LEE AND SHEPARD'S HANDBOOKS.
PRONOUNCING HANDBOOK
Of three thousand words often mispronounced, and of words as to which a choice of pronunciation is allowed. By Richard Soule and Loomis J. Campbell. Price 50 cents.
HANDBOOK OF ENGLISH SYNONYMS.
With an Appendix showing the correct use of prepositions, also a collection of foreign phrases. By Loomis J. Campbell. Cloth. Price 50 cents.
HANDBOOK OF CONVERSATION.
Its Faults and its Graces. Compiled by Andrew P. Peabody, D.D., LL.D. Comprising: 1. Dr. Peabody's Lecture. 2. Mr. Trench's Lecture. 3. Mr. Parry Gwynn's "A Word to the Wise; or, Hints on the Current Improprieties of Writing and Speaking." 4. Mistakes and Improprieties in Speaking and and Writing corrected. Cloth. Price 50 cents.
TAXIDERMY WITHOUT A TEACHER.
Comprising a complete manual of instruction for preparing and preserving birds, animals, and fishes; with a chapter on hunting and hygiene; together with instructions for preserving eggs and making skeletons, and a number of valuable recipes. By Walter P. Manton, author of "Field Botany," and "Insects; How to Catch and How to Prepare them for the Cabinet." Illustrated. 50 cents.
INSECTS;
How to Catch and How to Prepare them for the Cabinet. Comprising a manual of instruction for the field-naturalist. By Walter P. Manton. Illustrated. Cloth. Price 50 cents.
FIELD BOTANY.
A handbook for the collector. Containing instructions for gathering and preserving plants, and the formation of a herbarium. Also complete instructions in leaf photography, plant printing, and the skeletonizing of leaves. By Walter P. Manton. Illustrated. Price 50 cents.
HINTS AND HELPS
For those who Write, Print, or Read. By Benjamin Drew, Proof-reader.
Price 50 cents.
This is a practical work, by a practical man who has had many years of experience as a proof-reader, and gives the most valuable information to all who write, print, or read.
HANDBOOK OF LIGHT GYMNASTICS.
By Lucy B. Hunt, Instructor in Gymnastics at Smith (Female) College, Northampton, Mass. Price 50 cents.
PRACTICAL BOAT-SAILING.
By Douglas Frazar. Classic size, $1.00. With numerous diagrams and illustrations.
A concise and simple treatise on the management of small boats and yachts, under all conditions, with explanatory chapters on ordinary sea-manœuvres, the use of sails, helm, and anchor, and advice as to what is proper to be done in different emergencies; supplemented by a vocabulary of nautical terms.
HANDBOOK OF PUNCTUATION,
And Other Typographical Matters. For the use of printers, authors, teachers, and scholars. By Marshall T. Bigelow, Corrector at the University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 18mo. Cloth. 50 cents.
"I cordially recommend it to all authors, printers, and men of letters."—I. Austin Allibone.
"We have found it so useful that we wish to make a special commendation of it."—New-England Journal of Education.
HANDBOOK OF ELOCUTION SIMPLIFIED.
By Walter K. Fobes, with an introduction by George M. Baker. Cloth, 50 cents.
SHORT STUDIES OF AMERICAN AUTHORS.
By Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Price 50 cents.
HANDBOOK OF WOOD ENGRAVING.
With Practical Instructions in the Art for persons wishing to learn without an Instructor. Containing a Description of Tools and Apparatus used, and Explaining the Manner of Engraving the Various Classes of Work; also a History of the Art from its Origin to the Present time. By William A. Emerson, Wood Engraver. New Edition. Illustrated. Price $1.00.
THE STARS AND THE EARTH;
Or, Thoughts upon Space, Time, and Eternity. With an Introduction by Thomas Hill, D.D., LL.D., late President of Harvard University. Cloth, 50 cents.
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