciation, by distinguishing them into perfect, nearly perfect and allowable Rhymes.To which is added critical and practical Observations on Orthography Syllabication, Pronunciation, an Index of Allowable Rhymes, with Authorities for their usage, etc. Royal 12mo, 700 pages.$3.00Book of Household Pets.Containing valuable instructions about the Diseases, Breeding, Training and Management of the Canary, Mocking Bird, Brown Thrush or Thrasher, Blue Bird, Yellow Bird, Scarlet Tanager, Bobolink, Baltimore Oriole, European Black Bird, Blue Jay, Blue and Yellow Macaw, Carolina Parrakeet, Cockatoo, Green and Gray Parrot, and the rearing and management of all kinds of Pigeons and Fancy Poultry, Rabbits, Squirrels, Guinea Pigs, White Mice and Dogs; together with a Comprehensive Treatise on the Principle and Management of the Salt and Fresh Water Aquarium, with instructions how to make, lay the foundation, and stock the Tank. 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Illustrated on the cover with a fine portrait of the Assassin and also containing Plans, Maps, etc. Octavo.25 cts.The Hindoo Fortune-Teller and Oracle of Destiny.Containing Ten Methods of Telling Fortunes with Cards, a complete system of Fortune Telling with Dice, together with Sixty-seven Good and Bad Omens, with their interpretation.15 cts.The Combination Fortune-Teller and Dictionary of Dreams.A Comprehensive Encyclopedia explaining all the different methods extant by which good and evil events, are foretold, containing 430 pages, and illustrated with numerous engravings and two large colored lithographs. 16mo, cloth.$1.25.The Play-Ground; or, Out-Door Games for Boys.A Book of Healthy Recreations for Youth, containing over a hundred Amusements, including Games of Activity and Speed, Games with Toys, Marbles, Tops, Hoops, Kites, Archery, Balls; with Cricket, Croquet and Base-Ball. Splendidly illustrated with 124 fine wood-cuts. Bound in boards.50 cts.10,000 Wonderful Things.Comprising the Marvelous and Rare, Eccentric and Extraordinary, in all Ages and Nations. Enriched with hundreds of illustrations. 12mo, cloth, gilt side.$1.50Allyn’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; to which is added, a Key to the Phi Beta Kappa, Orange and Odd Fellows Societies. By Avery Allyn, K. R. C. K. T. K. M., etc. 12mo, cloth$5.00Lester’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 and valuable 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. It gives the correct routine ofOpening and Closing the Lodge in each Degree.Calling Off and calling On.Calling the Lodge Up and Down.The Entire Ceremonies of Initiating, Passing and Raising Candidates.The Lectures all Ritually and Monitorially Complete.Bound in cloth$2.00Leather tucks (pocket-book style), gilt edges$2.50Duncan’s Masonic Ritual and Monitor;or, Guide to the Three Symbolic Degrees of the Ancient York Rite, Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. And to the Degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, and the Royal Arch. By Malcom C. Duncan. Explained and Interpreted by copious Notes and numerous Engravings. It is not so much the design of the author to gratify the curiosity of the uninitiated, as to furnish a Guide to the Younger Members of the Order, by means of which their progress from grade to grade may be facilitated. With the aid of this invaluable Masonic Companion, any mason can, in a short time, become qualified to take the Chair as Master of a Lodge. Nothing is omitted in it that may tend to impart a full understanding of the principles of Masonry. This is a valuable book for the Fraternity, containing, as it does, the Modern “Work” of the order. No Mason should be without it.Bound in cloth$2.50Leather tucks (pocket-book style), with gilt edges3.00Lander’s Expose of Odd-Fellowship.Containing all the Lectures complete, with regulations for Opening, Conducting and Closing a Lodge; together with Forms of Initiation. 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Anybody who wants a book that will tell them how to appear to advantage in society, or how to write a letter on almost any subject, should send for a copy of this valuable work. 16mo, 378 pages, extra cloth.$1.50One Hundred and Thirty Comic Dialogues and Recitations.Being Barton’s Comic Recitations and Humorous Dialogues, and Spencer’s Comic Speeches and Dialogues, combined in one volume. This capital book contains an endless variety of Comic Speeches, Humorous Scenes, Amusing Burlesques and Diverting Dialogues. It embraces French, Dutch, Irish, Ethiopian and Yankee Stories, and from its fruitful pages may be selected enough fun to make any entertainment a success. Bound in cloth.$1.50Frost’s School and Exhibition Dialogues.Comprising Frost’s Humorous Exhibition Dialogues, and Frost’s Dialogues for Young Folks, combined in one volume. By getting this excellent book, the difficulty in procuring a good dialogue for a school exhibition will be entirely overcome. 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Crowen. 480 pages, 12mo, cloth.$1.50The Reason Why of General Science.A careful collection of some thousands of Reasons for things which, though generally known, are imperfectly understood. It is a complete Encyclopedia of Science; and persons who have never had the advantage of a liberal education may, by the aid of this volume, acquire knowledge which the study of years only would impart in the ordinary course. It explains everything in Science that can be thought of, and the whole is arranged with a full index. 346 pages, bound in cloth, gilt, and illustrated with numerous wood-cuts.$1.50Biblical Reason Why.A Handsome Book for Biblical Students, and a Guide to Family Scripture Readings. This work gives 1,494 Reasons, founded 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. 