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Acted Verbs, Acting Rhymes, A Literary Game, Animal, Vegetable or Mineral, A Simple Trick, Aunt Sue’s Toilet, Birds Fly, Blind-man’s Buff, Blowing the Feather, Book Notices, Buz, Confidential Answers, Consequences, Conundrums, Conversation Cards, Crooked Answers, Crow In the Farmer’s Cornfield, Earth, Air or Water, Famous Numbers, Forfeits, Fox and Geese, Going on a Journey, Going to Jerusalem, Green, Yellow, Blue and Pink, Guess any Number Thought of, Hats on, Hieroglyphics, Holding the Handkerchief, Hot and Cold, How, When and Where, Imitation, I’ve been Shopping, Magic Numbers, Making up a Cargo, Noted Personages, One Old Ox, Orange and Lemon, Pairs, Passing the Scissors, Post Office, Presenting Gifts, Proverbs, Puss in the Corner, Ship from China, Stage-coach, The Apprentice, the Birdcatcher, The Bird Merchant, The Board of Trade, The Bouquet, The Christmas Bag, The Christmas Pie, The Clairvoyant, The Conjunction, The Grand Mufti, The Hatchet, The Hidden Word, The Magic Wand, The Quaker’s Meeting, The Revolving Tea-table, The Shoemaker, The Silent Orchestra, The Trades, The Whistle, The Wild Beast Show, the Woodman, Think of a Word, Touching an Article, Uncle Zeb’s Dinner, What and Why, Whisking the Handkerchief, What Did He Give You, What is my Thought Like, What’s the Price of Wheat.

FORFEITS.—A Song, The Will, Good Advice, Comparisons, The Secret, The Confidential Answer, The First Letters, The Deaf Man, The Pilgrim, The Clock, ’Twas I, The Parrot, Nunfashion Kiss, The Two Chairs, The Twister, Four Corners, To kiss a Box inside and out without opening it, To put Yourself through the Keyhole, To spell Constantinople, Kiss, Tap and Box, A Rabbit’s Kiss, Back to Back, Pinching, Feeding, Blindfold, the Quaker.

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A complete hand-book of instruction, giving the entertaining mysteries of this most interesting
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NAMES.—Placing the Chessmen, Powers and Moves of the Chessmen, Capturing Power of the men, Illustrations of the Moves, The Technical Terms of Chess, Technical Terms Illustrated, The Laws of Chess, Preliminary Games, with Notes, Checkmate—End-Games, How to Queen a Pawn, Maxims and Advice for Chess Students, King Bishop’s Opening, The Gluoco Piano, Philldor’s Defence, Petroff’s Defence, Ray Lopez Knight’s Game, Scotch Gambit, Evans Gambit, King’s Bishop’s Gambit, King’s Knight’s Gambit, Salvio and Cochrane’s Defences, Muzi-Gambit, Allgaier Gambit, Cuuningham Gambit, Queen’s Gambit, Miscellaneous Openings, Illustrative Games.

A complete Guide to the Principles and Practice of the game. By Edmund Routledge. Giving also, the rules proposed by various American writers on the game. Illustrated.

MATERIALS OF THE GAME.—The Mallets, The Balls, The Hoops, The Posts, Clips.
HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED.
PARLOR CROQUET.
HINTS TO YOUNG PLAYERS.
RULES OF THE GAME.—Striking, Order of Playing, The Croquet, the Posts, the Rover.
CROQUET TERMS.

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Advisory Instructions, Rules upon entering the water, Temperature of the water, Temperature of the body, Time for the swim, the Start, Learning the Hand-stroke, Learning the Leg-stroke, General Directions for Attitude, Management of the Breath, Plunging, the Header, Leaping from a Hight, a Shallow Dive, Deep Diving, How to Come to the Surface, Swimming on the Back, the “Steamer,” Floating, Hand-over-hand Swimming, Swimming from a Boat, Precautions for a Short Swim, the Cramp, How to Swim in Times of Danger, the “Washing-tub,” “Creeping,” Sea-bathing—how to manage the Waves, the Tides, etc., A Chapter for the Ladies, A Specimen Female Swimming-school, How to Manage Cases of Drowning, Dr. Franklin’s “Code” for Swimmers, Concluding Remarks.

