Excerpt from Fagots for the Fireside: A Collection of More Than One Hundred Entertaining Games for Evenings at Home and Social Parties Such a series of entertainments was carried on by a company of friends who had long been in the habit of meeting Often. The families who composed this lively set lived in one Of the de lightful suburbs of Boston, all but the Brunton family, who passed their winters in Boston. The Brunton family were well known in Bos ton, as living in an ever-open and hospitable mansion, welcoming friends and strangers with genial cordiality, and very glad to share in any social amusement, even though it involved frs quent excursions into the suburbs. The Fagot-parties introduced by this collection of friends brought out a variety of games and amusements, new and Old, which are given here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.