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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 72

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resents the stomach ofthe mouse. You can now sew your mouse on theflour-sack. It should be borne in mind that thetwo knots of thread, which represent the ears,must appear near the small end of the seed. Weonce saw some mice made of apple-seeds where theears were placed at the big end, producing… … You must now get a good-sized card, and if youwish to have it very nice, paint it to resemble theboards of a floor. On this you sew your sack, andone or two stray mice who are supposed to be running round loose. Then having provided yourselfwith a couple of those delicate little glass bottles…

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