.-JJ^^C mt^i^' G V IZOl •Piz ^OYS. J^-^.'^pi^WV "^i^^^^? * LIBRARY OF COXGIIESS, t f UNITED STATES OF AMKHICA.f MMMMMMM ir* GOOD BOOKS. Hillgrove's Ball Room Guide, and Complete Practical Danciner Master. Containing a Plain Treatise on Etiquette and Deportment at Balls and Parties, with Valuable Hints in Dress and the Toilet, together with full explanations and descriptions of the Eudi- ments, 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 Direc- tions for Calling out the Figures of every Dance, and the amount of Music required for each. The whole- illustrated with one hundred and seventy- six descriptive engravings and diagrams, b^ Thomas Hillgkovb, Professor of Dancing. 237 pages, bound in cloth, with gilt side and back— $1 .00. Bound in boards, with cloth back .. "76 cts. Rarey & Knowlson's Complete Horse Tamer and Farrier, comprising the whole Theory of Taming or Breaking the Horse, by a New and Improved Method, as practiced with great success in the Uni- ted States, and in all the Countries of Europe, by J. S. Babet, containing Rules for selecting a good Horse, for Feeding Horses, etc. Also, The Com- plete Farrier ; or, Jlorse Doctor ; a Guide for the Treatment of Horses in all Diseases to which that noble animal is liable, being the result of fifty years' extensive practice of the author, by John C. Knowlson, during his life, an English Farrier of high popularity, containing the latest discover- ies in the cure of Spavin. Illustrated with descriptive Engravings. Bound in boards, with cloth back _ 50'Cts. The Poet's Companion :' -4 -Dic^ionar?/ of all Allowable Rhymes in the English Language. This is a book to aid aspiring genius in the Composition of Rhymes, and in Poetical Effusions generally. It gives the Perfect, the Imperfect, and the Allowable Rhymes, and will enable you to ascertain, to a certainty, whether any words caivbe mated. It is invalu- able to any one who desires to court the muses, and is used by some of the best writers in the coiintry. Price . 35 cts. The French "Wine and Liquor Manufacturer. A Practical Guide and Private Receipt Book for the American Xiiquor Mer- chant. By JoHK Rack, Practical Wine and Liqii* Manufacturer. Illus- trated with descriptive Diagrams, Tables, and En^avings. This is by far the most complete and reliable Book on the Manufacture of Liquor, ever published. Cloth, price $3,00. The Young Reporter ; or. How to Write Short Rand. A Complete Phonographic Teacher, intended to afford thorough instruction to those who have not the assistance of an Oral Teacher. By the aid of this work, any person of the most ordinary intelligence may learn to "Write Short Hand, and Report Speeches and Sermons in a short time. Bound in boards, with cloth back, price 50 cts. The Nightingale. Songster ; or, Lyrics of Love. Contain- ing 164 Choice Sentimental Songs. Bound in boards, with cloth back, and illustrated cover, price 35 cts. The Emerald : or, Book of Irish Melodies. Containing a Choice Collection of Irish, Comic, and Sentimental Songs. Bound in boards, with cloth back, and illnstrated cover, price 35 cts. The Knapsack Full of Fun ; or, 1000 Eations of Laughter. Illustrated with over 500 Comic Engravings. Price 30 cts. DICK & FITZGERAIiD, 18 Ann St., N. Y. Cojiittet tha store beobt Mot 4a tfoy aAdMss in Oa V. & frae ^ pa^ag; on re**ipt of pdM. Madam Le Normand's Unerring Fortune-Teller' Containing the celebrated Oracle of Human Destiny, er Book 9i Fate being an accurate Interpreter of the Mystical Signs and Heavenly Bodies; also embracing the French, Italian and English methods of Telling For- tunes with Cards, and a new and entertaining process of Fortune Telling with Dice ; also containing seventy-nine good and bad Omens, with their Interpretation, one hundred and eighty-seven Weather Omens, and the Signitication of all the Male and Female Names in our language. This interesting and curious book was written by Madam Le Korjiand, the great French Fortune-Teller, who was frequently consulted by the E.mper- or Napoleon, and it differs entirely from any other book published in this country. Those purchasing it will find it to be a source of much entertain- ment and fun in the family circle. This book contains 144 pages, and is bound in pasteboard sides, with cloth back. It is illustrated with numer- ous engravings. It also contains a large Colored Lithographic Engraving of the Mystical Table, or Chart of Fate, which folds up. Price 40 Live and Learn : A guide for all those who wish to speak • and write correctly ; particularly intended as a Book of Reference for the solution of difSculties connected with Grammar, Composition, Punctua- tion, &c., &c., containing examples of one thousand mistakes of daily oc- currence, in. speaking, writing, and pronunciation. 216 pages, cloth, 12mo, ' Price «.