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 273
242 THE ART OF AMUSING. the problem is, with a small stick or lead-pencil, toraise them from the table, without of course touching them with your fingers. You may try this asoften as you like. If you succeed, well and good ; ifyou do not, you can come back here and refer to thesolution. … Here is a picture (No. 2) representing the wayin which it is done; need we add anything in theway of explanation ? We think not—so we wontdo it. CHAPTER XXII. Nix has a sister married to a wealthy leathermerchant, whose place of business is in that odoriferous part of New York city called The…
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