Barber’s American Book of Ready-Made Speeches. Containing 159 original examples of Humorous and Serious Speeches, suitable for every possible occasion where a speech may be called for, together with appropriate replies to each. Including:
- Presentation Speeches.
- Convivial Speeches.
- Festival Speeches.
- Addresses of Congratulation.
- Addresses of Welcome.
- Addresses of Compliment.
- Political Speeches.
- Dinner and Supper Speeches for Clubs, etc.
- Off-Hand Speeches on a Variety of Subjects.
- Miscellaneous Speeches.
- Toasts and Sentiments for Public and Private Entertainments.
- Preambles and Resolutions of Congratulation, Compliment and Condolence.
With this book any person may prepare himself to make a neat little speech, or reply to one when called upon to do so. They are all short, appropriate and witty, and even ready speakers may profit by them.
Paper 50 cts.
Bound in boards, cloth back 75 cts.
Day’s American Ready-Reckoner. By B. H. Day. This Ready-Reckoner is composed of Original Tables, which are positively correct, having been revised in the most careful manner. It is a book of 192 pages, and embraces more matter than 500 pages of any other Reckoner. It contains: Tables for Rapid Calculations of Aggregate Values, Wages, Salaries, Board, Interest Money, etc.; Tables of Timber and Plank Measurement; Tables of Board and Log Measurement, and a great variety of Tables and useful calculations which it would be impossible to enumerate in an advertisement of this limited space. All the information in this valuable book is given in a simple manner, and is made so plain, that any person can use it at once without any previous study or loss of time.
Bound in boards, with cloth back 50 cts.
Bound in cloth, gilt back 75 cts.
The Art and Etiquette of Making Love. A Manual of Love, Courtship and Matrimony. It tells
How to cure bashfulness,
How to commence a courtship,
How to please a sweetheart or lover,
How to write a love-letter,
How to “pop the question,”
How to act before and after a proposal,
How to accept or reject a proposal,
How to break off an engagement,
How to act after an engagement,
How to act as bridesmaid or grooms-man,
How the etiquette of a wedding and the after reception should be observed.
And, in fact, how to fulfill every duty and meet every contingency connected with courtship and matrimony. 176 pages.
Paper covers 30 cts.
Bound in boards, cloth back 50 cts.
Frank Converse’s Complete Banjo Instructor Without a Master. Containing a choice collection of Banjo Solos and Hornpipes, Walk Arounds, Reels and Jigs, Songs and Banjo Stories, progressively arranged and plainly explained, enabling the learner to become a proficient banjoist without the aid of a teacher. The necessary explanations accompany each tune, and are placed under the notes on each page, plainly showing the string required, the finger to be used for stopping it, the manner of striking, and the number of times it must be sounded. The Instructor is illustrated with diagrams and explanatory symbols. 100 pages. Bound in boards, cloth back.
50 cts.
Hard Words Made Easy. Rules for Pronunciation and Accent; with instructions how to pronounce French, Italian, German, Spanish, and other foreign names.
12 cts.
Rarey & Knowlson’s Complete Horse Tamer and Farrier. A New and Improved Edition, containing: Mr. Rarey’s Whole Secret of Subduing and Breaking Vicious Horses; His Improved Plan of Managing Young Colts, and Breaking them to the Saddle, to Harness and the Sulky. Rules for Selecting a Good Horse, and for Feeding Horses. Also the Complete Farrier or Horse Doctor; being the result of fifty years’ extensive practice of the author, John C. Knowlson, during his life an English Farrier of high popularity; containing the latest discoveries in the cure of Spavin. Illustrated with descriptive engravings. Bound in boards, cloth back 50 cts.