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 21
ll give some detailed instructions on this pointin a future chapter. Any simple puzzles, numbersof which can be made out of cards, will be foundhelpful. Take, for example, a common visiting-card, and bend down the two ends, and place it ona smooth table, as represented in the annexeddiagram, and… … inch from the card. Another little trick consistsin making a coin (if such a thing is to be foundnowadays) stick to the door. This is done bysimply making a little notch with a knife on theedge of the coin, so that a small point of metal mayproject, which, when it is pressed against the woodwork,…
Amusements · Tricks
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