| 15 cts. |
Dick's Book of Alphabets. Containing a great variety of designs for plain and Fanciful Alphabets, Numerals and illuminated Initial letters in various colors, and elegant in style. It includes specimens of modern Ornamental designs, and of the ancient grotesque, Arabesque, and other eccentric devices for decoration and illumination, mainly gathered from rare old vellums and scarce books of past centuries. This work will be appreciated by Architects, Decorators, Designers, Draughtsmen, etc.
| Oblong quarto, full cloth | $1.50 |
GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS.
Dick's Parlor Exhibitions, and How to Make them Successful. Containing complete and detailed directions for preparing and arranging Parlor Exhibitions and Amateur Performances. It includes:
- Tableaux Vivants.
- Living Portraits.
- Living Statuary.
- Dame History's Peep Show.
- Shadow Pantomimes.
- Popular Ballads illustrated by appropriate action.
- Charades of all kinds.
- Parlor Pantomimes.
- Punch and Judy.
AND FIFTY OTHER DIVERTING PARLOR PASTIMES AND AMUSEMENTS.
It contains also a full Catalogue of the Celebrated "Art Exhibition," and a practical treatise on the wonderful Science of Second Sight.
This work is thoroughly practical and gives the fullest instructions for preparing and lighting the stage, the construction of the Frames for Living Portraits, and shows how each performance can be presented with complete success. It is illustrated with numerous engravings explaining the text.
| 150 pages, paper | 30 cts. |