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Delisser's Horseman's Guide. Comprising the Laws on War- 

 ranty, and the Rules in purchasing and selling' Horses, with the decisions and 

 reports of various conns in Europe and the United States ; to which is added 

 a detailed account of what constitute soundness and uusoumlness, and a 

 precise method, simply laid down, for the examination of horses, showing 

 their age to thirty years old; together with an exposure of the various tricks 

 and impositions practiced by low horse-dealers (jockeys) on inexperienced 

 persons; also a valuable Table of each and every bone in the structure of 

 the Horse. The entire matter carefully compiled from Twenty English, Five 

 American, Six French, and Nine German Veterinary Authors, with the 

 opinions of the compiler attached. By George P. Delisser, V. S. &. L A., 

 and late Examining Veterinary Surgeon to the American Society for the 



Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Bound in boards, cloth back 75 cts. 



Bound in Cloth. Price $1.00. 



Howard's Book of Conundrums and Riddles. Containing 



over 1.400 "Witty Conundrums, Queer Kiddles, Perplexing Puzxles. Inge- 

 nious Enigmas, Clever Charades, Curious Catches, and Amusing Sells, origi- 

 nal and newly dressed. This splendid collection of curious paradoxes 

 will afford the material for a never-ending feast of fun and amusement. 

 Any person, with the assistance of this book, may lake the lead in enter- 

 taining a company and keeping them in roars of laughter for hours to- 

 gether. It is an invaluable companion for a Pic-nic or Summer Excursion 

 of any kind, and is just tiie thing to make a fireside circle merry on a long 

 winter's evening. There is not a poor riddle in the hook, the majority being 



fresh and of the highest order. Paper cover. Price ciO Cts. 



Bound in boards, cloth back. Price 50 Cts. 



Frost's Book of Tableaux and Shadow Pantomimes. 



Containing a choice collection of Tableaux or living Pictures, embracing 

 Moving Tableaux, Mother Goose Tableaux, Fairy Tale Tableaux. Charade 

 and Proverb Tableaux; together with directions for arranging the stage, 

 costuming the characters, and forming appropriate groups. By Miss S. 

 Annie Frost. To which is added a number of Shadow Acts and Panto- 

 mimes, with complete stage instructions. 180 pages, paper cover... 30 Cts. 

 Bound in boards, cloth back 50 CtS. 



Laughing Gas. An Encyclopedia of Wit, Wisdom, and 

 "Wind. By Sara Slick, Jr. Comically illustrated with 100 original and 

 laughable Engravings, and nearly f>00 .side-extending Jokes, and other 

 things to get fat on ; and the best tiling of it is, that everything about the 

 book is new and fresh all new new designs, new stories, new type no 

 comic almanac stuff. Price Ji5 Cts. 



The Egyptian Bream Book and Fortune-Teller. Con- 

 taining an Alphabetical List of Dreams, and numerous methods of Telling 

 Fortunes, including the celebrated Oraculum of Xapoleon Bonaparte. Il- 

 lustrated with explanatory diagrams. Boards, cloth back. Price. ..40 cts. 



Ned Turner's Black Jokes. A collection of Funny Stories, 

 Jokes and Conundrums, interspersed with Witty Savings and Humorous 

 Dialogues. As given by Ned Turner, the Celebrated Ethiopian Delineator 

 and Equestrian Clown. Price 10 CtS. 



Ned Turner's Clown Joke Book. Containing the host .Tokos 



and Gems of "Wit, composed and delivered by the favorite Equestrian Clown 

 and Ethiopian Comedian, Xed Turner. 18mo. Price 10 Cts. 



Sam Slick in Search of a Wife. I2mo. 



Paper cover. Price 75 ct~. 



