hiewand Popular Books sent Free of Postage at Prices Annexed. 

 Haney's Fancy Alphabets.— For sign painters. This 



work meets a want It ^ives the fashionable styles of the day and oriff 

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 to keep customera and get uew cues 50 cts. 



Home Recreations ; or, How to Amuse the Young Folks — 

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 Illustrated ... 25 cts. 



Horse-Shoer's Manual.— Includes preparation of foot, 

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Houdin the Conjurer.— This life of the famous French 



Conjurer is full of interesting adventures, "more fascinating than fic- 

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How I Became a Ventriloquist.— Describing the methods 



by which the author acquired the amusing art, and also his diverting 

 experience therewith 10 cts. 



How to Make Up for the Stage. — A practical illustrated 



guide for amateur theatricals, charades, tableaux, etc. This is invalu 

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Humors of Ventriloquism. — Full of the most entertain- 

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Hunters and Trappers' Practical Guide— This little 



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 pers, fire hunting, pigeon catching, camping out; sporting vocabulary, 

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 with any catchpenny. It has fifty engravings 20 cts. 



Impromptu Speaker. — This is not a collection of set 



speeches, but guides the speaker in making his own. To point out the 

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 to strive for in both the matter and the manner of the speech, and the 

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