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Paper covers.Price25 cts.Talk of Uncle George to his Nephew About Draw Poker.Containing valuable suggestions in connection with this Great American Game; also instructions and directions to Clubs and Social Card Parties, whose members play only for recreation and pastime, with timely warnings to young players. Illustrated. In which Uncle George narrates to his nephew the experience he has gathered in the course of his travels West and East; showing him, in a chatty and familiar style, the devices, tricks, appliances, and advantages by which gentlemanly gamblers fleece the unsophisticated and unwary in the popular game of Draw Poker, and offering him plain and fatherly advice as to the best means for frustrating their efforts and avoiding their traps. Every one who takes a hand at “Draw” will be a gainer by perusing what Uncle George says about it, and become a wiser as well as a richer man. Quarto. Paper.Price25 cts.Proctor on Draw-Poker.A Critical Dissertation on “Poker Principles and Chance Laws.” By Prof.Richard A. Proctor. An interesting Treatise on the Laws and Usages which govern the Game of Draw-Poker, with Practical Remarks upon the Chances and Probabilities of the Game, and a Critical Analysis of the Theories and Statistics advanced by Blackbridge and other writers on the subject, and especially in regard to their doctrines relating to cumulative recurrences. Small quarto.15 cts.Lander’s Revised Work of Odd-Fellowship.Containing all the Lectures, complete, with Regulations for Opening, Conducting, and Closing a Lodge; together with Forms of Initiation, Charges of the Various Officers, etc., with the Complete work in the following Degrees; Initiation; First, or Pink Degree; Second, or Royal Blue Degree; Third, or Scarlet Degree. ByEdwin F. Lander. This hand-book of the Revised Work of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellowship has been prepared in conformity with the amendments and alterations adopted by the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Canada in September, 1880. 16mo, paper cover.25 cts.The Jolly Joker; or, a Laugh all Round.An Immense Collection of the Funniest Jokes, Drollest Anecdotes and most Side-Splitting Oddities in existence, profusely illustrated from beginning to end, in the most mirth-provoking style. The illustrations alone are sufficient for a constant and long-sustained series of good, square laughs for all time. 12mo, 144 pages, illustrated cover.25 cts.Some Comicalities.A Whole Volume of Jolly Jokes, Quaint Anecdotes, Funny Stories, Brilliant Witticisms, and Crushing Conundrums, with as many droll illustrations to the page—and every page at that—as can be crowded into it. 144 pages. Illustrated cover.25 cts.Dick’s Dutch, French and Yankee Dialect Recitations.An unsurpassed Collection, of Droll Dutch Blunders, Frenchmen’s Funny Mistakes, and Ludicrous and Extravagant Yankee Yarns, each Recitation being in its own dialect.DUTCH DIALECT.Der Mule Shtood on der Steamboad Deck.Go Vay, Becky Miller.Der Drummer.Mygel Snyder’s Barty.Snyder’s Nose.Dyin’ Vords of Isaac.Fritz und I.Betsey und I Hafe Bust Ub.Schneider sees Leah.Dot Funny Leetle Baby.Schnitzeri’s Philosopede.Der Dog und der Lobster.Schlosser’s Ride.Mine Katrine.Maud Muller.Ein Deutsches Lied.Hans and Fritz.Schneider’s Tomatoes.Deitsche Advertisement.Vas Bender Henshpecked.Life, Liberty and Lager.Der Goot Lookin’ Shnow.Mr. Schmidt’s Mistake.Home Again.Dot Surprise Party.Der Wreck of der Hezberus.Isaac Rosenthal on the Chinese Question.Hans Breitmann’s Party.Shoo Flies.A Dutchman’s Answer.How Jake Schneider Went Blind.I Vash so Glad I Vash Here.The Dutchman and the Yankee.How the Dutchman Killed the Woodchuck.Der Nighd Pehind Grisdmas.The Dutchman’s Snake.Yoppy’s Yarder und Hees Drubbles.Dhree Shkaders.Katrina Likes Me Poody Vell.Hans in a Fix.Leedle Yawcob Strauss.How a Dutchman was Done.Dot Lambs vot Mary Haf Got.The Yankee and the Dutchman’s Dog.Zwei Lager.Schneider’s Ride.The Dutchman and the Small-pox.Tiamondts on der Prain.A Dutchman’s Testimony in a Steamboat Case.Hans Breitmann and the Turners.FRENCH DIALECT.The Frenchman’s Dilemma; or, Number Five Collect Street.The Frenchman’s Revenge.Noozell and the Organ Grinder.How a Frenchman Entertained John Bull.Mr. Rogers and Monsieur Denise.The Frenchman and the Landlord.The Frenchman and the Sheep’s Trotters.A Frenchman’s Account of the Fall.I Vant to Fly.The Generous Frenchman.The Frenchman and the Flea Powder.The Frenchman and the Rats.Monsieur Tonson.Vat You Please.The Frenchman and the Mosquitoes.The Frenchman’s Patent Screw.The Frenchman’s Mistake.Monsieur Mocquard Between Two Fires.YANKEE DIALECT.Mrs. Bean’s Courtship.Hez and the Landlord.Squire Billings’ Pickerel.Deacon Thrush in Meeting.The Yankee Fireside.Peter Sorghum in Love.Mrs. Smart Learns how to Skate.Capt. Hurricane Jones on the Miracles.The Dutchman and the Yankee.The Yankee Landlord.The Bewitched Clock.The Yankee and the Dutchman’s Dog.Aunt Hetty on Matrimony.The Courtin’.Ebenezer on a Bust.Sut Lovingood’s Shirt.This Collection contains all the best dialect pieces that are incidentally scattered through a large number of volumes of “Recitations and Readings,” besides new and excellent sketches never before published.170 pages, paper cover30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.Dick’s Irish Dialect Recitations.A carefully compiled Collection of Rare Irish Stories, Comic, Poetical and Prose Recitations, Humorous Letters and Funny Recitals, all told with the irresistible Humor of the Irish dialect. ContainingBiddy’s Troubles.Birth of St. Patrick, The.Bridget O’Hoolegoin’s Letter.Connor.Dermot O’Dowd.Dick Macnamara’s Matrimonial Adventures.Dying Confession of Paddy M’Cabe.Father Molloy.Father Phil Blake’s Collection.Father Roach.Fight of Hell-Kettle, The.Handy Andy’s Little Mistakes.How Dennis Took the Pledge.How Pat Saved his Bacon.Irish Astronomy.Irish Coquetry.Irish Drummer, The.Irish Letter, An.Irish Philosopher, The.Irish Traveler, The.Irishman’s Panorama, The.Jimmy McBride’s Letter.Jimmy Butler and the Owl.King O’Toole and St. Kevin.Kitty Malone.Love in the Kitchen.Micky Free and the Priest.Miss Malony on the Chinese Question.Mr. O’Hoolahan’s Mistake.Paddy Blake’s Echo.Paddy Fagan’s Pedigree.Paddy McGrath and the Bear.Paddy O’Rafther.Paddy the Piper.Paddy’s Dream.Pat and the Fox.Pat and the Gridiron.Pat and his Musket.Pat and the Oysters.Pat’s Criticism.Pat’s Letter.Pat O’Flanigan’s Colt.Patrick O’Rouke and the Frogs.Paudeen O’Rafferty’s Say Voyage.Peter Mulrooney and the Black Filly.Phaidrig Crohoore.Rory O’More’s Present to the Priest.St. Kevin.Teddy O’Toole’s Six Bulls.Wake of Tim O’Hara, The.Widow Cummiskey, The.This Collection contains, in addition to new and original pieces, all the very best Recitations in the Irish dialect that can be gathered from a whole library of “Recitation” books. It is full of sparkling witticisms and it furnishes also a fund of entertaining matter for perusal in leisure moments.170 pages, paper cover30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.Beecher’s Recitations and Readings.Humorous, Serious, Dramatic. Designed for Public and Private Exhibitions. Contents:Miss Maloney at the Dentist’sLost and FoundMygel Snyder’s BartyMagdalenaJim Wolfe and the CatsThe Woolen DollThe Charity DinnerGo-Morrow; or, Lots WifeThe Wind and the MoonDyin’ Words of IsaacMaude Muller in DutchMoses the SassyYarn of the “Nancy Bell”Paddy the PiperSchneider sees “Leah”Caldwell of SpringfieldArtemus Ward’s PanoramaTale of a Servant GirlHow a Frenchman Entertained John BullTiamondts on der PrainKing Robert of SicilyGloverson the MormonDe Pint wid Ole PetePat and the PigThe Widow Bedott’s LetterThe Cry of the ChildrenThe Dutchman and the Small-poxSculpinRats [TN: possibly Bats]—Descriptive RecitationA Reader Introduces Himself to an AudienceA Dutchman’s Dolly Varden“Rock of Ages”Feeding the Black FilliesThe HornetThe Glove and the LionsI Vant to FlyThat Dog of Jim Smiley’sThe Faithful Soul“My New Pittayatees”Mary Ann’s WeddingAn Inquiring YankeeThe Three BellsLove in a BalloonMrs. Brown on the StreetsShoo FliesDiscourse by the Rev. Mr. BosanWithout the ChildrenSignor Billsmethi’s Dancing AcademyDer Goot Lookin ShnowThe Jumping FrogThe Lost ChordThe Tale of a LegThat West-side DogHow Dennis Took the PledgeThe Fisherman’s SummonsBadger’s Debut as HamletHezekiah Stole the SpoonsPaddy’s DreamVictuals and DrinkHow Jake Schneider Went BlindAurelia’s Young ManMrs. Brown on Modern HousesFarm Yard SongMurphy’s Pork BarrelThe Prayer SeekerAn Extraordinary PhenomenonThe Case of Young BangsA Mule Ride in FloridaDhree ShkadersPaper covers. Price30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.Dick’s Ethiopian Scenes, Variety Sketches and Stump Speeches.Containing the following Rich Collection of Negro Dialogues, Scenes, Farces, End-men’s Jokes, Gags, Rollicking Stories, Excruciating Conundrums, Questions and Answers for Bones, Tambo and Interlocutor, etc. Contents:I’s Gwine to Jine de MasonsJes’ Nail dat Mink to de Stable Do’—OrationBut the Villain still Pursued Her—A Thrilling TaleBones at a Free-and-EasyBuncombe SpeechShakespeare ImprovedEnd Gag—Bones and TamboA Man of Nerve—Comic SketchEnd Gag—Bones and TamboUncle Pete—Darkey SketchThe Rival DarkeysThe Stage-Struck DarkeyAdd Ryman’s Fourth of July OrationAbsent-Mindedness—Bones and TamboDon’t Call a Man a LiarThe Mysterious LarkeyRev. Uncle Jim’s SermonThe ’Possum-Run Debating SocietyTim Murphy’s Irish StewBrudder Bones in Love—Interlocutor and Bones’Lixey; or, The Old Gum Game—Negro SceneBrudder Bones’ DuelBrudder Bones’ SweetheartBrudder Bones in Hard LuckTwo Left-Bones and TamboSpeech on BoilsHow Bones Cured a Smoky ChimneySermon on Keards, Hosses, Fiddlers, etc.Huggin’ Lamp-PostsNot Opposed to MatrimonyHow Pat Sold a DutchmanThe Coopers—one Act FarceQuestions Easily Answered—Bones and TamboExamination in Natural History—Minstrel DialogueO’Quirk’s SinecureThe Widower’s SpeechBones at a RaffleUncle Pete’s SermonBones at a Soiree—Interlocutor and BonesSpeech on Woman’s RightsBones’ DiscoveryMark Twain Introduces Himself—Characteristic SpeechSpeech on HappinessBurnt Corkers—Minstrel DialogueThe Nervous WomanThe Five Senses—Minstrel DialogueThe Dutchman’s ExperienceEssay on the WheelbarrowBones at a Pic-NicThe Virginia Mummy—Negro FarceBrudder Bones in CloverArtemus Ward’s Advice to HusbandsWhere the Lion Roareth, and the Wang-Doodle MournethRomeo and Juliet in 1880Artemus Ward’s PanoramaBrudder Bones as a Carpet-Bagger—Interlocutor and BonesMajor Jones’ Fourth of July OrationCuriosities for a Museum—Minstrel DialogueBurlesque Oration on MatrimonyBrudder Bones on the Raging CanawlThe Snackin’-Turtle Man—Ethiopian SketchBones’ Dream—Ethiopian SketchCome and Hug MeWidow O’Brien’s ToastScenes at the Police Court—Musical Minstrel DialogueBrudder Bones as a Log-RollerDe Pint Wid Old Pete—Negro Dialect RecitationA Touching Appeal—Dutch Dialect RecitationWounded in the CornersDarkey DialogueEnd Gag—Interlocutor and Bones178 pages, paper covers30 cts.Bound in board, cloth back50 cts.Tambo’s End-Men’s Minstrel Gags.Containing some of the best Jokes and Repartees of the most celebrated “burnt cork” performers of our day. Tambo and Bones in all sorts and manner of scrapes. This Book is full of Burnt-Cork Drolleries, Funny Stories, Colored Conundrums, Gags and Witty Repartee, all the newest side-splitting conversations between Tambo, Bones, and the Interlocutor, and will be found useful alike to the professional and amateur performer. Contents:A Bird that can’t be PluckedAnnihilating TimeAt LastBashfulBet, TheBig Fortune, ABlackberryingBlack Swan, TheBones and his little GameBones and the Monkey TricksBones as a Fortune TellerBones as a Legitimate ActorBones as a PilotBones as a Prize FighterBones as a “Stugent”Bones as a TravelerBones as a Victim to the PenBones as a WalkistBones assists at the Performance of a New PieceBones attends a SeanceBones finds Himself FamousBones gets DunnedBones gets StuckBones has a Small Game with the ParsonBones’ Horse RaceBones in an Affair of HonorBones in LoveBones keeps a Boarding HouseBones on the War PathBones on George WashingtonBones on the Light FantasticBones Opens a Spout ShopBones Plays O’FellaBones sees a GhostBones Slopes with Sukey SlyBones tells a “Fly” StoryBrother will come home tonightBones as a Carpet BaggerBones as an InkslingerBones in a New CharacterBones in CloverBones’ Love Scrape“Cullud” Ball, TheConundrumsCurious BoyDancing MadDat’s What I’d Like to KnowDefinitionsDe Mudder of InwentionDifference, TheDon’t Kiss every Puppy“Far Away in Alabam’”First White Man, TheFishy ArgumentFour-Eleven-Forty-FourFour Meetings, TheFrom the PoiksGirl at the Sewing MachineHard TimesHard to take a HintHeavy Spell, AHighfalutin’Horrible!How Bones became a MinstrelHow Tambo took his BittersHow to do itImpulsive OrationInquisitiveJeallusest of her SectLegal Problem, ALiberal Discount for CashManager in a Fix, TheMathematicsMerry Life, AMomentous QuestionMosquitoesMusicNotesOb CourseOur Shop GirlsPomp and Ephy GreenPresidency on de BrainProposed Increase of TaxesRailroad CatastropheReality versus RomanceRough on TamboSassy Sam and Susie LongSchool’s InShakespeare with a VengeanceSimple Sum in ArithmeticSleighing in the ParkSliding Down the HillStyleSublimeSwearing by ProxyTambo’s Travelling AgentThat Dear Old Home“The Pervisions, Josiar”ThievesTonsorialToast, AUncle Eph’s LamentWaiting to See Him OffYou BetAnd 40 popular songs and dances.Everything new and rich. Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.McBride’s Comic Speeches and Recitations.Designed for Schools, Literary and Social Circles. By H. Elliott McBride, Author of “McBride’s Humorous Dialogues,” etc., etc. This is one of the very best series of original speeches, in Yankee, Darkey, Spread-Eagle and village styles, with a number of diverting addresses and recitations, and funny stories, forming an excellent volume of selections for supplying the humorous element of an exhibition. Contents:A Burst of IndignationDisco’se by a Colored ManA Trumpet SarmonSarmon on SkilletvillersNancy Matilda JonesHezekiah’s ProposalAbout the BillikinsesBetsy and I are Out Once MoreA Stump SpeechAbout KatharineDeborah Doolittle’s Speech on Women’s RightsA SalutatoryA Mournful StoryAn Address to SchoolboysZachariah Popp’s Courtship and MarriageA Sad StoryHow to Make Hasty PuddingMy Matilda JaneCourtship, Marriage, Separation and ReunionLecture by a YankeeA Colored Man’s Disco’se on Different SubjectsA Girl’s Address to BoysMcSwinger’s FatePeter Peabody’s Stump SpeechMr. Styx Rejoices on Account of a New Well SpringVictuals and DrinkSpeech by Billy Higgins on the Destruction of His Rambo Apple TreeA Boy’s Address to Young LadiesAn Old Man’s Address to Young WivesSalu-ta-tat-u-a-ryValedictory.Paper covers, illuminated30 cts.Board covers, illuminated50 cts.Burton’s Amateur Actor.A Complete Guide to Private Theatricals; giving plain directions for arranging, decorating and lighting the Stage and its appurtenances, with rules and suggestions for mounting, rehearsing and performing all kinds of Plays, Parlor Pantomimes and Shadow Pantomimes. Illustrated with numerous engravings, and including a selection of original Plays, with Prologues, Epilogues, etc. By C. E. Burton.CONTENTS.How to form an Amateur Company.Duties of the Manager and Prompter.Theatrical Music.Rules for an Amateur Company.How to Arrange a Stage.How to Make a Curtain.How to Light the Stage.Colored and Calcium Light Effects.How to Make and Paint the Scenes.How to Imitate Moonlight, Sunrise, Thunder, Rain, Wind and various other effects.How to make all kinds of “Properties.”How to make up Dresses, Wigs, Beards, etc.How to “make up” the Face to imitate Old Men and other characters.General Directions for Acting.Stage Business, Entrances and Exits.Four Appropriate Prologues; Three Epilogues.On the Selection of Plays.A Family Fix. Comedy for Three Males and three Females.The Philopena. Comedy for two Males and one Female.Directions for Performing Parlor Pantomimes.Love’s Obstacles; or, Jack’s Triumph. An Original Parlor Pantomime.Complete Directions for Performing Shadow Pantomimes.Detailed Instructions for producing all Shadow Illusions.The Feejee Islanders at Home. An Original and unequaled Shadow Pantomime.A list of Farces, Comedies, etc., specially adapted to Parlor Performances, with the Characters of Each Enumerated and Described.16mo, illuminated paper covers. Price30 cts.Bound in Boards50 cts.Howard’s Book of Drawing-Room Theatricals.A collection of short and amusing plays in one act and one scene, especially adapted for private performances; with practical directions for their preparation and management. Some of the plays are adapted for performers of one sex only.
Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know; or, Over 3,500 Facts for the People.“Inquire Within” is one of the most valuable and extraordinary volumes ever presented to the American public, and embodies nearly 4,000 facts, in most of which any person living will find instruction, aid and entertainment. As a book to be kept in the family for reference it is unequaled, comprising, as it does, all kinds of books of information in a single volume.
It might strike the casual observer as something incredible, if not impossible, that such an immense and varied amount of matter could be crowded into a book of the merely nominal price of a dollar and a half; but the work contains 436 large pages of small type, closely printed in double column, and a perusal of it will convince the most skeptical that the only thing to be wondered at in it, is the extremely low price at which it is offered. Bound in extra cloth, with gilt side and back.$1.50
The Perfect Gentleman.A book of Etiquette and Eloquence. Containing information and instruction for those who desire to become brilliant or conspicuous in General Society, or at Parties, Dinners or Popular Gatherings, etc. It gives directions how to use wine at table, with Rules for judging the quality thereof, Rules for Carving, and a complete Etiquette of the Dinner Table, including Dinner Speeches, Toasts and Sentiments, Wit and Conversation at Table, etc. It has also an American Code of Etiquette and Politeness for all occasions. It also contains all the necessary information relating to the Rules of Etiquette to be observed in fashionable and official society at Washington, and this alone makes it valuable to any one who visits that city, either for pleasure or business. It also contains, Model Speeches, with directions how to deliver them, Duties of the Chairman at Public Meetings, Forms of Preambles and Resolutions, etc. It is a handsomely bound volume of 335 pages.$1.50
McBride’s New Dialogues.Especially designed for School and Literary Amateur Entertainments; containing entirely New and Original Dialogues, introducing Irish, Yankee, and other eccentric characters. ByH. Elliott McBride.
Contents.
The marked favor with which the four preceding volumes have been received suggested the necessity for an increased variety of new eccentric and characteristic pieces, to form an addition to the repertoire contained in “McBride’s Comic Dialogues,” “McBride’s All Kinds of Dialogues,” “McBride’s Humorous Dialogues,” and “McBride’s Temperance Dialogues.” They are all written with a view to develop dramatic talent, and abound in quaint humor, Dialect Drolleries, and telling stage “situations.”16mo, 178 pages, illuminated paper cover.30 cts.Bound in boards.50 cts.
