CATALOGUE of USEFUL and POPULAR BOOKS.
Any of the Books on this List will be mailed postpaid to any address onreceipt of price by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 57 Rose Street,New York.
_Write your name and address very plainly so as to avoid mistakes._
=ALBUM WRITER'S FRIEND (THE).=--Compiled by J. S. Ogilvie, 16mo, 128pages. Paper cover, 15 cents; cloth 80 cents.
This is a new and choice selection of gems of Prose and Poetry,comprising over seven hundred selections, suitable for writing inAutograph Albums, Valentines, and for Birthday and Wedding celebrations.It also contains a new and choice collection of verses suitable forChristmas and New-Year Cards. It contains 128 pages, with paper cover,price 15 cents: bound in cloth, 30 cents.
=AMATEUR'S GUIDE TO MAGIC AND MYSTERY.=--An entirely new work,containing full and ample instructions on the mysteries of magic,sleight-of-hand tricks, card tricks, etc. The best work on conjuring foramateurs published. Illustrated. 15 cents.
=ART OF VENTRILOQUISM.=--Contains simple and full directions by whichany one may acquire the amusing art, with numerous examples forpractice. Also instructions for making the magic whistle, for imitatingbirds, animals, and peculiar sounds of various kinds. Any boy whowishes to obtain an art by which he can develop a wonderful amount ofastonishment, mystery, and fun, should learn Ventriloquism, as he easilycan follow the simple secret given in this book. Mailed for 15 cents.
=BAD BOY'S DIARY (A).=--This is one of the most successful humorousbooks of the present day, filled with fun and good humor, and "willdrive the blues out of a bag of indigo." It is printed from new, largetype, and on fine, heavy white paper of a superior finish, and contains280 pages. New, full-page illustrations from unique designs have beenprepared expressly for this edition. Handsome paper cover, 25 cents.
=BATTLE FOR BREAD (THE).=--This book contains a series of Sermonsby Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, the greatest of living preachers. Everyworkingman and those who employ them should read this book, and thus beinformed of the real solution of the question of the relations of Laborand Capital. 12mo, 125 pages. Paper cover, 25 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
=BLACK ART EXPOSED (THE).=--This book contains some of the mostmarvelous things in ancient and modern magic, jugglery, etc., everprinted, and has to be seen to be fully appreciated. Suffice it to saythat any boy knowing the secrets it contains will be able to do thingsthat will astonish all. 15 cts.
=BLUNDERS OF A BASHFUL MAN (THE).=--By the popular author of "A BadBoy's Diary." This is one of the most humorous books ever issued,and has been pronounced _better_ than "A Bad Boy's Diary." 12mo, 160pages. Handsomely illustrated from original designs, including also theportrait and autograph of "The Bashful Man." Price, paper cover, 25cents.
=BOILER-MAKER'S ASSISTANT (THE).= and the Theoretical and PracticalBoiler-Maker and Engineer's Reference Book. By Samuel Nicholls, ForemanBoiler-Maker. 1 vol. 12mo, extra cloth, $2.50.
=COMPLETE FORTUNE TELLER AND DREAM BOOK.=--This book contains a completeDictionary of Dreams, alphabetically, with a clear interpretationof each dream, and the lucky numbers that belong to it. It includesPalmistry, or telling fortunes by the lines of the hand; fortune-tellingby the grounds in a tea or coffee cup; how to read your future life bythe white of an egg; tells how to know who your future husband will be,and how soon you will be married; fortune-telling by cards; Hymen'slottery; good and bad omens, etc. 25 cents.
=CONCERT EXERCISES FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS.=--5 cents each; 30 cents perdozen; per hundred, by mail, postpaid, $2.00 No. 1, THE CHRISTIAN'SJOURNEY. No. 2, THE STORY OF REDEEMING LOVE. (For Christmas.) No.3, CHRIST IS RISEN. (Appropriate for Easter.) No. 4, WELCOME GREETING.(Appropriate for Children's Day.) No. 5, GOOD TIDINGS. (Appropriate foranniversaries and celebrations.)
=LEISURE-HOUR WORK FOR LADIES.=--Containing instructions for flower andshell work; Antique, Grecian and Theorem painting; Botanical specimens;Cone work; Anglo-Japanese work; Decalcomanie; Diaphame; Leather work;Modeling in clay; Transferring; Crayon drawing; Photograph coloring,etc., etc. A very complete book, and one that no young lady having sparetime can afford to be without. 15 cents.
=LOVER'S GUIDE (THE).=--A book no lover should be without. It giveshandkerchief, parasol, glove, and fan flirtations; also window anddining-room signaling; the language of flowers; how to kiss deliciously;love-letters, and how to write them, with specimens; bashfulness andtimidity, and how to overcome them, etc., etc. 15 cents.
=COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE;= or, The Mysteries of Making Love FullyExplained.--This is an entirely new work on a most interesting subject.CONTENTS: First steps in courtship; Advice to both parties at theoutset; Introduction to the lady's family; Restrictions imposed byetiquette; What the lady should observe in early courtship; What thesuitor should observe; Etiquette as to presents; The proposal; Mode ofrefusal when not approved; Conduct to be observed by a rejected suitor;Refusal by the lady's parents or guardians; Etiquette of an engagement;Demeanor of the betrothed pair; Should a courtship be long or short;Preliminary etiquette of a wedding; Fixing the day; How to be married;The trousseau; Duties to be attended to by the bridegroom; Who should beasked to the wedding; Duties of the bridesmaids and groomsmen; Etiquetteof a wedding; Costume of bride, bridesmaids, and bridegroom; Arrival atthe church; The marriage ceremonial; Registry of the marriage; Returnhome, and wedding breakfast; Departure for the honeymoon; Wedding cards;Modern practice of "No cards;" Reception and return of wedding visits;Practical advice to a newly married couple. Price, 25 cents.
="DON'T MARRY"=--At least until you have read our new book entitled"Don't Marry." Some marry too soon, others wait too long. This book willtell you how, when, and whom to marry; besides giving you valuable hintsand helps not found in any other book. It contains 112 pages, papercover, and is worth $10 to any one. Price, 25 cents.
=DIARY OF A MINISTER'S WIFE.=--By Almedia M. Brown. Complete edition,12mo, 544 pages. Handsomely bound in cloth, with fine full-pageillustrations, including portraits of Mrs. Minnie Hardscrabble, theminister's wife, from the facts and incidents in whose life thestory was written; also Rev. John Hardscrabble, with three othercharacteristic engravings, which will amuse and interest every reader.Price, $1.50.
This popular book is also issued complete in two volumes in papercovers. Price, per volume, 25 cents.
=DIARY OF A VILLAGE GOSSIP.=--By Almedia M. Brown, author of "Diary ofa Minister's Wife," etc., etc. 12mo, 293 pages. Paper cover, 25 cents;handsomely bound in cloth, $1.00.
=MAGIC DIAL (THE).=--By the use of which secret correspondence may becarried on without fear of detection. No one (even if provided with oneof these dials) can decipher it. It is entirely new, and nothing likeit has ever appeared. It is simple and reliable and can be used by anyperson. It will be mailed for 15 cents.
=EDUCATING THE HORSE.=--A new and improved system of Educating theHorse. Also a Treatise on Shoeing, with new and valuable Receipts forDiseases of Horses. CONTENTS: The great secret of Horse-Taming; How tothrow a horse; the wild colt; to halter; break a colt; hitching coltin stall; how to handle a colt's feet; breaking and driving colts toharness; objects of fear; to train a horse to stand when getting intoa carriage; balking horses; pulling at halter; to break horses fromjumping; pawing in stall and kicking in harness; the runaway horse;shoeing; corns; to teach a horse to appear intelligent; to teach a horsehow to dance, waltz, kiss you, shake hands, etc., etc.; cure of sorebreasts, big head, big leg, fullness of blood, catarrh; loose bowels,corns, cough, inflammation of eye, brittle feet, sand crack in foot,founder (a sure cure), galled back, grease, inflammation of kidneys,worms, itch, nasal, gleet, over-reaching, staggers, botts, etc., etc.;concluding with rules and regulations for the government of trotting andracing. No man who owns a horse can afford to do without this book. Itis very thorough, complete and reliable, and well worth a dozen timesthe price asked for it. It contains matter not to be found in any otherhorse book. Price, 15 cents.
