A Pedlar’s Wallet: Filled from Household Words, by DUDLEY COSTELLO.
This work will comprise some of the best papers contributed to Charles Dickens’ famous periodical.
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The Choicest Jests of English Wits; from the Rude Jokes of the Ancient Jesters, to the refined and impromptu Witticisms of Theodore Hook and Douglas Jerrold. Including the Cream of Joe Miller: comprising the best Sayings, Facetious and Merry, which have contributed to give to our country the name of Merry England.
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The History of Playing Cards, and the VARIOUS GAMES connected with them, from the Earliest Ages; with some Account of Card Conjuring, and Old-Fashioned Tricks.
ILLUSTRATED WITH FORTY CURIOUS WOODCUTS ON TINTED PAPER.
This most amusing work, introducing the reader to a curious chapter of our social history, gives an interesting account, replete with anecdotes, of the most popular and widely known pastime which has ever been invented by man for his amusement. A more instructive and entertaining book could not be taken in hand for a pleasant hour’s reading.