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ELEMENTS OF DRAUGHTS; or, Beginners' Sure Guide. Containing a thorough and minute exposition of every principle separately explained; together with Model Games Illustrative of all the Openings. Illustrated with diagrams exhibiting critical positions to be won or drawn by scientific play. By L. D. J. SWEET, Draught Editor of The New York Clipper.

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CHESS PLAYER'S INSTRUCTOR; or, Guide to Beginners. Containing all the information necessary to acquire a knowledge of the game; with diagrams Illustrative of the various movements of the pieces. By CHARLES HENRY STANLEY, Chess Editor of Harper's Weekly.

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CLIPPER CHESS PROBLEM TOURNAMENT. To which a large number or original and a few selected positions have been added-being the splendid collection of Chess Stratagems for which The New York Clipper recently awarded several Gold and Silver Medals, together with many additional original problems, in from two to sixty-two moves, by the first American masters. Edited by MYRON J. HAZELTINE, Esq., Chess Editor of The New York Clipper.

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MORPHY'S MATCH GAMES. Being a Full and accurate account of his most astounding successes abroad, defeating, in almost every instance, the Chess celebrities of Europe. Edited, with copious and valuable notes, by CHARLES HENRY STANLEY, author of "The Chess Player's Instructor."

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15. Milky White.--An Origi- | 26. Society. A Comedy, in three

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........15 cts. 16. Dearer than Life.- A Serio-Comic Drama, in two Acts. By Henry J. Byron. Six Male, five Female Characters. Price.. ..15 cts. 17. Kind to a Fault.-A Comedy in two Acts By William Brough. Six Male, four Female Characters. Price....15 cts. 18. If I Had a Thousand a Year.-A Farce, in one Act. By John Maddison Morton. Four Male, three Female Characters. Price.... .........15 cts. 19. He's a Lunatic.-A Farce, in one Act. By Felix Dale, sq. Three Male, two Female Characters. Price... ...15 cts.

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ment.-An Extravaganza,__in one Act. By Mark Lemon. Fifteen Male, twenty-four Female Characters. Price.........15 cts. 24. Cabman No. 93;

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Found in a Four-Wheeler.-A Farce, in one Act. By T. J. Williams, Esq. Two Male, two Female Characters. Price 15 cts. 25. The Broker-Hearted Club.-A Comedietta. Sterling Coyne. Four Male, eight Female Characters. Price 15 cts.

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27. Time and Tide.-A Drama, in three Acts and a Prologue. By Henry Leslie. Seven Male, five Female Characters. Price 15 cts. 28. A Happy Pair.-A Comedietta, in one Act. By 8. Theyre Smith. One Male, one Female Characters. Price........15 cts. 29. Turning the Tables.A Farce, in one Act. By John Poole, Esq. Five Male, three Female Characters. Price....15 cts. 30. The Goose with the Golden Eggs.-A Farce, in one Act. By Messrs. Mayhew and Edwards. Five Male, three Female Characters. Price 15 cts.

31. Taming a Tiger. A Farce, in one Act. Adapted from the French. Three Male Characters. Price....... .......15 cts. 32. The Little Rebel. A Farce, in one Act. By J. Sterling Coyne. Four Male, three Female Characters. Price.........15 cts. 33. One Too Many for Him. -A Farce, in one Act. By T. J. Williams, Esq. Two Male, three Female Characters. Price 15 cts. 34. Larkin's Love Letters. -A Farce, in one Act, by T. J. Williams, Esq. Three Male, two Female Characters. Price 15 cts. 35. A Silent Woman. — A Farce, in one Act. By Thomas Hailes Lacey. Two Male, one Female Characters. Price 15 cts. 36. Black Sheep.-A Drama, in three Acts. By J. Palgrave Simpson and Edmund Yates. Seven Male, five Female Characters. Price... ..15 cts.