Dick’s Book of Toasts, Speeches and Responses.Containing Toasts and Sentiments for Public and Social Occasions, and specimen Speeches with appropriate replies suitable for the following occasions:
This work includes an instructive dissertation on the Art of making amusing After-dinner Speeches, giving hints and directions by the aid of which persons with only ordinary intelligence can make an entertaining and telling speech. Also, Correct Rules and Advice for Presiding at Table.
The use of this work will render a poor and diffident speaker fluent and witty—and a good speaker better and wittier, besides affording an immense fund of anecdotes, wit and wisdom, and other serviceable matter to draw upon at will. Paper covers.Price.30 cts.
How Boggins Was Cured.An intensely ludicrous sketch, pictorially expressed; showing how Mr. Boggins, who had been reduced to a despairingly crippled state by rheumatism and a complication of other causes, was induced to submit to the wonderful effects of a course of dynamo-electro magnetic therapeutics, tracing the magical and potent effects of the treatment, and the heroic efforts he made while submitting to the doctor’s system of pathology; until, crowned with complete success, he is able to throw aside his crutches and is restored to perfect health and pristine agility. An entirely new and original series of sketches. Funny! is no name for it.Small quarto. Illustrated.10 cts.
Le Marchand’s Fortune-Teller and Dreamer’s Dictionary.Containing a complete Dictionary of Dreams, alphabetically arranged, with a clear interpretation of each Dream. Also showing how to tell fortunes by the Lady’s Love Oracle. How to foretell the Sex of Children. How to tell any Person’s Age. To know who your future Husband will be, and how soon you will be Married. How to tell Future events with Cards, Dice, Tea and Coffee Grounds, Eggs, Apple Parings and the Lines of the Hand. Illustrated with wood engravings. 144 pages.Bound in boards.40 cts.
Fontaine’s Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller.Being the most complete book on Fortune Telling and Interpreting Dreams ever printed. This book informs you how toTell Fortuneswith theGolden Wheel, Cards, Dice and Dominoes; how to find whereto dig for water, with the celebratedDivining Rod; together with Twenty Ways of Telling Fortunes on New Year’s Eve. It is illustrated with engravings, and contains a large Colored Lithographic Engraving of theGolden Wheel, which folds up.144 pages, bound in boards.40 cts.
Pettengill’s Perfect Fortune-Teller and Dream-Book;or, The Art of Discerning Future Events. This is a most complete Fortune-Teller and Dream-Book. It is compiled with great care from authorities on Astrology, Geology, Chiromancy, Necromancy, Spiritual Philosophy, etc., etc. Among the subjects treated of, are—Casting Nativities by the Stars, Telling Fortunes by Lines on the Hand, by Moles on the Body, by Turning Cards, by Questions of Destiny, by Physical Appearances, by the Day of Birth, etc. A book of 144 pages. Bound in boards.40 cts.
Mother Shipton’s Fortune-Teller;or, Future Fate Foretold by the Planets. Being the 900 Answers of Pythagoras to the Questions of Life’s Destiny. Derived from the Mystic Numbers and Letters of the Planets. Containing the Emblematical and Mystical Wheel of Fortune and Fate, colored.115 pages, paper covers.30 cts.
Mother Shipton’s Oriental Dream-Book.Being a reliable interpretation of Dreams, Visions, Apparitions, etc. Together with a History of Remarkable Dreams, proven true as interpreted. Collected and arranged from the most celebrated masters. 16mo, paper covers.30 cts.
The Everlasting Fortune-Teller and Magnetic Dream-Book.Containing the Science of Foretelling Events by the Signs of the Zodiac; Lists of Lucky and Unlucky Days; List of Fortunate Hours; the Science of Foretelling Events by Cards, Dice, Dominoes, etc.; the Science of Foretelling anything in the Future by Dreams; and also containingNapoleon’s Oraculum; or, The Book of Fate.30 cts.
Mother Carey’s Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller.Containing the method of Fortune-Telling with Cards; a complete Dreamer’s Dictionary; the Science of Palmistry, or telling Fortunes by the Lines of the Hand; how to tell a Person’s Character by a list of Lucky and Unlucky days and hours; how to tell with Cards which of Three Ladies has the best Husband. Mathematical Tables for telling any Person’s Age.15 cts.
Aristotle’s Book of Fate and Dictionary of Dreams.Containing Dreams and their Interpretations; the Signification of Moles on Men and Women; one hundred and eighty-seven Weather Omens; Hymen’s Lottery and Aristotle’s Oraculum, or Book of Fate.15 cts.
The Egyptian Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller.Containing an Alphabetical list of Dreams, with their signification and their lucky numbers. Illustrated with explanatory diagrams. Boards, cloth back.40 cts.
