First Edition 1838 London: Whitehead & Co. Square 16mo. 183pp + 2p catalogue. Publishers embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt decoration to front cover. Many text illustrations. Spine rubbed top and bottom of spine, front hinge poorly repaired otherwise good condition. To furnish the ingenious youth with the means of relieving the tediousness of a long winter’s or a wet summer’s evening, to enable him to provide, for a party of juvenile friends, instructive as well as recreative entertainments.  Includes chapters on Transmutations, Sight and Sound, Light and Heat,  Gas and Steam,  Fire, Water, and Air.  Sleights and Subtleties.  Melange. (Stock ref 1)