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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 76

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