The boy's book of sports and games
Subtitle: [containing rules and directions for the practice of the principal recreative amusements of youth
By: by Uncle John]
Contributors: Aikin, John, 1747-1822; Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825; Appleton, George Swett, 1821-1878; Clarke, William, 1800-1838; D. Appleton and Company
Series: Preservation and Access for American and British Children's Literature, 1850-1869 (NEH PA-23536-00); Historical children's literature, 1850-1869 -- r.62
Publisher: George S. Appleton, 164 Chestnut Street.; D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway.
Published: 1851
Place of publication: Philadelphia; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Copyright date: 1850
Subjects: Games; Juvenile literature; Sports
Notes: "We have confined ourselves to those sports which prevail in our own country"--Preface, p. [3]. An adaptation for American readers of William Clarke's Boy's own book.

Attributed by the Library of Congress, possibly erroneously, to John Aikin and Anna Barbauld, who wrote jointly under the pseudonym "Uncle John."

Includes publisher's catalog, [16] pages following text.

Microfilm. Gainesville, Fla. : Micrographics, Inc. for the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, 03/06/2001. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Preservation and Access for American and British Children's Literature, 1850-1869 (NEH PA-23536-00))

University of Florida. George A. Smathers Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections. Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature P.O. Box 117007, Gainesville, FL 32611-7007.