Dick and Fitzgerald Catalog (1866). Чарльз Диккенс
New Dialogues.
Kavanaugh's Comic Pieces for Very Little Children.
Kavanaugh's Humorous Dramas.
Kavanaugh's Juvenile Speaker, for Very Little Children.
Kavanaugh's Exhibition Reciter, for Very Little Children.
Kavanaugh's New Speeches and Dialogues.
Holmes' Very Little Dialogues for Very Little Folks.
Graham's School Dialogues for Young People.
Steele's Exhibition Dialogues.
Martine's Droll Dialogues and Laughable Recitations.
Beecher's Recitations and Readings.
Howard's Recitations; Comic, Serious and Pathetic.
Wilson's Recitations for School Declamation.
Spencer's Comic Speeches and Recitations.
Barton's Comic Recitations and Dialogues.
The price of each of the above books in paper covers is 30 cents; or bound in boards, with cloth back, 50 cents; sent by mail, postage paid, to any address on receipt of the price.
Send for catalogue, mailed free, giving full contents of each book, and the number and sex of the characters required for the dialogues.
LOVE, COURTSHIP AND MATRIMONY
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 groomsman,
How the etiquette of a wedding and all the details of 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.
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.
Courtship Made Easy; or, The Art of Making Love Fully Explained. Containing full directions for Conducting a Courtship with Ladies of every age and Position in society, and valuable information for persons who desire to enter the marriage state. Also, forms of Love-letters to be used on certain occasions.
How to Win and How to Woo. Containing Rules for the Etiquette of Courtship, showing how to win the favor of the Ladies, how to begin and end a Courtship, and how to write Love-Letters.
The Language of Flowers. A complete dictionary of the Language of Flowers, and the sentiments which they express. Well arranged and comprehensive in every detail. All unnecessary matter has been omitted. This little volume is destined to fill a want long felt for a reliable book at a price within the reach of all.
Dictionary of Love. Containing a Definition of all the terms used in the History of the Tender Passion, together with specimens of curious model love letters, and many other interesting matters appertaining to Love, never before published; the whole forming a remarkable Text-Book for all Lovers, as well as a Complete Guide to Matrimony, and a Companion of Married Life.
Anecdotes of Love. Being a true account of the most remarkable events connected with the History of Love in all ages and among all Nations. By Lola Montez, Countess of Landsfeldt.
Poet's Companion. A Dictionary of all Allowable Rhymes in the English Language. This gives the Perfect, the imperfect and Allowable Rhymes, and will enable you to ascertain to a certainty whether any word can be mated. It is invaluable to any one who desires to court the Muses, and is used by some of the best writers in the country.
Green's 100 Tricks With Cards, By J. H. Green, reformed Gambler. This is a book of 96 pages, and exposes and explains all the mysteries of the Gambling Table. It is interesting not only to those who play, but to those who do not. Old Players will get some new ideas from this curious book.
The Wizard of the North's Hand-Book of Natural Magic. Being a series of Tricks of Deception, arranged for Amateurs. By Professor J. H. Anderson.
BOOKS ON CARD GAMES
Blackbridge's Complete Poker Player. A Practical Guide-Book to the American National Game; containing mathematical and experimental analyses of the probabilities of Draw Poker. By John Blackbridge, Actuary. This, as its title implies, is an exhaustive treatise on Draw Poker, giving minute and detailed information on the various chances, expectations, possibilities and probabilities that can occur in all stages of the game, with directions and advice for successful play, deduced from actual practice and experience, and founded on precise mathematical data.
Proctor on Draw-Poker. By Prof. Richard A. Proctor. An interesting Treatise on the Laws and Usages which govern the Game of Draw-Poker, with Practical Remarks upon the Chances and Probabilities of the Game, and a Critical Analysis of the Theories and Statistics advanced by Blackbridge and other writers, and especially in regard to their doctrines relating to cumulative recurrences.
Talk of Uncle George to his Nephew About Draw Poker. Containing valuable suggestions in connection with this Great American Game; also instructions and directions to Clubs and Social Card Parties. Illustrated.
How Gamblers Win; or, The Secrets of Advantage Playing Exposed. Being a complete and scientific exposé of the manner of playing all the numerous advantages in the various Card Games, as practised by professional gamblers. This work is designed as a warning to self-confident card-players.
The Thompson Street Poker Club. A true and authentic record of the astonishing poker play perpetrated by this notorious "Culled" Club with their peculiar hands, and summarily simple mode of settlements, portraying the peculiar humor, oddities and extravagances of the Negro in his happiest vein. Profusely illustrated by E. W. Kemble, in his most mirth-provoking style.
The Mott Street Poker Club. Being the Secretary's Minutes of each session of this celebrated Chinese Club from its foundation to its close; a full revelation of its proceedings,