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Macaulay, Lord, Rebus and logogram by, 193, 200, 201 Magic answer, 32 Magic cross, 94 Magic fan, 62 Magic figure, 64 Magic flute, 64 Magic hats, 33 Magic hundred, 99 Magic nine, 98 Magic octagon, 94 Magic thirty-six, 99 Magic wand, The, a parlour game, 33 Magical music, 33 Magician of Morocco, 64 Magnetic swan, 65 Magnetic wand, 65 Magnifying pinhole, 66 Matrimony, 131 Maze at Hampton Court, 96 Mechanical Bucephalus, 66 Mechanical puzzles, 90-96; balanced pail, 90; the balanced stick, _ib._; revolving coins and needles, _ib._; the bridge of knives, 91; the square and circle puzzle, _ib._; the carpenter's puzzle, _ib._; the divided farm, 92; the vertical line puzzle, _ib._; the string and balls puzzle, _ib._; the seven-ring puzzle, 93; balls and rings puzzle, _ib._; the staff puzzle, 94; the Victoria puzzle, _ib._; the artillery puzzle, _ib._; the six rows puzzle, _ib._; the six square puzzle, _ib._; the magic octagon, _ib._; the accommodating square, _ib._; the magic cross, 95; to take a man's waistcoat off without removing his coat, _ib._; to break a stone with a blow of the fist, 96; the key, the heart, and the dart, _ib._; the prisoner's release puzzle, _ib._; Hampton Court maze, _ib._ Menagerie, The artists', 12 Mengen, Baron, on ventriloquism, 181 Mental scenes, 217 Metagrams, 202 Microscope, Toy, 66 "Minister's cat, The," 34 Mixed-up poetry, 34 Mocking call, 67 Moorish fort, 67 Morocco, Magician of, 64 Music, Magical, 33 Music, Spoon, 43 Musical chair, 35 Musical snail, 153 "My master has sent me unto you," 35

N

Napoleon, 122 Navette, 67 Nine pins, 68 Nine, The magic, 98 Nouns and questions, 35 Numbered charades, 208 Numbers, Progression and properties of (_see_ Arithmetical Puzzles)

O

Obedient soldier, 68 Object game, 35 Octagon, Magic, 94 Old maid, 141 Old soldier, 36 Oranges and lemons, 36 Original sketches, a parlour game, 37 "Our old grannie doesn't like tea," 37

P

Pairs, a parlour game, 37 Palada, 68 Parachute, Paper, 72 Paragrams, 203 Parlour bowls, 74 Parlour croquet, 74 Parlour games (_see_ Round or Parlour Games) Parlour magic, 151-184; conjuring: simple deceptions and minor tricks, 151-153; card tricks and combinations, 153-167; conjuring with or without special apparatus, 167-178; clairvoyance, or second sight, 178-180; ventriloquism and polyphony, 180-184 Parlour quoits, 74 Patchesi, 75 Patter in conjuring, 151; in ventriloquism, 181 Pea, Dancing, 57 Pegasus in flight, 75 Person and object, a parlour game, 37 Piesse on conjuring, 151 Piquet, 116 Pith dancer, 76 Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, Logogram by, 201 Poetry, Mixed-up, 34 Poker, 134 Polyphony and ventriloquism, 180-184 Pope Joan, 139 Pork-butcher, The, a parlour game, 38 Postman's knock, 38 Praed, Winthrop Mackworth, Charade by, 208 Prancing horse, 76 Prisoners' release puzzle, 96 Progression of numbers, 101 Prophet, 76 Proverbs, Acting, 9 Proverbs, Guessing, 38 Proverbs, Shouting, 42 Puff and dart, 77 Purses, Paper, 73 Push-pin, 78 Put, 131 Puzzles (_see_ Alphabetical, Arithmetical, Balancing, Mechanical, and Word Puzzles) Puzzle-wit, 78

Q

Quaker's meeting, 38 Quince, 139 Quintain, 78 Quiz, 54, 78 Quoits, Parlour, 74-75

R

Race game, 78 Racquets, Drawing-room, 79 Racquets, Dutch, 59 Ranter go round, 125 Resting wand, 39 Retsch's outlines, a parlour game, 39 Reviewers, The, a parlour game, 40 Revolving ring, 79 Rhymes, Acting, 9 Rhymes, Bouts rimés, 14 Rhymes, Guessing, 40 Ring, Finding the, 22 Ring, Hunt the, 30 Ring the bull, 80 Ringolette, 74 Rings, Puzzles and tricks with, 93, 175 Round or parlour games, 9-50;