The French Wine and Liquor Manufacturer.A Practical Guide and Receipt Book for the Liquor Merchant. Being a clear and comprehensive Treatise on the Manufacture and Imitation of Brandy, Rum, Gin and Whisky, with Practical Observations and Rules for the Manufacture and Management of all kinds of Wine, by Mixing, Boiling and Fermentation, as practiced in Europe; including complete instructions for Manufacturing Champagne Wine, and the most approved methods for making a variety of Cordials, Liquors, Punch, Essences, Bitters and Syrups, together with a number of Recipes for Fining, Flavoring, Filtering and Coloring Wines and Liquors, and instructions for Restoring and Keeping Ale and Cider. Also containing the latest improvements for Manufacturing Vinegar by the Quick Method. To which is added a collection of Descriptive Articles on Alcohol, Distillation, Maceration and the use of the Hydrometer; with Tables, Comparative Scale, and 14 important Rules for Purchasing, Reducing and Raising the Strength of Alcohol, etc. Illustrated with descriptive diagrams and engravings. Adapted for the Use and Information of the Trade in the United States and Canada. By John Rack, Practical Wine and Liquor Manufacturer. Bound in cloth.$3.00
Bartender’s Guide.Containing Recipes for Mixing American, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian Drinks—such as Juleps, Punches, Cobblers, Slings, Cocktails, etc. By Jerry Thomas, late Bartender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and Planter’s House, St. Louis. To which is appended a Manual for the Manufacture of Cordials, Liquors, Fancy Syrups, etc., containing Recipes after the most approved methods now used in the Distillation of Liquors and Beverages, designed for the special use of Manufacturers and Dealers in Wines and Spirits, Grocers, Tavern-keepers and Private Families—the same being adapted to the trade of the United States and Canada. The whole work containing over 700 valuable recipes. A large book, bound in cloth.$2.50
The Independent Liquorist;or, The Art of Manufacturing all kinds of Syrups, Bitters, Cordials, Champagne, Wines, Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, Beer, Punches, Tinctures, Extracts, Brandy, Gin, Essences, Flavorings, Colorings, Sauces, Catsups, Pickles, Preserves, etc. By L. Monzert, Practical Liquorist and Chemist. Every Druggist, Grocer, Restaurant, Hotel-keeper, Farmer, Fruit Dealer, Wine Merchant, should have a copy of this work. It gives the most approved methods, and a true description of the manner in which our most popular beverages are prepared, in such plain terms that the most inexperienced person can manufacture as well as the practical man, without the aid of any expensive apparatus. 12mo, cloth.$3.00
The Bordeaux Wine and Liquor Dealer’s Guide.A Treatise on the Manufacture of French Wines and Liquors, with full directions to the Liquor Dealer how to manage his Liquors, Wines, etc., etc. A book of great value to every person who deals in Foreign and American Spirituous Liquors, or Foreign Wines, Cordials, etc. It tells exactly how all kinds of them are made. The directions are simple and easily understood. It also tells how to make all kinds of Ales, Porter and other fermented liquor, how to manage Cider, etc. 12mo, cloth.$2.50
Lacour on the Manufacture of Liquors,Wines and Cordials, Without the aid of Distillation. Also, the Manufacture of Effervescing Beverages and Syrups, Vinegar and Bitters. Prepared and arranged expressly for the Trade. By Pierre Lacour. By the use of this book every man can make all kinds of liquors, wines, cordials and vinegar and syrups at home, without the use of any apparatus of any kind. The work is by the French chemist, Lacour, of Bordeaux. We would advise all who are concerned in the liquor business to get the work. Bound in cloth.$2.50
Dick’s Games of Patience; or Solitaire with Cards.New and Revised Edition. Containing Sixty-four Games. Illustrated with Fifty 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. This comprehensive work contains the following Games:
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 elegant in execution, and will prove an interesting companion for many a solitary hour. Quarto. 143 pages.Board cover75 cts.Cloth$1 00.
Dick’s Parlor Exhibitions, and How to Make them Successful.Containing complete and detailed directions for preparing and arranging Parlor Exhibitions and Amateur Performances. It includes:
AND FIFTY OTHER DIVERTING PARLOR PASTIMES AND AMUSEMENTS.
It contains also a full Catalogue of the celebrated “Art Exhibition,” and a practical treatise on the wonderfulScience of Second-Sight, by the aid of which all the startling effects and achievements of second-sight may be performed by any one possessing a tolerable retentive memory.
This work is thoroughly practical and gives the fullest instructions for preparing and lighting the stage, the construction of theFrames for Living Portraits, and shows how each performance can be presented with complete success. It is illustrated with numerous engravings explaining the text.150 pages, paper cover30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.
Walker’s Rhyming, Spelling and Pronouncing Dictionaryof the English Language. Containing
To which is added critical and practical Observations on Orthography Syllabication, Pronunciation, an Index of Allowable Rhymes, with Authorities for their usage, etc. Royal 12mo, 700 pages.$3.00
Book of Household Pets.Containing valuable instructions about the Diseases, Breeding, Training and Management of the Canary, Mocking Bird, Brown Thrush or Thrasher, Blue Bird, Yellow Bird, Scarlet Tanager, Bobolink, Baltimore Oriole, European Black Bird, Blue Jay, Blue and Yellow Macaw, Carolina Parrakeet, Cockatoo, Green and Gray Parrot, and the rearing and management of all kinds of Pigeons and Fancy Poultry, Rabbits, Squirrels, Guinea Pigs, White Mice and Dogs; together with a Comprehensive Treatise on the Principle and Management of the Salt and Fresh Water Aquarium, with instructions how to make, lay the foundation, and stock the Tank. Illustrated with 123 fine wood-cuts. Bound in boards, cloth back.50 cts.
Chesterfield’s Art of Letter-Writing Simplified.A Guide to Friendly, Affectionate, Polite and Business Correspondence. Containing a collection of valuable information relative to the Art of Letter-Writing, with clear instructions how to begin and end Correspondence, Rules for Punctuation and Spelling, etc., with numerous examples of Letters and Notes, with several important hints on Love-letters.15 cts.
The Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth.With a full Sketch of the Conspiracy of which he was the Leader, and the Pursuit, Trial and Execution of his Accomplices, together with an original Poem on Abraham Lincoln. By George Alfred Townsend, a Special Correspondent. Illustrated on the cover with a fine portrait of the Assassin and also containing Plans, Maps, etc. Octavo.25 cts.
The Hindoo Fortune-Teller and Oracle of Destiny.Containing Ten Methods of Telling Fortunes with Cards, a complete system of Fortune Telling with Dice, together with Sixty-seven Good and Bad Omens, with their interpretation.15 cts.
The Combination Fortune-Teller and Dictionary of Dreams.A Comprehensive Encyclopedia explaining all the different methods extant by which good and evil events, are foretold, containing 430 pages, and illustrated with numerous engravings and two large colored lithographs. 16mo, cloth.$1.25.
The Play-Ground; or, Out-Door Games for Boys.A Book of Healthy Recreations for Youth, containing over a hundred Amusements, including Games of Activity and Speed, Games with Toys, Marbles, Tops, Hoops, Kites, Archery, Balls; with Cricket, Croquet and Base-Ball. Splendidly illustrated with 124 fine wood-cuts. Bound in boards.50 cts.
10,000 Wonderful Things.Comprising the Marvelous and Rare, Eccentric and Extraordinary, in all Ages and Nations. Enriched with hundreds of illustrations. 12mo, cloth, gilt side.$1.50
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; to which is added, a Key to the Phi Beta Kappa, Orange and Odd Fellows Societies. 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 and valuable 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. It gives the correct routine of
Duncan’s Masonic Ritual and Monitor;or, Guide to the Three Symbolic Degrees of the Ancient York Rite, Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. And to the Degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, and the Royal Arch. By Malcom C. Duncan. Explained and Interpreted by copious Notes and numerous Engravings. It is not so much the design of the author to gratify the curiosity of the uninitiated, as to furnish a Guide to the Younger Members of the Order, by means of which their progress from grade to grade may be facilitated. With the aid of this invaluable Masonic Companion, any mason can, in a short time, become qualified to take the Chair as Master of a Lodge. Nothing is omitted in it that may tend to impart a full understanding of the principles of Masonry. This is a valuable book for the Fraternity, containing, as it does, the Modern “Work” of the order. No Mason should be without it.Bound in cloth$2.50Leather tucks (pocket-book style), with gilt edges3.00
Lander’s Expose of Odd-Fellowship.Containing all the Lectures complete, with regulations for Opening, Conducting and Closing a Lodge; together with Forms of Initiation. Charges of the various Officers, etc., giving all the work in the following Degrees: 1st, or White Degree; 2d, or Covenant Decree; 3d, or Royal Blue Degree; 4th, or Remembrance Degree; 5th, or Scarlet Degree25 cts.
