The boy's holyday book, for all seasons : containing complete instructions for angling, swimming, conjuring, the making of fireworks, cricket, archery, gymnastics, and the various games for boys : numerous scientific experiments & amusements : elucidations of photography, electrotype, and daguerreotype : arithmetical pastimes : the language of the deaf & dumb, &c. : with numerous engravings (1840)
London. : G.H. Davidson · leaf 120
104 CRICKET. … This noble and athletic pastime may be styled truly English, for by none but the English and their descend¬ ants do we believe it to be practised. In England, indeed, with the exception of two or three counties, its popularity is universal, confined to no class, but alike estimated by the peasant…
Boys · Amusements
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