## acting proverbs, 9;

## acting rhymes, _ib._;

adjectives, 10; the adventurers, _ib._; Æsop's mission, 11; alphabet games, _ib._; the artists' menagerie, 12; the baby elephant, _ib._; the bird-catcher, 13; blind man's buff, _ib._; blind postman, _ib._; blowing out the candle, _ib._; bouts rimés, 14; "brother, I'm bobbed," _ib._; "buff says 'baff,'" _ib._; buff with the wand, 15; capping verses, _ib._; charades, _ib._; clairvoyant, 17; the comic concert, 18; consequences, _ib._; conveyances, 19; crambo, _ib._; cross questions and crooked answers, 20; "Cupid is coming," _ib._; the cushion dance, _ib._; definitions, 21; dumb crambo, _ib._; dwarf, _ib._; the elements, 22; the farmyard, _ib._; the feather, _ib._; finding the ring, _ib._; flying, 23; forfeits, _ib._; giant, 28; the giraffe, _ib._; the grand mufti, _ib._; hands, _ib._; "he can do little who can't do this," 29; hiss and clap, _ib._; "hot boiled beans," _ib._; hot cockles, _ib._; house furnishers, _ib._; "how do you like your neighbour?" 30; "how, when, and where?" _ib._; hunt the ring, _ib._; hunt the slipper, _ib._; hunt the whistle, 31; "I apprenticed my son," _ib._; "I love my love," _ib._; "Jack's alive," _ib._; the jolly miller, 32; judge and jury, _ib._; the magic answer, _ib._; magical music, 33; the magic hats, _ib._; the magic wand, _ib._; "the minister's cat," 34; mixed-up poetry, _ib._; musical chair, 35; "my master has sent me unto you," _ib._; nouns and questions, _ib._; the object game, _ib._; the old soldier, 36; oranges and lemons, _ib._; original sketches, 37; "our old grannie doesn't like tea," _ib._; pairs, _ib._; person and object, _ib._; the pork-butcher, 38; postman's knock, _ib._; proverbs, _ib._; the quaker's meeting, _ib._; the resting wand, 39; Retsch's outlines, _ib._; the reviewers, 40; rhymes, _ib._; rule of contrary, 41; Russian gossip, _ib._; the schoolmaster, _ib._; shadow buff, _ib._; shouting proverbs, 42; "Simon says," _ib._; the Spanish merchant, _ib._; the Spanish nobleman, _ib._; spelling bee, 43; spoon music, _ib._; the stage coach, 44; stool of repentance, _ib._; tableaux vivants, 45; the telescopic giant, 46; think of a number, _ib._; this and that, _ib._; throwing light, 47; toilet, or trencher, _ib._; the trades, 48; the traveller's alphabet, _ib._; twenty questions, 49; the two hats, _ib._; "what am I doing?" _ib._; "what is my thought like?" _ib._; "who was he?" 50; the wild beast show, _ib._; "yes or no?" _ib._ Royal star, 80 Rule of contrary, 41 Russian gossip, 41

S

Schiller, Enigma by, 215 Schimmel, 81; materials for the game; mode of playing, _ib._ Schoolmaster, a parlour game, 41 Second sight, or clairvoyance, 178-180 Serpent, Animated, 52 Shadow buff, 41 Shouting proverbs, 42 Shovel board, 82 Sift smoke, 138 "Simon says," 42 Skittle cannonade, 83 Skittles, Enfield, 59 Slate games, 84 Sleight-of-hand, 154 Slipper, Hunt the, 30 Snail, Musical, 153 Snip-snap-snorum, 136 Sound (_see_ Ventriloquism and Polyphony) Spanish merchant, 42 Spanish nobleman, 42 Speculation, 121 Spelling bee, 43 Spillikins or spelicans, 85 Spinado, 140 Spoon music, 43 Squails, or trails, 86 Squeaker, 86 Stage coach, a parlour game, 44 Steady Tar, 86, 87 Stool of repentance, 44 Straws: jerk straws, 62 Summer ice, 87 Swan, Magnetic, 65 Sybil, 76

