Part 4

~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 ~30 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. By George Alfred Townsend. Illustrated on the cover with a fine portrait of the Assassin, and also containing Plans, Maps, etc.

~25 cts.~

MISCELLANEOUS.

~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.

Cloth, illustrated ~$1.50~

~Biblical Reason Why.~ A Handsome Book for Biblical Students, and a Guide to Family Scripture Readings. This work gives 1,434 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~

~Biblical Things not Generally Known.~ A collection of Facts, Notes and Information concerning much that is rare, quaint, curious, obscure and little known in relation to Biblical subjects. This work is complete in two volumes, the second volume containing the entire index to both.

12mo, cloth. Each volume ~$1.50~

~Dick's Festival Reciter.~ Containing Original and Selected Pieces, Recitations, and Attractive Programmes, suitable for the Anniversaries of the Fourth of July and Washington's Birthday, including Memorial or Decoration Day, and the Festivals of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, Easter, Arbor Day and May Day.

Paper covers ~30 cts.~

~Dick's Choice Pieces for Little Children.~ Containing Speeches and Recitations adapted for Children from four to ten years of age, including Prologues, Epilogues, and appropriate Pieces for Christmas, Arbor Day, and other Occasions.

Paper covers ~15 cts.~

~Little Lines for Little Speakers.~ A collection of Short and Easy Pieces for very young children; new, bright and effective.

16mo, paper cover ~15 cts.~

~Briggs' American Tanner.~ Containing improved quick methods for Tanning all kinds of light Skins, such as Sheep, Goat, Dog, Rabbit, Otter, Beaver, Mink, Muskrat, Wolf, Fox, etc., with or without the wool or fur; with hints how to cure skins, and color wool or fur. By N. R. Briggs.

~25 cts.~

~American Leads at Whist.~ A condensed Treatise abridged from the well-known work by "Cavendish," explaining and elucidating the generally accepted modern methods of American Leads as applied to legitimate signaling between partners during the progress of the game. Illustrated with Diagrams.

Vest pocket size ~15 cts.~

~Cinch.~ A thorough hand-book of the game of "Cinch" or High-Five, containing the correct method of playing and the Laws which govern it; compiled from the best and most reliable authorities by "Trumps".

~10 cts.~

POPULAR HAND-BOOKS.

~Dick's Yachting and Sailing.~ Containing practical instructions in all that pertains to the Construction, Rigging, and Management of Sloop, Schooner, Yawl, Ketch-rigged, Cutter, Cat, and other Yachts, with the Laws and Regulations concerning Sailing, Lights, Flags, Signals, etc., and the general Rules for Sailing and Nautical Etiquette adopted by the leading Yacht Clubs of the United States. It includes a complete Glossary of Nautical Terms and Phrases, with a tabulated explanation of Bell-time, and Instructions in the use of the Log-line, Mercator's Chart, Compass, and other implements and appliances necessary for navigation, and all the Knots, Bends, Hitches and Splices for Ropes and Cordage. Illustrated with explanatory engravings and diagrams.

Bound in cloth ~75 cts.~

~Mitchell's Manual of Boxing.~ A thorough Handbook of Instruction in all the legitimate methods of Attack and Defense in the Manly Art, with Rules and Exercises, and including the Laws adopted by the Amateur Boxing Association. By Charley Mitchell. Illustrated with thirty-two engravings, showing all the Hits, Guards, Counters, etc., which are necessary in scientific boxing, with a great deal of wholesome advice based upon the author's personal career and experience.

~25 cts.~

~Muldoon's Wrestling.~ A complete Treatise on the various English, Scotch, American, French, German, and Japanese styles of Wrestling, with thorough Instructions and Rules. By James Muldoon. Profusely illustrated with engravings, explaining the positions of attack with the best means of defense in every style of Wrestling. The author's wide experience and successful career are sufficient guarantees of the thoroughness and comprehensiveness of this work.

~25 cts.~

~The Young Gymnast.~ Containing thorough Instructions for the Gymnasium, with Exercises with the Leaping Pole, Horizontal and Parallel Bars, Trapeze, Dumb Bells, and Indian Clubs; including directions for Training, and for the treatment of accidental injuries. All the exercises are very clearly explained, and the illustrations make them easily comprehended. It includes also a number of amusing Gymnastic tricks and feats.

