Chapter VII: Part V: Miscellaneous

BAGATELLE 591
English Bagatelle 591
The French Game 591
Sans Egal 591
The Cannon Game 592
Mississippi 592

BILLIARDS 593
The Angles of the Table 597
The American Game 602
Pyramids, or Pyramid Pool 602
Winning and Losing Carambole Game 602
Pool 603
Italian Skittle Pool 604

BOAT-BUILDING 605
Cutter 606
Smack 607
Schooner 607
Lugger 608

CARPENTERING 609
The Shop and Bench 609
Of Planes 610
Saws 611
The Spoke Shave 613
Stock and Bits 613
How to make a Wheelbarrow 613
The Way to make a Box 615
To cut the Dovetails 615
The Bottom of the Box 616

THE GAME OF CHESS 617
The Laws of the Game 618
The King’s Knight’s opening 620
Game I.--Philidor’s Defence 621
„ II.--Petroff’s „ 622
Variation A. on White’s 5th Move 622
Game III.--The Giuoco Piano 622
Variation A. on White’s 6th Move 622
Game IV.--The Evans’ Gambit 623
Variation A. on White’s 9th Move 623
„ B. „ „ „ 624
„ A. on Black’s 10th Move 624
The Gambit declined 625
Game V.--Ruy Lopez Knight’s Game 626
Variation B. on Black’s 3rd Move 627
„ C. „ „ „ 627
Game VI.--The Scotch Gambit 627
Variation A. on Black’s 4th Move 628
The King’s Bishop’s Opening 630
Game I.--The Lopez Gambit 630
Variation A. on White’s 4th Move 631
Game II.--The Double Gambit 631
Game III. 631
Variation A. on Black’s 4th Move 632
The King’s Gambit 632
Game I. 632
The Salvio Gambit 633
Variation A. on Black’s 4th Move 633
Game II.--The Muzio Gambit 633
Game I.--The Allgaier Gambit 635
Game II. 635
Game I.--The Bishop’s Gambit 636
Game II. 636
The Gambit refused 638
Game I. 638
Game II. 639
The Centre Gambit 639
Game I. 639
Variation A. on Black’s 3rd Move 640
Game II. 640
The Queen’s Gambit 641
Game I. 641
Variation A. on Black’s 3rd Move 641
Game II. 642

THE YOUNG CONJURER 643
Sleight of Hand 645
The Flying Shilling 645
Another Method 646
The Beads and Strings 646
To get a Ring out of a Handkerchief 647
To tie a Knot in a Handkerchief which cannot be
drawn tight 647
The Three Cups 648
To tie a Handkerchief round your Leg, and get it
off without untying the Knot 648
The Magic Bond 649
The Old Man and his Chair 649
To tie a Knot on the Left Wrist without letting
the Right Hand approach it 651
The Handcuffs 651
To pull a String through your Button-hole 652
The Cut String restored 652
The Gordian Knot 653
The Knot loosened 653
To put Nuts into your Ear 654
To crack Walnuts in your Elbow 654
To take Feathers out of an empty Handkerchief 654
Tricks requiring Special Apparatus 654
The Die Trick 655
The Penetrative Pence 656
The Doll Trick 657
The Flying Coins 657
The Vanished Groat 658
The Restored Document 658
The Magic Rings 658
The Fish and Ink Trick 659
The Cannon Balls 659
The Shilling in the Ball of Cotton 660
The Egg and Bag Trick 660
The Dancing Egg 661
Bell and Shot 661
The Burned Handkerchief restored 662
The Fire-Eater 662
Tricks with Cards 663
To make the Pass 663
To tell a Card by its Back 664
The Card named without being Seen 664
The Card told by the Opera Glass 664
The Four Kings 666
Audacity 666
The Card found at the Second Guess 666
The Card found under the Hat 667
To call the Cards out of the Pack 667
Heads and Tails 667
The Surprise 668
The Revolution 668
The Slipped Card 668
The Nailed Card 668
To ascertain the Number of Points on three Unseen
Cards 669
To tell the Numbers on two Unseen Cards 669
The Pairs repaired 669
The Queen digging for Diamonds 670
The Triple Deal 670
The Quadruple Deal 671
Tricks with Cards that require Apparatus 671
The Cards in the Vase 671
The Metamorphosis 672
To change a Card in a Person’s Hand 673

