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Mother Goose's Melodies. — Selected and arranged by my Uncle Solo- 

 mon, and illustrated by Cousin Hezekiah. 96 pages. Illuminated cover. 



Price, 15 Cents. 



Painter's Hand-Book, The.— Containing full instructions for House 

 and Ornamental Painting. Contains information on all coloring sub- 

 stances, liquids with which colors are mixed, mixing and laying on 

 colors, choice and distribution of same, recipes for colors, how to make 

 a composition for rendering canvas, linen and cloth, durable, pliable and 

 wa+er-proof, etc., etc. Price, 25 Cents. 



Parlor Tableaux ; or, Animated Pictures.— For the use of Families, 

 Schools and Public exhibitions. Containing about eighty popular sub- 

 jects, with plain and explicit directions for arranging the stage, dress- 

 ing-rooms, lights, full descriptions of costumes, duties of stage man- 

 ager, properties and scenery required, and all the necessary directions 

 for getting them up, so that any one can act in them. Everything is 

 stated in a plain, simple manner, so that it will be easiiy understood ; 

 everything like style or unnecessary show has been avoided in order 

 that all may readily grasp at the author's meaning. 



For public or private entertainment, there is nothing which is so in- 

 teresting and instructive as the tableaux. Price, 25 Cents, 



Shadow Pantomimes ; or, Harlequin in the Shade.— How to get them 

 up and how to act in them ; with full and concise instructions, and nu- 

 merous illustrations. Also, full and complete descriptions of properties 

 and costumes. It ha«> been the aim of the author to provide harmless 

 home amusement for old and young, excluding everything objectionable 

 to sound morality and good home-training. By Tony Denier, Panto- 

 mimist, author of "Tony Denier's Parlor Pantomimes," "Amateur's 

 Guide," etc. Price, 25 Cents. 



Shakespeare Proverbs ; or, The Wise Saws of our Wisest Poet. Col- 

 lected into a modern instance, being nearly 1000 of the wisest and wit- 

 tiest of Shakespeare's sayings, gathered into a neat volume, suitable for 

 the pocket. It has been thought that the wisest and wittiest of Shakes- 

 peare's sayings, collected into such a form as to be readily carried about 

 in the pocket, would furnish the means of employing the otherwise idle 

 half-hour that sometimes occurs in the life of the busiest person. 

 Hence this little volume. Price, 25 Cents- 



Short-Hand Without a Master.— By which the art of taking down 

 Sermons, Lectures, Trials, Speeches, etc., may be acquired in a few 

 hours. Sixty-first edition, with a supplement. * By the aid of this work 

 any person of the most ordinary intelligence may learn to write Short- 

 hand. Students, Authors, Clergymen, Lawyers, everyoody should learn 

 it because of its universal availability. Price, 25 Cents 



Stump Speaker, The.— Being a collection of Comic Speeches and Beci- 

 tations, Burlesque Orations, Stump Speeches, Laughable Scenes, Hu* 

 snorous Lectures, Button-bursting Witticisms, Ridiculous Drolleries, 

 sa'unny Stories, etc., etc., translated into the four modern languages — 

 Yankee, Dutch, Irish and Ethiopian— for the convenience of the public 

 at large. Price, 15 Cents. 