Large 16mo ~25 cts.~

~Dunn's Fencing Instructor.~ A complete Manual of the Art of Fencing, giving a plain description of the Lines of Engagement, Position, Salute and Assault, and Attacks and Parries. By H. A. Colemore Dunn. Fully illustrated. By the aid of this book of instructions the art of Fencing can be thoroughly learned, and proficiency attained without the aid of a master.

Large 16mo ~25 cts.~

~The Lovers' Guide to Courtship and Marriage.~ A dissertation on Love and Lovers, with wise suggestions for successful Courtship, and excellent advice in all matters before and after Marriage.

Large 16mo ~25 cts.~

~The Oarsman's Manual.~ Containing thorough and practical instructions in Rowing and Sculling. It gives valuable advice and hints for Professionals in the Art, with the best methods for coaching Tyros from their first beginnings to perfect proficiency. It includes a searching analysis of the most effective styles of rowing, as well as of the faulty methods frequently met with, and the best ways of correcting them. Illustrated.

Large 16mo ~25 cts.~

~The Complete Checker-Player.~ A handy Manual of the Game of Draughts or Checkers, giving a lucid description of the game, with the regular openings, endings, critical and interesting positions, the Laws of the Game, the Losing Game, and Polish Checkers, with an illustrative game played out for the instruction of the learner. Fully illustrated by Diagrams.

Large 16mo ~25 cts.~

THEATRICALS, DIALOGUES AND TABLEAUX.

~Weldon's Fancy Costumes.~ Containing complete instructions how to make an immense variety of Historical, National and Fancy Dresses; giving minute details regarding the color and quantity of all the materials needed for each Costume, and illustrated with over fifty full-page engravings.

~50 cts.~

~Tony Denier's Parlor Tableaux, or Living Pictures.~ Containing about eighty popular subjects, with plain directions for arranging the stage, dressing-room, lights, full description of costumes, duties of stage manager, properties and scenery required, and all the directions for getting them up. Among the contents there are nine tableaux for _male_ and an equal number for _female_ characters only. Everything is stated in a plain, simple manner, so that it will be easily understood; everything like style or unnecessary show has been avoided.

Price ~25 cts.~

~Tony Denier's Secret of Performing Shadow Pantomimes.~ Showing how to get them up and how to act in them; with full and concise instructions and numerous illustrations. Also full and complete descriptions of properties and costumes.

Price ~25 cts.~

~Pollard's Artistic Tableaux.~ With Picturesque Diagrams and descriptions of Costumes. Text by Josephine Pollard; arrangement of Diagrams by Walter Satterlee. This excellent work gives all the necessary information in relation to the preparation of the stage, the dressing and grouping of the characters, and the method of arranging everything so as to produce the proper effects. It is furnished with descriptive diagrams by an artist who has had large experience in the arrangement of tableaux.

Paper ~30 cts.~

~Frost's Book of Tableaux and Shadow Pantomimes.~ A collection of Tableaux Vivants and Shadow Pantomimes, with Stage instructions for Costuming, Grouping, etc.

180 pages, paper covers. ~30 cts.~ Bound in Boards, with cloth back ~50 cts.~

~Kavanaugh's Humorous Dramas for School Exhibitions and Private Theatricals.~ Original and written expressly for School and Parlor performance.

Paper ~30 cts.~ Boards ~50 cts.~

~Dick's Diverting Dialogues.~ They are short, full of telling "situations," introducing easy dialect characters, and present the least possible difficulties in scenery and costume to render them exceedingly attractive.

Paper ~30 cts.~ Boards ~50 cts.~

~Dick's Comic Dialogues.~ Eight of the Dialogues are for males only, requiring from two to six characters; the remaining pieces are for both sexes. They are all bright, witty, very entertaining, and full of droll and effective "situations."

184 pages, paper ~30 cts.~ Bound in boards ~50 cts.~

~Dick's Dialogues and Monologues.~ Containing entirely original Dialogues, Monologues, Farces, etc., etc., expressly designed for parlor performance, full of humor and telling "situations," and requiring the least possible preparation of Costumes and Scenery to make them thoroughly effective.

180 pages, paper ~30 cts.~ Boards ~50 cts.~

~Dick's Little Dialogues for Little People.~ Original and carefully selected Dialogues specially adapted for performance by young and quite young Children in Sunday School and other juvenile entertainments. Some of the Dialogues are exceedingly witty and effective; others are well suited for more serious occasions, and all of them entirely within the capabilities of small children.

