FOOTNOTES:
[1] The performer takes advantage of the time occupied in singing this song by arranging all in readiness for the grand closing scene of this act.
[2] At this point, where the show is wholly or in part paid for by voluntary contributions, one of the performers, with a basket, passes round amongst the audience and takes up the collection.
[3] This ship is mechanically constructed, so that at the desired moment it is made to show signs of becoming a wreck. The steamer is in like manner constructed, with the addition that on its reverse side it represents a sailing vessel only. For this dialogue the steamer may be wrecked in place of the sail ship.
[4] This famous act never fails in bringing out a round of applause, and should be used as a closing piece to the popular Tragedies of Punch and Judy.
If, as Butler insinuates,
“The pleasure is as great
of being cheated as to cheat,”
the life of a Prestidigitator must be a pleasant one; and to enable any one to realize the fact, we, in this volume, present the key to the “Mystical Mysteries,” whereby any boy, of an ingenious turn of mind, can amuse and astound his friends, schoolfellows and neighbors.
Annexed we give a list of a