T

Tableaux vivants, 45 Target and dart, 58 Targetta, 87 Teetotum, 88 Think of a number, 46 "Thirty-four" (American puzzle), 97 Thirty-six, The magic, 99 This and that, 46 Throwing light, a parlour game, 47 Tit-tat-to, 85 Toilet, a parlour game, 47 Toy games and toy-making, 51-89; bricks and building materials, 51; "Crandall's toys," animal album, or talking picture-book, 52; Æolian harp, _ib._; animated serpent, _ib._; annulette, 53; apple-mill, _ib._; apple-woman, _ib._; bandilor, or quiz, 54; battledore and shuttlecock, _ib._; bell and hammer, or "schimmel," _ib._; bird-whistles, _ib._; birds, beasts, and fishes, _ib._; bombardment, _ib._; bottle imps, _ib._; Brother Jonathan, 55; camera (miniature), _ib._; cannonade, or castle bagatelle, _ib._; carpet croquet, 56; common whistle, _ib._; crack loo, _ib._; cup and ball, _ib._; cupolette, _ib._; cut-water, 57; dancing Highlander, _ib._; dancing pea, _ib._; dart and target, 58; dartelle, _ib._; decimal game, _ib._; demon bottle, _ib._; drawing-room archery, 59; Dutch racquets, _ib._; Enfield skittles, _ib._; flying cones, _ib._; French and English, 60; gas balloons, _ib._; German balls, _ib._; German billiards, 61; hat measurement, _ib._; homeward bound, or "patchesi," _ib._; hydraulic dancers, _ib._; immovable card, _ib._; Indian skittle-pool, _ib._; Jack-in-the-box, 62; Japanese fan, _ib._; jerk straws, _ib._; le diable, _ib._; magic fan, _ib._; magic figure, 64; magic flute, _ib._; magician of Morocco, _ib._; magnetic swan, 65; magnetic wand, _ib._; magnifying pinhole, 66; mechanical Bucephalus, _ib._; microscope (toy), _ib._; mocking call, 67; moorish fort, _ib._; navette, _ib._; nine pins, 68; noughts and crosses, _ib._; obedient soldier, _ib._; palada, _ib._; paper toys: bellows, boat, boxes, Chinese junk, dart, hat, parachute, purses, 69-74; parlour bowls, 74; parlour croquet, _ib._; parlour quoits, _ib._; patchesi, or homeward bound, 75; Pegasus in flight, _ib._; pith dancer, 76; prancing horse, _ib._; prophet, or sibyl, _ib._; puff and dart, 77; push-pin, 78; puzzle-wit, _ib._; quintain, _ib._; quiz, _ib._; race game, _ib._; racquets (drawing-room), 79; revolving ring, _ib._; ringolette, 80; ring the bull, _ib._; royal star, _ib._; schimmel, or bell and hammer, 81; shovel board, 82; skittle cannonade, 83; slate games, 84; spillikins, or spelicans, 85; squails, 86; squeaker, _ib._; steady tar, 86, 87; summer ice, 87; sybil, _ib._; table croquet, _ib._; targetta, _ib._; teetotum, 88; tit-tat-to, _ib._; tournament, _ib._; trails, _ib._; trouble wit, _ib._; wonderful trumpet, _ib._; German and Tyrolese manufacture of toys, 89 Trades, a parlour game, 48 Transpositions of words, 204 Traveller's alphabet, 48 Trencher, or toilet, a parlour game, 47 Trouble wit, 62 Trumpet, Wonderful, 88 Truth, 150 Twenty questions, 49 Two hats, 49 Tyrol, Manufacture of toys in the, 89

V

Ventriloquism and polyphony, 180-184; principles of the art, 180; general instructions for practice, 183; feats of Comte, the French conjurer, 184 Verbal charades, 211 Victoria, Queen, Double acrostic written by her Majesty, 212 Vingt-un, 120

W

Wand, Magic, a parlour game, 33 Wand, Magnetic, 65 Wand, The resting, 39 "What am I doing?" 49 "What is my thought like?" 49 Whately, Archbishop, Charade by, 209 Whist: long whist, 107-115; short whist, 115 Whistle, Common, 56 Whistle, Hunt the, 31 Whistles, Bird, 54 "Who was he?" 50 Wild beast show, 50 Wonderful trumpet, 88 Words and word puzzles: decapitations, 185; curtailments and retailings, 186; anagrams, 189; word squares, 191; rebuses, 193; arithmorems, 194; diamond puzzles and word puzzles of various shapes, 196; cryptography, 197; chronograms, 198; logograms, 200; metagrams, 202; word capping,203; paragrams, _ib._; extractions, 204; transpositions, _ib._; definitions, 205; inversions, 206; hidden words, _ib._

Y

"Yes or no," 50

Z

Zetema, 145

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Jungle, Peak, and Plain. A Boy's Book of Adventure. By Dr. GORDON STABLES, R.N. Illustrated. Extra fcap. 4to. 192 pages, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 5s.

Pictures of School Life and Boyhood. From the best Authors. Edited by PERCY FITZGERALD, M.A. Cloth, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.

Off to Sea. By the late W. H. G. KINGSTON. With Coloured Illustrations. Cloth, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.

Soldier and Patriot. The Story of George Washington. By F. M. OWEN. With Map and Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.

The True Robinson Crusoes. With Twenty full-page Illustrations. Cloth, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.