The Signist's Book of Modern Alphabets

Collected and

Engraved by F

Delamotte

Large oblong octavo, 208 pages, 100 designs

Price, $1.50

N. B. - We guarantee this book to be the largest and best work of this kind published

PLAIN and Ornamental, ancient and mediaeval, from the Eight to the Twentieth Century, with numerals. Including German, Old English, Saxon, Italic, Perspective, Greek, Hebrew, Court Hand, Engrossing, Tuscan, Riband, Gothic, Rustic, and Arabesque, with several Original Designs and an Analysis of the Roman and Old English Alphabets, Large, Small, and Numerals, Church Text, Large and Small; German Arabesque; Initials for Illumination, Monograms, Crosses, etc., for the use of Architectural and Engineering Draughtsmen, Surveyors, Masons, Decorative Painters, Lithographers, Engravers, Carvers, etc.

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Frederick D

Drake & Company

CHICAGO, U

S. A.

The AMATEUR

ARTIST

Or Oil and Water Color Painting without the Aid of a Teacher :: :: :: ::

By F

DELAMOTTE

¶ The aim of this book is to instruct the student in the fundamental principles underlying those branches of art of which it treats and to teach the application of those principles in a clear and concise manner. The knowledge it contains is available, alike to the amateur whose only desire it is to beautify the home and to pass pleasant hours at agreeable work and also to those talented ones who lack the opportunities afforded by art schools and teachers who are out of reach. To the latter, this work contains elements that will quicken the germ of talent or genius into life and send it well on its road to success. ¶ This very late and most complete work on amateur art gives thorough instructions in nine branches of decorative art. Each part is the product of the pen of a famous teacher and lecturer who has made that branch his especial life study. ¶ Unlike other works on the market, it is brought up-to-date - no obsolete branches being dragged in, to fill out space. ¶ Each chapter contains a complete list of materials and equipment, and instruction enough to develop natural ability to a point where the student may continue, independent of further aid, and trusting to his own individuality of style.

200 pages, fully illustrated, price $1.00

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FREDERICK J

DRAKE & CO.

CHICAGO.U.S.A.

Concretes, Cements,

Mortars, Plasters and

Stuccos

How to Make and How to Use Them

By

Fred T.Hodgson

Architect

THIS is another of Mr.Hodgson's practical works that appeals directly to the workman whose business it is to make and apply the materials named in the title. As far as it has been possible to avoid chemical descriptions of limes, cements and other materials, and theories of no value to the workman, such has been done, and nothing has been admitted into the pages of the work that does not possess a truly practical character.

Concretes and cements have received special attention, and the latest methods of making and using cement building blocks, laying cement sidewalks, putting in concrete foundations, making cement casts and ornaments, are discussed at length. Plastering and stucco work receive a fair share of consideration and the best methods of making and using are described in the usual simple manner so characteristic of Mr. Hodgson's style. The book contains a large number of illustrations of tools, appliances and methods employed in making and applying concretes, cements, mortars, plasters and stucco, which will greatly assist in making it easy for the student to follow and understand the text

300 pages fully illustrated.

12 Mo.Cloth,........Price, $1.50

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Frederick J.Drake &. Co.

CHICAGO.U S. A.

The Builder and Contractor's Guide

TO CORRECT MEASUREMENTS of areas and cubic contents in all matters relating to buildings of any kind. Illustrated with numerous diagrams, sketches and examples showing how various and intricate measurements should be taken :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::

By Fred T.Hodgson, Architect, and W. M. Brown, C.E. and Quantity Surveyor

THIS is a real practical book, showing how all kinds of odd, crooked and difficult measurements may be taken to secure correct results. This work in no way conflicts with any work on estimating as it does not give prices, neither does it attempt to deal with questions of labor or estimate how much the execution of certain works will cost. It simply deals with the questions of areas and cubic contents of any given work and shows how their areas and contents may readily be obtained, and furnishes for the regular estimator the data upon which he can base his prices. In fact, the work is a great aid and assistant to the regular estimator and of inestimable value to the general builder and contractor.

12mo, cloth, 300 pages, fully illustrated, price - $1.50

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FREDERICK J.DRAKE & CO.

CHICAGO, U.S.A.

Easy Electrical Experiments and How to Make Them

By L.P. DICKINSON

This is the very latest and most valuable work on Electricity for the amateur or practical Electrician pub-lis'ned. It gives in a simple and easily understood language every thing you should know about Galvanometers, Batteries, Magnets, Induction, Coils, Motors, Voltmeters, Dynamos, Storage Batteries, Simple and Practical Telephones, Telegraph Instruments, Rheostat, Condensers, Electrophorous,' Resistance, Electro Plating, Electric Toy Making, etc. The book is an elementary hand book of lessons, experiments and inventions. It is a hand book for beginners, though it includes, as well, examples for the advanced students. The author stands second to none in the scientific world, and this exhaustive work will be found an invaluable assistant to either the 6tudent or mechanic.

Illustrated with hundreds of fine drawings; printed on a superior quality of paper.

12mo Cloth Price, $1.25.

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FREDERICK J.DRAKE & CO., Publishers.

CHICAGO.ILL.

The Practical Gas & Oil Engine hand-book

A MANUAL of useful in-formation on the care, maintenance and repair of Gas and Oil Engines.

This work gives full and clear instructions on all points relating to the care, maintenance and repair of Stationary, Portable and Marine, Gas and Oil Engines, including How to Start, How to Stop, How to Adjust, How to Repair, How to Test.

Pocket size, 4 x 6 1/2. Over 200 pages. With numerous rules and formulas and diagrams, and over 50 illustrations by L. Elliott Brookes, author of the "Construction of a Gasoline Motor," and the "Automobile Hand-Book."

This book has been written with the intention of furnishing practical information regarding gas, gasoline and kerosene engines, for the use of owners, operators and others who may be interested in their construction, operation and management.

In treating the various subjects it has been the endeavor to avoid all technical matter as far as possible, and to present the information given in a clear and practical manner.

16mo. Popular Edition Cloth. Price...................$1.00

Edition de Luxe - Full Leather Limp. Price.......... 1.50

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FREDERICK J.DRAKE & CO.

PUBLISHERS

CHICAGO, ILL.