⁂ Admirers of Mark Twain’s Humorous Works will be glad to possess such a choice gathering as the above.
MAGICIAN’S OWN BOOK. Containing Ample Instructions for Performances in Legerdemain with Cups and Balls, Eggs, Hats, Handkerchiefs, &c. By the Author of “The Secret Out.” All from Actual Experience, and Edited by W. H. Cremer, Jun., of Regent Street. Crown 8vo, with 200 Illustrations, 4s. 6d.
THE SECRET OUT; or, One Thousand Tricks with Cards, and other Recreations; with Entertaining Experiments in Drawing-Room or “White Magic.” By the Author of the “Magician’s Own Book.” Edited by W. H. Cremer, Jun., of Regent Street. With 300 Engravings. Crown 8vo, cloth, 4s. 6d.
⁂ These Books are complete Cyclopædias of Legerdemain. Under the title of “Le Magicien des Salons,” the first has long been a Standard Magic Book with all French and German Professors of the Art. The tricks are described so carefully, with engravings to illustrate them, that anybody can easily learn how to perform them.
ENTIRELY NEW GAMES.
THE MERRY CIRCLE. A Book of New, Graceful, and Intellectual Games and Amusements. Edited by Mrs. Clara Bellew. Crown 8vo, numerous Illustrations, 4s. 6d.
⁂ A new and capital book of Household Amusements. These are in every way Intellectual Games, and will please both old and young. It is an excellent book to consult before going to an evening party.
THE ART OF AMUSING. A Collection of Graceful Arts, Games, Tricks, Puzzles, and Charades, intended to amuse everybody, and enable all to amuse everybody else. By Frank Bellew. With nearly 300 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 4s. 6d.
⁂ One of the most entertaining handbooks of amusement ever published.