=GRAND WONDER COLLECTION.=--A wonderful offer. $3.00 worth of goods foronly 50 cents!
Everything is now very cheap, and people get a good dealmore for their money than they used to, but we have no hesitation insaying that never before was so much offered for the money as is offeredin this GRAND WONDER COLLECTION. It could not be done, only that weexpect to sell thousands of them and are fully satisfied that each onesold will sell a dozen more.
The contents of the GRAND WONDER COLLECTION--comprising seven completebooks in one--1. Old Secrets and New Discoveries. 2. Secrets forFarmers. 3. Laughing Gas. 4. The Swindlers of America. 5. Preserving andManufacturing Secrets. 6. The Housewife's Treasure. 7. Fourteen PopularSongs, Words and Music.
Any person ordering this collection and not fully satisfied, the moneywill be cheerfully refunded. Price, 50 cents.
=MAGIC TRICK CARDS.=--The Magician's Own Cards, for performing wonderfultricks. Every boy a magician! Every man a conjurer! Every girl awitch! Every one astonished! They are the most superior trick cardsever offered for sale, and with them you can perform some of the mostremarkable illusions ever discovered.
Complete illustrated directions accompany each pack. They will bemailed, postpaid, sealed as a letter, for 15 cents a pack.
=HEALTH HINTS.=--A new book showing how to Acquire and Retain BodilySymmetry, Health, Vigor, and Beauty. Its contents are as follows:Laws of Beauty--Air, Sunshine, Water, and Food--Work and Rest--Dressand Ornament--The Hair and its Management--Skin and Complexion--TheMouth--The Eyes, Ears, and Nose--The Neck, Hands and Feet--Growth andMarks that are Enemies of Beauty--Cosmetics and Perfumery.
=Fat People.=--It gives ample rules how Corpulency may be cured--the Fatmade Lean, Comely and Active.
=Lean People.=--It also gives directions, the following of which willenable Lean, Angular, Bony or Sharp Visaged People, to be Plump and RosySkinned.
=Gray Hair.=--It tells how Gray Hair may be Restored to its naturalcolor without the aid of Dyes, Restorers or Pomades.
=Baldness.=--It gives ample directions for Restoring Hair on Bald Heads,as well as how to stop Falling of the Hair, how to Curl the Hair, etc.
=Beard and Mustache.=--It tells what Young Men should do to acquire aFine, Silky and Handsome Beard and Mustache.
=Freckles and Pimples.=--It gives full directions for the Cure ofSunburn, Freckles, Pimples, Wrinkles, Warts, etc., so that they can beentirely removed.
=Cosmetics.=--This chapter, among other things, gives an Analysis ofPerry's Moth and Freckle Lotion, Balm of White Lilies, Hagan's MagnoliaBalm, Laird's Bloom of Youth, Phalon's Enamel, Clark's Restorative forthe Hair, Chevalier's Life for the Hair, Ayer's Hair Vigor, ProfessorWood's Hair Restorative, Hair Restorer America, Gray's Hair Restorative,Phalon's Vitalia, Ring's Vegetable Ambrosia, Mrs. Allen's World's HairRestorer, Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer, Martha Washington HairRestorative, etc., etc. (no room for more), showing how the lead, etc.,in these mixtures causes disease and oftentimes premature death. Price,25 cents.
=LOVE AND COURTSHIP CARDS.=--Sparking, courting, and lovemaking allmade easy by the use of these cards. They are arranged with such aptconversation that you will be able to ask the momentous question in sucha delicate manner that the girl will not suspect what you are at. Theymay be used by two persons only, or they will make lots of fun for anevening party of young people. There are sixty cards in all, and eachanswer will respond differently to every one of the questions. Price, 30cents.
=MISS SLIMMENS' BOARDING-HOUSE.=--By the author of "A Bad Boy's Diary."16mo, 188 pages, with nine illustrations. Complete edition. Paper cover,25 cents.