— 75 The Harp of a Thousand Strings ; or, Laughter for a Lifetime. A large book of nearly 400 pages. By the author of Mrs. Partington's Carpet-Bag of Fun. Bound in a handsome gilt cover. Containing more than a million laughs, and crowded full of Funny Stories, besides being illustrated with over Two Hundred Comical Engravings, by Darley, McLennan, Bellew, &c. Price ^1 50 Anecdotes of Love. Being a true account of the most r^ markable events connected with the History of Love in all Ages and amoi^B all Nations. By Lola Montez, Countess of Landsfeldt. Large, 12mor cloth. Price $150 Narratives and Adventures of Travelers in Africa. By Chaeles William^ Esq. 12mo, cloth, gilt back. Profusely illustrated with engravings. Price - $3 00 The Book of 1,000 Comical Stories;' or, Endless Be- past of Fun. A rich banquet for every day in the year, with several cours- es and a dessert. BILL OF FARE : Comprising Tales of Humor, Laughable Anecdotes, Irresistible Drolleries, Jovial Jokes, Comical Conceits, Puns and Pickings, Quibbles and Queries, Bon Mots and Broadgrins, Oddities, Epi- grams, (fcc, &o. Appropriately Illustrated with 300 Comic Engravings. IBy the author of "Mrs. Partington's Carpet-Bag of Fun." Large 12mo, cloth. Price $1 50 The Courtship and Adventures of Jonathan Homebred ; or, the Scrapes and Escapes of a Live Yankee. Beautifully Illustrated. 12mo, cloth. This book is printed in handsome style, on good paper, and with amusing engravings. Price $1 50 Etiquette and Usages of Society. Containing the most Approved Rules for Correct Conduct in Social and Fashionnble Life — with Hints^oboth Gentlemen and Ladies on Awkward and Vulgar Habits. Also, the Etiquette of Love and Courtship, Marriage Etiquette, &c., &c., By H. P. Willis. A book of 64 pages. Price 10 Bound in cloth with gilt side, and printed on fine papeo, suitable for a pres- ent to a lady. Price 50 CopiCE of tho abovoboolu iQnt free of postago on reoeipt of price "Wright's Book of 3,000 American Receipts : or, Light%House of Valuable Information. Containing over 3,000 Keceipts in all the Useful and Domestic Arts — including Cookery, Confectionery, Dis- tilling, Perfumery, Chemicals, Varnishes, Dyeing, Agriculture, &c. Em- bracing valuable secrets that cannot be obtained from any other source. ]S o exertion or expense has been spared to make this work as comprehensive and accurate as possible. Many receipts will bo found in it that have never before appeared in print in this country. Some idea may be formed of its value in this latter respect, when it is stated that the compiler has been for many years engaged in collecting rare and valuable receipts from nu- merous languages besides the English. This ia by far the most valuable American Keceipt Book that has ever been published. 12mo., cloth, 359 pages. Price — $1 50 ''Trnnip''s'' American Hoyle ; or. Gentleman's Eandbook of Games. Containing clear and complete descriptions of all the games played in the United States, with the American Rules for playing them, including Whist, Euchre, Besique, Cribbage, All-Eours, Loo, Poker, Brag, Piquet, Ecarte, IJoston, Cassino, Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Dominoes, Billiards, and a hundred other games. This work is designed to he an American authority for all tho various games of skil.l and chance. It has been prepared with great care by the editor, with the assistance of a num- ber of gentlemen players of skill and ability, and is not a re-hash of English games, but a live American book, expressly prepared for American read- ers. 12mo., cloth; 500 pages, with illustrations. Price $2 00 Frank Converse's Complete Banjo Instructor, Without a Master. Containing a choice collection of Banjo Solos, Horn- pipes, Beels, Jigs, "Walk-Arounds, Songs and Banjo Stories, progressively arranged and plainly explained, enabling the learner to become a proficient Banjoist without the aid of a teacher. The necessary explanations accom- pany each tune, and are placed under the notes on each page, plainly show- •ing the string required, the. finger to be used for stopping it, the manner of striking, and the number of times it must he sounded. This is all arranged and explained in so clear a manner, and the method is so simple and easy to learn, that it may be readily comprehended at a glance hy any person, even of very limited understanding. By this simple method a person may master a tune in an hour or so. Mr. Converse is an eminent professor of the Banjo and a thorough musician, and his plan of instruction is entirely new and perfectly easy. This book is no catchpenny affair, hut is just what we say it is. The iNSTRrcTon is illustrated with diagrams and explanatory symbols. 100 pages, hound in boards, cloth back. Price 50 cts. The Finger-Post to Public Business. Containing the mode ofiorming and conducting Societies, Clubs, and other organized Associations ; full Rules of Order for the government of their debates and business ; complete directions how to compose resolutions, reports and pe- titions ; and the manner of managing Conventions, Public Meetings, Cele- brations, Dinners, Barbecues, and Pic-nics; Models of Constitutions for Lyceums, Institutes, and other societies. "With rules of Cricket, Base Ball, Shinny, Quoits, Yaohtiug and Rowing, and Instructions concerning Incor- porations. Hints about Libraries and Museums, with a catalogue of desir- able Books, and a List of American Coins ; and Rules for the collection and preservation of books, HISS., and objects of Curiosity. "Rules for Debating, and the composition and delivery of Public Addresses, with examples of fig- ures of s peech and a selection of