AND FIFTY OTHER DIVERTING PARLOR PASTIMES AND AMUSEMENTS.
It contains also a full Catalogue of the celebrated “Art Exhibition,” and a practical treatise on the wonderful Science of Second-Sight, by the aid of which all the startling effects and achievements of second-sight may be performed by any one possessing a tolerable retentive memory.
This work is thoroughly practical and gives the fullest instructions for preparing and lighting the stage, the construction of the Frames for Living Portraits, and shows how each performance can be presented with complete success. It is illustrated with numerous engravings explaining the text.
150 pages, paper cover 30 cts.
Bound in boards, cloth back 50 cts.
Walker’s Rhyming, Spelling and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language. Containing
- I. The whole Language arranged according to its terminations.
- II. Every Word explained and divided into Syllables, exactly as pronounced.
- III. Multitudes of Words, liable to a double pronunciation, fixed in their true sound by a Rhyme.
- IV. Many of the most difficult Words rendered easy to be pronounced, by being classed according to their endings.
- V. Numerous classes of Words ascertained in their pronunciation, by distinguishing them into perfect, nearly perfect and allowable Rhymes.
To which is added critical and practical Observations on Orthography Syllabication, Pronunciation, an Index of Allowable Rhymes, with Authorities for their usage, etc. Royal 12mo, 700 pages.
$3.00
Book of Household Pets. Containing valuable instructions about the Diseases, Breeding, Training and Management of the Canary, Mocking Bird, Brown Thrush or Thrasher, Blue Bird, Yellow Bird, Scarlet Tanager, Bobolink, Baltimore Oriole, European Black Bird, Blue Jay, Blue and Yellow Macaw, Carolina Parrakeet, Cockatoo, Green and Gray Parrot, and the rearing and management of all kinds of Pigeons and Fancy Poultry, Rabbits, Squirrels, Guinea Pigs, White Mice and Dogs; together with a Comprehensive Treatise on the Principle and Management of the Salt and Fresh Water Aquarium, with instructions how to make, lay the foundation, and stock the Tank. Illustrated with 123 fine wood-cuts. Bound in boards, cloth back.
50 cts.
Chesterfield’s Art of Letter-Writing Simplified. A Guide to Friendly, Affectionate, Polite and Business Correspondence. Containing a collection of valuable information relative to the Art of Letter-Writing, with clear instructions how to begin and end Correspondence, Rules for Punctuation and Spelling, etc., with numerous examples of Letters and Notes, with several important hints on Love-letters.
15 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, together with an original Poem on Abraham Lincoln. By George Alfred Townsend, a Special Correspondent. Illustrated on the cover with a fine portrait of the Assassin and also containing Plans, Maps, etc. Octavo.
25 cts.
The Hindoo Fortune-Teller and Oracle of Destiny. Containing Ten Methods of Telling Fortunes with Cards, a complete system of Fortune Telling with Dice, together with Sixty-seven Good and Bad Omens, with their interpretation.
15 cts.