Cassell's book of in-door amusements, card games, and fireside fun ; with numerous illustrations
A Victorian household manual of parlour games, card play, conjuring and paper toys, issued by Cassell & Company in London, Paris and New York in 1886 for middle-class family evenings. Wood-engraved figures show gesturing hands, stacked coins, folded paper bellows and parachutes, with lettered points, dotted fold lines and numbered captions useful as instructional diagrams or small technical spot art.
