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 (1866)
Bellew, Frank, 1828-1888 · New York : Carleton ; London : S. Low · leaf 137
will do as wellas anything—I will soon satisfy you that what Idescribed can be done. The card was produced, and in a couple of minutes he had with a pair of scissors clipped out apiece of the size and shape of the subjoined dia- Il8 THE ART OF AMUSING. gram. He then borrowed a book and a lead… … in the diagram, page 119, struck the projecting enda smart blow with the pencil. This sent it whirling through the air towards the opposite corner ofthe ceiling, which it nearly though not quitereached—then it came fluttering back to the veryfeet of the performer. This operation was repeatedseveral…
Amusements · Tricks
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