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Henry Perkins
(Salem, MA: 15th November, 1803 - 28th December, 1889)
Publisher in Philadelphia, 134 Chestnut Street.
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Parlour Magic
Henry Perkins
This is a large collection of small experiments and magic tricks to educate and entertain.
Excerpt from the Preface:
The boy whose wonder and curiosity have been excited by the experiments of the scientific lecturer, or the illusions of the ventriloquist, will here find many of these mysteries unveiled, and plain directions for performing them, divested, as far as possible, of scientific or technical language. Many of the descriptions are strictly original, and now, for the first time, appear in print; and especial care has been taken to introduce only such Experiments as are adapted...