The boy's modern playmate : a book of sports, games, and pastimes (1890)
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, compiler, editor, Dalziel, George, 1815-1902, engraver, Dalziel, Edward, 1817-1905, engraver · London ; New York : Frederick Warne & Co. · leaf 557
ng thrushes and blackbirds should be fed upon white bread soaked in milk, and a little raw meat, chopped fine. Larks. A favourite cage bird is the common Skylark, or “ Laverock,” as the Scotch call it ; but it always seems a pity to make a prisoner of such a creature as this, which delights to soar… … the bustle and din of the busy city. It is a strange sound to hear in the crowded street, the joyous trill of this “ bird of the wilderness,” as the Ettrick Shepherd called him, “blithe spirit,” as he was termed by Shelley, whose “ Ode to the Lark” is one of the most perfect poems in our language ;…
Games · Amusements · Sports · Recreation · Pets
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