Taking the Bastile; Or, Pitou the Peasant

by Alexandre Dumas

  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 30 cents.

  This is a new and choice selection of gems of Prose and Poetry,comprising over seven hundred selections, suitable for writingin Autograph Albums, Valentines, and for Birthday and Weddingcelebrations. It also contains a new and choice collection of versessuitable for Christmas and New-Year Cards. It contains 128 pages, withpaper 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 conjuringfor amateurs 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 amountof astonishment, mystery, and fun, should learn Ventriloquism, as heeasily can follow the simple secret given in this book. Mailed for 15cents.

  =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, 135 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 cents.

  =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 containsa complete Dictionary of Dreams, alphabetically, with a clearinterpretation of each dream, and the lucky numbers that belong to it.It includes Palmistry, or telling fortunes by the lines of the hand;fortune telling by the grounds in a tea or coffee cup; how to read yourfuture life by the white of an egg; tells how to know who your futurehusband will be, and how soon you will be married; fortune-telling bycards; Hymen's lottery; 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 havingspare time 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 windowand dining-room signaling; the language of flowers; how to kissdeliciously; love-letters, and how to write them, with specimens;bashfulness and timidity, and how to overcome them, etc., etc. 15cents.

  =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; Modeof refusal when not approved; Conduct to be observed by a rejectedsuitor; Refusal by the lady's parents or guardians; Etiquette of anengagement; Demeanor of the betrothed pair; Should a courtship be longor short; Preliminary etiquette of a wedding; Fixing the day; How tobe married; The trousseau; Duties to be attended to by the bridegroom;Who should be asked to the wedding; Duties of the bridesmaids andgroomsmen; Etiquette of a wedding; Costume of bride, bridesmaids, andbridegroom; Arrival at the church; The marriage ceremonial; Registryof the marriage; Return home, and wedding breakfast; Departure for thehoneymoon; Wedding cards; Modern practice of "No cards;" Reception andreturn of wedding visits; Practical advice to a newly married couple.Price, 16 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 bookwill tell you how, when, and whom to marry; besides giving you valuablehints and helps not found in any other book. It contains 112 pages,paper cover, 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 ahorse how to dance, waltz, kiss you, shake hands, etc., etc.; cure ofsore breasts, big head, big leg, fullness of blood, catarrh; loosebowels, corns, cough, inflammation of eye, brittle feet, sand crackin foot, founder (a sure cure), galled back, grease, inflammation ofkidneys, worms, itch, nasal, gleet, over-reaching, staggers, botts,etc., etc.; concluding with rules and regulations for the governmentof trotting and racing. [symbol-Pointing Hand] No man who owns a horsecan afford to do without this book. It is very thorough, complete andreliable, and well worth a dozen times the price asked for it. Itcontains matter not to be found in any other horse book. Price, 15cents.

  =GRAND WONDER COLLECTION.=--A wonderful offer. $3.00 worth of go
odsfor only 50 cents! Everything is now very cheap, and people get a gooddeal more for their money than they used to, but we have no hesitationin saying that never before was so much offered for the money as isoffered in this GRAND WONDER COLLECTION. It could not be done, onlythat we expect to sell thousands of them and are fully satisfied thateach one sold 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. Preservingand Manufacturing Secrets. 6. The Housewife's Treasure. 7. FourteenPopular Songs, Words and Music.

  [symbol-Pointing Hand] Any person ordering this collection and notfully satisfied, the money will be cheerfully refunded. Price, 50 cents.

  =MAGIC TRICK CARDS.=--The Magician's Own Cards, for performingwonderful tricks. Every boy a magician! Every man a conjurer! Everygirl a witch! Every one astonished! They are the most superior trickcards ever offered for sale, and with them you can perform some of themost remarkable 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--theFat made Lean, Comely and Active.

  =Lean People.=--It also give directions, the following of which willenable Lean, Angular, Bony or Sharp Visaged People, to be Plump andRosy Skinned.