~15 cts.~

POPULAR HAND-BOOKS.

~The Hunter and Angler.~ A handy Manual of Hunting. Trapping, and Angling, with Valuable Hints in regard to Guns, Rods, Game, Fish, and Baits; including instructions for the care and Medical Treatment of Dogs. It gives good advice in the choice of guns, rifles, and their necessary ammunition for the different purposes for which they are employed; also a description of the dogs used for sporting, with their treatment in health and sickness. It includes advice and instructions for the use of fishing rods and their appurtenances, with the best flies and baits for attracting the various kinds of fishes. Also a description of the most reliable and successful traps and snares for animals and birds, with appropriate baits. Illustrated.

Large 16mo ~25 cts.~

~The Taxidermist's Manual.~ Containing complete Instructions in the Art of Taxidermy, with directions how to Prepare, Mount, and Preserve all kinds of Birds, Animals and Insects. By Graham Allen. Profusely illustrated.

Large 16mo ~25 cts.~

~The Hamilton Speaker.~ A collection of New and Original Extracts, arranged and adapted for Reading, Speaking, Recitation, and Elocutionary Culture, for the use of High Schools and Colleges, by Oliver E. Branch, A.M., of the New York Bar, formerly of the Brooklyn Polytechnic and Collegiate Institute.

257 pages, cloth ~$1.00~

~Burbank's Recitations and Readings.~ A collection of Humorous, Dramatic and Dialect Selections, edited and arranged for public readings or recitation, by Alfred P. Burbank. Containing many choice selections never before in print.

~25 cts.~

~Dick's Comic and Dialect Recitations.~ A collection of comic Recitations and Dialogues, funny Stories, laughable Descriptive Pieces and Parodies, in Yankee, Dutch, Irish, and Chinese Dialects, suitable for Entertainments and Exhibitions.

Paper covers ~30 cts.~ Boards ~50 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 peculiar dialect.

170 pages, paper ~30 cts.~ Boards ~50 cts.~

~Dick's Irish Dialect Recitations.~ A 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. 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.

170 pages, paper ~30 cts.~ Boards ~50 cts.~

~Dick's Little Speeches for Little Speakers.~ A carefully selected collection of short and easy pieces, suitable for young children and little tots, thoroughly in keeping with their cunning little ideas and ways; including also instructive, patriotic and earnest pieces appropriate for all occasions.

~15 cts.~

~Kavanaugh's Juvenile Speaker. For very Little Boys and Girls.~ Containing short and easily-learned Speeches and Dialogues, expressly adapted for School Celebrations, May-day Festivals and Children's Exhibitions. By Mrs. Russell Kavanaugh.

Paper ~30 cts.~ Boards ~50 cts.~

~Dick's Home Made Candies; or, How to Make Candy in the Kitchen.~ Containing complete Directions for making all the newest and most delicious Cream Confections, with boiled syrup, or by the French method without boiling: also the best receipts for all the favorite Candies, Bon-bons, Glaces, Caramels, Taffy, etc., with perfectly harmless flavorings and colorings, including all the information for syrup-boiling, clarifying, and the use of utensils, necessary to insure the most successful results.

~25 cts.~

~Confectioner's Hand-Book.~ Giving plain and practical directions for making Confectionery. Containing upward of three hundred Recipes, consisting of directions for making all sorts of Candies, Jellies, Comfits, Preserves, Sugar Boiling, Iced Liquors, Waters, Gum, Paste and Candy Ornaments, Syrups, Marmalades, Essences, Fruit, Pastes, Ice Creams, Icings, Meringues, Chocolates, etc., etc. A complete Hand-Book of the Confectioner's Art.

Price ~25 cts.~

~The Amateur Trapper and Trap-Maker's Guide.~ A complete and carefully prepared treatise on the art of Trapping, Snaring and Netting. This comprehensive work is embellished with fifty engraved illustrations; and these, together with the clear explanations which accompany them, will enable anybody of moderate comprehension to make and set any of the traps described. It also gives the baits usually employed by the most successful Hunters and Trappers, and exposes their secret methods of attracting and catching animals, birds, etc., with scarcely a possibility of failure.

Large 16mo, paper ~50 cts.~ Boards ~75 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.