ON YACHTING.—The Yacht Clubs of England, The Yacht Clubs of America, Other Yacht Clubs, Learning to Sail a Boat, On Steering, Regattas and Races, Sailing Regulations, Glossary of Nautical Terms.

ON ROWING.—English Laws of Boat-racing, New York Clubs, Hints to Rowers, The Great Boat Race of 1867—Oxford versus Cambridge.

THE GREAT OCEAN YACHT RACE OF DECEMBER, 1867.—The Start from New York, The Logs of the Yachts.

THE HARVARD AND YALE COLLEGE CONTESTS.

RIDING.—The Accouterments and Aids Required, Mounting and Dismounting, Management of the Seat and Reins, the Ordinary Paces, Vices, The Ride, Female Horsemanship.

DRIVING.—Driving a Single Horse, The Reins, Driving a Pair of Horses, Bearing Reins.

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And Practical Guide to Compositions, embracing forms, models, suggestions and rules for the use of all classes, on all occasions; also a list of improper words and expressions, together with their correct forms; and also a complete dictionary of mottoes, phrases, idioms, etc. By Louis Legrand, M. D.

COMPOSITION.—The secret of a good letter; directions to a novice; the rules of composition, etc.

GENERAL ADVICE TO LETTER-WRITERS.

LETTERS OF BUSINESS.

LETTERS OF PLEASURE AND FRIENDSHIP.

LETTERS OF LOVE.—Hints and suggestions; a declaration; answer; a briefer declaration of attachment; answer; real love-letters of eminent personages, etc.

LETTERS OF DUTY, OF TRUST, Etc.—What they are and how to write them; forms, etc.; advice from a lady to her friend; a complaint at silence; communicating distressing news; to parents, informing of their son, etc.

LETTERS OF RELATIONSHIP.—Family correspondence; its sacred character and proprieties; examples of real letters, etc.

LETTERS OF VARIOUS OCCASIONS.—A certificate of character; another, for a maid; another, for a clerk; application for a school-teacher’s place; soliciting a vote; declining a nomination; a girl applying for a place; another; application for a governess’ situation, etc.

WRITING FOR THE PRESS.

IMPROPRIETIES OF EXPRESSION.

PHRASES, MOTTOES, IDIOMS, Etc.

For Ladies and Gentlemen; being a guide to true gentility and good-breeding, and a complete directory to the usages and observances of society. Including etiquette of the Ball-room, of the Evening Party, the Dinner Party, the Card and Chess Table, of Business, of the Home Circle, etc., etc. Prepared expressly for the “Dime Series,” by a Committee of Three.

ENTRANCE INTO SOCIETY.—Confidence vs. bashfulness; kindness vs. rudeness; the bores of society, how to treat them.

ON DRESS AND ORNAMENTS.—The vulgarity of “flash” attire; simplicity in dress a mark of good breeding.

ON VISITS, INTRODUCTIONS, Etc.—The law of politeness a law of kindness; when visits are proper; introductions, presentations, etc., and forms.

EVENING PARTIES, DANCES, Etc.—The etiquette of the ball-room; general directions for the same.

GAMES OF CARDS, CHESS, Etc.—When proper and how conducted; general rules of the games; the ill-breeding of betting or bragging.

ON CONVERSATION.—Its usefulness and good results; how to comport yourself; directions for it.

ON LETTER AND NOTE WRITING.—Proprieties and improprieties of the same; general directions for a good letter.

HOW TO GIVE AND RECEIVE INVITATIONS.—General usage in all cases.

ON ENTERTAINMENTS.—Etiquette of the table; how to serve a guest, and how to be served; special directions.

ON PERSONAL CLEANLINESS.—A word to the laborer; on religion and respect for age; on theaters, promenades, etc.; on love, courtship and marriage; the laws of home etiquette; special advice to ladies; general observations and closing chapter.

