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Popular pastimes for amusement and instruction : being a standard work on games, plays, magic, and natural phenomena suitable for all occasions : containing parlor games, charming tableaux, tricks of magic, charades and conundrums, curious puzzles, phrenology and mind reading, palmistry or how to read the hand, humorous and pathetic recitations, dialogues, etc., etc. : including the delightful art of entertaining, the whole forming a charming treasury of pastimes for the home, public schools and academies, lodges, social gatherings, Sunday schools, etc., etc. (1901)

Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia : National Publishing Co. · leaf 8

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nry Davenport Northrop Author of Gem Cyclopedia, Kxcelsior Writer and Speaker, Young Peoples History of America, Ktc. Superbly Embellished with PhotQty^pe;a^^d;,^W^:<^^ ^Ipri^^ National Publishing Coimpany 239 TO 243 So. American StreetPhiladelphia, Pa. THE LBRAKY OF GONGRESS,Two OoFHea… … MONG the various phenomena of the closmg century, few aremore remarkable than the vastly increased amount of time andI attention which is now given to Recreation. Men work as hardas, possibly harder than, their fathers, but they certainly findmuch more time for play. To a considerable extent it is…

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