Young People’s Hand-Books
Reading edition
The Dime Hand-Books for Young People cover a wide range of subjects, and are especially adapted to their end. They constitute at once the cheapest and the most useful works yet put into the market for popular circulation. Each volume 100 pages 12mo., sent postpaid on receipt of price, by the publishers, BEADLE AND ADAMS, 98 William Street, New York.
No. 1.—Dime Gents’ Letter-Writer,
And Practical Guide to Compositions, embracing forms, models, suggestions and rules for the use of all classes, on all occasions; also a list of improper words and expressions, together with their correct forms; and also a complete dictionary of mottoes, phrases, idioms, etc. By Louis Legrand, M. D.
CONTENTS.
COMPOSITION.—The secret of a good letter; directions to a novice; the rules of composition, etc.
GENERAL ADVICE TO LETTER-WRITERS.
LETTERS OF BUSINESS.
LETTERS OF PLEASURE AND FRIENDSHIP.
LETTERS OF LOVE.—Hints and suggestions; a declaration; answer; a briefer declaration of attachment; answer; real love-letters of eminent personages, etc.
LETTERS OF DUTY, OF TRUST, Etc.—What they are and how to write them; forms, etc.; advice from a lady to her friend; a complaint at silence; communicating distressing news: to parents, informing of their son, etc.
LETTER OF RELATIONSHIP.—Family correspondence; its sacred character and properties; examples of real letters, etc.
LETTERS OF VARIOUS OCCASIONS.—A certificate of character; another, for a maid; another, for a clerk; application for a school-teacher’s place; soliciting a vote; declining a nomination; a girl applying for a place, another; application for a governess’ situation, etc.
WRITING FOR THE PRESS.
IMPROPRIETIES OF EXPRESSION.
PHRASES, MOTTOES, IDIOMS, Etc.
No 2.—DIME BOOK OF ETIQUETTE.
For Ladies and Gentlemen; being a guide to true gentility and good-breeding, and a complete directory to the usages and observances of society. Including etiquette of the Ball-room, of the Evening Party, the Dinner Party, the Card and Chess Table, of Business, of the Home Circle, etc., etc. Prepared expressly for the “Dime Series,” by a Committee of Three.
CONTENTS.
ENTRANCE INTO SOCIETY.—Confidence vs. bashfulness; kindness vs. rudeness; the bores of society, how to treat them.
ON DRESS AND ORNAMENTS.—The vulgarity of “flash” attire; simplicity in dress a mark of good breeding.
ON VISITS, INTRODUCTIONS, Etc.—The law of politeness a law of kindness; when visits are proper; introductions, presentations, etc., and forms.
EVENING PARTIES, DANCES, Etc.—The etiquette of the ball-room; general directions for the same.
GAMES OF CARDS, CHESS, Etc.—When proper and how conducted; general rules of the games; the ill-breeding of betting or bragging.
ON CONVERSATION.—Its usefulness and good results; how to comport yourself; directions for it.
ON LETTER AND NOTE WRITING.—Proprieties and improprieties of the same; general directions for a good letter.
HOW TO GIVE AND RECEIVE INVITATIONS.—General usage in all cases.
ON ENTERTAINMENTS.—Etiquette of the table; how to serve a guest, and how to be served; special directions.
ON PERSONAL CLEANLINESS.—A word to the laborer; on religion and respect for age; on theaters, promenades, etc.; on love, courtship and marriage; the laws of home etiquette; special advice to ladies; general observations and closing chapter.
No. 3.—DIME BOOK OF VERSES.
Comprising Rhymes, Lines and Mottoes, for Lovers, and Friends; Valentines, Album Pieces, Gift Verses, Birthday Lines, and poetry for Bridals, Births, Mourning, Epitaphs, etc.
CONTENTS.
VERSES FOR ALBUMS.
MOTTOES AND COUPLETS.
ST. VALENTINE VERSES.
BRIDAL AND MARRIAGE VERSES.
VERSES ON BIRTHS AND INFANCY.
VERSES TO SEND WITH FLOWERS.
VERSES OF LOVE AND AFFECTION.
HOLIDAY VERSES.
BIRTHDAY VERSES.
EPITAPHS AND MOURNING VERSES.—For all age and classes.
THE LOVER’S CASKET.
☞ This little volume is a veritable pocket companion. It is everybody’s poet. It is for all occasions, for old and young, for male and female. It will be treasured like a keepsake and used like a dictionary.
No. 4.—DIME BOOK OF DREAMS.
Their Romance and Mystery; with a complete interpreting Dictionary. Compiled from the most accredited sources for the “Dime Series.”
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY.
THE ROMANCE OF DREAMS.—Embodying dreams of all kinds and characters, with the construction placed upon them by the most eminent authorities, and narratives of the extraordinary fulfillment of them.
THE PHENOMENA OF DREAMS.—A physician’s views on the subject, giving a rational solution of the phenomena, with instances cited in proof.
MRS. CATHARINE CROWE’S TESTIMONY.—Favoring the supernatural nature of dreams, and a belief in their revelations.
DICTIONARY OF DREAMS.—Comprising the most complete interpretation-Dictionary ever prepared, embracing the whole Alphabet of subjects.
