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Home Amusements

M. E. W. Sherwood

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Private theatricals in the parlor, tableaux vivants, brain games, fortune-telling by the fire: M. E. W. Sherwood catalogs an era's indoor entertainments room by room, garret included. Her instructions turn any family and its guests into a company of players. Victorian evenings, fully programmed. Proof that fun once required no batteries whatsoever.

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29 chapters

  1. 1Home Amusements
  2. 2ADVERTISEMENTS.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4HOME AMUSEMENTS. I. PREFATORY.
  5. 5II. THE GARRET.
  6. 6III. PRIVATE THEATRICALS; ACTING PROVERBS AND CHARADES.
  7. 7IV. TABLEAUX VIVANTS.
  8. 8V. BRAIN GAMES.
  9. 9“AFTER BYRON, WITH A POKER; ALSO AFTER DRINKING FLIP.
  10. 10VI. FORTUNE-TELLING.
  11. 11VII. AMUSEMENTS FOR A RAINY DAY.
  12. 12VIII. EMBROIDERY AND OTHER DECORATIVE ARTS.
  13. 13IX. ETCHING.
  14. 14X. LAWN TENNIS.
  15. 15XI. GARDEN PARTIES.
  16. 16XII. DANCING.
  17. 17XIII. GARDENS AND FLOWER-STANDS.
  18. 18XIV. CAGED BIRDS AND AVIARIES.

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