~Burbank's Recitations and Readings.~ A collection of Humorous,
Dramatic and Dialect Selections, edited and arranged for public
readings or recitation, by Alfred P. Burbank. Containing many choice
selections never before in print.
~25 cts.~
~Dick's Comic and Dialect Recitations.~ A collection of comic
Recitations and Dialogues, funny Stories, laughable Descriptive Pieces
and Parodies, in Yankee, Dutch, Irish, and Chinese Dialects, suitable
for Entertainments and Exhibitions.
Paper covers ~30 cts.~
Boards ~50 cts.~
~Dick's Dutch, French, and Yankee Dialect Recitations.~ An unsurpassed
Collection of Droll Dutch Blunders, Frenchmen's Funny Mistakes, and
Ludicrous and extravagant Yankee Yarns, each Recitation being in its
own peculiar dialect.
170 pages, paper ~30 cts.~
Boards ~50 cts.~
~Dick's Irish Dialect Recitations.~ A Collection of rare Irish
Stories, Comic, Poetical and Prose Recitations, Humorous Letters and
Funny Recitals, all told with the irresistible Humor of the Irish
Dialect. This collection contains, in addition to new and original
pieces, all the very best recitations in the Irish Dialect that can be
gathered from a whole library of "Recitation" books.
170 pages, paper ~30 cts.~
Boards ~50 cts.~
~Dick's Little Speeches for Little Speakers.~ A carefully selected
collection of short and easy pieces, suitable for young children and
little tots, thoroughly in keeping with their cunning little ideas and
ways; including also instructive, patriotic and earnest pieces
appropriate for all occasions.
~15 cts.~
~Kavanaugh's Juvenile Speaker. For very Little Boys and Girls.~
Containing short and easily-learned Speeches and Dialogues, expressly
adapted for School Celebrations, May-day Festivals and Children's
Exhibitions. By Mrs. Russell Kavanaugh.
Paper ~30 cts.~
Boards ~50 cts.~
~Dick's Home Made Candies; or, How to Make Candy in the Kitchen.~
Containing complete Directions for making all the newest and most
delicious Cream Confections, with boiled syrup, or by the French
method without boiling: also the best receipts for all the favorite
Candies, Bon-bons, Glaces, Caramels, Taffy, etc., with perfectly
harmless flavorings and colorings, including all the information for
syrup-boiling, clarifying, and the use of utensils, necessary to
insure the most successful results.
~25 cts.~
~Confectioner's Hand-Book.~ Giving plain and practical directions
for making Confectionery. Containing upward of three hundred Recipes,
consisting of directions for making all sorts of Candies, Jellies,
Comfits, Preserves, Sugar Boiling, Iced Liquors, Waters, Gum, Paste
and Candy Ornaments, Syrups, Marmalades, Essences, Fruit, Pastes, Ice
Creams, Icings, Meringues, Chocolates, etc., etc. A complete Hand-Book
of the Confectioner's Art.