=HOUSEWIFE'S TREASURE (THE).=--A manual of information of everythingthat relates to household economies. It gives the method of makingJackson's Universal Washing Compound, which can clean the dirtiestcotton, linen or woolen clothes in twenty minutes without rubbing orharming the material. This recipe is being constantly peddled throughthe country at $5.00 each, and is certainly worth it. It also tells allabout soap-making at home, so as to make it cost about one-quarter ofwhat bar soap costs; it tells how to make candles by molding or dipping;it gives seven methods for destroying rats and mice; how to make healthybread without flour (something entirely new); to preserve clothes andfurs from moths; a sure plan for destroying house-flies, cockroaches,beetles, ants, bedbugs and fleas; all about house cleaning, papering,etc., and hundreds of other valuable hints just such as housekeepers arewanting to know. 25 cents.
=HOW TO ENTERTAIN A SOCIAL PARTY.=--A complete selection of HomeRecreations. Profusely illustrated with fine wood-cuts, containing:Round Games and Forfeit Games; Parlor Magic and Curious Puzzles; ComicDiversions and Parlor Tricks; Scientific Recreations and EveningAmusements; The Blue Beard tableaux; Tableaux-vivant for acting; Theplay-room; Blind-man's buff; One old ox opening oysters; How do you likeit? when do you like it? and where do you like it? Cross questions andcrooked answers; Cupid's coming; Proverbs; Earth, air and water; Yes andno; Copenhagen; Hunt the hare, and a thousand other games.
Here is family amusement for the million. Here is parlor or drawing-roomentertainment, night after night, for a whole winter. A young manwith this volume may render himself the _beau ideal_ of a delightfulcompanion to every party. Price, 25 cents.
=HOW TO WOO AND HOW TO WIN.=--This interesting work contains full andinteresting rules for the etiquette of courtship, with directionsshowing how to win the favor of the ladies; how to begin and end acourtship; and how love-letters should be written. It not only tellshow to win the favor of the ladies, but how to address a lady; Conducta courtship; "Pop the Question;" Write love-letters; All about themarriage ceremony; Bridal chamber; After marriage, etc. Price, 15 cents.
=ODELL'S SYSTEM OF SHORTHAND.=--By which the taking down of sermons,lectures, trials, speeches, etc., may be easily acquired, without theaid of a master. By this plan the difficulties of mastering this usefulart are very much lessened, and the time required to attain proficiencyreduced to the least possible limits. Price 15 cents.
=HOW TO TALK AND DEBATE.=--CONTENTS: Introduction; Laws of Conversation;Listening; Self-possession; Appreciativeness; Conversation, whenconfidential; The matter and the manner; Proper subjects; Trifles;Objectionable subjects; Politics; Rights of women; Wit and humor;Questions and negatives; Our own hobbies; The voice, how to improve;Speaking one's mind; Public speaking; How to make a speech; Opening adebate; Division of the subject; The affirmative; The reply, etc., etc.A really valuable book, and one that every man and woman, boy and girlshould possess. 15 cents.
=LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS.=--A Guide to the successful Hunting and Trappingof all kinds of Animals. It gives the right season for trapping; how tomake, set and bait all kinds of traps; traps for minks, weasels, skunks,hawks, owls, gophers, birds, squirrels, musk-rats, foxes, rabbits,raccoons, etc.; how to make and use bird lime. It gives the Englishsecrets for catching alive all kinds of birds; it tells how to know thetrue value of skins, as well as how to skin all animals; deodorize,stretch, and cure them; to dress and tan skins, furs and leather; to tanwith or without the wool or hair; to skin and stuff birds; baits andhooks for fishing; how to fish successfully without nets, lines, spears,snares, "bobs," or bait (a great secret), how to choose and clean guns;how to breed minks for their skins (hundreds of dollars can be made byany boy or young man who knows how to breed minks), etc.
This book is by an old trapper, for many years engaged in trapping inthe Northwest, who has finally consented to publish and disclose thesesecrets. Persons living where wild animals exist, with some traps andthe information contained in this book, can make money faster throughthe trapping season by giving their time and energies to the businessthan they can by seeking their fortunes in the gold regions or in oilspeculations. This is at once the most complete and practical book nowin the market. Price, 15 cents.
