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[Illustration: IN-DOOR AMUSEMENTS.

  BLIND MAN'S BUFF.                  NINE PINS.
                  FIRESIDE FUN.
    WHIST.                       PARLOUR MAGIC.]




  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 a companion volume to CASSELL'S BOOK OF SPORTS AND
PASTIMES. As the latter--with the exception of the special sections
on "Recreative Science," "The Workshop," and "Home Pets"--is
largely occupied with games and sports which are usually carried on
out-of-doors, it will be seen that the present book, which is almost
exclusively devoted to indoor games of various kinds, forms a very
fitting supplement to the other.

It has been the constant aim of the different writers to convey their
information in plain, accurate, direct fashion, so that readers may
come to understand, on the first occasion of consulting it, that
CASSELL'S BOOK OF INDOOR AMUSEMENTS, CARD GAMES, AND FIRESIDE FUN is
a Work that deserves their confidence, and may accordingly acquire
the habit of referring to it, as a matter of course, when in doubt on
any point connected with their favourite games, or when desirous of
learning new amusements. Reference has now and again been unavoidably
made to outdoor games, either by way of comparison or suggestion for
further details. In such cases the reference always has been to the
companion volume already mentioned, so that readers possessing the two
books will have no difficulty in following the instructions of the
Author. In the section on "Parlour Magic" no trick has been described
involving the use of apparatus in any degree elaborate. The one or two
tricks of a formidable character which are there fully explained have
been selected--as the text, in fact, expressly states--to show young
conjurers what can really be done with the help of long training and
expensive appliances.

In conclusion, the Editor hopes that this work may be the means of
introducing many a new game to the young folk for whom it has been his
happiness to cater. He will not tell them that all play and no work
make Jack a stupid boy, because he has no doubt that his readers are
just as fond of their lessons as they are of merry romps or quieter
games.




CONTENTS.


  ROUND OR PARLOUR GAMES.

                                           PAGE

  Acting Proverbs                           9
  Acting Rhymes                             9
  Adjectives                               10
  Adventurers, The                         10
  Æsop's Mission                           11
  Alphabet Games                           11
  Artists' Menagerie, The                  12
  Baby Elephant, The                       12
  Bird-catcher, The                        13
  Blind man's Buff                         13
  Blind Postman                            13
  Blowing out the Candle                   13
  Bouts Rimés                              14
  "Brother, I'm Bobbed"                    14
  "Buff says 'Baff'"                       14
  Buff with the Wand                       15
  Capping Verses                           15
  Charades                                 15
  Clairvoyant                              17
  Comic Concert, The                       18
  Consequences                             18
  Conveyances                              19
  Crambo                                   19
  Cross Questions and Crooked Answers      20
  "Cupid is Coming"                        20
  Cushion Dance, The                       20
  Definitions                              21
  Dumb Crambo                              21
  Dwarf                                    21
  Elements, The                            22
  Farmyard, The                            22
  Feather, The                             22
  Finding the Ring                         22
  Flying                                   23
  Forfeits                                 23
  Giant                                    28
  Giraffe, The                             28
  Grand Mufti, The                         28
  Hands                                    28
  "He can do little who can't do this"     29
  Hiss and Clap                            29
  "Hot Boiled Beans"                       29
  Hot Cockles                              29
  House Furnishers                         29
  "How do you like your Neighbour?"        30
  "How, When, and Where?"                  30
  Hunt the Ring                            30
  Hunt the Slipper                         30
  Hunt the Whistle                         31
  "I Apprenticed my Son"                   31
  "I Love my Love"                         31
  "Jack's Alive"                           31
  Jolly Miller, The                        32
  Judge and Jury                           32
  Magic Answer, The                        32
  Magical Music                            33
  Magic Hats, The                          33
  Magic Wand, The                          33
  "The Minister's Cat"                     34
  Mixed-up Poetry                          34
  Musical Chair                            35
  "My Master has sent me unto you"         35
  Nouns and Questions                      35
  Object Game, The                         35
  Old Soldier, The                         36
  Oranges and Lemons                       36
  Original Sketches                        37
  "Our Old Grannie doesn't like Tea"       37
  Pairs                                    37
  Person and Object                        37
  Pork-Butcher, The                        38
  Postman's Knock                          38
  Proverbs                                 38
  Quaker's Meeting, The                    38
  Resting Wand, The                        39
  Retsch's Outlines                        39
  Reviewers, The                           40
  Rhymes                                   40
  Rule of Contrary                         41
  Russian Gossip                           41
  Schoolmaster, The                        41
  Shadow Buff                              41
  Shouting Proverbs                        42
  "Simon says"                             42
  Spanish Merchant, The                    42
  Spanish Nobleman, The                    42
  Spelling Bee                             43
  Spoon Music                              43
  Stage Coach, The                         44
  Stool of Repentance                      44
  Tableaux Vivants                         45
  Telescope Giant, The                     46
  Think of a Number                        46
  This and That                            46
  Throwing Light                           47
  Toilet                                   47
  Trades, The                              48
  Traveller's Alphabet, The                48
  Twenty Questions                         49
  Two Hats, The                            49
  "What am I Doing?"                       49
  "What is my Thought like?"               49
  Who was he?                              50
  Wild Beast Show, The                     50
  "Yes or No?"                             50


  TOY GAMES AND TOY-MAKING.

  Æolian Harp                              52
  Animated Serpent                         52
  Annulette                                53
  Apple Mill                               53
  Apple Woman                              53
  Bandilor                                 54
  Battledore and Shuttlecock               54
  Bell and Hammer                          54
  Bird Whistles                            54
  Birds, Beasts, and Fishes                54
  Bombardment                              54
  Bottle Imps                              54
  Brother Jonathan                         55
  Camera (Miniature)                       55
  Cannonade                                55
  Carpet Croquet                           56
  Castle Bagatelle                         56
  Common Whistle                           56
  Crack Loo                                56
  Cup and Ball                             56
  Cupolette                                56
  Cut-water                                57
  Dancing Highlander                       57
  Dancing Pea                              57
  Dart and Target                          58
  Dartelle                                 58
  Decimal Game                             58
  Demon Bottle                             58
  Drawing-room Archery                     59
  Dutch Racquets                           59
  Enfield Skittles