VERSES FOR ALBUMS.

MOTTOES AND COUPLETS.

ST. VALENTINE VERSES.

BRIDAL AND MARRIAGE VERSES.

VERSES ON BIRTHS AND INFANCY.

VERSES TO SEND WITH FLOWERS.

VERSES OF LOVE AND AFFECTION.

HOLIDAY VERSES.

BIRTHDAY VERSES.

EPITAPHS AND MOURNING VERSES.—For all ages and classes.

THE LOVER’S CASKET.

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INTRODUCTORY.

THE ROMANCE OF DREAMS.—Embodying dreams of all kinds and characters, with the construction placed upon them by the most eminent authorities, and narratives of the extraordinary fulfillment of them.

THE PHENOMENA OF DREAMS.—A physician’s views on the subject, giving a rational solution of the phenomena, with instances cited in proof.

MRS. CATHARINE CROWE’S TESTIMONY.—Favoring the supernatural nature of dreams and a belief in their revelations.

DICTIONARY OF DREAMS.—Comprising the most complete interpretation-Dictionary ever prepared, embracing the whole Alphabet of subjects.

FORTUNE-TELLING BY CARDS.—Dealing the Cards by Threes, Dealing the Cards by Sevens, Dealing the Cards by Fifteens, The Twenty-one Cards, The Italian Method, Present, Past and Future, Another Method of Consulting the Cards, To Know if you will Get your Wish, The English Method of Consulting the Cards.

HOW TO TELL A PERSON’S CHARACTER BY MEANS OF CABALISTIC CALCULATIONS.

PALMISTRY, OR TELLING FORTUNES BY THE LINES OF THE HAND.

FORTUNE-TELLING BY THE GROUNDS IN A TEA OR COFFEE CUP.

HOW TO READ YOUR FORTUNE BY THE WHITE OF AN EGG.

DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION.

HOW TO WRITE AND HOW NOT TO WRITE.
HOW TO PUNCTUATE, CAPITALIZE, Etc.
LETTERS OF CHILDHOOD.
LETTERS OF SCHOOL DAYS.
LETTERS OF FRIENDSHIP.
LETTERS OF COURTSHIP AND LOVE.
LETTERS OF SOCIETY: INVITATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, Etc.
LETTERS OF SYMPATHY.
LETTERS OF BUSINESS.
WRITING FOR THE PRESS.
RULES FOR SPELLING.
PROVERBS FROM SHAKSPEARE.
POETIC QUOTATIONS.
WORDS ALIKE IN SOUND, BUT DIFFERENT IN MEANING AND SPELLING.
EXPLANATION OF THE MOST COMMON ABBREVIATIONS OF WORDS.
FRENCH QUOTATIONS AND PHRASES.
SPANISH WORDS AND PHRASES.
ITALIAN WORDS AND PHRASES.

FRIENDSHIP.—Its Personality, Between Man and Woman, Close Communion Proper, Letters, A Warning, Excellent Advice, A Prime Point, Allow no Improper Intimacy, Special to Young Men, Something to Avoid, Gallantries, Gifts, Beware of Love, Correspondence.

LOVE.—The Dawn of Love, Love’s Secretiveness, Confidences, The First Consciousness of Love, A Man’s Way, A Woman’s Way, Unworthy Objects of Love by Woman, Unworthy Objects of Man’s Love, How to Avoid Mistakes.

COURTSHIP.—The Door Ajar, Disengaged, Engaged: at what age is it proper, Engagement not to be protracted, The Wooing Time, The Proposal, Asking Papa, The Rights of a Parent, Engaged, Proposal Rejected, Breaking off an Engagement.

MARRIAGE.—The Proper Time, Various forms of Marriage, The Trousseau, Presents, Bouquets, The Bridesmaids, The Bridegroomsmen, The Bride, The Bridegroom, the Certificate, Alter the Ceremony, The Wedding Breakfast, “Cards” or “No Cards,” Notes Congratulatory.

