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.duof 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.BrEXRI: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.chperformance 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.ndAmusing Puzzles: :Recraa_
tlons
in
Arithmetic.
e.ndQueer 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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