Contents.PAGEPreface,vCROQUET.Materialsused in the Game—Preparation of the Ground—Choice of Sides—General Principles of the Game—Arrangement of the Bridges—Diagrams—Rules of the Game—Striking the Ball—Running a Bridge—Striking Out—The Rover—Roquet—Croquet and Roquet-Croquet—The Flinch—Suggestions to Beginners—Hints to Players—Carpet Croquet—The Board Game—Vocabulary of Terms,13BASE BALL.Origin of the Game—Rules adopted by “the National Association of Base Ball Players”—Selection and Measuring of Ground—Diagram—Pitcher’s Point and Home Base—Use of the Bat—Description of the Game—The Catcher—The Pitcher—The Short Stop—First Base—Second Base—Third Base—Left Field—Center Field—Right Field—The Umpire—The Scorer,42ARCHERY.Position of the Targets—Attitude in Shooting—Directions—Bows—Targets,64GARDENING AND FLOWERS.Benefit of Children’s Gardens—The Woods—How to Plant Seeds—Ferneries—Ivies—Pressed Flowers—How to Plant and Grow Strawberries—Grapes—Designs for Flowers—To Produce various Flowers from one stem—To Preserve Roses till Winter,67ILLUMINATION.Materials—Lists of Selected Colors—Brushes—Coloring—Table of Colors and Mixed Tints—Design,85HOUSE AND HOME ARTS.Decalcomanie,98Engraved Boxes,101Coral Flowers and Baskets,102Imitation of Inlaid Ivory,103Alum Baskets,103Painting on Glass,104Painting on Velvet,106Casting in Plaster, Sulphur, &c.,109Leather Work,111Cigar Boxes made Useful,116Potichimanie,118Ornaments in Rice Shell Work,120Allspice Baskets,124Rice or Shell Baskets,125Wafer Baskets,125Impressions of Butterflies,126How to take Impressions of Leaves,126Paper Landscapes,127NATURAL MAGIC.The Æolian Harp,128The Magic of Acoustics,129How Sound travels through a Solid,129Singular Example of Superstition,130Theory of the Voice,131The visibly growing Acorn,132DANCING.Pop goes the Weasel,134Lancers,134Le Prince Imperial Quadrille,137Common Cotillion,139Basket Dance,140White Cockade,141The Waltz and Polka Quadrille,141Sir Roger De Coverly or Virginia Reel,141Nine-Pin Dance,142Caledonian Quadrilles,142DRAMATIC AMUSEMENTS.General Directions for Private Theatricals,144Dramatic Reading Clubs,147Charades and how to Act them—Examples,149Tableaux Vivants,154THE SIBYL.Sibylline Leaves—The Fiat of Fate—Flower Fate—Fate Box,156THE PUZZLER.Conundrums,160Enigmas, Charades and Riddles,162An Enigmatical Dinner,168Paradoxes and Puzzles,170Arithmetical Problems,173Answers to Conundrums,175Answers to Enigmas and Charades,176Answers to Paradoxes and Puzzles,178Answers to Arithmetical Problems,180GAMES FOR OLD AND YOUNG.Blind Man’s Buff,182Shadow Buff,183Blind Man’s Wand,183Chinese Shadows,184The Comical Concert,184The Menagerie,186Quaker Meeting,186Resemblances,187Put in a Word,188Proverbs,188Game of Characters,189Lawyer,190Consequences,190Fox and Geese,191Stage-Coach,192Hunt the Fox,193Sneezing,193The Ready Writer,193Rhyming Words in Pantomime,194Exhibition of the Modern Giant,196The Shadow at Command,197The Wizard of the East,198How to Bring a Person down upon a Feather,199The Apparent Impossibility,200The Turned Head,200Statuary,201“He can do little who can’t do this,”201“Brother, I’m Bobbed,”202“How do You Like it? When do You Like it? And Where will You Put it?”202The Bird Catcher,203Questions and Answers,206The Magic Wand,206The Rhyming Game,207The Game of Twenty Questions,208Game of Photograph,210York and Lancaster, or the