=Some Ill-used Words.= A Manual for the Use of those who Desire
to Write and Speak correctly. 18mo. Cloth, $1.00.
The book is leveled specially at some half dozen errors that are
made by well-nigh every one who uses the English language.
=The Orthoëpist.= A Pronouncing Manual, containing about Four
Thousand Five Hundred Words, including a considerable number
of the names of Foreign Authors, Artists, etc., that are often
mispronounced. Revised and enlarged edition. 18mo. Cloth, $1.25.
“It is sufficient commendation of the work to say that for fourteen
years this little volume has had no successful rival in its
particular field.”--_San Francisco Call._
=The Verbalist.= A Manual devoted to Brief Discussions of the
Right and the Wrong Use of Words, and to some other Matters of
Interest to those who would Speak and Write with Propriety.
Revised and enlarged edition. 18mo. Cloth, $1.25.
“A great deal that is worth knowing, and of which not even all
educated people are aware, is to be learned from this well-digested
little book.”--_Philadelphia North American._
=The Mentor.= A Little Book for the Guidance of such Men and Boys
as would Appear to Advantage in the Society of Persons of the
Better Sort. New and revised edition. 18mo. Cloth, $1.00.
“In every respect one of the most admirable books on manners and
manner. It possesses high literary merit.”--_Chicago Evening
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=Acting and Actors=; _Elocution and Elocutionists_. A Book about
Theater Folk and Theater Art. With Preface by Harrison Grey
Fiske; Introduction by Edgar S. Werner; Prologue by James A.
Waldron. 16mo. Cloth, $1.25.
“A book which has exceeding interest. The author talks in a very
agreeable and instructive way about the art of acting, and while
his book has a peculiar charm for those who sit in the orchestra
chairs, it has a special value for the ladies and gentlemen of the
stage.”--_New York Herald._
=The English Grammar of William Cobbett.= Carefully revised and
annotated by ALFRED AYRES. With Index. 18mo. Cloth, $1.00.
“It is grammar without a master and without tears, unless they are
tears of laughter.”--_New York Churchman._