=MODEL LETTER-WRITER (THE).=--A comprehensive and completeguide and assistant for those who desire to carry on epistolarycorrespondence--containing instructions for writing letters ofintroduction; Letters of business; Letters of recommendation;Applications for employment; Letters of congratulation; Lette
rs ofcondolence; Letters of friendship and relationship; Love-letters; Notesof invitation; Letters of favor, of advice, and of excuse, etc., etc.,together with appropriate answers to each. This is an invaluable bookfor those persons who have not had sufficient practice to enable them towrite letters without great effort. 15 cents.
=NAPOLEON'S COMPLETE BOOK= of Fate and Complete Fortune Teller.--This isthe celebrated Oracle of Human Destiny consulted by Napoleon the Firstprevious to any of his undertakings, and by which he was so successfulin war, business, and love. It is the only authentic and complete copyextant, being translated into English from a German translation of anancient Egyptian manuscript found in the year 1801 by M. Sonini, in oneof the royal tombs near Mount Libycus, in Upper Egypt. This Oraculum isso arranged that any question on business, love, wealth, losses, hiddentreasures, no matter what its nature, the Oraculum has an answer forit. It also shows how to learn of one's fate by consulting the planets.Price 15 cents.
=OGILVIE'S HOUSE PLANS; OR HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE.=--A neat new book,containing over thirty finely executed engravings of dwellings of allsizes, from two rooms up; also churches, barns, and out-houses in greatvariety.
This handy, compact, and very useful volume contains, in addition tothe foregoing, plans for each floor in each and every dwelling of whichan engraving is given. It has, also, valuable information relative tobuilding, such as number of shingles required in a roof, quantity ofplaster for a house, quantity of materials required for building ahouse, etc., etc., and much other information of permanent and practicalvalue.
Any one of the plans is alone worth very much more than the price askedfor the book. It is invaluable to every architect, builder, mason, orcarpenter, and particularly do we urge all who anticipate erecting anew or remodeling an old dwelling to send for a copy, as its fortunatepossessor may save hundred of dollars by following the suggestions itcontains. 25 cents.
=HOW TO BEHAVE.=--Hand-book of Etiquette and Guide to True Politeness.CONTENTS: Etiquette and its uses; Introductions; Cutting acquaintances;Letters of introduction; Street etiquette; Domestic etiquette andduties; Visiting; Receiving company; Evening parties; The lady's toilet;The gentleman's toilet; Invitations; Etiquette of the ball-room;General rules of conversation; Bashfulness and how to overcome it;Dinner parties; Table etiquette; Carving; Servants; Traveling; Visitingcards; Letter writing; Conclusion. This is the best book of the kindyet published, and every person wishing to be considered well-bred, whowishes to understand the customs of good society, and to avoid incorrectand vulgar habits, should send for a copy. 15 cents.
=MISS SLIMMENS' WINDOW.=--Complete edition in one volume now ready.16mo, 150 pages. Bound in heavy paper covers, with 13 illustrations. 25cents.
=OGILVIE'S HANDY MONITOR AND UNIVERSAL ASSISTANT=, containingStatistical Tables of Practical Value for Mechanics, Merchants,Editors, Lawyers, Printers, Doctors, Farmers, Lumbermen, Bankers,Bookkeepers, Politicians and all classes of workers in every departmentof human effort, and containing a compilation of facts for reference onvarious subjects, being an epitome of matters Historical, Statistical,Biographical, Political, Geographical and general interest. 190 pagesbound in paper, 25 cents.
No more valuable books has ever been offered containing so muchinformation of practical value in everyday life.
=OLD SECRETS AND NEW DISCOVERIES.=--Containing Information of Rare Valuefor all Classes, in all Conditions of Society.
=It Tells= all about _Electrical Psychology_, showing how you canbiologize any person, and, while under the influence, he will doanything you may wish him, no matter how ridiculous it may be, and hecannot help doing it.
=It Tells= how to _Mesmerize_. Knowing this, you can place any personin a mesmeric sleep, and then be able to do with him as you will. Thissecret has been sold over and over again for $10.
=It Tells= how to make persons at a distance think of you--something alllovers should know.
=It Tells= how you can charm those you meet and make them love you,whether they will or not.
