31 DECEMBER 1887, Page 24

Illustrated Games of Patience. By Lady Adelaide Cadogan. (Sampson Low

and Co.)—In this "Second Series," the unwearied industry of Lady Adelaide Cadogan has added to her previous collec- tion nearly thirty games of patience, most of them from German sources. Each game is illustrated with a diagram, and has the rules given at length, and there is an explanation of terms.—Parlour Pastime's (W. Paterson, Edinburgh) contains a "repertoire of acting charades, fireside games, enigmas, riddles, charades, conundrums, arithmetical and mechanical puzzles, parlour magic, Alt."