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The origin of the name is not known, but the game itself is of Chinese origin, and for centuries it has been one of the most popular diversions in the Orient.\u003cbr\u003eThe tangram is not entirely new to America, since Yankee sea captains brought books of tangram puzzles back from Canton and Shanghai. Edgar Allan Poe was a devotee, while on the other side of the world Napoleon is said to have whiled away his time with them. Around the turn of the twentieth century, the two great modern puzzlers, H. E. Dudeney and Sam Loyd, greatly enlarged the traditional field of tangram situations.\u003cbr\u003eThis collection gathers together nearly 330 tangrams, the best creations of both Chinese and Occidental puzzle devisers. Included are some of the most striking Oriental puzzles, carefully selected from rare nineteenth-century books and some of the most inventive and imaginative inventions of Loyd and Dudeney. 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For this collection of mystifying and effective maneuvers, he assembled an exciting series of original effects and classic card tricks, reworked to eliminate the need for sleight-of-hand.\u003cbr\u003eSimple instructions and clear diagrams illustrate Houdini's \"Card on the Ceiling,\" Blackstone's \"Card Trick Without Cards,\" Carlyle's \"Piano Card Trick,\" Milton Berle's \"Quickie Card Deal,\" and dozens more. Also included are Scarne's \"Drunken Poker Deal,\" \"Knockout Card Trick,\" and others from his repertoire — tricks that have fooled some of the world's leading magicians.\u003cbr\u003eScarne presents all tricks with advice on accompanying patter, offering helpful suggestions about the kinds of words and gesturers that give performances a professional gloss. 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And it might just send you back to reread \u003ci\u003eAlice.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003eReaders of all ages will delight in the charming stories and the wealth of ingenious puzzles. Written by a distinguished mathematician and creator of popular puzzle books, this volume requires no background in formal logic. The puzzles become progressively more complex, and complete solutions appear at the end. 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