New Card Games Sent Postage Paid on Receipt of Price
Cards for Courtship.—These cards may be used either by two persons, or they will make lots of fun for an evening-party of young people. There are fourteen question-cards and twenty-eight answers—forty-two in all. Each answer will respond differently to every one of the questions. Put up in handsome card cases, on which are printed directions.30 cts.
Love-Letter Cards.—We have just printed a new and novel Set of Cards which will delight the hearts of young people susceptible of the tender passion. These consist of forty-two cards—twenty-one pink or yellow, and the same number of white ones. Each white card has printed on it a love-letter to a lady, and each of the colored cards has her reply. Put up in handsome cases, on which are printed directions.30 cts.
Fortune-Telling Cards.—Solutions of uncertain and intricate questions relative to love, luck, lotteries, matrimony, business matters, journeys, and future events generally, are here given in a direct, piquant and satisfactory manner. These cards will also afford a fund of amusement in a party of young people. Each package is enclosed in a card case, on which are printed directions for using the cards. Price30 cts.
Leap-Year Cards.—To enable any lady to pop the question to the chosen one of her heart. This set of cards is intended more to make fun among young people than for any practical utility. There are twenty-one pink or yellow cards, and the same number of white ones—forty-two in all. On each of the colored cards is printed a letter from a lady to a gentleman, wherein the fair one declares her love, or pops the question in a humorously sentimental manner. The letters all differ in style, and in the mode of attack. The twenty-one answers on white cards, is where the fun comes in.30 cts.
The Laughable Adventures of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson.—Showing where they went and how they went; what they did and how they did it. With nearly two hundred most thrillingly comic engravings. Price30 cts.
The Plate of Chowder; A Dish for Funny Fellows.—Appropriately illustrated with 100 Comic Engravings. By the author of “Mrs. Partington’s Carpet-Bag of Fun.” Price25 cts.
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SETH CONLY, Publisher.
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Wonders of the Sea.—A very fascinating and instructive book. 12mo. Will be illustrated. Price 50 cts. (Preparing.)
Wonders of the Heavens: or, Astronomy made Popular.—Interesting as a Fairy story to the Young. Illustrated. 12mo. 50 cts. (Preparing.)
The Taxidermist’s Guide; or, The Art of Collecting, Preparing, Mounting, and Preserving all kinds of animals, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, etc. It gives the best methods of preserving Birds’ Eggs; the art of arranging all kinds of Marine, Hard and Fresh Water Shells; how to breed and rear Insects, and much other valuable and interesting information, indispensable to the Naturalist, Amateur, and Traveller. Illustrated with many fine engravings. Price 30 cents. (Ready April 15.)
The Magician’s Guide; or, Conjuring made Easy.—This book is not a mere compilation of disconnected experiments, or tricks, as is usually the case with books of this kind. This work has been written by a celebrated conjuror, with the sincere desire to impart real knowledge of the mysteries of his art, and the book is indispensable to those who aim to become adepts in the Magician’s Art, or who desire to be the sought and welcome guest at evening parties, social games, and at social entertainments generally. Illustrated. Price 25 cents. (Ready March 1.)
Tricks and Diversions with Cards.—A new book, containing the latest tricks of the most celebrated conjurors, magicians, and prestigiators, popularly explained, simplified and adapted for home amusement and social entertainments. For lovers of the marvellous and ingenious, this book will be a perpetual source of enjoyment. The whole is so elucidated, that any one can, with a little practice, perform the most difficult feats to his own satisfaction, and the wonder and admiration of his friends. Fully illustrated. Price 30 cents, post paid. (Ready.)
Youman’s Dictionary of Every Day Wants.—Just out. 539 large pages. This is a great work. The amount of desirable information it contains is immense. The Index alone makes 55 long columns in small type. The book is of itself a complete Library of Reference. It is just what you have often wished for. It tells you how to do almost everything. A large 16 page circular, sent free on application, will give such information in regard to this most useful book, that you will desire to obtain it without delay. Write for the circular. Agents wanted, to whom great inducements are offered.
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SETH CONLY, Publisher
No. 524 Sixth Avenue, New York.
Transcriber's notes:
The following is a list of changes made to the original. The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one.
Page 10:
Although a good many screaching females in these Women's Rights,
Although a good many screeching females in these Women's Rights,
Page 11:
men who with shut jaws, gleaming eyes, and fixed byonets
men who with shut jaws, gleaming eyes, and fixed bayonets
Page 28:
though he is a farmer, not much used to society, there is to-day
Though he is a farmer, not much used to society, there is to-day
Page 46:
Salutes and Salutations, Calls, Conversations, Invtations,
Salutes and Salutations, Calls, Conversations, Invitations,