Dick, William Brisbane: Dick's One Hundred Amusements ©1879 Dick & Fitzgerald, NY Softcover, perfect-bound, 5x7", 147 pages plus ads Also an edition by Padell Book & Magazine Co., NY

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Comments "for Evening Parties, Picnics and Social Gatherings". These are games, skits, tricks, and some magic for home parties.

Contents (from book):

5 Preface
7 Contents

15 Social Amusements for Evening Parties: introduction

16 First Evening
16 The Signal Master: game of musical chairs
17 The Elephant: costume play
20 Pity The Poor Blind: game - blow out a candle while blindfolded
21 The Grotesque Quintette: costume play, performers sing using cutout figures
24 Selling Statues: skit of selling human statues
27 The Divided Tapes: magic, spools are released from double strings

29 Second Evening
29 My House; Your House: game of finger fishing
30 The Odd Card: magic card puzzle
32 This or That: magic two person code for determining an object chosen
32 The Museum: skit with comedy
35 The Nondescript: costume play, giant costume and how to manipulate it
38 To Magnetize a Cane: magic cane suspends on its end while performer is seated

40 Third Evening
40 Throwing Light: game word guessing
41 The Centaur: costume play
44 The Magic Handkerchief: magic coin vanishes in a handkerchief
46 A Magical Knot: magic handkerchief knot vanishes
47 One Old Ourang-Outang: game with words
49 The House that Jack Built: game, another word game
50 The Birds: game, yet another word game
51 Musical Merry-go-round: game with singing
53 The Invisible Transfer: magic corks assemble under napkins

56 Fourth Evening
56 Musical Neighbors: game, musical get to know your neighbor
58 The Embarrassed Landlord: magic hotel story card trick
60 To Guess the Two Ends of a Line of Dominoes: magic prediction
60 The Irishman’s Wake: costume play
62 Planting: game word play
64 The Changed Dice-Spots: magic spots on a pair of dice change

65 Fifth Evening
65 The Blind Beggar: game don't say the forbidden words
66 Garibaldi: game don't use the letter e
67 The Giraffe: costume play
70 The Needle and Thread Trick: magic thread knot penetrates a handkerchief
71 Mary’s Lamb: skit in song with six verses
74 Right is Wrong: game partner can't copy your actions

75 Sixth Evening
75 Musical Surprise: game, another musical chairs
76 The Compressed Man: costume play
78 The Elongated Man: costume play, another version
78 Traveling Alphabetically: game alphabet word play
80 The Interrupted Housebreakers: magic story card trick
81 Telling the Dice Unseen: magic determine the sum of thrown dice

83 Seventh Evening
83 Hat Measurement: game of guessing
84 Insects and Flowers: game of story telling
86 The Wonder Giant: costume play
89 The Emperor of Austria: musical skit
91 John Brown: another musical skit
92 Hocus Pocus: magic
92 - Striking the knuckles without pain
92 - Hitting the head on the wall without pain
94 - Balancing a thimble prank
95 The Mysterious Release: magic string puzzle
98 Century Court: game of history

100 Eighth Evening
100 Mrs. Jarley's Wax-Works: comedy play with historical figures
122 Justice is Blind: game with blinded justice trying to guess others
123 The Table Orator: costume skit
125 What's O'clock: magic, mathematical time prediction

128 Ninth Evening
128 Railway Accidents: game where players must perform actions whenever their character is called
130 The Severed Head: costume illusion
132 Who Was He?: game to guess the famous person
133 Or any Other Jackass: prank
134 The Hat and Quarter Trick: magic coin stunt
135 The Royal Marriages: magic card story with the Kings and Queens

136 Tenth Evening
136 Nonsense: game of words and parts of speech
137 The Rising Man: costume skit
139 The Long-Necked Gentleman: costume skit
140 Proverbs in Chorus: game to guess the proverb
140 The Muffin Man: music game
142 The Rabbit: animating a toy rabbit
143 Magic Music: game of hot and cold object finding using music
144 The Elements: game of ball tossing and quick thinking
145 The Rose-Colored Goat: skit with comedy
147 Cain and Abel: guessing puzzle
147 The High Jump: prank

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