- Hints on Letter Writing
- Letters of Introduction
- Answers to Letters of Introduction
- Letters and Notes of Invitation
- Forms of Cards
- Notes of Postponement
- Letters and Notes Accepting and Declining Invitations
- Letters of Apology
- Letters of Announcement
- Notes and Letters Accompanying Gifts
- Notes and Letters of Acknowledgment
- Notes and Letters Soliciting Favors
- Notes and Letters Offering Favors
- Notes and Letters Granting or Declining Favors
- Notes Soliciting Donations
- Notes and Letters Granting or Refusing Donations
- Letters of Congratulation
- Letters of Condolence
- Answers to Letters of Condolence
- Household Letters and Notes
- Forms of Household Orders
- Answers to Household Letters
- Business Letters and Notes
- Shopping by Mail
- Forms of Orders
- Miscellaneous Business Letters
- Family Letters
- Miscellaneous Notes and Letters
These new and Original Letters have been written expressly for this work in an easy and elegant style, furnishing excellent models which fulfill all the social, formal and business conditions that occur in the Correspondence of Ladies who move in refined society. There are many otherwise highly accomplished ladies who experience considerable difficulty in inditing a good letter, and frequently find themselves embarrassed from a want of facility in method of expression and proper form; to them this work is especially adapted, and will afford them valuable aid in rendering the task of correspondence easy and light.
12mo., Cloth, Price $1.25
Dick’s Mysteries of the Hand; or, Palmistry made Easy. Translated, Abridged and Arranged from the French Works of Desbarrolles, D’Arpentigny and De Para d’Hermes. This book is a concise summary of the elaborate works of the above-named authorities on Palmistry.
The various lines and mounts on the palm of the hand, and the typical formation of the hand and fingers are all clearly explained and illustrated by diagrams. The meaning to be deduced from the greater or less development of these mounts and lines (each of which has its own signification), also from the length, thickness and shape of the thumb and fingers, and from the mutual bearing they exercise on each other, is all distinctly explained.
Complete facility for instant reference is insured by means of marginal notes by which any point of detail may be found and consulted at a glance.
By means of this book the hitherto occult mystery of Palmistry is made simple and easy, and the whole Art may be acquired without difficulty or delay. It is emphatically Palmistry in a nutshell, and by its use, character and disposition can be discerned and probable future destiny foretold with surprising accuracy.
Illuminated paper cover 50 cts.
Dick’s Hand-Book of Whist. Containing Pole’s and Clay’s Rules for playing the modern scientific game; the Club Rules of Whist, and two interesting Double Dummy Problems. This is a thorough treatise on the game of Whist, taken from “The American Hoyle” which is the standard authority. It covers all the points and intricacies which arise in the game; including the acknowledged code of etiquette observed by the players, with Drayson’s remarks on Trumps, their use and abuse, and all the modern methods of signalling between partners.
Price 25 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. It teaches how to set type in the stick, transfer the matter to the galley and make it up in forms; also how to take proofs and correct them, showing all the signs used by practical proof-readers in correcting proofs; it illustrates the plan of the type-case, showing the relative positions of the compartments allotted to the type of each letter, etc., and the correct manner of replacing or distributing type in the case. The practical instructions given in this work are complete and so plainly described that any amateur can become a good printer by studying and applying the information it contains. Paper covers.
Price 25 cts.
Talk of Uncle George to his Nephew About Draw Poker. Containing valuable suggestions in connection with this Great American Game; also instructions and directions to Clubs and Social Card Parties, whose members play only for recreation and pastime, with timely warnings to young players. Illustrated. In which Uncle George narrates to his nephew the experience he has gathered in the course of his travels West and East; showing him, in a chatty and familiar style, the devices, tricks, appliances, and advantages by which gentlemanly gamblers fleece the unsophisticated and unwary in the popular game of Draw Poker, and offering him plain and fatherly advice as to the best means for frustrating their efforts and avoiding their traps. Every one who takes a hand at “Draw” will be a gainer by perusing what Uncle George says about it, and become a wiser as well as a richer man. Quarto.
Paper. Price 25 cts.
Proctor on Draw-Poker. A Critical Dissertation on “Poker Principles and Chance Laws.” By Prof. Richard A. Proctor. An interesting Treatise on the Laws and Usages which govern the Game of Draw-Poker, with Practical Remarks upon the Chances and Probabilities of the Game, and a Critical Analysis of the Theories and Statistics advanced by Blackbridge and other writers on the subject, and especially in regard to their doctrines relating to cumulative recurrences.
Small quarto 15 cts.