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ters. Price..
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49. The Midnight Watch.-
A Drama, in one Act. By John
J. Morton. Eight Male, two Fe-
male Characters. Price....15 cts.
50. The Porter's Knot.-A
Serio-comic Drama, in two Acts.
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51. A Model of a Wife.-A
Farce, in one Act. By Alfred
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52. A Cup of Tea.-A Come-
dietta, in one Act. By Charles
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53. Gertrude's Money-Box.
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7. A Silent Protector. -A48. Little Annie's BirthFarce, in one Act. By Thomas day.-A Farce. By W. E. Suter. J. Williams, Esq. Three Male, two Female Characters. Price...... ..15 cts. 38. The Rightful Heir.-A Drama, in five cts. By Lord Lytton (Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer). Ten Male, two Female Characters. Price.... ..15 cts. 39. Master Jones' Birthday.-A Farce, in one Act. By J. Maddison Morton. Four Male, two Female Characters. Price.... .15 cts. 40. Atchi.-A Comedietta, in one Act. By J. Maddison Morton. Three Male, two Female Characters. Price.. .......15 cts. 41. Beautiful Forever. - A Farce, in one Act. By Frederick Hay. Two Male, two Female Characters. Price.........15 cts. 42. Time and the Hour.-A Drama, in three Acts. By J. Palgrave Simpson and Felix Dale. Seven Male, three Female Characters. Price.... 43. Sisterly Service.-An Original Comedietta, in one Act. By J. P. Wooler. Seven Male, two Female Characters. Price....15 cts. 44. War to the Knife.-A Comedy in three Acts. By Henry J. Byron. Five Male, four Female Characters. Price.........15 cts. 45. Our Domestics.-A Comedy Farce, in two Acts. By Frederick Hay. Six Male, six Female Characters. Price...15 cts. 46. Miriam's

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Crime. A Drama, in three Acts. By H. T. Craven. Five Male, two Female Characters. Price...... .15 cts. 47. Easy Shaving.-A Farce, in one Act. By F. C. Burnand and Montague Williams. Five Male, two Female Characters. Price..

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54. The Young Collegian.—
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55. Catherine Howard; or,
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56. Two Gay Deceivers; or,
Black, White and Gray.
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57. Noemie.-A Drama, in two
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The Jewish Maiden's
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59. The Post Boy.-A Drama, in two Acts. By H. T. Craven. Five Male, three Female Characters. Price.. ......15 cts. 60. The Hidden Hand; or, The Gray Lady of Porth Vennon.-A Drama, in four Five Acts. By Tom Taylor. Male, five Female Characters. Price. ...15 cts. and 61. Plot Passion.-A Drama, in three Acts. By Tom Taylor. Seven Male, two Female Characters. Price ........15 cts. 62. A Photographic Fix.-A Farce, in one Act. By Frederick Hay. Three Male, two Female ....15 cts. Characters. Price... 63. Marriage at any Price. -A Farce, in one Act. By J. P. Wooler, Esq. Five Male, three Female Characters. Price 15 cts. 64. A Household Fairy.-A Domestic Sketch, in one Act. By Francis Talfourd. One Male, one Female Characters. Price 15 cts.

65. Checkmate. - A ComedyFarce, in two Acts. By Andrew Halliday. Six Male, five Female Characters. Price..

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66. The Orange Girl.-A Drama, in a Prologue and three Acts. By Henry Leslie. Eighteen Male, four Female Charac..15 cts. ters. Price.... 67. The Birth-place of Podgers. A Fare, in one Act. By John Hollingshead. Seven Male, three Female Characters. Price...

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69. Caught by the Cuff.-A Farce, in one Act. By Frederick Hay. Four Male, one Female Characters. Price. ......15 cts.

70. The Bonnie Fish Wife.
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Female Characters. Price 15 cts.
71. Doing for the Best.- A
Domestic Drama, in two Acts.
By M. Raphino Lacy. Five Male,
three Female Characters.
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72. A Lame Excuse.-A Farce,
in oue Act. By Frederick Hay.
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ters. Price..
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73. Fettered.-A Drama, in three
Acts. By Watts Phillips. Eleven
Male, four Female Characters.
Price....
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74. The Garrick Fever.-A
Farce, in one Act. By J. R.
Planche. Seven Male, four Fe-
ma e Characters. Price...15 cts.
75. Adrienne.-A Drama, in
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76. Chops of the Channel.-
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77. The Roll of the Drum. -A Drama, in three Acts. By Thomas Egerton Wilks. Eight Male, four Female Characters. Price. ........15 cts.

78. Special Performances. A Farce, in one Act. By Wilmot Harrison. Seven Male, three Female Characters. Price....15 cts. 79. A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing.-A Domestic Drama, in one Act. By Tom Taylor. Seven Male, five Female Characters. Price... .....15 cts.

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