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USEFUL, INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING.

Containing valuable information on almost every subject, such as Writing, Speaking, Dancing, Cooking; also Rules of Etiquette, The Art of Ventriloquism, Gymnastic Exercises, and The Science of Self-Defense, etc., etc.

  1. Napoleon’s Oraculum and Dream Book.
  2. How to Do Tricks.
  3. How to Flirt.
  4. How to Dance.
  5. How to Make Love.
  6. How to Become an Athlete.
  7. How to Keep Birds.
  8. How to Become a Scientist.
  9. How to Become a Ventriloquist.
  10. How to Box.
  11. How to Write Love Letters.
  12. How to Write Letters to Ladies.
  13. How to Do It; or, Book of Etiquette.
  14. How to Make Candy.
  15. How to Become Rich.
  16. How to Keep a Window Garden.
  17. How to Dress.
  18. How to Become Beautiful.
  19. Frank Tousey’s U. S. Distance Tables, Pocket Companion and Guide.
  20. How to Entertain an Evening Party.
  21. How to Hunt and Fish.
  22. How to Do Second Sight.
  23. How to Explain Dreams.
  24. How to Write Letters to Gentlemen.
  25. How to Become a Gymnast.
  26. How to Row, Sail and Build a Boat.
  27. How to Recite and Book of Recitations.
  28. How to Tell Fortunes.
  29. How to Become an Inventor.
  30. How to Cook.
  31. How to Become a Speaker.
  32. How to Ride a Bicycle.
  33. How to Behave.
  34. How to Fence.
  35. How to Play Games.
  36. How to Solve Conundrums.
  37. How to Keep House.
  38. How to Become Your Own Doctor.
  39. How to Raise Dogs, Poultry, Pigeons and Rabbits.
  40. How to Make and Set Traps.
  41. The Boys of New York End Men’s Joke Book.
  42. The Boys of New York Stump Speaker.
  43. How to Become a Magician.
  44. How to Write in an Album.
  45. The Boys of New York Minstrel Guide and Joke Book.
  46. How to Make and Use Electricity.
  47. How to Break, Ride and Drive a Horse.
  48. How to Build and Sail Canoes.
  49. How to Debate.
  50. How to Stuff Birds and Animals.
  51. How to Do Tricks with Cards.
  52. How to Play Cards.
  53. How to Write Letters.
  54. How to Keep and Manage Pets.
  55. How to Collect Stamps and Coins.
  56. How to Become an Engineer.
  57. How to Make Musical Instruments.
  58. How to Become a Detective.
  59. How to Make a Maple Lantern.
  60. How to Become a Photographer.
  61. How to Become a Bowler.
  62. How to Become a West Point Military Cadet.
  63. How to Become a Naval Cadet.
  64. How to Make Electrical Machines.
  65. Muldoon’s Jokes.
  66. How to Do Puzzles.
  67. How to Do Electrical Tricks.
  68. How to Do Chemical Tricks.
  69. How to Do Sleight of Hand.
  70. How to Make Magic Toys.
  71. How to Do Mechanical Tricks.
  72. How to Do Sixty Tricks with Cards.
  73. How to Do Tricks with Numbers.
  74. How to Write Letters Correctly.
  75. How to Become a Conjuror.
  76. How to Tell Fortunes by the Hand.
  77. How to Do Forty Tricks with Cards.
  78. How to Do the Black Art.
  79. How to Become an Actor.
  80. Gus Williams’ Joke Book.

All the above books are for sale by newsdealers throughout the United States and Canada, or they will be sent, post-paid, to your address, on receipt of 10c. each.

Send Your Name and Address for Our Latest Illustrated Catalogue.

FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher,
24 UNION SQUARE,NEW YORK.

Transcriber's Note:

Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible.

The format used for fractions in the original, where 1 1-4 represents 1¼, has been retained.

Many of the riddles are repeated, and some of the punch lines to the rhymes are missing.

The following is a list of changes made to the original. The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one.

Page 3:

By making making man's laughter man-slaughter!
By making man's laughter man-slaughter!

Page 5:

Because it isn't fit for use till its broken.
Because it isn't fit for use till it's broken.

Page 6:

Because they nose (knows) everything?
Because they nose (knows) everything.

Page 8:

A sweet thing in bric-a-bric—An Egyptian molasses-jug.
A sweet thing in bric-a-brac—An Egyptian molasses-jug.

Page 11:

What Island would form a cheerful luncheon party?
What Islands would form a cheerful luncheon party?

Page 16:

Why is a palm-tree like chronology, because it furnishes dates.
Why is a palm-tree like chronology? Because it furnishes dates.

Page 19:

A thing to a adore (door)—The knob.
A thing to adore (a door)—The knob.

Short-sighted policy—wearing spectacles.
Short-sighted policy—Wearing spectacles.

Page 22:

Why is is a fretful man like a hard-baked loaf?
Why is a fretful man like a hard-baked loaf?

Page 24:

Why are certain Member's speeches in the Times like a brick wall?
Why are certain Members' speeches in the Times like a brick wall?

Page 25:

offer his heart in payment to his landladyz Because it is rent.
offer his heart in payment to his landlady? Because it is rent.

Page 26:

Why is a boiled herring like a rotton potato?
Why is a boiled herring like a rotten potato?

Why is my servant Betsy like a race-course.
Why is my servant Betsy like a race-course?

Because there a stir-up (stirrup) on both sides.
Because there's a stir-up (stirrup) on both sides.

Page 30:

and all its guns on board, weigh just before starting on a cruse?
and all its guns on board, weigh just before starting on a cruise?

Page 38:

One makes acorns, the other—make corns ache.
One makes acorns, the other—makes corns ache.

Because of his parafins (pair o' fins).
Because of his paraffins (pair o' fins).

We beg leave to ax you which of a carpenter's tool is coffee-like?
We beg leave to ax you which of a carpenter's tools is coffee-like?

Page 40:

What is it gives a cold, cures a cold, and pays the doctor's bill.
What is it gives a cold, cures a cold, and pays the doctor's bill?

Page 41:

In two little minutes the door to you.
In two little minutes the door to you."

take away my second lettler, there is no apparent alteration
take away my second letter, there is no apparent alteration

Why is a new-born baby like storm?
Why is a new-born baby like a storm?

Page 48:

Do you re-ember ever to have heard what the embers of the expiring
Do you rem-ember ever to have heard what the embers of the expiring

Page 52:

What's the difference between a speciman of plated goods and
What's the difference between a specimen of plated goods and

Page 53:

Now, see who'll be first to reply:
Now, see who'll be first to reply:"

Page 56:

when he was quizzed about the gorilla?" Because his monkey was up!
when he was quizzed about the gorilla? Because his monkey was up!

Page 58:

the other turns his quartz into gold?
the other turns his quartz into gold!

When it's (s) ticking there.
When it's (s)ticking there.





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