The boy's own book
Subtitle: a complete encyclopedia of all the diversions, athletic, scientific, and recreative, of boyhood and youth.
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Bedford, Mass
Language: eng
Subjects: Amusements -- Juvenile literature.; Games -- Juvenile literature.; Sports -- Juvenile literature.; Scientific recreations -- Juvenile literature.; Amusements.; Games.; Sports.; Scientific recreations.
Description: Summary, Includes material for all interests and for all seasons of the year, for the robust and the delicate, and for the contemplative as well as the ingenious.
Notes: Originally published, 1st American ed. Boston , Munroe and Francis ; New York , C.S. Francis, c1829.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: – Games with marbles; title: – Games with Toys; title: – Games with Balls; title: – Sports of Agility and Speed; title: – Sports with Toys; title: – Miscellaneous Sports; title: – Deaf and Dumb Alphabet; title: – Archery; title: – Cricket; title: – Gymnastics; title: – Swimming; title: – Arithmetical Amusements; title: – Optical Amusements; title: – Chemical Amusements; title: – Draughts, or Checkers; title: – Feats of Legerdemain; title: – Tricks with Cards; title: – Paradoxes and Puzzles; title: – Varieties; title: – The Riddles; title: – Angling; title: – Rabbits; title: – Guinea Pigs; title: – Pigeons; title: – Fencing