Project Gutenberg 2012-07-23 Public domain in the USA. 126 Bellew, Frank 1828 1888 Bellew, Frank Henry Temple Bellew, F. H. Temple (Frank Henry Temple) Ex-tramp 05029301 The Art of Amusing Being a Collection of Graceful Arts, Merry Games, Odd Tricks, Curious Puzzles, and New Charades. Together with Suggestions for Private Theatricals, Tableaux, and All Sorts of Parlor and Family Amusements. Illustrated by the author. Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Art of Amusing" by Frank Bellew is a collection of light-hearted entertainment guides written in the late 19th century. This work aims to provide readers with enjoyable activities, games, and tricks designed to foster merriment and conviviality among friends and family, showcasing a variety of parlor amusements. At the start of the book, the author presents a critique of American society's reluctance to engage in playful social interactions, contrasting it with more festive approaches observed in other cultures. He argues for the importance of levity and amusement in daily life, suggesting that gatherings should foster informal, joyful interactions. The opening portion sets the tone for the book by proposing ideas for entertaining gatherings, encouraging activities like card puzzles or simple tricks that promote laughter and conversation, and hinting at various amusing suggestions that would later be elaborated upon in the following chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Amusements Family recreation Tricks GV Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Parenthood & Family Relations Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring 419288 419217 2024-09-17T05:20:45.115065 2023-09-17T13:33:46.061764 text/html text/html 416610 2012-07-23T16:06:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 6065182 2012-07-23T16:06:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 6200802 2024-09-17T05:20:56.292998 application/epub+zip 6204092 2024-09-17T05:20:48.142085 application/epub+zip 210103 2024-09-17T05:20:46.346057 application/epub+zip 6379006 2024-09-17T05:21:02.197018 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6325522 2024-09-17T05:20:54.728014 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286732 2022-09-18T12:42:59.798882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327632 327443 2024-09-17T05:20:43.285072 2023-09-17T13:33:44.433724 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 327575 2012-07-23T16:06:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 128523 2012-07-23T16:06:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 327575 2012-07-23T16:06:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 128483 2012-07-23T16:06:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20969 2024-09-17T05:21:02.553979 application/rdf+xml 13200 2024-09-17T05:20:46.750065 image/jpeg 3568 2024-09-17T05:20:46.549212 image/jpeg 6227872 2024-09-17T05:20:45.440069 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog