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 138
ing, which it nearly though not quitereached—then it came fluttering back to the veryfeet of the performer. This operation was repeatedseveral times with almost universal applause, theonly dissentient voice being that of a little shaverof five, who wanted to see the parrots come down.About this… … We, in the meantime, amused ourselves with sundry time-honored experiments. First came an optical illusion-trick, the fun of which consisted in thefutile efforts of several persons to knock a cork offa fork with the fore-finger ; and is performed thus :A steel fork, or some other sharp instrument,…
Amusements · Tricks
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