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Holiday Frolics; Or, Endless Amusement for the Christmas Fireside Containing, the Most Astonishing Feats of Legerdemain, and Astounding Conjurings; Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Tricks With Cards & Dice. Art of Making Fireworks; Together With an Excellent Collection of Puzzles, Conundrums, Riddles, Charades, &c. &c. The Whole Admirably Calculated to Beguile the Leisure Hours of Our Holiday Friends. Embellished With a Copper-plate Engraving

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HOLIDAY FROLICS; OR, ENDLESS AMUSEMENT FOR THE CHRISTMAS FIRESIDE. CONTAINING, _The most Astonishing Feats of Legerdemain_, AND ASTOUNDING CONJURINGS; Entertaining Experiments IN VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SCIENCE; _TRICKS with CARDS & DICE_. ART OF MAKING FIREWORKS; TOGETHER WITH AN...

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Let the person who has thrown the dice double the number of that next to his left hand, and add five to that sum; then multiply the amount by five and to the product add the num...

1. Part 1

HOLIDAY FROLICS; OR, ENDLESS AMUSEMENT FOR THE CHRISTMAS FIRESIDE. CONTAINING, _The most Astonishing Feats of Legerdemain_, AND ASTOUNDING CONJURINGS; Entertaining Experiments I...