PRACTICAL HANDBOOKS. 



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HOW WE ARE GOVERNED: A Handbook of the Constitution, Govern- 

 ment, Laws and Power of the British Empire. By ALBANY DE 

 FONBLANQUE. Sixteenth Edition, Revised and Re-edited by W. J. 

 GORDON. 



" ' How we are Governed ' is an impartial and unprejudiced Guide to our present 

 system of Administration. It deals with tacts, and not with opinions, and is a com- 

 plete and trustworthy manual for the people. It is handy, popular, exact, and 

 well indexed, and should be in the hands of ill who have a voice or a vote in the 

 government of our country." 



BIRD-KEEPING: A Practical Guide to the Management of Cage and Sing- 

 ing Birds. By C. E. DYSON. Illustrated with numerous Wood En- 

 gravings and Coloured Plates. 

 "A capital present for any boy or girl who has a, fondness for keeping birds." 



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MODERN MANUALS. 



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In square fcap. 8vo, neat binding (new style). 



MODERN ETIQUETTE, in Public and Private. Including Society at 

 Large, the Etiquette of Weddings, the Ball-Room, the Dinner Table, 

 The Toilet, &c. &c. A New and Revised Edition. 



" This little volume, which has long maintained the highest reputation, will be 

 found in its new and revised form to be still more useful and reliable on this complex 

 subject." 



MODERN HOYLE; or, How to Play Whist, Chess, Draught?, Euchre, 

 Poker, Napoleon, Besique, Backgammon, Dominoes, Solo Whist, 

 Ecarte, &c. &c. By Professor HOFFMANN. 

 " This volume is the recognised standard handbook on the rules and methods 



adopted in playing Card Games, &c." 



TIPS FOR TRICYCLISTS. By Professor HOFFMANN, C.T.C., KC.U. 

 N.L.C.C. Third Revised and Enlarged Edition. With numerous 

 Illustrations. 



" One of the best and most comprehensive manuals of the kind we have yet 

 Been. . . Would that all books of reference were as handily and as sensibly com- 

 piled." Graphic. [mar** 

 "As complete and compendious as skill and pains could make li^Oottnfy Gentle- 

 "The book is full of useful information for tricyclists upon a variety of subjects 

 dealing with the practical parts of machines, the health and comfort of riders 

 generally, and giving a table of railway fares and hints about Continental touring. 

 The work is well illustrated, and is one that every wheelman should add to his library, 

 and being in handy size can be conveniently carried in the pocket." Wheeling. 



THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. Practical Information on a Thousand 

 Subjects. By the Author of " Enquire Within." New Edition. 

 " We have in this little work most useful information on subjects of every kind, 

 given in plain and unmistakable language, rendering to the reader ' The Best of 

 Everything ' in a popular and lucid form, of easy reference and undoubted practical 

 Value." Brighton Examiner. 



HINTS ABOUT HOME AND FARM FAVOURITES : For Pleasure, Prize and 

 Profit. By GORDON STABLES, M.D., C.K, R.K 



" This work may well be called a multum-in-parvo on the subject ; with such a 

 book as this anyone should be able, not only to choose a pet, but manage to keep 

 bat pet happy and well when they get it," 



