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THREE VALUABLE BOOKS.

Beautifully printed and elegantly bound.

The Art of Conversation,

With Directions for Self-Culture. An admirably conceived and entertaining book—sensible, instructive, and full of suggestions valuable to every one who desires to be either a good talker or listener, or who wishes to appear to advantage in good society. ⁂ Price $1.50.

The Habits of Good Society.

A Handbook for Ladies and Gentlemen. With thoughts, hints, and anecdotes concerning social observances; nice points of taste and good manners; and the art of making oneself agreeable. The whole interspersed with humorous social predicaments; remarks on fashion, etc. ⁂ Price $1.75.

The Art of Amusing.

A collection of graceful arts, merry games, and odd tricks, intended to amuse everybody, and enable all to amuse everybody else. Full of suggestions for private theatricals, tableaux, charades, and all sorts of parlor and family amusements. With nearly 150 illustrative pictures. ⁂ Price $2.00.

These three books are the most perfect of their kind ever published. They are made up of no dry stupid rules that everybody knows, but are fresh, sensible, good-humored, entertaining, and readable. Every person of taste should possess them, and cannot be otherwise than delighted with them. ⁂ Each will be sent by mail, free, on receipt of price, or the three books for $5.00.

Carleton, Publisher, New York.

THE art of AMUSING BY Frank Bellew

CARLETON, Publisher, NEW YORK.