The Magician's Own Book, or, the Whole Art of Conjuring / Being a complete hand-book of parlor magic, and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, together with all the most noted tricks of modern performers.

by George Arnold; Frank Cahill

Miscellaneous Books.

Courtship Made Easy; or, the Mysteries of Making Love Fully Explained. With specimen Love Letters. Containing also a Treatise on the general qualifications necessary for Marriage, and the proper age and condition for Wedlock, &c. By HARRY HAZEN, Jr., a widower who has been thrice married, but is still young enough to be an especial favorite of the ladies. price 13

The Ladies' Love Oracle; or, Counsellor to the Fair Sex. Being a complete Fortune Teller and Interpreter to all questions upon the different events and situations of life, but more especially relating to all circumstances connected with Love, Courtship and Marriage. By MADAM LE MARCHAND. Illustrated cover, printed in colors. price $0 25

Chesterfield's Art of Letter-writing Simplified. A Guide to Friendly, Affectionate, Polite and Business Correspondence. price 13

Containing a large collection of the most valuable information relative to the Art of Letter-Writing, with clear and complete instructions how to begin and end Correspondence, Rules for Punctuation and Spelling, &c., together with numerous examples of Letters and Notes on every subject of Epistolary intercourse, with several Important Hints on Love Letters.

The Laws of Love. A Complete Code of Gallantry. 12mo. Paper, price 25

Containing concise rules for the conduct of Courtship through its entire progress, aphorisms of love, rules for telling the characters and dispositions of women, remedies for love, and an Epistolary Code.

Gamblers' Tricks with Cards Exposed and Explained. By J. H. GREEN, Reformed Gambler. 12mo. Paper. price 25

This work contains one hundred tricks with cards, explained, and shows the numerous cheats which Gamblers practice upon their unwary dupes. The uninitiated will stare when they here see how easily they can be swindled by dealing, cutting, and shuffling cards.

How to Win and How to Woo; Containing Rules for the Etiquette of Courtship, with directions showing how to win the favor of Ladies, how to begin and end a Courtship, and how Love Letters should be written. price 13

Bridal Etiquette; A Sensible Guide to the Etiquette and Observances of the Marriage Ceremonies; containing complete directions for Bridal Receptions, and the necessary rules for bridesmaids, groomsmen, sending cards, &c., &c. price 13

How to Behave; or, The Spirit of Etiquette: A complete guide to Polite Society, for Ladies and Gentlemen; containing rules for good behavior at the dinner table, in the parlor, and in the street; with important hints on introduction, and the art of conversation. price 13

Dashes of American Humor. With numerous laughable illustrations, on tinted paper, from designs from John Leach, 320 pages,

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This work contains in its 320 pages, some thirty of the most amusing articles we have ever perused, redolent with not only humor, but with wisdom and pathos; the happiest days and most innocent recreations of our youth are here recalled.

Dr. Valentine's Comic Lectures. A Budget of Wit and Humor; or, Morsels of Mirth for the Melancholy. A certain cure for the Blues, and all other serious complaints. 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, the favorite delineator of Eccentric Characters. Illustrated with twelve portraits of Dr. Valentine in his most celebrated characters. 12mo.,

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Dr. Valentine's Comic Metamorphoses. Being the second series of Dr. Valentine's Lectures, with characters as given by the late Yankee Hill. Embellished with numerous portraits.

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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 200 most thrillingly comic engravings. price 25

Laughing Gas. An Encyclopedia of Wit, Wisdom and Wind. By SAM SLICK, Jr. Comically illustrated with 103 original and laughable engravings, and near 500 side-extending jokes, and other things to get fat on; and the best of it is, that everything about the book is new and fresh—all new; new designs, new stories, new type—no comic almanac stuff. It will be found a complete antidote to "hard times." price 25

The Courtship of Chevalier Sly-Fox-Wikoff, showing his heart-rending, astounding, and most wonderful love adventures with Fanny Elssler and Miss Gambol. Illustrated with 200 comic engravings price $0 25

The Extraordinary and Mirth-Provoking Adventures by Sea and Land, of Oscar Shanghai. Illustrated by nearly 200 comic engravings price 25

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All told in a series of nearly two hundred of the most risible, quizzible, provoking, peculiar, saucy and spicy cuts ever gathered within the leaves of any one book. All fond of a hearty laugh, here is amusement for many a merry hour.

Charley White's Ethiopian Joke Book. Being a perfect Casket of Fun, the first and only work of the kind ever published. Containing a full expose of all the most laughable Jokes, Stories, Witticisms, &c., as told by the celebrated Ethiopian Comedian, Charles White. 18mo., 94 pages price 12 ¹⁄₂

Black Wit and Darkey Conversations. By Charles White. Containing a large collection of Laughable Anecdotes, Jokes, Stories, Witticisms, and Darkey Conversations. 18mo., price 12 ¹⁄₂

Chips from Uncle Sam's Jack Knife. Illustrated with over one hundred Comical Engravings, and comprising a collection of over 500 Laughable Stories, Funny Adventures, Comic Poetry, Queer Conundrums, Terrific Puns, Witty Sayings, Sublime Jokes and Sentimental Sentences. The whole being a most perfect portfolio for those who love to laugh. Large Octavo price 25

The Comical Adventures of David Dufficks. Illustrated with over 100 Funny engravings. Large Octavo, price 25

Yale College Scrapes; or How the Boys Go It at New Haven. price 25

This is a book of 114 pages, containing accounts of all the noted and famous "Scrapes" and "Sprees," of which students at Old Yale have been guilty for the last quarter of a century.

The Comic Wandering Jew. Full of Fun and containing 100 Humorous engravings price 25

Any Book on this List will be sent to any address in the United States or Canada, Free of Postage. Send Cash Orders to

DICK & FITZGERALD, 18 Ann St., N. Y.