specimens of style from various Ame rican ora- tors. Together with an appendix, containing the original Articles of Confed- eration of the United States, the Constitution, the celebrated Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, and other documents of reference. By an ^x-Mem- ber of the Philadelphia Bar. 12mo., cloth. Price^ $150 Oopiei cf tbe aibova books sent frae of postage on leoeip't of pri*^ The Perfect G-entleman. A book of Etiquette and Elo- quence. Containing Information and Instruction for those who desire to become brilliant or conspicuous in General Society, or at Parties, Dinners, or Popular Gatherings, &c. It gives directions how to use wine at table, with Kules forjudging the quality thereof, Kules for Carving, and a com- plete Etiquette of the Dinner Table, including Dinner Speeches, Toasts and Sentiments, Wit and Conversation at Table, &c. It has also an American Code of Etiquette and Politeness for all occasions. Model Speeches, with Directions how to deliver them. Duties of the Chairman at Public Meet- ings. Forms of Preambles and Besolutions, &c. It is a handsomely bound and gilt volume of 335 pages. Price $1 50 Leaves from the Note-Book of a New York DHTECTTVE . This is a collection of very startling stories, showing how a shrewd New York Detective outwitted a lot of cunning rogues. The adven- tures of the ofiB.cer are very extraordinary. The disguises and stratagems he adopted to entrap the scamps he had to arrest, and the hair-breadth es- capes he made from perilous situations, together with his ultimate success, furnish material for twenty-nine very dramatic tales. However startling the incidents may be, there is no improbability about them ; indeed, the book bears internal evidence of being a transcript of personal experience, or based upon it, and many of the cases will be recognized by readers familiar with the annals of the police. Large octavo. Price 75 cts. The Secret Out; or, One Thousand Tricks with Cards, and other Rtcreations. Illustrated with over Three Hundred Engravings. A book which explains all the Tricks and Deceptions with Playing Cards ever known, and gives, besides, a great many new ones — the whole being des- cribed so carefully, with engravings to illustrate them, that anybody can easily learn how to perform them. This work also contains 240 of the best Tricks in Legerdemain, in addition to the card tricks. 12mo., 400 pages, bound in cloth, with gilt side and back. Price $1 50 The Illustrated Hand-Book of Billiards. By Michael Phelan and Claudius Bbroek. Containing a complete treatise of the noble Game of Billiards, with a description of all the different shots, how to bring the balls together, &c. To which is added, the Rules of the American or Four-Ball Game, the English Game, and the French or Three- Ball Game. Also containing the Rules for all the different Games of Pool. Illustrated copiously with engravings. Price 30 cts. The American Home Cook Book. Containing seve- ral hundred excellent Recipes. The whole based on many years' experi- ence' of an American Housewife. Illustrated with Engravings. All the Recipes in this book are written from actual experiments in Cooking. There are no copyings from theoretical cooking recipes. Bound in boards, cloth back. Price 50 cts. Bound in paper cover. Price : . 30 ctS. The G-ame of Draughts or Checkers Simplified AND EXPLAINED. "With Practical Diagrams and Illustrations, together with a Checker-board, numbered and printed in red. Containing the Eighteen Standard Games, with over 200 of the best variations, selected from the various authors, together with many original ones never before published. By D. Scattergood. Bound in cloth, with flexible cover. Price 50 cts. Courtship Made Easy; or, The Art of Making Love fidly Explained. Containing full and minute directions for conducting a Court- ship with Ladies of every age and position in society, and valuable informa- tion for persons who desire to enter the marriage state. Also, Forms of Love Letters to be used on certain occasions. 64 pages. Price -15 cts. Copi«3 uf tba ftbore books sent fra« ofpoBlife »u r«aeipC of prl«a. Popular Books sent Free of Postage at the prices annexed. The Sociable; or, One Thousand and One Home Amusements. Con- taining Acting Proverbs, Dramatic Charades, Acting Charades, Tableaux Vivants, Parlor Games, and Parlor Magic, and a choice ■collection of Puzzles, &o., illustrated with nearly 300 Engravings and Diagrams, the whole being a fund, of never-ending entertainment. By the Author of the " Magician's Own Book." Nearly 400 pages, 12mo., cloth, gilt side stamp •••Price $L60. Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Knov> ; or. Over 3.700 Facts Jbr the People, Illustrated, 436 large pages. ..Price $1.50. "Inquire Within" is one of the most valuable and extraordinary vol- umes ever presented to the American public, and embodies nearly 4,000 facts, in most of which any person living will find instruction, aid, and entertainment. It contains so many valuable and useful recipes, that an enumeration of them requires seventy-two columns of fine type for the Index. The Corner Cupboard ; or. Facts for Everybody, By the Author of " Inquire Within," " The Keason Why,"