Appletons' Hand-book of American Winter Resorts. For Tourists and Invalids. With Maps and Illustrations. Revised and corrected each Summer. 12mo. Paper cover, 50 cents; cloth, Y5 cents. Far sale by all booksellers ; or any tuork sent by mail, post-paid^ on receipt of price, D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers^ 1, 3, & 5 Bond Street, New Yobk. NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION. Social Etiquette of New York. CONTENTS: The Value of Etiquette ; Introductions ; Solicitations ; Strangers in Towns ; Debuts in Society ; Visiting, and Visiting Cards for Ladies ; Card and Visiting Customs for Gentlemen ; Morning Receptions and Ket- tle-Drums ; GiWng and attending Parties, Balls, and Germans ; Dinner- giving and Dining out; Breakfasts, Luncheons/ and Suppers; Opera and Theatre Parties, Private Theatricals, and Musicales; Extended Visits; Customs an4 Costumes at Theatres, Concerts, and Operas (being two ad- ditional chapters written for this edition) ; Etiquette of Weddings (re- written, for this edition, in accordance with the latest fashionable usage); Christenings and Birthdays; Marriage Anniversaries; New Year's Day in New York ; Funeral Customs and Seasons of Mourning. 18mo, cloth, gilt, price, $1.00. " This little volame contains numerous bints and suggestions, which are specially serviceable to strangers, and which even people to the manner born will &id interest- ing and asefal. Perhaps the best part of it is in what it does not say, the indefinable suggestion of good breeding and refinement which its well-written pages make.^ — New York Evening Express. **A sensible and brief treatise, which young persons may profitably reatd.^^ — New York Evening Post. ** Everything which refines the habits of a people ennobles it, and hence the impor- tance of furnishing to the public all possible aids to superior manners. This book will undoubtedly meet the needs of a large elass/^— Boston Evening Th'antctipt, " A frank and sensible epitome of the customs of good society in the first city of America. It admits the existence and need of certain rules of social behavior, and then in a kindly and decorous manner points out how to conform to the Ivest usage.^— Boston Commonwealth. " A very sensible and — if we may say it of a book— well-bred volume. It gives the rules that are observed in the metropolis. These sometimes seem artificial, but they are usually founded on re&Bon.^— Harford Oourant. ** This is a timely work. For years our people have followed the habits of the older nations. In this young republic it can not be expected that the same rules exist as we find abroad. This work is very complete, and is easily carried in the pocket to read at odd intervals:''— Albany Sunday Press. *^ The statements are exact and simple, and cover all that any reader is likely to de- sire. The work will convey positively useful and reliable instruction tliat can not always be reached otheryriae.^''— Philadelphia North American. D. APPLETON ft CO., Fabllih^rg, 1, 3, ft 6 Bond St., Vew York. BOOKS FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD. Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts, And Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades, including Medicine, Pharmacy, and Domestic Economy. Designed as a Comprehensive Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia, and General Book of lleference for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, Amateur, and Heads of Families. Sixth edition. Revised and partly rewritten by Richard V. Tuson, Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology in the Royal Veterinary College. Complete in two volumes, 8vo, 1,796 pages. With Illustrations. Price, $9.00.

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Appletons' Hand-book of American Winter Resorts. For Tourists and Invalids. With Maps and Illustrations. Revised and corrected each Summer. 12mo. Paper cover, 50 cents; cloth, Y5 cents. For sale by all booksellers ; or any work sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price, D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, 1, 3, & 5 Bond Street, New York. NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION. Social Etiquette of New York. CONTENTS: The Value of Etiquette ; Introductions ; Solicitations ; Strangers in Towns ; Debuts in Society ; Visiting, and Visiting Cards for Ladies ; Card and Visiting Customs for Gentlemen ; Morning Receptions and Kettle-Drums ; GiWng and attending Parties, Balls, and Germans ; Dinnergiving and Dining out; Breakfasts, Luncheons/ and Suppers; Opera and Theatre Parties, Private Theatricals, and Musicales; Extended Visits; Customs and Costumes at Theatres, Concerts, and Operas (being two additional chapters written for this edition) ; Etiquette of Weddings (rewritten, for this edition, in accordance with the latest fashionable usage); Christenings and Birthdays; Marriage Anniversaries; New Year's Day in New York ; Funeral Customs and Seasons of Mourning. 18mo, cloth, gilt, price, $1.00. " This little volume contains numerous hints and suggestions, which are specially serviceable to strangers, and which even people to the manner born will find interesting and useful. Perhaps the best part of it is in what it does not say, the indefinable suggestion of good breeding and refinement which its well-written pages make.^ — New York Evening Express. "A sensible and brief treatise, which young persons may profitably read." — New York Evening Post. "Everything which refines the habits of a people ennobles it, and hence the importance of furnishing to the public all possible aids to superior manners. This book will undoubtedly meet the needs of a large class." — Boston Evening Transcript, "A frank and sensible epitome of the customs of good society in the first city of America. It admits the existence and need of certain rules of social behavior, and then in a kindly and decorous manner points out how to conform to the best usage." — Boston Commonwealth. "A very sensible and — if we may say it of a book— well-bred volume. It gives the rules that are observed in the metropolis. These sometimes seem artificial, but they are usually founded on reason." — Hartford Courant. "This is a timely work. For years our people have followed the habits of the older nations. In this young republic it can not be expected that the same rules exist as we find abroad. This work is very complete, and is easily carried in the pocket to read at odd intervals." — Albany Sunday Press. "The statements are exact and simple, and cover all that any reader is likely to desire. The work will convey positively useful and reliable instruction that can not always be reached otherwise." — Philadelphia North American. D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, 1, 3, & 5 Bond St., New York. BOOKS FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD. Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts, And Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades, including Medicine, Pharmacy, and Domestic Economy. Designed as a Comprehensive Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia, and General Book of lleference for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, Amateur, and Heads of Families. Sixth edition. Revised and partly rewritten by Richard V. Tuson, Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology in the Royal Veterinary College. Complete in two volumes, 8vo, 1,796 pages. With Illustrations. Price, $9.00.

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