| CHAPTER I.—Something censorious.—Declaration of Independence.—Card puzzle.—The magic coin.—A hoax.—The telescopic visitor.—Boy's head knocked off. | 7 |
| CHAPTER II.—Colored mesmerism. | 17 |
| CHAPTER III.—Lemon pig and root dragon.—Portrait of the gorilla.—Creature comforts.—High shoulders.—Theatre and theatrical performances.—Nose turned up and teeth knocked out without pain.—The Long-nosed Night-howler, or Vulgaris Pueris cum Papyrus Capitus.—Imitation banjo on piano.—Some conjuring tricks.—The reduced gentleman, or dwarf perforce. | 20 |
| CHAPTER IV.—The voice of the Night-howler.—The play of Punch and Judy, with full directions for producing the same.—Charade on rattan. | 38 |
| CHAPTER V.—Parlor arts and ornaments, comprising apple-seed mice, turnip roses, beet dahlias, and carrot marigolds.—Counting a billion.—The algebraic paradox.—Answer to charade on rattan.—Riddles, etc. | 56 |
| CHAPTER VI.—A patent play. | 72 |
| CHAPTER VII.—Pragmatic and didactic discourse.—Aunty Delluvian, her party.—The duck and double-barrelled speech.—The dwarf.—Trick with four grains of rice.—Riddles, etc. | 81 |
| CHAPTER VIII.—The dancing Highlander and Matadore. | 99 |
| CHAPTER IX.—Answer to trick with four grains of rice.—How to make an old apple-woman out of your fist. | 105 |
| CHAPTER X.—About giants, and how to make them. | 110 |
| CHAPTER XI.—A merry Christmas.—The boomerang.—Optical illusion.—How to turn a young man's head.—The tiger-dog, how to make him.—The elephant, how to make him.—Two queer characters.—Captain Dawk and Colonel Gurramuchy. | 113 |
| CHAPTER XII.—Hanky-panky, instruction in the art. | 134 |
| CHAPTER XIII.—A tranquil mood.—Transparencies of paper.—The dancing pea.—Artificial teeth. | 138 |
| CHAPTER XIV.—Artemus Ward, parlor edition. | 157 |
| CHAPTER XV.—Bullywingle the Beloved. A drama for private performance. | 164 |
| CHAPTER XVI.—A quiet evening.—Fruit animals.—Window staining.—Oddities with pen and ink. | 189 |
| CHAPTER XVII.—A country Christmas.—The trick trumpet.—Eatable candle.—How to cut off a head.—Ventriloquism.—The jumping rabbit.—Santa Claus arrives. | 199 |
| CHAPTER XVIII.—The bird-whistle, how to make it. | 219 |
| CHAPTER XIX.—A quiet party.—Electric nose.—Miniature camera.—The hat trick.—The magician of Morocco. | 222 |
| CHAPTER XX.—Theatrical red and green fire, how to make them.—How to get up a theatrical storm. | 232 |
| CHAPTER XXI.—Card-board puzzles, the cross, the horseshoe, the arch. | 238 |
| CHAPTER XXII.—The muffin man.—Earth, air, fire, and water.—The broken mirror. | 243 |
| CHAPTER XXIII.—At a watering-place.—A ladies' fair.—Three sticks a penny.—Smoking a cigar under water.—Firing at a target behind you.—Firing firewater.—A practical joke.—Explosive spiders. | 254 |
| CHAPTER XXIV.—Arithmetical puzzles.—The wolf, the goat, and the cabbage.—Alderman Gobble's six geese, etc., etc. | 264 |
| CHAPTER XXV.—Charades. | 271 |
| CHAPTER XXVI.—The art of transmuting everything into c
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