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The book of sports : containing out-door sports, amusements and recreations, including gymnastics, gardening & carpentering, for boys and girls / by William Martin, author of "Fireside Philosophy," "The Parlous Book," "Intellectual Calculator," et cetera et cetera et cetera.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, William, 1801-1867, author.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Juvenile literature.
- Sports.
- Amusements--Juvenile literature.
- Amusements.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144, 35 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- Book of sports : containing out-door sports, amusements and recreations, including gymnastics, gardening and carpentering, for boys and girls
- Outdoor sports
- Place of Publication:
- London : Darton and Company, MDCCCLII.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Games with marbles
- Games for cold weather
- Dangerous games
- Gymnastics
- Cricket
- Swimming
- Gardening
- Carpentering
- Keeping poultry
- Bees.
- Notes:
- "Reviews and literary notices, with the opinions of the London & Provincial Press on the Rev. T. Wilson's popular school Catechisms." follows text.
- Publisher's advertising: 35 pages, 2nd count.
- Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- OCLC:
- 51730970
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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