Chapter X: Part 10

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Barmby’s Musical Plays for Young People. Suitable for Private Theatricals. These Plays are in Burlesque style and entirely in Rhyme; they are irresistably Comical in expression, and elegant in construction. Each Play includes the Vocal Score and Piano Accompaniment to all Songs, Duets and Choruses introduced, making it complete in itself, both in text and music.

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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. By H. 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._

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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.

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_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._
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_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._

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_Living Statuary._
_Dame History’s Peep Show._
_Shadow Pantomimes._
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_Parlor Pantomimes._
_Punch and Judy._

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Barber’s American Book of Ready-Made Speeches. Containing 159 original examples of Humorous and Serious Speeches, suitable for every possible occasion where a speech may be called for, together with appropriate replies to each. Including:

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_Festival Speeches._
_Addresses of Congratulation._
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_Off-Hand Speeches on a Variety of Subjects._
_Miscellaneous Speeches._
_Toasts and Sentiments for Public and Private Entertainments._
_Preambles and Resolutions of Congratulation, Compliment and Condolence._

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The Art and Etiquette of Making Love. A Manual of Love, Courtship and Matrimony. It tells

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_How to commence a courtship_,
_How to please a sweetheart or lover_,
_How to write a love-letter_,
_How to  “pop the question,”_
_How to act before and after a proposal_,
_How to accept or reject a proposal_,
_How to break off an engagement_,
_How to act after an engagement_,
_How to act as bridesmaid or grooms-man_,
_How the etiquette of a wedding and the after reception should be
observed_.

And, in fact, how to fulfill every duty and meet every contingency connected with courtship and matrimony. 176 pages.

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Frank Converse’s Complete Banjo Instructor Without a Master. Containing a choice collection of Banjo Solos and Hornpipes, Walk Arounds, Reels and Jigs, Songs and Banjo Stories, progressively arranged and plainly explained, enabling the learner to become a proficient banjoist without the aid of a teacher. The necessary explanations accompany each tune, and are placed under the notes on each page, plainly showing the string required, the finger to be used for stopping it, the manner of striking, and the number of times it must be sounded. The Instructor is illustrated with diagrams and explanatory symbols. 100 pages. Bound in boards, cloth back.

50 cts.

Hard Words Made Easy. Rules for Pronunciation and Accent; with instructions how to pronounce French, Italian, German, Spanish, and other foreign names.

12 cts.

Rarey & Knowlson’s Complete Horse Tamer and Farrier. A New and Improved Edition, containing: Mr. Rarey’s Whole Secret of Subduing and Breaking Vicious Horses; His Improved Plan of Managing Young Colts, and Breaking them to the Saddle, to Harness and the Sulky. Rules for Selecting a Good Horse, and for Feeding Horses. Also the Complete Farrier or Horse Doctor; being the result of fifty years’ extensive practice of the author, John C. Knowlson, during his life an English Farrier of high popularity; containing the latest discoveries in the cure of Spavin. Illustrated with descriptive engravings. Bound in boards, cloth back 50 cts.

How to Amuse an Evening Party. A Complete collection of Home Recreations. Profusely Illustrated with over Two Hundred fine wood-cuts, containing Round Games and Forfeit Games, Parlor Magic and Curious Puzzles, Comic Diversions and Parlor Tricks, Scientific Recreations and Evening Amusements. A young man with this volume may render himself the _beau ideal_ of a delightful companion at every party, and win the hearts of all the ladies, by his powers of entertainment.

Bound in ornamental paper covers 30 cts.
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Frost’s Laws and By-Laws of American Society. A Complete Treatise on Etiquette. Containing plain and Reliable Directions for Deportment in every Situation in Life, by S. A. Frost, author of “Frost’s Letter-Writer,” etc. This is a book of ready reference on the usages of Society at all times and on all occasions, and also a reliable guide in the details of deportment and polite behavior.

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Frost’s Original Letter-Writer. A complete collection of Original Letters and Notes, upon every imaginable subject of Every-Day Life, with plain directions about everything connected with writing a letter. By S. A. Frost. To which is added a comprehensive Table of Synonyms, alone worth double the price asked for the book. We assure our readers that it is the best collection of letters ever published in this country; they are written in plain and natural language, and elegant in style without being high-flown.

Bound in boards, cloth back, with illuminated sides 50 cts.

North’s Book of Love-Letters. With directions how to write and when to use them, and 120 Specimen Letters, suitable for Lovers of any age and condition, and under all circumstances. Interspersed with the author’s comments thereon. The whole forming a convenient Hand-book of valuable information and counsel for the use of those who need friendly guidance and advice in matters of Love, Courtship and Marriage. By Ingoldsby North.

