Wright’s Book of 3,000 American Receipts; or, 
Ligtil House of Valuable Information. Containing over 3,000 Receipts in 
all the Useful and Domestic Arts—including Cookery, Confectionery, Dis¬ 
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before appeared in print in this country. Some idea may be formed of its 
value in this latter respect, when it is stated that the compiler has been for 
many years engaged in collecting rare and valuable receipts from nu¬ 
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American Receipt Book that has ever been published. 12mo., cloth, 359 
pages. Price------ $1 50 
k ‘ Trump’s” American Hoyle; or, Gentleman's Handbook 
of Games? Containing clear and complete descriptions of all the games 
played in the United States, with the American Rules for playing them, 
including Whist, Euchre, Besique, Cribbage, All-Fours, Loo, Poker, Brag, 
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American authority for all the various games of skill and chance. It has 
been prepared with great care by the editor, with the assistance of a num¬ 
ber of gentlemen players of skill and ability, and is not a re-hash of English 
games, but a live American book, expressly prepared for American read¬ 
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Frank Converse’s Complete Banjo Instructor, 
Without a Master. Containing a choice collection of Banjo Solos, Horn¬ 
pipes, Reels, Jigs, Walk-Arounds, Songs and Banjo Stories, progressively 
arranged and plainly explained, enabling the learner to become a proficient 
Banjoist without the aid of a teacher. The necessary explanations accom¬ 
pany each tune, and are placed under the notes on each page, plainly show¬ 
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striking, and the number of times it must be sounded. This is all arranged 
and explained in so clear a manner, and the method is so simple and easy 
to learn, that it may be readily comprehended at a glance by any person, 
even of very limited understanding. By this simple method a person may 
master a tune in an hour or so. Mr. Converse is an eminent professor of 
the Banjo and a thorough musician, and his plan of instruction is entirely 
new and perfectly easy. This book is no catchpenny affair, but is just what 
we say it is. The Instructor is illustrated with diagrams and explanatory 
symbols. 100 pages, bound in boards, cloth back. Brice _ 50 cts. 
The Finger-Post to Public Business. Containing 
the mode of forming and conducting Societies, Clubs, and other organized 
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business ; complete directions how to compose resolutions, reports and pe¬ 
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Shinny, Quoits, Yachting and Rowing, and Instructions concerning Incor¬ 
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preservation of books, MSS., and objects of Curiosity. Rules for Debating, 
and the comnosition and delivery of Public Addresses, with examples of fig¬ 
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tors. Together with an appendix, containing the original Articles of Confed¬ 
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