  =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 BaldHeads, as well as how to stop Falling of the Hair, how to Curl theHair, 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 Restorativefor the Hair, Chevalier's Life for the Hair, Ayer's Hair Vigor,Professor Wood's Hair Restorative, Hair Restorer America, Gray's HairRestorative, Phalon's Vitalia, Ring's Vegetable Ambrosia, Mrs. Allen'sWorld's Hair Restorer, Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer, MarthaWashington Hair Restorative, etc., etc. (no room for more), showinghow the lead, etc., in these mixtures causes disease and oftentimespremature 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 insuch a delicate manner that the girl will not suspect what you are at.They may be used by two persons only, or they will make lots of fun foran evening party of young people. There are sixty cards in all, andeach answer will respond differently to every one of the questions.Price, 30 cents.

  =MISS SLIMMENS' BOARDING-HOUSE.=--By the author of "A Bad Boy's Diary."16mo, 188 pages, with nine illustrations. Complete edition. Papercover, 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 tellsall about soap-making at home, so as to make it cost about one-quarterof what bar soap costs; it tells how to make candles by molding ordipping; it gives seven methods for destroying rats and mice; how tomake healthy bread without flour (something entirely new); to preserveclothes and furs from moths; a sure plan for destroying house-flies,cockroaches, beetles, ants, bedbugs and fleas; all about housecleaning, papering, etc., and hundreds of other valuable hints justsuch as housekeepers are wanting 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 youlike it? when do you like it? and where do you like it? Cross questionsand crooked answers; Cupid's coming; Proverbs; Earth, air and water;Yes and no; Copenhagen; Hunt the hare, and a thousand other games.

  Here is family amusement for the million. Here is parlor ordrawing-room entertainment, night after night, for a whole winter. Ayoung man with this volume may render himself the _beau ideal_ of adelightful companion 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 ofConversation; Listening; Self-possession; Appreciativeness;Conversation, when confidential; The matter and the manner; Propersubjects; Trifles; Objectionable subjects; Politics; Rights of women;Wit and humor; Questions and negatives; Our own hobbies; The voice, howto improve; Speaking one's mind; Public speaking; How to make a speech;Opening a debate; Division of the subject; The affirmative; The reply,etc., etc. A really valuable book, and one that every man and woman,boy and girl should possess. 15 cents.

  =LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS.=--A Guide to the successful Hunting andTrapping of all kinds of Animals. It gives the right season fortrapping; how to make, set and bait all kinds of traps; traps forminks, weasels, skunks, hawks, owls, gophers, birds, squirrels,musk-rats, foxes, rabbits, raccoons, etc.; how to make and usebirdlime. It gives the English secrets for catching alive all kinds ofbirds; it tells how to know the true value of skins, as well as howto skin all animals; deodorize, stretch, and cure them; to dress andtan skins, furs and leather; to tan with or without the wool or hair;to skin and stuff birds; baits and hooks for fishing; how to fishsuccessfully without nets, lines, spears, snares, "bobs," or bait (agreat secret), how to choose and clean guns; how to breed minks fortheir skins (hundreds of dollars can be made by any boy or young manwho 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 emp
loyment; Letters of congratulation; Letters 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 themto write letters without great effort. 15 cents.

  =NAPOLEON'S COMPLETE BOOK= of Fate and Complete Fortune Teller.--Thisis the celebrated Oracle of Human Destiny consulted by Napoleon theFirst previous to any of his undertakings, and by which he was sosuccessful in war, business, and love. It is the only authentic andcomplete copy extant, being translated into English from a Germantranslation of an ancient Egyptian manuscript found in the year 1801by M. Sonini, in one of the royal tombs near Mount Libycus, in UpperEgypt. This Oraculum is so arranged that any question on business,love, wealth, losses, hidden treasures, no matter what its nature, theOraculum has an answer for it. It also shows how to learn of one's fateby 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 relativeto building, such as number of shingles required in a roof, quantityof plaster for a house, quantity of materials required for buildinga house, etc., etc., and much other information of permanent andpractical value.

  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 hundreds of dollars by following the suggestions itcontains. 25 cents.