CRYPTOGRAPHY 674

THE DEAF AND DUMB ALPHABET 682
The Alphabet 682
The Numbers 685

DOMINOES 685
The ordinary Boy’s Game 686
All Fives 687
The Matadore Game 687
All Threes 687
Tidley-Wink 688
The Fortress 688
Whist Dominoes 688

DRAUGHTS 689
How to play the Game 690
The Moves 690
Laws of the Game 690
Games for Practice 691
Game I. 691
Game II. 692

FIREWORKS 693
Gunpowder 693
How to make Touch-paper 694
Cases for Squibs, Flower-pots, Rockets, Roman
Candles, &c. 694
To choke the Cases 694
Composition for Squibs, &c. 694
How to fill the Cases 695
To make Crackers 695
Roman Candles and Stars 695
Rockets 696
Rains 696
Catherine Wheels 696
Various Coloured Fires 696
Crimson Fire 696
Blue „ 697
Green „ 697
Purple „ 697
White „ 697
Spur „ 697
Blue Lights 697
Port or Wild Fires 697
Slow Fire for Wheels 697
Dead Fire for Wheels 697
Cautions 697
To make an Illuminated Spiral Wheel 698
The Grand Volute 698
A brilliant Yew-tree 699

GARDENING 700
On Laying out a Small Garden 702
Planting the Ground with Trees, Flowers, &c. 703
The Noblest Kind of Gardening for Boys 703
The Boy’s Flower Garden 710
„ „ Fruit Garden 717
Cropping the Ground 719
Digging 719
Hoeing 720
Raking 720
Weeding 720
Sowing Seeds 721
Transplanting 721
Watering 722
Various Modes of Propagation 723
Layers 723
Pipings 723
Grafting 724
Tongue-Grafting 724
Budding 725
Inarching 725
Grafting Clay 726
Pruning 726
Training 726
Insects and Depredators 727
Protection from Frost 727
The Young Gardener’s Calendar for the Work to be
done in all the Months of the Year 728
January 728
February 729
March 729
April 729
May 730
June 730
July 731
August 731
September 731
October 732
November 732
December 732

MIMICRY AND VENTRILOQUISM 733

PUZZLES 736
The Divided Garden 736
The Vertical Line Puzzle 736
The Cardboard Puzzle 736
The Button Puzzle 736
The Circle Puzzle 737
The Cross Puzzle 737
Three-Square Puzzle 737
Cylinder Puzzle 737
The Nuns 738
The Dog Puzzle 738
Cutting out a Cross 738
Another Cross Puzzle 738
The Fountain Puzzle 738
The Cabinet-maker’s Puzzle 739
The String and Balls Puzzle 739
The Double-headed Puzzle 739
The Row of Halfpence 740
Typographical Advice 740
The Landlord made to Pay 740
Father and Son 740
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES 741
The Divided Garden 741
Vertical Line Puzzle 741
Cut Card Puzzle 741
Button Puzzle 741
Circle Puzzle 741
The Cross Puzzle 742
Three-Square Puzzle 742
Cylinder Puzzle 742
The Nuns’ Puzzle 742
The Dog’s Puzzle 742
Cutting out a Cross Puzzle 743
Another Cross Puzzle 743
The Fountain Puzzle 743
The Cabinet-maker’s Puzzle 743
String and Balls Puzzle 744
Double-Headed Puzzle 744
The Row of Halfpence 744
Typographical Puzzle 745
The Landlord made to Pay 745
Father and Son 745

SHOWS 746
Punch and Judy 746
Fantoccini 749
The Sailor 751
The Juggler 751
The Headless Man 751
The Milkwoman 751

POSTAGE-STAMP COLLECTING, OR PHILATELY 752

TINSELLING 768

THE AMERICAN GAME OF BASE-BALL 769

American Billiards 797

La Crosse 812