The Hero of the People: A Historical Romance of Love, Liberty and Loyalty

by Alexandre Dumas

  ARE YOU A WOMAN?

  And Do You Want to Get Married?

  If so, you ought to buy our new book.

  "How to Get married Although a Woman,"

  By A YOUNG WIDOW.

  Read what _The Christian Advocate_ says about it:

  "How to Get Married Although a Woman," by a young widow, comes from theJ. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co., 57 Rose Street, New York. The womananxious to get married, but unable to do so, will find an immense amountof advice and assistance in this little volume, and will learn whatmanner of woman is liked and what disliked by men, the reasons ofsuccess and failure in the race matrimonial, some unfailing methods ofcatching a husband, why it is that a plain widow can come into acommunity and take her pick among the most eligible men, and finally,how to retain the love of a husband when he has been captured and how toget another one when he has been gathered to his fathers. Any woman whocannot catch a husband by the rules laid down in this book does notdeserve one, and it costs only 25 cents for all this valuable advice andinformation.

  This book will be sent by mail, postpaid, to any address on receipt of25 cents. Address

  _J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY_,_Lock Box 2767._ _57 Rose St., New York._

  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 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, containingfull and ample instructions on the mysteries of magic, sleight-of-handtricks, card tricks, etc. The best work on conjuring for amateurspublished. Illustrated. 15 cents.

  =ART OF VENTRILOQUISM.=--Contains simple and full directions by which anyone may acquire the amusing art, with numerous examples for practice.Also instructions for making the magic whistle, for imitating birds,animals, and peculiar sounds of various kinds. Any boy who wishes toobtain 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 humorous booksof the present day, filled with fun and good humor, and "will drive theblues out of a bag of indigo." It is printed from new, large type, andon fine, heavy white paper of a superior finish, and contains 280 pages.New, full-page illustrations from unique designs have been preparedexpressly for this edition. Handsome paper cover, 25 cents.

  =BATTLE FOR BREAD (THE).=--This book contains a series of Sermons by Rev.T. DeWitt Talmage, the greatest of living preachers. Every workingmanand those who employ them should read this book, and thus be informed ofthe real solution of the question of the relations of Labor and Capital,12mo, 135 pages. Paper cover, 25 cents; cloth, 75 cents.

  =BLACK ART EXPOSED (THE).=--This book contains some of the most marvelousthings in ancient and modern magic, jugglery, etc., ever printed, andhas to be seen to be fully appreciated. Suffice it to say that any boyknowing the secrets it contains will be able to do things that willastonish all. 15 cts.

  =BLUNDERS OF A BASHFUL MAN (THE).=--By the popular author of "A Bad Boy'sDiary." This is one of the most humorous books ever issued, and has beenpronounced _better_ than "A Bad Boy's Diary." 12mo, 160 pages.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 interpretation ofeach 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 had omens, etc. 25 cents.

  =CONCERT EXERCISES FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS.=--5 cents each; 30 cents per dozen;per hundred, by mail, postpaid, $2.00. No. 1, THE CHRISTIAN'S JOURNEY.No. 2, THE STORY OF REDEEMING LOVE. (For Christmas.) No. 3, CHRIST ISRISEN. (Appropriate for Easter.) No. 4, WELCOME GREETING. (Appropriatefor Children's Day.) No. 5, GOOD TIDINGS. (Appropriate for anniversariesand 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'tMarry." Some marry too soon, others wait too long. This book will tellyou how, when, and whom to marry; besides giving you valuable hints andhelps 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 the storywas 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 of aMinister'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 like ithas ever appeared. It is simple and reliable and can be used by anyperson. It will be mailed for 25 cents.


  =EDUCATING THE HORSE.=--A new and improved system of Educating the Horse.Also a Treatise on Shoeing, with new and valuable Receipts for Diseasesof Horses. CONTENTS: The great secret of Horse-Taming; How to throw ahorse; the wild colts to halter; break a colt; hitching colt in stall;how to handle a colt's feet; breaking and driving colts to harness;objects of fear; to train a horse to stand when getting into a carriage;balking horses; pulling at halter; to break horses from jumping; pawingin stall and kicking in harness; the runaway horse; shoeing; corns; toteach a horse to appear intelligent; to teach a horse how to dance,waltz, kiss you, shake hands, etc., etc.; cure of sore breasts, bighead, big leg, fullness of blood, catarrh, loose bowels, corns, cough,inflammation of eye, brittle feet, sand crack in foot, founder (a surecure), galled back, grease, inflammation of kidneys, worms, itch, nasal,gleet, over-reaching, staggers, botts, etc., etc.; concluding with rulesand regulations for the government of trotting and racing. =>No man whoowns a horse can afford to do without this book. It is very thorough,complete and reliable, and well worth a dozen times the price asked forit. It contains matter not to be found in any other horse 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 a witch!Every one astonished! They are the most superior trick cards everoffered 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: Lawsof Beauty--Air, Sunshine, Water, and Food--Work and Rest--Dress andOrnament--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 natural colorwithout 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 of Sunburn,Freckles, Pimples, Wrinkles, Warts, etc., so that they can be entirelyremoved.

  =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 all madeeasy 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 everything thatrelates to household economies. It gives the method of making Jackson'sUniversal Washing Compound, which can clean the dirtiest cotton, linenor woolen clothes in twenty minutes without rubbing or harming thematerial. This recipe is being constantly peddled through the country at$5.00 each, and is certainly worth it. It also tells all aboutsoap-making at home, so as to make it cost about one-quarter of what barsoap costs; it tells how to make candles by molding or dipping; it givesseven methods for destroying rats and mice; how to make healthy breadwithout flour (something entirely new); to preserve clothes and fursfrom moths; a sure plan for destroying houseflies, cockroaches, beetles,ants, bedbugs and fleas; all about house cleaning, papering, etc., andhundreds of other valuable hints just such as housekeepers are wantingto 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 man withthis 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 tells howto win the favor of the ladies, but how to address a lady; Conduct acourtship; "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 without the wool orhair; 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 man whoknows how to breed min
ks), 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 complete guideand 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; 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 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 for it.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 to theforegoing, plans for each floor in each and every dwelling of which anengraving 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 a newor 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; Generalrules of conversation; Bashfulness and how to overcome it; Dinnerparties; Table etiquette; Carving; Servants; Traveling; Visiting cards;Letter writing; Conclusion. This is the best book of the kind yetpublished, 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,= containing StatisticalTables of Practical Value for Mechanics, Merchants, Editors, Lawyers,Printers, Doctors, Farmers, Lumbermen, Bankers, Bookkeepers, Politiciansand all classes of workers in every department of human effort, andcontaining a compilation of facts for reference on various subjects,being an epitome of matters Historical, Statistical, Biographical,Political, Geographical and general interest. 192 pages bound in paper,25 cents.

  No more valuable book 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 person in amesmeric sleep, and then be able to do with him as you will. This secrethas 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 the armin 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; tomake a horse temporarily lame; how to make him stand by his food and noteat it; how to cure a horse from the crib or sucking wind; how to put ayoung countenance on the horse; how to cover up the heaves; how to makehim appear as if he had the glanders; how to make a true-pulling horsebalk; how to nerve a horse that is lame, etc., etc.--These horse secretsare 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 of drawingor picture. Also, more wonderful still, how to print pictures from theprint 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 choicest humorin the English language. Its size is mammoth, containing more than onethousand of the raciest jests, comical hits, exhilarating stories,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.