Boards, cloth ~50 cts.~

~Holberton's Art of Angling; or, How and Where to Catch Fish.~ A practical Hand-Book for learners in everything that pertains to the art of fishing with Rod and Reel. By Wakeman Holberton. Fully illustrated. It describes the special methods and appliances requisite to catch each variety of the finny tribe, and the most favorable localities to find them; with practical hints on camping out, necessary outfit, and the best choice of apparatus and baits, etc.

Cloth, flexible ~50 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.

Paper ~25 cts.~

~The Painter's Hand-Book.~ A thorough Guide to all that pertains to internal and external plain and tasteful House-painting. It explains the nature of the pigments or materials in general use, the best methods for their preparation and appliance, and the art of mixing colors to produce any desired tint or shade; with valuable receipts, hints and information to amateurs and experts.

~25 cts.~

BANJO AND BALL-ROOM GUIDES.

~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 ~50 cts.~ Bound in boards ~75 cts.~

~Hillgrove's Ball-Boom Guide and Complete Dancing-Master.~ Containing a plain treatise on Etiquette and Deportment at Balls and Parties, with valuable hints on Dress and the Toilet, together with

_Full Explanations of the Rudiments, Terms, Figures and Steps used in Dancing_,

_Including Clear and Precise Instructions how to dance all kinds of Quadrilles, Waltzes, Polkas, Redowas, Reels, Round, Plain and Fancy Dances, so that any person may learn them without the aid of a Teacher_,

_To which is added easy directions how to call out the Figures which belong_ to every dance, and the amount of music required for each. Illustrated with 176 descriptive engravings. By T. Hillgrove, Professor of Dancing.

Bound in cloth, with gilt side and back ~$1.00~ Bound in boards ~75 cts.~

~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.

Boards ~50 cts.~

~The Banjo, and How to Play it.~ Containing, in addition to the elementary studies, a choice collection of Polkas, Waltzes Solos, Schottisches. Songs, Hornpipes, Jigs, Reels, etc., with full explanations of both the "Banjo" and "Guitar" styles of execution, and designed to impart a complete knowledge of the art of playing the Banjo practically, without the aid of a teacher. This work is arranged on the progressive system, showing the learner how to play the first few notes of a tune, then the next notes, and so on, a small portion at a time, until he has mastered the entire piece, every detail being as clearly and thoroughly explained as if he had a teacher at his elbow all the time. By Frank B. Converse, author of the "Banjo without a Master."

16mo, bound in boards, cloth back ~50 cts.~

GYMNASTICS, CALISTHENICS AND TRAINING.

~Alexander's Calisthenics and Musical Drill for Little Children.~ Containing Fifty-nine Exercises, with numerous variations, introducing simple Calisthenics and Swimming Motions, Ring, Skipping and Marching Exercises, profusely illustrated, with Piano Music for every movement. A complete work on Recreative Calisthenics for young children and Primary School Classes. By A. Alexander, Professor of Calisthenics and Gymnastics.

Paper ~25 cts.~

~Cruden's Calisthenic Training and Musical Drill.~ A System of Physical Exercises as an aid to Teachers in Class Training. By George Cruden, A.M.

This work contains complete instructions in Military Marching, Dumb-Bell, and Indian Club Exercises; including Musical Drill in Free Gymnastics, Dumb-Bell and Bar-Bell Exercises and Hoop Drill, with explanatory illustrations and Piano Music for every movement.

Boards ~50 cts.~

~Maclaren's Training in Theory and Practice.~ A Handbook of Training for all athletic exercises in accordance with the accepted modern theories and methods. It shows conclusively the errors and risks of the old styles of Training, and gives the most thorough ways of developing in the highest degree the muscular vigor, full respiration, and physical endurance which is indispensable to success in all athletic exercises and competitive exhibitions of strength, speed and skill. By Archibald Maclaren, Professor of Gymnastics of the Oxford University Gymnasium, England.

Paper ~50 cts.~

~Dick's Art of Gymnastics.~ Containing practical and progressive exercises applicable to all the principal apparatus of a well-appointed Gymnasium. Profusely illustrated. This work conveys plain and thorough instruction in the exercises and evolutions taught by the leading Professors of Gymnastics, so that proficiency may be attained, even without the aid of a Teacher. It also offers to Teachers a ready-arranged systematic course for their guidance.

Cloth ~$1.00~.

~Dick's Dumb-Bell and Indian Club Exercises.~ Containing practical and progressive instructions in the use of Dumb-Bells, Bar-Bells and Indian Clubs. Illustrated with cuts showing every position and motion of the body and limbs.

Paper ~25 cts.~