=It Tells= how Spiritualists and others can make writing appear on thearm in blood characters, as performed by Foster and all noted magicians.
=It Tells= how to make a cheap Galvanic Battery; how to plate and gildwithout a battery; how to make a candle burn all night; how to make aclock for 25 cents; how to detect counterfeit money; how to banish andprevent mosquitoes from biting; how to make yellow butter in winter;Circassian curling fluid; Sympathetic or Secret Writing Ink; CologneWater; Artificial honey; Stammering; how to make large noses small; tocure drunkenness; to copy letters without a press; to obtain fresh-blownflowers in winter; to make good burning candles from lard.
=It Tells= how to make a horse appear as though he was badly foundered;to make a horse temporarily lame; how to make him stand by his food andnot eat it; how to cure a horse from the crib or sucking wind; how toput a young countenance on the horse; how to cover up the heaves; how tomake him appear as if he had the glanders; how to make a true-pullinghorse balk; how to nerve a horse that is lame, etc., etc.--These horsesecrets are being continually sold at one dollar each.
=It Tells= how to make the Eggs of Pharo's Serpents, which when lighted,though but the size of a pea, there issues from it a coiling, hissingserpent, wonderful in length and similarity to a genuine serpent.
=It Tells= how to make gold and silver from block tin (the least saidabout which the better). Also how to take impressions from coins. Alsohow to imitate gold and silver.
=It Tells= of a simple and ingenious method of copying any kind ofdrawing or picture. Also, more wonderful still, how to print picturesfrom the print itself.
=It Tells= how to perform the Davenport Brothers' "Spirit Mysteries." Sothat any person can astonish an audience, as they have done. Also scoresof other wonderful things which there is no room to mention.
=Old Secrets and New Discoveries= is worth $5 to any person; but it willbe mailed to any address on receipt of only 25 cents.
=OUT IN THE STREETS.=--By S. N. Cook. Price, 15 cents.
We take pleasure in offering the strictly moral and very amusingtemperance drama entitled, "Out in the Streets," to all entertainmentcommittees as one that will give entire satisfaction. The parts aretaken by six male and six female characters.
=PHUNNY PHELLOW'S GRAB BAG=; or, Jolly Tid-Bits for MirthfulMortals.--Josh Billings, Danbury News Man and Bret Harte rolled intoone. It is not too much to say that the book contains the choicesthumor in the English language. Its size is mammoth, containing morethan one thousand of the raciest jests, comical hits, exhilaratingstories, flowers of wit, excruciating jokes, uproarious poems, laughablesketches, darky comicalities, clowns' efforts, button-burstingconundrums, endmen's jokes, plantation humors, funny caricatures,hifalutin dialogues, curious scenes, cute sayings, ludicrous drolleries,peculiar repartees, and nearly 500 illustrations. 25 cents.
=SCIENCE OF A NEW LIFE (THE).=--By John Cowan, M.D. A handsome 8vo,containing over 400 pages, with more than 100 illustrations, and sold atthe following prices; English cloth, beveled boards, gilt side and back,$3.00; leather, sprinkled edges, $3.50; half turkey morocco, marblededges, gilt back, $4.00.
=SOME FUNNY THINGS= said by Clever Children. Who is not interested inchildren? We are satisfied that this book will give genuine satisfactionto all who are interested in listening to the happy voices of children.This will show that humor is not confined to adult minds by any means.64 pages, 10 cents.
=PALLISER'S AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE=; or, EVERY MAN A COMPLETE BUILDER.The Latest and Best Publication on Modern Artistic Dwellings and otherBuildings of Low Cost. This is a new book just published, and there isnot a Builder or any one intending to Build or otherwise interested inbuilding that can afford to be without it. It is a practical work andeverybody buys it. The best, cheapest and most popular work of the kindever issued. Nearly four hundred drawings. A $5 book in size and style,but we have determined to make it meet the popular demand, to suit thetimes, so that it can be easily reached by all.
