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 235
ored us with a narrativeconcerning an uncle of hers, who was a sea-captain, and once made a voyage to Moscow! Itwas a peculiarity, be it observed, of Aunty Delluvian, that she appeared to have uncles ready athand for all emergencies. She told us that thisuncle, when at the Sclavonic capital,… … THE HEADLESS 0 THE ART OF AMUSING. 209 call the host up-stairs ; on his return he found all theguests looking more cheerful. They chatted pleasantly until the party broke up; and then, and nottill then, he discovered that his friends, during hisabsence, had drunk all the oil out of the lamps,eaten…
Amusements · Tricks
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