☞ It is a volume full of interest even to the general reader, being, in that respect, something like Mrs. Crowe’s “Night Side of Nature,” and Robert Dale Owen’s “Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World.”
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No. 5.—DIME FORTUNE-TELLER. COMPRISING THE ART OF FORTUNE-TELLING, HOW TO READ CHARACTER, ETC.
CONTENTS.
FORTUNE-TELLING BY CARDS.—Dealing the Cards by Threes, Dealing the Cards by Sevens, Dealing the Cards by Fifteens, The Twenty-one Cards, The Italian Method, Present, Past and Future, Another Method of Consulting the Cards, To Know if you will Get your Wish, The English Method of Consulting the Cards.
HOW TO TELL A PERSON’S CHARACTER BY MEANS OF CABALISTIC CALCULATIONS.
PALMISTRY, OR TELLING FORTUNES BY THE LINES OF THE HAND.
FORTUNE-TELLING BY THE GROUNDS IN A TEA OR COFFEE CUP.
HOW TO READ YOUR FORTUNE BY THE WHITE OF AN EGG.
DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION.
No. 6.—DIME LADIES’ LETTER-WRITER.
Giving the various forms of Letters of School Days, Love and Friendship, of Society, etc.
CONTENTS.
HOW TO WRITE AND HOW NOT TO WRITE. HOW TO PUNCTUATE, CAPITALIZE, Etc. LETTERS OF CHILDHOOD. LETTERS OF SCHOOL DAYS. LETTERS OF FRIENDSHIP. LETTERS OF COURTSHIP AND LOVE. LETTERS OF SOCIETY: INVITATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, Etc. LETTERS OF SYMPATHY. LETTERS OF BUSINESS. WRITING FOR THE PRESS. RULES FOR SPELLING. PROVERBS FROM SHAKSPEARE. POETIC QUOTATIONS. WORDS ALIKE IN SOUND, BUT DIFFERENT IN MEANING AND SPELLING. EXPLANATION OF THE MOST COMMON ABBREVIATIONS OF WORDS. FRENCH QUOTATIONS AND PHRASES. SPANISH WORDS AND PHRASES. ITALIAN WORDS AND PHRASES.
No. 7.—DIME LOVERS’ CASKET.
A Treatise and Guide to Friendship, Love, Courtship and Marriage. Embracing also a complete Floral Dictionary, etc.
CONTENTS.
FRIENDSHIP.—Its Personality, Between Man and Woman, Close Communion Proper, Letters, A Warning, Excellent Advice, A Prime Point, Allow no Improper Intimacy, Special to Young Men, Something to Avoid, Gallantries, Gifts, Beware of Love, Correspondence.
LOVE.—The Dawn of Love, Love’s Secretiveness, Confidences, The First Consciousness of Love, A Man’s Way, A Woman’s Way, Unworthy Objects of Love by Woman, Unworthy Objects of Man’s Love, How to Avoid Mistakes.
COURTSHIP.—The Door Ajar, Disengaged, Engaged: at what age is it proper, Engagement not to be protracted, The Wooing Time, The Proposal, Asking Papa, The Rights of a Parent, Engaged, Proposal Rejected, Breaking off an Engagement.
MARRIAGE.—The Proper Time, Various forms of Marriage, The Trousseau, Presents, Bouquets, The Bridesmaids, The Bridegroomsmen, The Bride, The Bridegroom, the Certificate, After the Ceremony, The Wedding Breakfast, “Cards” or “No Cards,” Notes Congratulatory.
AFTER MARRIAGE.—Something to be Read Twice, Twelve Golden Life-Maxims, A Talk with the Unmarried.
MISCELLANEOUS.—Language of the Handkerchief, Language of the Fan, Language of the Cane, Language of Finger Rings, Wedding Anniversaries, viz.: The Paper Wedding, Wooden Wedding, Tin Wedding, Crystal Wedding, Linen Wedding, Silver Wedding, Golden Wedding.
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.—How to Use the Vocabulary, The Vocabulary. I—Flowers, The Vocabulary. II—Sentiments.
No. 8.—DIME BALL-ROOM COMPANION.
A Guide to Dancing. Giving Rules of Etiquette, Hints on Private Parties, Toilets for the Ball-room, etc.
CONTENTS.
ETIQUETTE.—Arrangements, Private Parties, The Parlor or Dancing Apartment, Music, Refreshments, Ladies’ Toilets, Gentlemen’s Dress, The Guests.
MASQUERADES.
PROMENADE CONCERTS.
SOCIABLES.
ORDER OF DANCING.
SPECIAL RULES OF CONDUCT.
SQUARE DANCES.—Plain Quadrille, Double Quadrille, The Nine Pin, The Lanciers, The Caledonians, The Prince Imperial, The Virginia Reel, The Spanish Dance, La Tempete.
ROUND DANCES.—The Waltz a Trois Temps, Waltz in Double Time, Cellarius or Mazourka Waltz, The Schottische, The Polka, the Galop, Redowa, Polka Redowa, Esmerelda, Danish Polka, The Varsoviana.
☞ These books are for sale by all newsdealers; or will be sent, postpaid, to any address, on receipt of price, TEN CENTS EACH, by
BEADLE AND ADAMS, Publishers, 98 William Street, New York.
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