"Social Amusements"
Does anyone know about a paperback book given to passengers on the Chicago and North Western Railway in 1886 titled Social Amusements?
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 1:32 PM
Monday, July 09, 2012
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There is a work, Social Amusements: Or Holidays at Aunt Adela's Cottage by Jean Pierre Bres, 1842. Don't know if that is the same book as you are asking about.
There is also a book, Social Amusements: A Choice Collection of Parlor Games, Tricks, Charades ... ,1886, 96 pages, .
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