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are made up of no dry stupid rules that everybody knows, but
are fresh, sensible, good-humored, entertaining, and
readable. Every person of taste should possess
them, and cannot be otherwise than delighted
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Carleton, Publisher,
New York.


THE art of AMUSING
BY Frank Bellew

CARLETON, Publisher, NEW YORK.


the
Art of Amusing.

BEING A COLLECTION OF GRACEFUL ARTS, MERRY GAMES, ODD
TRICKS, CURIOUS PUZZLES, AND NEW CHARADES. TOGETHER
WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR PRIVATE THEATRICALS,
TABLEAUX, AND ALL SORTS OF PARLOR
AND FAMILY AMUSEMENTS.

A VOLUME INTENDED TO AMUSE EVERYBODY AND ENABLE ALL TO AMUSE EVERYBODY
ELSE; THUS BRINGING ABOUT AS NEAR AN APPROXIMATION TO
THE MILLENNIUM AS CAN BE CONVENIENTLY
ATTAINED IN THE COMPASS OF
ONE SMALL VOLUME.