Martine’s Manual of Etiquette and Perfect Letter-Writer.For the use of both Ladies and Gentlemen. A great many books have been, printed on the subject of Etiquette and correct behavior in society; but none of them are sufficiently comprehensive and matter-of-fact to suit the class of people who may be called new-beginners in fashionable life. This book explains in a plain, common-sense way, precisely how to conduct yourself in every position in society. This book also contains over 300 sensible letters and notes suitable to every occasion. It has some excellent model letters of friendship and business, and its model Love-Letters are unequaled. If any lady or gentleman desires to know how to begin a love correspondence, this is just the book they want. This volume contains the same matter as “Martine’s Hand-Book of Etiquette” and “Martine’s Sensible Letter-Writer,” and, in fact, combines those two books bound together in one substantial volume of 373 pages. Cloth, gilt.$1.50
Frost’s Original Letter-Writer, and Laws and By-Laws of American Society, combined.Being a complete collection of Original Letters and Notes upon every imaginable subject of every-day life, and a condensed but thorough treatise on Etiquette and its Usages in America. By S. A. Frost. This book consists of Miss Frost’s two celebrated works on Etiquette and Letter Writing, bound together in one substantial volume. Anybody who wants a book that will tell them how to appear to advantage in society, or how to write a letter on almost any subject, should send for a copy of this valuable work. 16mo, 378 pages, extra cloth.$1.50
One Hundred and Thirty Comic Dialogues and Recitations.Being Barton’s Comic Recitations and Humorous Dialogues, and Spencer’s Comic Speeches and Dialogues, combined in one volume. This capital book contains an endless variety of Comic Speeches, Humorous Scenes, Amusing Burlesques and Diverting Dialogues. It embraces French, Dutch, Irish, Ethiopian and Yankee Stories, and from its fruitful pages may be selected enough fun to make any entertainment a success. Bound in cloth.$1.50
Frost’s School and Exhibition Dialogues.Comprising Frost’s Humorous Exhibition Dialogues, and Frost’s Dialogues for Young Folks, combined in one volume. By getting this excellent book, the difficulty in procuring a good dialogue for a school exhibition will be entirely overcome. It contains sixty-one good dialogues of every shade and variety, and from its well-stored pages may be selected enough original matter to insure the success of a score of entertainments. Bound in cloth.$1.50
Twenty-six Short and Amusing Plays for Private Theatricals.Being Howard’s Drawing-room Theatricals and Hudson’s Private Theatricals combined in one volume. This book, as the title implies, contains twenty-six of the best plays that can be selected for a private theatrical entertainment. It contains several amusing plays for one sex only, and is thus adapted for the army, navy, and male or female boarding-schools. It contains plain directions for getting up a good amateur performance. Bound in cloth.$1.50
Dr. Valentine’s Comic Lectures; or, Morsels of Mirth for the Melancholy.Comprising Comic Lectures on Heads, Faces, Noses, Mouths, Animal Magnetism, etc., with Specimens of Eloquence, Transactions of Learned Societies, Delineations of Eccentric Characters, Comic Songs, etc., etc. By Dr. W. Valentine. Illustrated with 12 portraits of Dr. Valentine in his most celebrated characters. Paper covers.75 cts.
Broad Grins of the Laughing Philosopher.This book is full of the drollest and queerest incidents imaginable, interspersed with jokes, quaint sayings and funny pictures. It also contains twenty-nine laughable engravings13 cts.
The American Boy’s Book of Sports and Games.A Repository of In and Out-Door Amusements for Boys and Youths. Containing 600 large 12mo pages. Illustrated with, nearly 700 engravings, designed by White, Herrick, Weir and Harvey, and engraved by N. Orr. This is unquestionably the most attractive and valuable book of its kind ever issued in this or any other country. It was three years in preparation, and embraces all the sports and games that tend to develop the physical constitution, improve the mind and heart, and relieve the tedium of leisure hours, both in the parlor and the field. The engravings are in the first style of the art, and embrace eight full-page ornamental titles, and four large colored chromos, illustrating the several departments of the work, beautifully printed on tinted paper. The book is issued in the best style, being printed on fine sized paper, and handsomely bound. Extra cloth, gilt side and back, extra gold, beveled boards.$2.00
Mrs. Crowen’s American Lady’s Cookery Book.Giving every variety of information for ordinary and holiday occasions, and containing over 1,200 Original Receipts for Preparing and Cooking Soups and Broths, Fish and Oysters, Clams, Mussels, Crabs and Terrapins, Meats of all kinds, Poultry and Game, Eggs and Cheese, Vegetables and Salads, Sauces of all kinds, fancy Desserts, Puddings and Custards, Pies and Tarts, Bread and Biscuit, Rolls and Cakes, Preserves and Jellies, Pickles and Catsups, Potted Meats, etc., etc.; with valuable hints on choosing and purchasing all kinds of provisions, on preparing ripe fruits for the table, Bills of Fare for the guidance of young housekeepers, the arrangement of the table for Dinner Parties, the Etiquette of the Dinner-table, Cookery for invalids, Carving made easy, etc., the whole being a complete system of American Cookery. By Mrs. T. J. Crowen. 480 pages, 12mo, cloth.$1.50
The Reason Why of General Science.A careful collection of some thousands of Reasons for things which, though generally known, are imperfectly understood. It is a complete Encyclopedia of Science; and persons who have never had the advantage of a liberal education may, by the aid of this volume, acquire knowledge which the study of years only would impart in the ordinary course. It explains everything in Science that can be thought of, and the whole is arranged with a full index. 346 pages, bound in cloth, gilt, and illustrated with numerous wood-cuts.$1.50
Biblical Reason Why.A Handsome Book for Biblical Students, and a Guide to Family Scripture Readings. This work gives 1,494 Reasons, founded 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. It will enable Sunday-school teachers to explain most of the obscure and difficult passages that occur in the Scriptures. Cloth, gilt.$1.50
The Reason Why of Natural History.An illustrated book of popular information on all matters relating to Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Reptiles, etc. It gives the Reasons for hundreds of interesting facts in connection with Zoology, and affords an immense amount of instruction in the peculiar habits and instincts of the various orders of the Animal Kingdom. Bound in cloth, gilt.$1.50
The Three Volumes of the REASON WHY SERIES are uniform in size and style, and form a valuable addition to every Library.