AFTER MARRIAGE.—Something to be Read Twice, Twelve Golden Life-Maxims, A Talk with the Unmarried.

MISCELLANEOUS.—Language of the Handkerchief, Language of the Fan, Language of the Cane, Language of Finger Rings, Wedding Anniversaries, viz.: The Paper Wedding, Wooden Wedding, Tin Wedding, Crystal Wedding, Linen Wedding, Silver Wedding, Golden Wedding.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.—How to Use the Vocabulary, The Vocabulary. I—Flowers, The Vocabulary. II—Sentiments.

ETIQUETTE.—Arrangements, Private Parties, The Parlor or Dancing Apartment, Music, Refreshments, Ladies’ Toilets, Gentlemen’s Dress, The Guests.

MASQUERADES.

PROMENADE CONCERTS.

SOCIABLES.

ORDER OF DANCING.

SPECIAL RULES OF CONDUCT.

SQUARE DANCES—Plain Quadrille, Double Quadrille, The Nine Pin, The Lanciers, The Caledonians, The Prince Imperial, The Virginia Reel, The Spanish Dance, La Tempete.

ROUND DANCES.—The Waltz a Trois Temps, Waltz in Double Time, Cellarius or Mazourka Waltz, The Schottische, The Polka, the Galop, Redowa, Polka Redowa, Esmeralda, Danish Polka, The Varsoviana.

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BREAD.—Potato, Brown, Bran, Water, Rye and Indian, Wheat and Rye, Milk, Rising, Buttermilk Bread, Bread Biscuit or Rolls, French Rolls, Soda Biscuits, etc., etc.

HOT BREAD AND CAKES.—Short, Corn, Johnny, Apple Johnny, Griddle, Rich Griddle, Buckwheat, Rice Griddle, Corn Griddle, and Tomato Griddle Cakes, Bannock, Waffles, Muffins, Apple Fritters, Rye Fritters, etc., etc.

OTHER BREAKFAST DISHES.—Toast, Dry Toast, Buttered Toast, Milk Toast, Fried Rice, Omelet, Scrambled, Poached and Boiled Eggs, Wheaten Grits, Hominy, Samp, Hasty Pudding.

MEATS.—Roasting, Boiling, Frying; sixteen various methods for preparing same.

VEAL.—Boiled Veal, Fried Chops, Veal Pie, Leg of Veal, Loin of Veal, Shoulder of Veal, Calves’ Feet, Calf’s Head and Liver.

MUTTON.—Mutton Chops, Chops as Beefsteaks, Neck of Mutton, Shoulder of Mutton, Leg of Mutton, Haunch of Mutton, Saddle of Mutton, Mutton Cutlets, Irish Stew, Leg of Lamb, etc.

PORK.—Pork Steaks, To Fry Pork, To Roast Pork, Spare Ribs of Pork, To Boil a Ham, Pig’s Feet, Souse, Head Cheese, Fine Sausages, Pickle for Hams, Salting Pork, To Melt Lard.

POULTRY AND GAME.—Roast and Boiled Turkey, Roast and Baked Goose, Ducks, Roast Fowl, Chickens Boiled, Fowl Broiled, To Fricassee a Fowl, Chicken Pie, To Cook Pigeons, etc.

FISH.—To Fry Fresh Fish or Eels, Baked Shad, To Broil Fresh Fish, Fresh Codfish, Salt Codfish, Codfish Balls, Stewed Oysters, Fried Oysters, Pickled Oysters, Chowder.

NICE BREAKFAST DISHES.—Fresh Meat, Griddles, Clam Griddles, Oyster Pancakes, Fish Balls, Codfish Toast, Rice Balls, Hashed Mutton, Head Cheese, A New Breakfast Dish.

SOUPS.—Beef, Vermicelli, Pea, Bean, Split Peas and Barley, Vegetable and Rice, Tomato.

VEGETABLES.—Twenty different varieties.

SAUCES.—White, Caper for Fish, Egg, Plain Butter, Cranberry, Apple, Sweet.

SALADS.—Radishes, Celery.

