"The Sociable" will be found one of the most extensively popular family books ever issued from the press. As its title implies, it is a collection—a complete repertoire—of the
AMUSEMENTS OF HOME,
Embracing a large and comprehensive list of recreative pastimes, arranged as follows:
Parlor Theatricals, including Acting Proverbs, Acting Charades, Dramatic Charades and Tableaux Vivants; Games of Action; Games requiring Memory and Attention; Games requiring Wit and Intelligence; Ruses, or Catch Games; Forfeits; Puzzles; Fireside Games for Winter Evenings, and Science in Sport, and Parlor Magic.
Many of these Games—the majority of them—are ENTIRELY NEW, as are, also, the
PARLOR THEATRICALS
AND
TABLEAUX VIVANTS,
Which were PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK. Everything in the book is superior of its kind—the greatest care hiving been taken to exclude everything that was not above the standard of mediocrity in interest and ingenuity. It is
THE ONLY BOOK
OF THIS KIND
Ever Published in America,
And as it will be invaluable to Families, Schools, Social Clubs, etc., as a book of reference on all matters of Amusement and Recreation, there must be a steady and permanent demand for it at all seasons and in all years, although few of the so-called "Holiday Books" are as appropriate for Gifts as THE SOCIABLE.
Each department is AMPLY ILLUSTRATED with
BEAUTIFUL WOOD ENGRAVINGS
Which render the Text clear, and fully explain all the Puzzles, the Mechanical Contrivances mentioned, and other things difficult to describe in writing. It is elegantly bound, so as to be an ornament to any center-table, and its typographical execution is a specimen of the highest excellence.
The need of such a collection of HOME GAMES has long been felt, and the publishers believe that this endeavor on their part, to supply that want, must meet with the fullest success. They have spared neither trouble nor expense to render it a complete and invaluable vade mecum of Domestic Amusements, so that its name may be familiar as a "Household Word" in all families, north, south, east and west, where the value of wholesome and innocent recreation is recognized.
Price only One Dollar, bound in cloth, with gilt side and back stamp, sent to any address in the United States, free of postage. Send cash orders to
DICK & FITZGERALD,
18 ANN STREET, NEW YORK.