Inside Out Library · Explore

Athletic sports and recreations for boys.. (1861)

Wood, John George, 1827-1889. [from old catalog] · London, New York, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge · leaf 78

An illustration from Athletic sports and recreations for boys.., 1861, leaf 78
of quadrille. It is a beautiful sight tosee the dancers simultaneously approaching one point, aU rapidlyfollowing each other round a little circle, with only a foot or twobetween each person ; then diverging upon their several tracks, andagain meeting in the centre. Let the reader believe one who… … ARCHERY. In my tyrne, my poore father was as dilig-ent to teach me to shoote as to learnany other thynge; and so I think other men did theyr children. He taught mehow to drawe, how to laye my body in my bowe, and not to draw wyth strengthof armes, as other nacions do, but wyth strength of body.…

Sports · Games

Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Athletic sports and recreations for boys..

More like this