PIES.—Twenty-five different varieties.

PUDDINGS.—Christmas Plum Pudding, and eighteen other recipes.

CAKES.—Thirty-four recipes.

TEA, COFFEE, CHOCOLATE.—Eight recipes.

JELLIES, PRESERVES, Etc.—Forty-one recipes.

PICKLES.—To Pickle various kinds of Vegetables and Fish.

ICE CREAM.—How to make it.

OYSTERS AND OTHER SHELL-FISH.

THE CARVER’S MANUAL.—General directions for Carving.

MISCELLANEOUS.—Chicken and Plum Pudding, Potato Muffins, Drop Biscuit, etc., etc.

A Companion to the Dime Cook Book. A Directory for the Parlor, Nursery, Sick Room, Toilet, Kitchen, Larder, etc. Revised and enlarged edition. By Mrs. Victor.

THE PARLOR.—To choose Carpets, Directions for Carpets, To clean Turkey Carpets, Moth in Carpets, To extract Oil or Spermaceti from Carpets, etc., To make Stair Carpets last, Cheap Carpet, To wash Carpets, to sweep Carpets, House Cleaning, to clean Looking-glasses, Oil Paintings, Mahogany, etc., To preserve Gilding and clean it, To take Stains out of Mahogany, to clean Brass Ornaments, Marble, Lamp, Paint, To polish Mahogany, To remove Grease from Books, To prevent Mold in Books, Paste, Ink, and Leather, To clean Silver-plated Candlesticks, To remove Rust, etc.

THE NURSERY AND SICK ROOM.—Clothing of Infants, Waking Suddenly, Restlessness at Night, Ointment for Seurf in the Heads of Infants, Teething, Vaccination, Worms in Children, About Children, Hair of Children, Hooping Cough, Dysentery, Scarlet Fever, Putrid Sore Throat, etc., A Cure for Burns, Scalds, Body in Flames, and seventy more recipes.

FOOD FOR THE SICK.—A Strengthening Jelly for Invalids, Mutton Custard for Bowel Complaints or Consumptive Cases, Chicken, Beef, etc., Toast Water, Rice Jelly, Bread Jelly, Calves’ Feet Broth, Panada, Beef Tea, Wine Whey, Water Gruel, Milk Porridge, Rice Gruel, Medicated Prunes.

THE TOILET; THE HAIR.—To remove Dandruff, A Capital Pomade, Twiggs’ Receipt for the Hair, Bandoline for the Hair, Hair-curling Liquid, Oil of Roses.

THE TEETH.—To clean the Teeth and Gums, Quinine Tooth Powder, Prepared Charcoal, Peruvian Bark Powder, Homeopathic Chalk, Cuttle Fish Powder, Lip Salve.

THE HANDS.—To remove Stains from the Hands, To improve the Hands and Arms, Ointment for the Hands, Chapped Hands.

THE COMPLEXION.—To preserve It, Wash for a Blotched Face, To remove Sunburn, Blotches, Freckles, Pimples, Kalydor for Complexion.

COSMETICS, PERFUMES, Etc.—Face Powder, Pearl Powder, Rowland’s Macassar Oil, and twenty more recipes.

CARE OF CLOTHING.—Furs, Woolen, Silk, Gloves, Ribbons, Lace, Bonnets, etc.

THE KITCHEN.—To can Fruit, Pears, Quinces, Berries, Peas, Beans, Tomatoes, Green Corn, To preserve Fruit Jellies from Mold, To prevent “Graining,” and seventy-five more recipes.

MELANGE.

HOW TO MAKE BUTTER AND CHEESE.

PROCESS OF WINE-MAKING.

MISCELLANEOUS.—To mend China, To get rid of Bedbugs and Cockroaches, To make Ink, To manufacture Candles, To repair Broken Glass, and a hundred other useful recipes.

Comprising the best works only of the most popular living writers in the field of American Romance. Each issue a complete novel, with illuminated cover, rivaling in effect the popular chromo, yet sold at the standard price, TEN CENTS.