The whole containing 300 Sensible Letters and Notes. This is an invaluable book for those persons who have not had sufficient practice to enable them to write letters without great effort. It contains such a variety of letters, that models may be found to suit every subject.
207 pages, bound in boards, cloth back 50 cts.
Bound in cloth 75 cts.

Martine’s Hand-Book of Etiquette and Guide to True Politeness. A complete Manual for all those who desire to understand good breeding, the customs of good society, and to avoid incorrect and vulgar habits. Containing clear and comprehensive directions for correct manners, conversation, dress, introductions, rules for good behavior at Dinner Parties and the Table, with hints on carving and wine at table; together with the Etiquette of the Ball and Assembly Room, Evening Parties, and the usages to be observed when visiting or receiving calls; Deportment in the street and when traveling. To which is added the Etiquette of Courtship, Marriage, Domestic Duties and fifty-six rules to be observed in general society. By Arthur Martine.
Bound in boards 50 cts.
Bound in cloth, gilt sides 75 cts.

Dick’s Quadrille Call-Book and Ball-Room Prompter. Containing clear directions how to call out the figures of every dance, with the quantity of music necessary for each figure, and simple explanations of all the figures which occur in Plain and Fancy Quadrilles. This book gives plain and comprehensive instructions how to dance all the new and popular dances, fully describing

AND OVER ONE HUNDRED FIGURES FOR THE  “GERMAN;”

To which is added a Sensible Guide to Etiquette and Proper Deportment in the Ball and Assembly Room, besides seventy pages of dance music for the piano.
Paper covers 50 cts.
Bound in boards 75 cts.

Odell’s System of Short-Hand. (Taylor Improved.) By which the method of taking down sermons, lectures, trials, speeches, etc., may be easily acquired, without the aid of a master. With a supplement containing exercises and other useful information for the use of those who wish to perfect themselves in the art of stenography. The instructions given in this book are on the inductive principle: first showing the learner how to get accustomed to the contracted form of spelling words, and then substituting the stenographic characters for the contractions. By this plan the difficulties of mastering this useful art are very much lessened, and the time required to attain proficiency reduced to the least possible limits.
Small quarto, paper cover 25 cts.

Alice in Wonderland, and other Fairy Plays for Children. Consisting of Four Juvenile Dramas, the first of which is a faithful Dramatic Version of Mr. Lewis Carroll’s well-known  “Alice in Wonderland;” and all combining, in the happiest manner, light comedy, burlesque, and extravaganza. By Kate Freiligrath-Kroeker. These plays are written in a style of quaint, childish simplicity, but embody a brilliant vein of wit and humor. The music of all the songs introduced is given, thus rendering each drama complete in all respects.
143 pages, illuminated paper cover 30 cts.
Bound in boards 50 cts.

The American Housewife and Kitchen Directory. This valuable book embraces three hundred and seventy-eight recipes for cooking all sorts of American dishes in the most economical manner; it also contains a variety of important secrets for washing, cleaning, scouring and extracting grease, paint, stains and iron-mould from cloth, muslin and linen.
Bound in ornamental paper covers 30 cts.
Bound in boards, with cloth back 50 cts.

The American Card Player. An entirely new edition, containing all the improvements, latest decisions, and modern methods of playing the games of Whist, Euchre, Cribbage, Bézique, Sixty-six, Penuchle, Cassino, Draw Poker, and All Fours, in exact accordance with the best authorities, with all the accepted varieties of these popular games.
150 pages, bound in boards, cloth back 50 cts.