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GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS.

Dick's Parlor Exhibitions, and ]J:ow to Make them Suc–

cessful. Containing complete and detailed direotiona for preparing and

arranging Parlor lilxhibitions andAmateur Performances. It includes:

Tableauz Vivants.

Popular Ballad.8 iUiutrated

by

appro.

Living Portraits.

·

priate

action.

Living

Statuary.

Chara.du

of all

Tdnd&.

.

Dame Ili.otory/•

Peep

ShotD.

ParZ,,,. Pantomimu.

Shadow Pantomimes.

.

Punch and

Judy.

AND

FlFrY

OTHER DrVlmTING PARLOB PA.BTIME8

Am>

AMO'BmllENT8.

It

contains also a

fall

Cata.logn.e of the Celebrated

"

A.Br

EXRI:Bt'.l'ION,"

and

a practical treatise on tbe wonderful

SomNCE Oii'

8EcoND-8IGHT.

.

This work is thoroughly practical and gives the fnllest instructions for pre.

pa.ring and lighting the stage, the construction of the

E'BAMXB FOR

LrVnia

PonTRAITB; and shows how

ea.ch

performance can be presented with com

plete success• . It

is

illustrated with numerous engravings expln.ining

th~

text.

15j)

pages, paper.............................. : •••• -••••••••30 eta.

Dick's One Hundred Amusements for Evening Parties.

Picnics

and Social Gatherings. Thia book is full of Original Novelties

n

contains: New and Attractive Ga.mes, clearly illustrated by means or

Witty .1£xa.mplea, showing how each may be most successfully played

Surpassing Tricks, easy of performance. Musical and other innocent

sells. A variety of new and lni?enious puzzles. Comical illusions. fully

described. These surprising and grotesque illusions, are very startling

in

their effects, and present little or no difiiculty

in

their

preparation.

ALSO A NEW VERSION OF THE CELEBRATED "MRS. JAllI&TS

w

AX

wonx:s ...

ruustrated by sixty line wood engravings. Pa.per••••••••••••••••••30 eta.

The

Book

of Fireside Games. Containing ari explanation ofa

variety of Witty, Rollicking, Entertaining andinnoeent Games and

A.t:nue.

ing Forfeits, suited to the Family CiTI>le as a.Recreation. This book

is

jnst

the thing for social gather1nga, parties andpicnics. Paper covera.30

eta.

Tho

Book of

500

Curious Puzzles.

A

collection of Curious

Puzzles and Paradoxes, Deceptions

in

Numbers, Amusing Tricks

ht

Geometry; illustratedwith

a

great variety of engravings. Pa.per••30

eta.

How to Amuse an Evening Party.

A

Complete collection

of

Home Recreations. Profusely Illustrated With over Two Hundred

ibie

wood-ents, containing Round Games and Forfeit

G~mes, P~rlor

Magic

ILll<J.

Curious Puzzles, Comlo Diversions and Parlor Tricks, Bcrnn

ti.fie

Recrea,.

tions and Evening Amuaementa. Paper.••••••• •••.•••• ••• •• · •••

.ao

eta•

.Book of Riddles and

500

Home Amusements. Containing

e.

curious collection of Riddles, Charades and Enigmas ; Rebnses,

A.na

.

grams and Transpositions); Conundrums

a.nd

Amusing Puzzles: :Recraa_

tlons

in

Arithmetic.

e.nd

Queer Sleights. and numerous other

Ente~g

Amusemente. Illustrated with

60

engravings. Paper•••• •·•··· ..30

eta.

••• Any of the nbove mny be hnd bound

in

boards. Price 60

eta.

The Secret Out; or

1,000

Tricks

with

Cards,

and Other

Recreations Illustrated

with

over

800

engravings. A book Which.

explains all ihe Tricks and Deceptions witl,1 Playing Cards ever known.

and gtves, besides, a great many new ones. The wioole b eing described

80

carefully with engravings to illustrate them, that anybody can easily lell.l'Jl

hew to

p~rform

them. Tbia worlr also contains

240

of the best Tricks ot

t.egerdeJI!.&111.111 s<ldltion $0

tne

carq

Tricks, 600

pa11es,

olotb.

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