  =HOW TO BEHAVE.=--Hand-book of Etiquette and Guide to TruePoliteness. CONTENTS: Etiquette and its uses; Introductions; Cuttingacquaintances; Letters of introduction; Street etiquette; Domesticetiquette and duties; Visiting; Receiving company; Evening parties;The lady's toilet; The gentleman's toilet; Invitations; Etiquette ofthe ball-room; General rules of conversation; Bashfulness and howto overcome it; Dinner parties; Table etiquette; Carving; Servants;Traveling; Visiting cards; Letter writing; Conclusion. This is thebest book of the kind yet published, and every person wishing to beconsidered well-bred, who wishes to understand the customs of goodsociety, and to avoid incorrect and vulgar habits, should send for acopy. 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. 192 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 RareValue for 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--somethingall lovers 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 makea clock for 25 cents; how to detect counterfeit money; how to banishand prevent mosquitoes from biting; how to make yellow butter inwinter; Circassian curling fluid; Sympathetic or Secret Writing Ink;Cologne Water; Artificial honey; Stammering; how to make large nosessmall; to cure drunkenness; to copy letters without a press; to obtainfresh-blown flowers 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 crib or sucking wind; how to puta 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 whenlighted, though but the size of a pea, there issues from it a coiling,hissing serpent, wonderful in length and similarity to a genuineserpent.

  =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."So that any person can astonish an audience, as they have done. Alsoscores of other wonderful things which there is no room to mention.

  =Old Secrets and New Discoveries= is worth $5 to any person; but itwill be 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 rolledinto one. It is not too much to say that the book contains thechoicest humor in the English language. Its size is mammoth,containing more than one thousand of the raciest jests, comical hits,exhilarating stories, flowers of wit, excruciating jokes, uproariouspoems, laughable sketches, darky comicalities, clowns' efforts,button-bursting conundrums, endmen's jokes, plantation humors, funnycaricatures, 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 soldat the following prices: English cloth, beveled boards, gilt side andback, $3.00; leather, sprinkled edges, $3.50; half turkey morocco,marbled edges, gilt back, $4.00.

  =SOME FUNNY THINGS= said by Clever Children. Who is not interestedin children? We are satisfied that this book will give genuinesatisfaction to all who are interested in listening to the happy voicesof children. This will show that humor is not confined to adult mindsby 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 easil
y 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 guesswork, and instructions HOW TO BUILD 70 Cottages, Villas, Double Houses,Brick Block Houses, suitable for city suburbs, town and country,houses for the farm and workingmen's homes for all sections of thecountry, and costing from $300 to $4,500; also Barns, Stables, SchoolHouse, Town Hall, Churches and other public buildings, together withspecifications, form of contract, etc., etc., and a large amount ofinformation on the erection of buildings, selection of site, employmentof 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 bonesinto manure; Barnet's certain preventive for the potato rot, worth $50to, any farmer; remedy for smut in wheat; to cure blight in fruit trees;to destroy potatobug; to prevent mildew and rust in wheat; to destroythe cut-worm; home-made stump machine, as good as any sold; to keepcellars from 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,Humorous Lectures, Button-bursting Witticisms, Ridiculous Drolleries,Funny Stories, 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,A Word of Warning, The Secret of the Widow's Power, Lady Beauty, TheLoved Wife, 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.

  =ADVICE TO WOMEN= ON THE CARE OF THE HEALTH, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTERCONFINEMENT. By Florence Stacpoole, Diplomee of the London ObstetricalSociety, and Lecturer to the National Health Society. This is one ofthe most valuable and practical books ever issued and should be inpossession of every married woman. With this book no woman need haveany fear in reference to childbirth and confinement. Paper cover, 50cents.

  =THREE THOUSAND THINGS WORTH KNOWING.=--By R. Moore, author of "Moore'sUniversal Assistant," 12mo, 410 pages. Price, paper cover, 50 cents;cloth, 75 cents. It contains Calculations, Processes, Trade Secrets,Rules, Legal Items, Business Forms, etc., in every Occupation, from theHousehold to the Manufactory.

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