Sports & Recreation
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Ski-runs in the High AlpsSki-runs in the High AlpsIn 1905, when nearer fifty than forty, had I not been the happy father of a girl of seven I should have had no occasion to write this book. I bought, for her to play with, a pair of small...
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Human LeopardsHuman Leopards - An Account of the Trials of Human Leopards before the Special Commission Court; With a Note on Sierra Leone, Past and PresentCaptain Beatty, just before leaving for the Dardanelles, asked me to write a preface. I think that the best preface...
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The Book of the Sailboat: How to rig, sail and handle small boatsThe Book of the Sailboat: How to rig, sail and handle small boatsNo one knows who first invented boats. Probably they were used by primitive man long before he discovered how to use bows and arrows or had even learned to chip stones into...
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The Field Book: or, Sports and pastimes of the United KingdomThe Field Book: or, Sports and pastimes of the United Kingdom - compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modernIn presenting the Field Book to the Sporting World, some explanation respecting the motives that led to its publication, are deemed necessary. An enthusiastic admirer...
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The Jack of all trades or, New Ideas for American boysNew Ideas for American Boys; The Jack of All TradesIt was not the authors original intention to produce a series of boys books. On the contrary, he expected that his work in this line would begin and end with The American Boys Handy Book....
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For the Honor of the School: A Story of School Life and Interscholastic SportFor the Honor of the School: A Story of School Life and Interscholastic SportIn response ten boys dressed in white shirts bearing the crimson H, white running pants, and spiked shoes disentangled themselves from the crowd about the dressing-room door and assembled at the...
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The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys about BoysThe Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys about BoysThe rain fell in a steady, remorseless drizzle upon the rain-coats and umbrellas of the throng that blocked the sidewalks and overflowed on to the car-tracks; but the fires of patriotism were unquenchable, and...
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Mr. Punch's Book of SportMr. Punch's Book of Sport - The Humour of Cricket, Football, Tennis, Polo, Croquet, Hockey, Racing, &cDesigned to provide in a series of volumes, each complete in itself, the cream of our national humour, contributed by the masters of comic draughtsmanship and the leading...
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An Almanac of Twelve SportsAn Almanac of Twelve Sports Here is a horse to tame Here is a gun to handle God knows you can enter the game If you'll only pay for the same, And the price of the game is a candle One single flickering candle!...
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British Sports, for the Amusement of ChildrenBritish Sports, for the Amusement of Children Title: British Sports, for the Amusement of Children Author: William Belch Release Date: May 20, 2010 [EBook #32452] Language: English Credits: Produced by Roberta Staehlin, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file...
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Life and sport in ChinaLife and sport in China - Second EditionIn this little work I have endeavoured to place before readers a sketch of things as I saw them, and to convey to their minds an idea of how Europeans live there, of their amusements, of their...
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In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard GrantIn School and Out; or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. The second volume of the Woodville Stories contains the experience of Richard Grant, "in school and out." We are sorry to say that Richard had become a bad boy, and was in the habit...
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Frank Merriwell's RacesFrank Merriwell's Races"He's got the marks of a swift one," asserted Diamond, walking around the bay gelding, which Frank Merriwell had led out into the middle of the stable[Pg 8] floor for inspection. "He is rangey, has clean limbs, and a courageous eye. I...
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Ernest Bracebridge: School DaysErnest Bracebridge: School DaysIt was a half-holiday. One of our fellows who had lately taken his degree and passed as Senior Wrangler had asked it for us. He had just come down for a few hours to see the Doctor and the old place....
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A Dog with a Bad NameA Dog with a Bad NameBolsover, in fact, was a school which sadly needed two trifling reforms before it could be expected to do much good in the world. One was, that all its masters should be dismissed; the other was, that all its...
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The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump IslandThe Scientific American Boy; Or, The Camp at Willow Clump IslandAll boys are nature lovers. Nothing appeals to them more than a summer vacation in the woods where they can escape from the restraints of civilization and live a life of freedom. Now, it...
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The High School Freshmen or, Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and SportsThe High School Freshmen; or, Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and SportsCHAPTERS I. "The High School Sneak" II. Dick & Co. After the School Board's Scalps III. Not So Much of a Freshman IV. Captain of the Hounds V. The "Muckers" and the...
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Farthest NorthFarthest North - The Life and Explorations of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood, of the Greely Arctic ExpeditionIt is believed that this book, with its true but none the less stirring adventures, will be of much interest to the general public, as well as gratifying...
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Abroad and at Home Practical Hints for TouristsAbroad and at Home; Practical Hints for TouristsA continuous residence in London of eight years has satisfied me that precisely such a book, so far as it relates to that city, which my friend and once junior legal associate now presents is popularly needed....
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Folk-Lore of West and Mid-WalesFolk-Lore of West and Mid-WalesWelsh folk-lore is almost inexhaustible, and of great importance to the historian and others. Indeed, without a knowledge of the past traditions, customs and superstitions of the people, the history of a country is not complete. In this book I...
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