; This book contains 104 pages, 11x14 inches in size, and consists oflarge 9x12 plate pages giving plans, elevations, perspective views,descriptions, owners' names, actual cost of construction, no guess work,and instructions HOW TO BUILD 70 Cottages, Villas, Double Houses, BrickBlock Houses, suitable for city suburbs, town and country, houses forthe farm and workingmen's homes for all sections of the country, andcosting from $300 to $4,500; also Barns, Stables, School House, TownHall, Churches and other public buildings, together with specifications,form of contract, etc., etc., and a large amount of information on theerection of buildings, selection of site, employment of Architects,etc., etc.
This book of 104 pages, as described above, will be sent by mail,postpaid to any address on receipt of price. Price, heavy paper cover,$1; handsomely bound in cloth, $2.
=SECRETS FOR FARMERS.=--This book tells how to restore rancid butterto its original flavor and purity; a new way of coloring butter; howlargely to increase the milk of cows; a sure cure for kicking cows; howto make Thorley's celebrated condimental food for cattle; how to makehens lay every day in the year; it gives an effectual remedy for theCanada thistle; to save mice-girdled trees; a certain plan to destroythe curculio and peach-borer; how to convert dead animals and bones intomanure; Barnet's certain preventive for the potato rot, worth $50 toany farmer; remedy for smut in wheat; to cure blight in fruit trees; todestroy potato bug; to prevent mildew and rust in wheat; to destroy thecut-worm; home-made stump machine, as good as any sold; to keep cellarsfrom freezing, etc., etc.
It is impossible to give the full contents of this valuable book here;space will not allow. Price, 25 cents.
=SIDNEY'S STUMP SPEAKER.=--Price, 15 cents.
A collection of Yankee, Dutch, French, Irish and Ethiopian StumpSpeeches and Recitations, Burlesque Orations, Laughable Scenes, HumorousLectures, Button-bursting Witticisms, Ridiculous Drolleries. FunnyStories, etc., etc.
=SUNNYSIDE COLLECTION OF READINGS AND RECITATIONS, NO 1.=--Compiledby J. S. Ogilvie. 12mo, 192 pages, paper cover, 25 cents. This bookcontains a choice collection of Readings and Recitations, which havebeen selected with great care, and are especially adapted for Dayand Sabbath Schools, all adult and juvenile Organizations, YoungPeople's Associations, Reading Clubs, Temperance Societies, and ParlorEntertainments. They comprise Prose and Poetry--Serious, Humorous,Pathetic, Comic, Temperance, Patriotic. All those who are interested inproviding an entertainment should have this collection.
=THE SUNNYSIDE COOK BOOK.=--12mo, 250 pages. Paper cover, 25 cents;bound in cloth, 75 cents. This book is offered as one of the best andmost complete books of the kind published. Not only are all the recipespractical, but they are economical and such as come within the reachof families of moderate income. It also contains valuable informationin relation to home matters not found in any other publication. Italso gives plain and easily understood directions for preparing andcooking, with the greatest economy, every kind of dish, with completeinstruction for serving the same. This book is just the thing for ayoung housekeeper.
=HOW TO GET MARRIED ALTHOUGH A WOMAN=; OR, THE ART OF PLEASING MEN. By"A Young Widow." A new book that every woman will buy! The followingtable of contents indicates the character of the work and will alsoinsure a large demand for it: Girls and Matrimony, The Girls Whom MenLike, The Girl Who Wins, The Girl Who Fails, Some Unfailing Methods, AWord of Warning, The Secret of the Widow's Power, Lady Beauty, The LovedWife, etc., etc.
Every unmarried woman, and, indeed, every woman, will be interested inreading this book. It will be sent by mail, postpaid, to any address onreceipt of 25 cents.
=DO YOU EVER DREAM?= And would you like to know the meaning of any orall of your dreams? If so, you ought to buy the OLD WITCHES' DREAMBOOK AND COMPLETE FORTUNE TELLER, which contains the full and correctinterpretations of all dreams and their lucky numbers. Also FortuneTelling by cards, by the grounds in the coffee cup, how to discover athief, to know whether a woman shall have the man she wishes, to knowwhat fortune your future husband shall have, to see your future wife orhusband. The Dumb Cake, together with charms, incantations etc., etc.
This is a book that every one that wishes to know what is going tohappen ought to buy. It will be sent by mail, postpaid, to any addresson receipt of 25 cents.
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