TINSLEY BROTHERS' 

 SIX-SHILLING VOLUMES 



AMUSING, ENTERTAINING, AND INSTRUCTIVE. 



Ha7idso7nely boimd ijt cloth, crown 8vo. 



IVondrous Stories of Magicia7is, Conjj(ro7s,Phnntoins,Transfonnations, Sorcerers, 

 Visions, Jugglers, Clairvoyants, Optical Delusions, Ss^c. 



THE LIVES OF THE CONJURERS. By Thomas 

 Frost. 



_ " No work upon conjuring that we have seen is so full of amusement and informa- 

 tion." — Era. 



" He deserves the credit of accomplishing his purpose successfully." — Pall Mall 

 Gazette. 



Barnutn, the Prince of Humbugs ; Getteral Tom Thumb, Thiinble-Rig Men, &rc. 



THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF A CHEAP 

 JACK. By one of the Fraternity. Edited by Charles 



HiNDLEY. 



" The author has added many amusing illustrations of the showman's life." — Era. 



Clo^vns, Riders, Acrobats, The Astleys, Ducrows, Cookes, Battys, Henglers, 

 S angers, ^t'c. 



CIRCUS LIFE AND CIRCUS CELEBRITIES. By 



Thomas Frost. 



" a more interesting and amusing record can, indeed, scarcely be found." — Sunday 

 Times. 



" We must take leave of an interesting book with the remark that circus life has 

 been fortunate in its historian." — Academy. 



Oriscin of Fairs, The Bearded IVoman, Tlie Flying Man, A Female Hercules, &^c. 



THE OLD SHOWMEN, AND THE OLD LONDON 

 FAIRS. By Thomas Frost. 



" We have to thank him for a most agreeable volume, full of chatty and pleasant 

 information. " — Era. 



" One of the most amusing books of the season." — Guardian. 



Dr. Johnson, Boswell, and Goldsmith at the Mitre ; Coleridge and Charles Lamb 

 at the Salutation ; Swift, Addison, Dryden, and Garrick at Button's. 



TAVERN ANECDOTES AND SAYINGS, including the 

 Origin of Signs and Reminiscences connected with 

 Taverns, Coffee-houses, Clubs. &c. Edited by Charles 

 HiNDLEY. With many Quaint Illustrations. 



" Mr. Hindley has brought together in this entertaining volume a mass of curious 

 facts which are well worth studying, giving, as many of them do, reliable illustrations 

 of the manners and customs of different times in our social history." — Public Opinio7i. 



TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE ST., STRAND. 



