19 JANUARY 1889, Page 23

Fireworks and Chemical Surprises, by Charles Gilbert (Dean and Son),

and from the same publishers and by the same author, Card Tricks, Conjuring, Magic, and Mystery.—These two volumes in the series of "Dean's Practical Guide-Books," will furnish plenty of entertainment between them. Parents will probably have a pre- ference for the second ; for fireworks, whatever the precautions suggested and followed, can hardly be made absolutely safe.