Bound in boards 50 cts.
Bound in cloth 75 cts.

How to Shine in Society; or, The Science of Conversation. Containing the principles, laws and general usages of polite society, including easily applied hints and directions for commencing and sustaining an agreeable conversation, and for choosing topics appropriate to the time, place and company, thus affording immense assistance to the bashful and diffident. 16mo.

Paper covers 25 cts.

The Poet’s Companion. A Dictionary of all Allowable Rhymes in the English Language. This gives the Perfect, the Imperfect and Allowable Rhymes, and will enable you to ascertain to a certainty whether any word can be mated. It is invaluable to any one who desires to court the Muses, and is used by some of the best writers in the country

25 cts.

Mind Your Stops. Punctuation made plain, and Composition simplified for Readers, Writers and Talkers

12 cts.

Five Hundred French Phrases. A book giving all the French words and maxims in general use in writing the English language

12 cts.

Steele’s Exhibition Dialogues. A Collection of Dramatic Dialogues and easy Plays, excellently adapted for Amateurs in Parlor and Exhibition Performances; with Hints and instructions relative to management, arrangements and other details necessary to render them successful. By Silas S. Steele.

CONTENTS.

_The Stage-Struck Clerk. For 6 Males and 3 Females._
_The Tailor of Tipperary. For 7 Males and 4 Females._
_Opera Mad. For 7 Males and 1 Female._
_The Painter’s Studio. Portrait Sketch. For 2 Males._
_The Well of Death. For 2 males._
_Blanche of Devan. For 3 Males and 1 Female._
_The Youth Who Never Saw a Woman. For 3 Males and 1 Female._
_The Masked Ball. For 3 Males and 2 Females._
_The Hypochondriac. For 4 Males and 1 Female._
_Two Families in One Room. For 4 Males and 2 Females._
_The Country Cousin. For 4 Males and 2 Females._
_The Carpenter and his Apprentice. For 8 Males._
_The Yankee Tar’s Return. For 5 Males and 1 Female._
_The Lawyer, Doctor, Soldier and Actor. For 3 Males._
_The Children in the Wood. For 6 Males and 4 Females._
_The Wizard’s Warning. For 2 Males._

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Kavanaugh’s Humorous Dramas for School Exhibitions and Private Theatricals. Consisting of short and easy Dramatic Pieces, suitable for Amateur Exhibitions. By Mrs. Russell Kavanaugh, author of “The Juvenile Speaker.”

CONTENTS. Boys. Girls.
Eh! What is it? | 3 | 2 |
That Awful Girl | 5 | 5 |
The Lady Killer | 2 | 1 |
How I Made My Fortune | 6 | |
A Cure for Obstinancy | 3 | 9 |
Aunt Jerusha’s Mistake | 2 | 2 |
A Fair Fight | 4 | 4 |
Between Two Stools | 2 | 3 |
The Pet of the School | 8 | 3 |
Maud May’s Lovers | 8 | 2 |
The Heiress’ Ruse | 4 | 4 |
The Cardinal’s Godson | 6 | 1 |

The foregoing collection of Dramas are all original, and were written expressly for School and Parlor performance.

Bound in boards 50 cts.
Paper covers 30 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 covers 30 cts.
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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, paper 30 cts.
Bound in boards, cloth back 50 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.

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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.

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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.

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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 covers 30 cts.
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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 covers 30 cts.
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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.

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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-KEEPING is the size of a regular quarto Account Book, and is made to lie flat open for convenience in use

50 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 back 50 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 covers 25 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 covers 25 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 pages 30 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 covers 30 cts.
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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 Thimm 25 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 Thimm 25 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 Thimm 25 cts.

Thimm’s Italian Self-Taught. Uniform in style and size with the three foregoing books.

By Franz Thimm 25 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 back 50 cts.
Bound in cloth 75 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 boards 50 cts.
Bound in cloth, gilt sides 75 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 describing

_The 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 covers 50 cts.
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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 cover 25 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 cover 30 cts.
Bound in boards 50 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 covers 30 cts.
Bound in boards, with cloth back 50 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 back 50 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 cover 30 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.

Paper 15 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 covers 30 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. By TRUMPS. 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, the THIRTEENTH 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

Dick’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 cover 75 cts.
Cloth $1.00

Blackbridge’s Complete Poker Player. A Practical Guidebook to the American National Game; containing mathematical and experimental analyses of the probabilities of Draw Poker. By JOHN 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, paper 50 cts.
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The 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 covers 50 cts.
Bound in boards, with cloth backs 75 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 covers 50 cts.
Boards 75 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 $3.00

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