Popular Books sent Free of Postage at the Kices annexed. 

 McBride's All Kinds of Dialogues, A Collection of Origin / 



Humorous and Domestic Dialogues, introducing Yankee, French, Iri i, 

 Dutch, and other characters. Excellently adapted for Amateur perform- 

 ance. By H. Elliott McBride. This book constitutes a second series of 

 McBride's Comic Dialogues, and affords an additional variety of the spirited 

 dialogues aud short dramatic scenes contained in the latter book. They 

 are all entirely original, and develop in a marked degree the eccentricities 

 and peculiarities of the various ideal, but genuine, characters which are 

 represented in them. They are specially adapted for School Exhibitions 

 ' and all other celebrations where the success of the CTitertainment is partly 

 or entirely dependent on the efforts of the young ibiks. 



Illuminated Paper Cover, Price 30 cts. 



Bound in Boards 50 Cts. 



Beecher's Recitations and Headings. Humorous, Serious, 



Dramatic ; including Prose and Poetical Selections in Dutch, French, Tan- 

 kse, Irish, Backwoods, Negro and other Dialects. Edited by Alvah C. 

 Beecher. This excellent selection has been compiled to meet a growing 

 demand for Public Readings, and contains a number of the favorite pieces 

 that have been rendered with telling effect by the most popular Public 

 Readers of the present time. It includes, also, choice selections for Recita- 

 tion, and is, therefore, admirably adapted for use at Evening Entertain, 

 ments, School Celebrations, and other Festival occasions. 



]6rao. Illuminated Paper Cover, Price 30 cts 



Bound in Boards 50 Cts, 



Day's Cards for Popping the Question. An Original Game 



for Lovers and Sweethearts, or for Merrv-Making in a Party of Young 

 People. These cards are not only delightfully useful to diffident lovers- 

 enabling them to realize deferred hopes, aud cure aching hearts, but will 

 make lots of fun and innocent amusement in a party of young people, often 

 resulting in earnest love passages begun in sport preventing shyness and 

 diffidence, and promoting that healthy and easy confidence between the 

 sexes so necessary in all social meetings. The set consists of forty-two 

 Cards, viz.: twenty-one questions, which are mostly earnest declarations of 

 love, and twenty-one answers, equally pithy and to the point. As soon as 

 these Cards become known we feel sure that they will have an endless sale. 

 P ut up in cases, with directions for playing. Price 30 Cts. 



'Ned Turner's Circus Joke Book. A Collection of the best 



Jokes, Bon Mots, Repartees, Gems of Wit, and Funny Savings and Doings 

 of the celebrated Ecjuestrian Clown and Ethiopian Comedian, Ned Turner. 

 Arranged and compiled by George E. Gowan. This book forms the third 

 of the series by this versatile popular performer. Price 10 Cts. 



Chips from Uncle Sam's Jack-Knife, Illustrated with over 



1(XJ Comical Engravings, and comprising a collection of over 500 Laugha- 

 ble Stories, Funny Adventures, Comic Poetry, Queer Conundrums, Ter- 

 , rifio Puns, "Witty Sayings, Sublime Jokes and Sentimental Scntencea. The 

 > whole being a most perfect portfolio for those who love to laugh. 

 '' Large octavo. Price 25 cts. 



Clarence Bolton. A New York story, with city life in all its 

 phases. This is one of those fascinating tales of city life that gives an in- 

 sight into every class of society. Price 25 cts. 



Grace Weldpn ; or, The Pretty Milliner. This is a story about 

 the Sewing Girls of Boston. Full of fun andadventure. Any person who 

 desires to read a lively story should not fail to get this work. 



25 cts. 