Souillard’s Book of Practical Receipts.For the use of Families, Druggists, Perfumers, Confectioners, and Dealers in Soaps and Fancy Articles for the Toilet. By F. A. Souillard. Paper covers.25 cts.
The Amateur Printer;or, Type-Setting at Home.A thorough and complete instructor for the amateur in all the details of the Printer’s Art, giving practical information in regard to type, ink, paper and all the implements requisite, with illustrated directions for using them in a proper manner. It teaches how to set type in the stick, transfer the matter to the galley and make it up in forms; also how to take proofs and correct them, showing all the signs used by practical proof-readers in correcting proofs; it illustrates the plan of the type-case, showing the relative positions of the compartments allotted to the type of each letter, etc., and the correct manner of replacing or distributing type in the case! The practical instructions given in this work are complete and so plainly described that any amateur can become a good printer by studying and applying the information it contains. Paper covers.Price25 cts.
Talk of Uncle George to his Nephew About Draw Poker.Containing valuable suggestions in connection with this Great American Game; also instructions and directions to Clubs and Social Card Parties, whose members play only for recreation and pastime, with timely warnings to young players. Illustrated. In which Uncle George narrates to his nephew the experience he has gathered in the course of his travels West and East; showing him, in a chatty and familiar style, the devices, tricks, appliances, and advantages by which gentlemanly gamblers fleece the unsophisticated and unwary in the popular game of Draw Poker, and offering him plain and fatherly advice as to the best means for frustrating their efforts and avoiding their traps. Every one who takes a hand at “Draw” will be a gainer by perusing what Uncle George says about it, and become a wiser as well as a richer man. Quarto. Paper.Price25 cts.
Proctor on Draw-Poker.A Critical Dissertation on “Poker Principles and Chance Laws.” By Prof.Richard A. Proctor. An interesting Treatise on the Laws and Usages which govern the Game of Draw-Poker, with Practical Remarks upon the Chances and Probabilities of the Game, and a Critical Analysis of the Theories and Statistics advanced by Blackbridge and other writers on the subject, and especially in regard to their doctrines relating to cumulative recurrences. Small quarto.15 cts.
Lander’s Revised Work of Odd-Fellowship.Containing all the Lectures, complete, with Regulations for Opening, Conducting, and Closing a Lodge; together with Forms of Initiation, Charges of the Various Officers, etc., with the Complete work in the following Degrees; Initiation; First, or Pink Degree; Second, or Royal Blue Degree; Third, or Scarlet Degree. ByEdwin F. Lander. This hand-book of the Revised Work of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellowship has been prepared in conformity with the amendments and alterations adopted by the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Canada in September, 1880. 16mo, paper cover.25 cts.
The Jolly Joker; or, a Laugh all Round.An Immense Collection of the Funniest Jokes, Drollest Anecdotes and most Side-Splitting Oddities in existence, profusely illustrated from beginning to end, in the most mirth-provoking style. The illustrations alone are sufficient for a constant and long-sustained series of good, square laughs for all time. 12mo, 144 pages, illustrated cover.25 cts.
Some Comicalities.A Whole Volume of Jolly Jokes, Quaint Anecdotes, Funny Stories, Brilliant Witticisms, and Crushing Conundrums, with as many droll illustrations to the page—and every page at that—as can be crowded into it. 144 pages. Illustrated cover.25 cts.
Dick’s Dutch, French and Yankee Dialect Recitations.An unsurpassed Collection, of Droll Dutch Blunders, Frenchmen’s Funny Mistakes, and Ludicrous and Extravagant Yankee Yarns, each Recitation being in its own dialect.
DUTCH DIALECT.
FRENCH DIALECT.
YANKEE DIALECT.
This Collection contains all the best dialect pieces that are incidentally scattered through a large number of volumes of “Recitations and Readings,” besides new and excellent sketches never before published.170 pages, paper cover30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.
Dick’s Irish Dialect Recitations.A carefully compiled Collection of Rare Irish Stories, Comic, Poetical and Prose Recitations, Humorous Letters and Funny Recitals, all told with the irresistible Humor of the Irish dialect. Containing
This Collection contains, in addition to new and original pieces, all the very best Recitations in the Irish dialect that can be gathered from a whole library of “Recitation” books. It is full of sparkling witticisms and it furnishes also a fund of entertaining matter for perusal in leisure moments.170 pages, paper cover30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.
Beecher’s Recitations and Readings.Humorous, Serious, Dramatic. Designed for Public and Private Exhibitions. Contents:
Paper covers. Price30 cts.Bound in boards, cloth back50 cts.
Dick’s Ethiopian Scenes, Variety Sketches and Stump Speeches.Containing the following Rich Collection of Negro Dialogues, Scenes, Farces, End-men’s Jokes, Gags, Rollicking Stories, Excruciating Conundrums, Questions and Answers for Bones, Tambo and Interlocutor, etc. Contents:
178 pages, paper covers30 cts.Bound in board, cloth back50 cts.
Tambo’s End-Men’s Minstrel Gags.Containing some of the best Jokes and Repartees of the most celebrated “burnt cork” performers of our day. Tambo and Bones in all sorts and manner of scrapes. This Book is full of Burnt-Cork Drolleries, Funny Stories, Colored Conundrums, Gags and Witty Repartee, all the newest side-splitting conversations between Tambo, Bones, and the Interlocutor, and will be found useful alike to the professional and amateur performer. Contents:
Everything new and rich. Paper covers30 cts.Bound in boards, with cloth back50 cts.
McBride’s Comic Speeches and Recitations.Designed for Schools, Literary and Social Circles. By H. Elliott McBride, Author of “McBride’s Humorous Dialogues,” etc., etc. This is one of the very best series of original speeches, in Yankee, Darkey, Spread-Eagle and village styles, with a number of diverting addresses and recitations, and funny stories, forming an excellent volume of selections for supplying the humorous element of an exhibition. Contents:
Paper covers, illuminated30 cts.Board covers, illuminated50 cts.
Burton’s Amateur Actor.A Complete Guide to Private Theatricals; giving plain directions for arranging, decorating and lighting the Stage and its appurtenances, with rules and suggestions for mounting, rehearsing and performing all kinds of Plays, Parlor Pantomimes and Shadow Pantomimes. Illustrated with numerous engravings, and including a selection of original Plays, with Prologues, Epilogues, etc. By C. E. Burton.
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16mo, illuminated paper covers. Price30 cts.Bound in Boards50 cts.
Howard’s Book of Drawing-Room Theatricals.A collection of short and amusing plays in one act and one scene, especially adapted for private performances; with practical directions for their preparation and management. Some of the plays are adapted for performers of one sex only.