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IN-DOOR AMUSEMENTS.
BLIND MAN'S BUFF.NINE PINS.
FIRESIDE FUN.
WHIST.PARLOURMAGIC.
CASSELL'S
BOOK OF
IN-DOOR AMUSEMENTS,
CARD GAMES,
AND
FIRESIDE FUN.
With Numerous Illustrations.
THIRD EDITION.
Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.:
LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK.
[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]
PREFACE.
This Work is acompanion volume to Cassell's Book of Sportsand Pastimes. As the latter—with the exception of thespecial sections on "Recreative Science," "The Workshop," and "HomePets"—is largely occupied with games and sports which are usuallycarried on out-of-doors, it will be seen that the present book, whichis almost exclusively devoted to indoor games of various kinds, forms avery fitting supplement to the other.
It has been the constant aim of the different writers to conveytheir information in plain, accurate, direct fashion, so that readersmay come to understand, on the first occasion of consulting it, thatCassell's Book of Indoor Amusements, Card Games,and Fireside Fun is a Work that deserves their confidence, andmay accordingly acquire the habit of referring to it, as a matter ofcourse, when in doubt on any point connected with their favouritegames, or when desirous of learning new amusements. Reference hasnow and again been unavoidably made to outdoor games, either by wayof comparison or suggestion for further details. In such cases thereference always has been to the companion volume already mentioned,so that readers possessing the two books will have no difficulty infollowing the instructions of the Author. In the section on "ParlourMagic" no trick has been described involving the use of apparatusin any degree elaborate. The[4] one or two tricks of a formidable characterwhich are there fully explained have been selected—as the text,in fact, expressly states—to show young conjurers what can reallybe done with the help of long training and expensive appliances.
In conclusion, the Editor hopes that this work may be the means ofintroducing many a new game to the young folk for whom it has been hishappiness to cater. He will not tell them that all play and no workmake Jack a stupid boy, because he has no doubt that his readers arejust as fond of their lessons as they are of merry romps or quie