THE AMERICAN

BOOK OF GENTEEL BEHAVIOR

A COMPLETE

HAND-BOOK OF MODERN ETIQUETTE,

FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

There are many people, particularly gentlemen, who would as soon face Battery of artillery ac a fussilade of adies' glances at social gatherings. And all this bashful feeling is occasioned simply from uot knowing the exact forms and rules of polite Focic. Most of the Books on Etiquette published now a days are nearly tacsimiles in all respects of that of Ches lerfield-very good for our centennial ancestors, but at a terrible discount to-day. We have greatly reformed and improved upon the stiff and formal courtesies of old times; and it becomes the duty of every one training the young ladies and gentlemen now to place in their possession such a book as we here present to the public. It is fully up to the requirements of the imes, it describes the etiquette of our very best society.

It teaches, (what all should learn):

How to enter a Room, and how to leave it.

How to accost or notice Ladics or Gentlemen in the Street How to Dress well, and yet not garishly.

How to give and receive Introductions.

What kind of Cards to have, and how to present or

them.

The proper mode of giving Presents.

How to Shake Hands and to bid Good-Bye.

How to Begin, Conduct, and End a Conversation.

How to Accompany Acquaintances on the Promenade.

How to Seek a Partner in the Dance or to Deciine an Invi, tation.

How to Behave at Dinners, either as Host or Guest.
How to Behave during Courtship and Marriage.
How to "play the affable" at Church, at Parties, &o.

In brief, a perusal of this work will enable every one to rub off the rough husks of ill-breeding and neglected education, and substitute for them gentlemanly ease, and graceful, ladylike deportment, (as the case may be), {~ that their presence will be sought for, and they will not only learn that great art of being thoroughly at home in all societies, but will have the rarer gift of being able to make everybody around them feel easy, contented and appy.

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Numerous books have been published professing to teach the Art of Magic, but without exception they have proved a delusion, being merely ‣ compilation cf disconnected experiments, often to the discouragement aiở disgust of the aspirant.

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INCLUDING TRICKS IN

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Wonders of Electricity

Card Manipulation

Wonders of Legerdemain.

All adapted and explained for the amusement and delight of the home strain also contains THE ART OF MAKING FIREWORKS.

Printed on good paper, in a handsome illuminated cover.

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THE BOOK OF

BEAUTY, VIGOR AND ELEGANCE,

WITH THE

Science and Art of Dressing with Taste.

Personal beauty always has and always will exert a powerful influence upon the destinies of the world. Every individual is affected more or less by its power It is a duty incumbent upon all to improve their appearance, and become as good looking as possible. To those who know the importance of appeasing to the best advantage, whether in person or dress, this book particularly commends itself. AL if Nature has been sparing in bestowing beauty and attractions, its suggestions will enable them to overcome these defects, and in nearly all cases to become, if not absolutely fascinating, to become beautiful, elegant and graceful, and to be admired and sought after by the opposite sex. To those to whom Nature has been more liberal, attention to the suggestions laid down here will so enhance their charms as to make them dangerously fascinating and surpassingly beautiful,

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ustrated by Anatomical Engraving» -Price 25 Cents.

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Acting Charades, Parlor Theatricals, and Tableaux.

Being the very best article of the kind ever devised to amuse a household with instructive, captivating performances, in which young, middle-aged, and old "can take a hand in." Illustrated with numerious Fine Engrav ings, showing graphically

WHAT TO DO, HOW TO DO, AND WHEN TO DO.

Every thing is made plain, simple and easy, so that any household can by very little exertion, arrange and carry out a series of the most entertaining amusements and agreeable pastimes ever devised. The fullest Instructions are given as to the Dresses, Scenes, Positions, Light, Etc.

Shadow Pantomimes; Shadow Buff, or who's who; The Dentist, or Tooth Drawing Extraordinary; Amputation like Winking; Jocko, the mischevious Monkey; Regular Hash or the Boarding House Conspiracy; The Mad Cap Barber, or the Unfortunate Victim.

hests, and How to Raise them. The Gallanty Snow Compliments of the Season; Abandons the Bloodless; Wild Wolf of Tartary; Ever-so-Little Eeer; White Rose of the Plantation; Charades in Action, or Pays without Words.

Afty Tableaux Vivants, or Animated Pictures, from the Most Simple to the Most Complicated.

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