~Dick's Quadrille Call-Book and Ball-Room Prompter.~ Containing clear directions how to call out the figures of every dance, with the quantity of music necessary for each figure, and simple explanations of all the figures which occur in Plain and Fancy Quadrilles. This book gives plain and comprehensive instructions how to dance all the new and popular dances, fully describing
_The Opening March or Polonaise_, _Various Plain and Fancy Quadrilles_, _Waltz and Glide Quadrilles_, _Plain Lancers and Caledonians_, _Glide Lancers and Caledonians_, _Saratoga Lancers_, _The Parisian Varieties_, _The Prince Imperial Set_, _Social and Basket Quadrilles_, _Nine-Pin and Star Quadrilles_, _Gavotte and Minuet Quadrilles_, _March and Cheat Quadrilles_, _Favorite Jigs and Contra-Dances_, _Polka and Polka Redowa_, _Redowa and Redowa Waltz_, _Polka Mazourka and Old Style Waltz_, _Modern Plain Waltz and Glide_, _Boston Dip and Hop Waltz_, _Five-Step Waltz and Schottische_, _Varsovienne and Zulma L'Orientale_, _Galop and Deux Temps_, _Esmeralda, Sicilienne, Danish Dance_,
AND OVER ONE HUNDRED FIGURES FOR THE "GERMAN";
To which is added a Sensible Guide to Etiquette and proper Deportment in the Ball and Assembly Room, besides seventy pages of dance music for the piano.
Paper ~50 cts.~ Bound in boards ~75 cts.~
~Hillgrove's Ball-Boom Guide and Complete Dancing-Master.~ Containing a plain treatise on Etiquette and Deportment at Balls and Parties, with valuable hints on Dress and the Toilet, together with
_Full Explanations of the Rudiments, Terms, Figures and Steps used in Dancing_,
_Including Clear and Precise Instructions how to dance all kinds of Quadrilles, Waltzes, Polkas, Redowas, Reels, Round, Plain and Fancy Dances, so that any person may learn them without the aid of a Teacher_,
_To which is added easy directions how to call out the Figures which belong_ to every dance, and the amount of music required for each. Illustrated with 176 descriptive engravings. By T. Hillgrove, Professor of Dancing.
Bound in cloth, with gilt side and back ~$1.00~ Bound in boards ~75 cts.~
~Frank Converse's Complete Banjo Instructor Without a Master.~ Containing a choice collection of Banjo Solos and Hornpipes, Walk Arounds, Reels and Jigs, Songs and Banjo Stories, progressively arranged and plainly explained, enabling the learner to become a proficient banjoist without the aid of a teacher. The necessary explanations accompany each tune, and are placed under the notes on each page, plainly showing the string required, the finger to be used for stopping it, the manner of striking, and the number of times it must be sounded. The Instructor is illustrated with diagrams and explanatory symbols.