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Adams & Co. (ca.1860s-1880s) was a publishing firm in Boston, Massachusetts, in the mid-19th century. It specialized in spiritualist authors such as Hudson Tuttle^[1] and parlour games such as "Oliver Twist." John S. Adams ran the business, along with George L. Stafford.^[2] It operated from offices on Bromfield Street (ca.1867-1873),^[3] Pearl Street (ca.1875)^[4] and Tremont Street (ca.1880).^[5]

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How to Play Croquet, 1865
1867 advertisement for "Oliver Twist" game of Charles Dickens characters
"Cryptograph," 1869 (Library of Congress)
"Feast of Flowers, a Floral Game of Fortune," 1869 (New York Historical Society)^[6]
Detail of map of Boston showing Bromfield St. and vicinity, 1860s (Boston Public Library)

Games & novelties

Among the "games and novelties" issued and/or sold by the firm:^[7]^[8]^[9]

Budget of Wonders
The Chopped-Up Monkey
The Conjuror's Puzzle
The Cryptograph^[10]
The Electric Cannon
The Electric Cottage, "... by an explosion without powder or fire this cottage is thrown high in air, the experiment being perfectly safe."
Eskemo^[11]
The Feast of Flowers, "a floral game of fortune"^[12]
Forced Confessions
Fun Alive

Go–Bang, a Japanese Verandah Game; Stay–Bang and Slam–Bang^[11]
The Great Egg-Trick, "as performed by Moulabux, of the Asiatic Troupe at the Crystal Palace, London"
Humorous Authors
Invisible Ink
The Invisible Money-Box
Invisible Photographs
Japanese Curiosos
Japanese Egg
Japanese Snapping Pictures
Komikal Konversation Kards^[13]
Labyrinthian Puzzles
The Love Chase

The Magi Divination Cards
The Magic Bottle
Magic Picture Cards
The Magic Wonder Telescope
The Magician's Own Cards
Match and Catch
Mixed Pickles
The Moslem Oracle
The Most Laughable Thing on Earth
Mystic Scrolls
Oliver Twist
Parlor Ring-Toss
The Pigeon-Tail Puzzle
Pocket Conjuring Box

Popping the Question
Puzzle Porridge
Santa Claus Magical Christmas Box
The Shakesperian Oracle
The Seven Racers
The Spiral Puzzle
The Squirming Fish
Three Merry Men
Tom Thumb's Comical Fortune Teller
Trade and Dicker
Tumble-Down Dick
Which is the Largest?
The Wizard's Pack of Playing Cards
Zarofiel^[11]

Published by Adams & Co.

1871 advertisement for Psalms of Life by John Stowell Adams (1823-1893), published by Adams & Co.^[14]

How to play croquêt: a new pocket manual of complete instructions for American players, illustrated with engravings and diagrams, together with all the rules of the game, hints on parlor croquêt, and a glossary of terms. 1865
Thayer. A youth's history of the rebellion: from the capture of Roanoke Island to the Battle of Murfreesboro. 1865
Harriet A. Adams (1866), Branches of palm, Boston: Adams, OCLC 13081230, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL17512856M/Branches_of_palm
T. E. A. Waterfalls and frizzes (song). 1866
L H Gurney. Love never sleeps : a new and beautiful song with piano-forte accompaniment. 1866
Walter Kittredge. Life's cares. 1866
More than one hundred things worth knowing. : We would suggest that this book be placed where it can be readily found, as it will prove useful nearly every day, and an occasion may occur when by reference to it you will avoid many dollars of expense, relieve much suffering: add to your own comfort, or, perhaps, save a life. ca.1866
George Edward Clark (1867), Seven years of a sailor's life, Boston: Adams & Company, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL14041883M/Seven_years_of_a_sailor's_life.
[Adams, H. A. Mrs.] (1868), Dawn, Boston: Adams & Company, OCLC 5852142, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6964239M/Dawn
Lizzie Doten. The inner mystery : an inspirational poem. 1868
William Bull Wright (1868), Highland rambles, Boston: Adams, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24388466M/Highland_rambles
Hudson Tuttle (1869), The career of the God-idea in history, Boston: Adams, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL13998747M/The_career_of_the_God-idea_in_history.
The radical. A religious magazine. Ed. by S. H. Morse, ca.1860s^[15]
Holiday journal of parlor plays, magic sports, fireside games, pleasing experiments, practical jokes, queer problems, puzzles, riddles, charades, rebusses, enigmas, anagrams, transpositions, conundrums, &c. 1870
The Lyceum guide : a collection of songs, hymns, and chants, lessons, readings, and recitations, marches and calisthenics (with illustrations) together with programmes and exercises for special occasions. 1870^[16]
Abraham P Pierce. The revelator: being an account of the twenty-one days' entrancement of Abraham P. Pierce, spirit-medium, at Belfast, Maine : together with a sketch of his life. 1870
Hudson Tuttle (1871), Arcana of spiritualism, Boston: Adams & co., http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24616133M/Arcana_of_spiritualism
Christmas bells: An illustrated holiday journal. 1870s
Sports and Games (magazine). 1870s

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Adams & Co.

^ WorldCat. Tuttle, Hudson 1836-1910
^ Boston Directory. 1868, 1873
^ Boston Directory. 1868, 1873
^ Boston Alamanc. 1875
^ Boston Alamanc. 1880
^ Margaret K. Hofer. The games we played: the golden age of board & table games. Princeton Architectural Press, 2003
^ How to play croquêt: a new pocket manual of complete instructions for American players, illustrated with engravings and diagrams, together with all the rules of the game, hints on parlor croquêt, and a glossary of terms. 1865
^ Publishers' uniform trade list directory: comprising all the books, old and new, of upwards of two hundred publishers. Also, trade lists, cards, &c., of wholesale stationers. Philadelphia: Howard Challen, 1868
^ "Parlor games and amusements." American Literary Gazette, Dec. 1871
^ Library of Congress. Directions for using the cryptograph, with the Cryptograph. Boston, 1869.
^ ^a ^b ^c Indiana University, Lilly Library. Games, collection inventory. Retrieved 2012-01-02
^ New York Historical Society. The Feast of Flowers: A Floral Game of Fortune. Boston: Adams & Co., 1869
^ Greg Costikyan. "Game Styles, Innovation, and New Audiences: An Historical View." Proceedings of DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views – Worlds in Play. 2005
^ WorldCat. Adams, John S. (John Stowell) d. 1893
^ Library of Congress. American Memory
^ Edward Whipple (1901), A biography of James M. Peebles, Battle Creek, Mich, OCLC 752894, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL176296M/A_biography_of_James_M._Peebles_

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