"An excellent hand-book, giving in a compact form biographies of the persons in whom the student and writer would naturally take most interest."—New York Tribune.
For sale by all Booksellers, or will be sent post-paid on receipt of price, by the publisher, A. L. BURT, 66 Reade Street, New York.
Friendly Chats With Girls. A series of talks on manners, duty, behavior and social customs. Containing sensible advice and counsel on a great variety of important matters which girls should know. By Mrs. M. A. Kidder. Illustrated. Cloth, 16mo, price 50 cents.
"Every girl that reads and understands this little book will be all the wiser and prettier for it, and she will learn that excellent secret that true beauty comes from within, and is not for sale at the dressmaker's or the apothecary's."—Boston Beacon.
The Art of Letter Writing. A manual of polite correspondence, containing the correct forms for all letters of a commercial, social, or ceremonial nature, with copious explanatory chapters on arrangement, grammatical forms, punctuation, etc., etc. By Jennie Taylor Wandle. Cloth, 16mo, price 50 cents.
"These little works on letter-writing are not to be despised. They often stimulate ambition, and it is a much better sign for a person who has had few school advantages to be seen consulting an authoritative volume of this kind, than to see him plunging heedlessly into letter-writing with all his ignorance clinging around him."—N. Y. Telegram.
Ladies' Fancy Work. New Revised Edition, giving designs and plain directions for all kinds of Fancy Needle-Work. Edited by Jenny June. 700 illustrations. Paper cover, price 50 cents.
"I have examined carefully the beautifully printed manuals edited by Mrs. Croly [Jenny June], whose work here, as elsewhere, is as careful and thorough as she has taught us to expect. They will be invaluable to all needle-workers, and deserve the success they will most undoubtedly obtain."—Mrs. Helen Campbell.
Knitting and Crochet. A guide to the use of the Needle and the Hook. Edited by Jenny June. 200 illustrations. Paper cover, price 50 cents.
"... I cannot think of a more useful present for young housekeepers and mothers, who can gain much important information from these books to aid in decorating their homes and to trim their clothing tastefully."—Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher.