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[Illustration:

  _To make a bird appear as dead._
]

[Illustration:

  _Marks fec._

  _A curious trick with a cup of tea._
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                            HOLIDAY FROLICS;
                                  OR,
                           ENDLESS AMUSEMENT
                      FOR THE CHRISTMAS FIRESIDE.
                              CONTAINING,
              _The most Astonishing Feats of Legerdemain_,
                                  AND
                         ASTOUNDING CONJURINGS;
                        Entertaining Experiments
                    IN VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SCIENCE;
                      _TRICKS with CARDS & DICE_.
                             ART OF MAKING
                               FIREWORKS;
                TOGETHER WITH AN EXCE