Hillgrove’s Ball-Room Guide and Complete Dancing-Master. Containing a plain treatise on Etiquette and Deportment at Balls and Parties, with valuable hints on Dress and the Toilet, together with
- Full Explanations of the Rudiments, Terms, Figures and Steps used in Dancing;
- Including Clear and Precise Instructions how to dance all kinds of Quadrilles, Waltzes, Polkas, Redowas, Reels, Round, Plain and Fancy Dances, so that any person may learn them without the aid of a Teacher;
- To which is added easy directions how to call out the Figures
of every dance, and the amount of music required for each. Illustrated with 176 descriptive engravings. By T. Hillgrove, Professor of Dancing.
Bound in cloth, with gilt side and back $1.00
Bound in boards, with cloth back 75 cts.
The Banjo, and How to Play it. Containing, in addition to the elementary studies, a choice collection of Polkas, Waltzes, Solos, Schottisches, Songs, Hornpipes, Jigs, Reels, etc., with full explanations of both the “Banjo” and “Guitar” styles of execution, and designed to impart a complete knowledge of the art of playing the Banjo practically, without the aid of a teacher. This work is arranged on the progressive system, showing the learner how to play the first few notes of a tune, then the next notes, and so on, a small portion at a time, until he has mastered the entire piece, every detail being as clearly and thoroughly explained as if he had a teacher at his elbow all the time. By Frank B. Converse, author of the “Banjo without a Master.” 16mo., bound in boards, cloth back
50 cts.
Ned Donnelly’s Art of Boxing. A thorough Manual of Sparring and Self-Defence, illustrated with Forty Engravings, showing the various Blows, Stops and Guards; by Ned Donnelly, Professor of Boxing to the London Athletic Club, etc., etc. This work explains in detail every movement of attack and defence in the clearest language, and in accordance with the most approved and modern methods; the engravings are very distinctly drawn, and show each position and motion as plainly as the personal instruction of a professor could convey it. It teaches all the feints and dodges practised by experienced boxers, and gives advice to those who desire to perfect themselves in the Manly Art. 121 pages.
Price 25 cts.
Athletic Sports for Boys. Containing clear and complete instructions in Gymnastics, and the manly accomplishments of Skating, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Horsemanship, Riding, Driving, Angling, Fencing and Broadsword. Illustrated with 194 wood cuts. Bound in boards
75 cts.
Sut Lovingood. Yarns spun by “A Nat’ral Born Durn’d Fool.” Warped and Wove for Public Wear, by George W. Harris. Illustrated with eight fine full page engravings, from designs by Howard. It would be difficult, we think, to cram a larger amount of pungent humor into 300 pages than will be found in this really funny book. The Preface and Dedication are models of sly simplicity, and the 24 Sketches which follow are among the best specimens of broad burlesque to which the genius of the ludicrous, for which the Southwest is so distinguished, has yet given birth. 12mo., tinted paper, cloth, gilt edges
$1.50
Uncle Josh’s Trunkful of Fun. Containing a rich collection of
- Comical Stones, Cruel Sells,
- Side-Splitting Jokes, Humorous Poetry,
- Quaint Parodies, Burlesque Sermons,
- New Conundrums, Mirth-Provoking Speeches,
- Curious Puzzles, Amusing Card Tricks, and
- Astonishing Feats of Parlor-Magic.
This book is illustrated with nearly 200 funny engravings, and contains, in 64 large octavo double-column pages, at least three times as much reading matter and real fun as any other book of the price.
15 cts.