A Book of Neyer-Ending Entertainment. 



THE SOCIABLE; 



OR, 



One Thousand and One Home Amusements, 



CONTAINING 



ACTING PROVERBS, DRAMATIC CHARADES, ACTING CHARADES, OR 



DRAWING-ROOM PANTOMIMES, MUSICAL BURLESQUES, TABLEAUX 



VIVANTS, PARLOR GAMES, GAMES OF ACTION, FORFEITS, SCIENCE 



IN SPORT AND PARLOR MAGIC, AND A CHOICE COLLECTION 



OS CURIOUS MENTAL AND MECHANICAL PUZZLES, &c. 



By the author of "The Magician's Own Book." 

 Illustrated with nearly 300 Engravings and Diagrams, 



THE WHOLE BEING A FUND OP NEYER-ENDING ENTERTAINMENT. 

 Nearly 400 pages, 12mo., Cloth, gilt side stamp, $1.00. 



" The Sociable" will be found one of 

 the most extensively popular family 

 books ever issued from the press. As its 

 title implies, it is a collection a com- 

 plete repertoire of the 



AMUSEMENTS OF HOME, 



Embracing a large and comprehensive 

 list of recreative pastime, arranged as 

 follows: 



Parlor Theatricals, including Acting 

 Proverbs, Acting Charades, Dramatic 

 Charades and Tableaux Vivants; Games 

 of Action ; Games requiring Memory 

 and Attention; Games requiring Wit 

 and Intelligence ; Ruses, or Catch 

 Games ; Forfeits ; Puzzles ; Fireside 

 Games forWinter Evenings, and Science 

 in Sport, and Parlor Magic, 



Many of these Games the majority 

 of them are ENTIKELT NBW, as arc, 

 also, the 



PARLOR THEATRICALS 



TABLEAUX VIVANTS, 



Which were PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOB 

 THIS WORK. Everything in the book is 

 superior of its kind-^-tho greatest care 

 Ira-ing been taken to exclude cvcrthing 

 that was not above the standard of mer 

 diocrity in interest and ingenuity. It is 



THE ONLY BOOK 



OF THIS KIND 



Ever Published in America, 



And as it will be invaluable to Families, 

 Schools, Social Clubs, etc., as a book of 

 reference on Jill matters of Amusement 

 and Recreation, there must be a steady 

 and permanent demand for it at all sea- 

 sons and in all yenrs, although few of 

 the so-called "Holiday Books" are as 

 appropriate for Gifts as THE SOCIABLE. 

 Each department is AMPLY ILLUS- 

 TRATED with 



BEAUTIFUL WOOD ENGRAVINGS 



Which render the Text clear, and fully 

 explain all the Puzzles, the Mechanical 

 Contrivances mentioned, and other 

 things difficult to describe in writing. 

 It is elegantly bound, so as to be an 

 ornament to any center-table, and its 

 typographical execution is a specimen 

 of the highest excellence. 



The need of such a collection of HOME 

 GAMES has long been felt, and the pub- 

 lishers believe that this endeavor on 

 their part, to supply that want, must 

 meet with the fullest success. They 

 have spared neither trouble nor expense 

 to render it a complete and invaluable 

 vade mccum of Domestic Amusements, 

 so that its name may bo familiar as a 

 "Household Word" in all families, north, 

 south, east and west, where the value 

 of wholesome and innocent recreation is 

 recognised, 



Price only One Dollar, bound in. cloth, with gilt side and back stamp, gent to any 

 aJJrcss in the United States, free of postage. Send cash orders to 



DICK & FITZGERALD, Publishers, 



IS Arm Street, New York. 



