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Live and Learn; or, One Thousand Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Writing and Pronunciation, Corrected and Explained. There are hundreds of persons who are sensible of their deficiencies on many points connected with the Grammar of their own tongue, and who, by self tuition, may correct such deficiencies. For such persons this book has been written.
- It Corrects and Explains 1,000 Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Writing and Pronunciation.
- It Explains the many Perplexing points that occasion difficulty to the student.
- It Explains most of the Latin and French words and phrases of frequent occurrence in newspapers, magazines and Books.
- It shows how to punctuate and paragraph correctly.
- It shows all the current improprieties of expression and gives rules for their correction.
- It gives clear rules for the use of Capitals and Italics.
- It gives plain, general rules for spelling.
- It gives detailed instructions for writing for the Press in the various departments of newspaper and general literature.
213 pages, paper cover 30 cts.
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Confectioner’s Hand-Book. Giving plain and practical directions for making Confectionery. Containing upwards of three hundred Recipes, consisting of directions for making all sorts of Candies, Jellies, Comfits, Preserves, Sugar Boiling, Iced Liquors, Waters, Gum, Paste and Candy Ornaments, Syrups, Marmalades, Essences, Fruit Pastes, Ice Creams, Icings, Meringues, Chocolates, etc., etc. A complete Hand-Book of the Confectioner’s Art.
Price25 cts.
Howard’s Book of Love-Poetry. A Curious and Beautiful Collection of Tenderly Delicate, Sweetly Pathetic, and Amusingly Quizzical Poetical Love-Addresses; containing a large number of the most admired selections from the leading Poets suitable for quotations in Love-Letters, and applicable to all phases and contingencies incident to the tender passion. 141 pages
25 cts.
“Trump’s” American Hoyle; or, Gentleman’s Hand-Book of Games. This work contains an exhaustive treatise on Whist, by William Pole, F.R.S. and the rules for playing that game as laid down by the Hon. James Clay. It also contains clear descriptions of all the games played in the United States, with the American rules for playing them; including
Euchre, Bézique, Cribbage, Baccara, All Fours, Loo, Poker, Brag, Piquet, Pedro Sancho, Penuchle, Railroad Euchre, Jack Pots, Ecarté, Boston, California Jack, Cassino, Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Billiards, Dominoes, and a hundred other games.
This work is designed as an American authority in all games of skill and chance, and will settle any disputed point. It has been prepared with great care, and is not a re-hash of English games, but a live American book, expressly prepared for American players. The American Hoyle contains 525 pages, is printed on fine white paper, bound in cloth, with extra gilt side and beveled boards, and is profusely illustrated.
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