By John H. Bechtel

It is a comparatively easy task to fill a book with a mass of uninteresting statistical matter.  It is quite another thing to get together a vast accumulation of valuable material on all conceivable subjects.  This book is thoroughly up to date, and embraces many subjects not usually found in works of this kind.  It contains information for everybody, whether it pertains to health, household, business, affairs of state, foreign countries, or the planets, and all most conveniently indexed.
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A dictionary of mythology

By John H. Bechtel

The average person dislikes to look up a mythological subject because of the time occupied.  This book remedies that difficulty because in it can be found at a glance just what is wanted.  It is comprehensive, convenient, condensed, and the information is presented in such an interesting manner as when once read to be always remembered.  A distinctive feature of the book is the pronunciation of the proper names, something found in few other works.
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SLIPS OF SPEECH

By John H. Bechtel

Who does not make them?  The best of us do.  Why not avoid them?  Any one inspired with the spirit of self-improvement can readily do so.  No necessity for studying rules of grammar or rhetoric when this book can be had.  It teaches both without the study of either.  It is a counsellor, a critic, a companion, and a guide, and is written in a most entertaining and chatty style.
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Handbookof pronunciation

By John H. Bechtel

What is more disagreeable than a faulty pronunciation?  No other defect so clearly shows a lack of culture.  This book contains over 5,000 words on which most of us are apt to trip.  They are here pronounced in the clearest and simplest manner, and according to the best authority.  It is more readily consulted than a dictionary, and is just as reliable.
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Practicalsynonyms

By John H. Bechtel

Any one with the least desire to add to his vocabulary or to improve his choice of words should have a copy of this book.  It is designed mainly to meet the wants of busy merchants or lawyers, thoughtful clergymen or teachers, and wide-awake school-boys or girls who are ambitious to express the thoughts of the mind in more fitting phrases than they are at present capable of doing.
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Toasts

By William Pittenger

Most men dread being called upon to respond to a toast or to make an address.  What would you not give for the ability to be rid of this embarrassment?  No need to give much when you can learn the art from this little book.  It will tell you how to do it; not only that, but by example it will show the way.  It is valuable not alone to the novice, but the experienced speaker will gather from it many suggestions.
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