War of the Roses,212Post-Office,214Hand-writing on the Wall,214Graces,215Family Newspaper,216GAMES OF MEMORY.Grand Panjandrum,218“Le Jardin de ma tante,”219A Good Fat Hand219PARLOR GAMES.Squails,222Parlor, or Carpet Bowls,226The Union Game, or Red, White and Blue,227Zoetrope, or Wheel of Life,229Grecian Games,230Jack-Straws,231GAMES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.Dance, Thumbkin, Dance!233Uncle John,234Mother Goose,234Clap out and Clap in,235Fingers and Thumbs,236“You are nothing but a Goose,”237Buzz,238The Puzzle Wall,239Dolls,240Boys,241Play-Ground Rhymes,243Forfeits,244
Contents.PAGEPreface,vCROQUET.Materialsused in the Game—Preparation of the Ground—Choice of Sides—General Principles of the Game—Arrangement of the Bridges—Diagrams—Rules of the Game—Striking the Ball—Running a Bridge—Striking Out—The Rover—Roquet—Croquet and Roquet-Croquet—The Flinch—Suggestions to Beginners—Hints to Players—Carpet Croquet—The Board Game—Vocabulary of Terms,13BASE BALL.Origin of the Game—Rules adopted by “the National Association of Base Ball Players”—Selection and Measuring of Ground—Diagram—Pitcher’s Point and Home Base—Use of the Bat—Description of the Game—The Catcher—The Pitcher—The Short Stop—First Base—Second Base—Third Base—Left Field—Center Field—Right Field—The Umpire—The Scorer,42ARCHERY.Position of the Targets—Attitude in Shooting—Directions—Bows—Targets,64GARDENING AND FLOWERS.Benefit of Children’s Gardens—The Woods—How to Plant Seeds—Ferneries—Ivies—Pressed Flowers—How to Plant and Grow Strawberries—Grapes—Designs for Flowers—To Produce various Flowers from one stem—To Preserve Roses till Winter,67ILLUMINATION.Materials—Lists of Selected Colors—Brushes—Coloring—Table of Colors and Mixed Tints—Design,85HOUSE AND HOME ARTS.Decalcomanie,98Engraved Boxes,101Coral Flowers and Baskets,102Imitation of Inlaid Ivory,103Alum Baskets,103Painting on Glass,104Painting on Velvet,106Casting in Plaster, Sulphur, &c.,109Leather Work,111Cigar Boxes made Useful,116Potichimanie,118Ornaments in Rice Shell Work,120Allspice Baskets,124Rice or Shell Baskets,125Wafer Baskets,125Impressions of Butterflies,126How to take Impressions of Leaves,126Paper Landscapes,127NATURAL MAGIC.The Æolian Harp,128The Magic of Acoustics,129How Sound travels through a Solid,129Singular Example of Superstition,130Theory of the Voice,131The visibly growing Acorn,132DANCING.Pop goes the Weasel,134Lancers,134Le Prince Imperial Quadrille,137Common Cotillion,139Basket Dance,140White Cockade,141The Waltz and Polka Quadrille,141Sir Roger De Coverly or Virginia Reel,141Nine-Pin Dance,142Caledonian Quadrilles,142DRAMATIC AMUSEMENTS.General Directions for Private Theatricals,144Dramatic Reading Clubs,147Charades and how to Act them—Examples,149Tableaux Vivants,154THE SIBYL.Sibylline Leaves—The Fiat of Fate—Flower Fate—Fate Box,156THE PUZZLER.Conundrums,160Enigmas, Charades and Riddles,162An Enigmatical Dinner,168Paradoxes and Puzzles,170Arithmetical Problems,173Answers to Conundrums,175Answers to Enigmas and Charades,176Answers to Paradoxes and Puzzles,178Answers to Arithmetical Problems,180GAMES FOR OLD AND YOUNG.Blind Man’s Buff,182Shadow Buff,183Blind Man’s Wand,183Chinese Shadows,184The Comical Concert,184The Menagerie,186Quaker Meeting,186Resemblances,187Put in a Word,188Proverbs,188Game of Characters,189Lawyer,190Consequences,190Fox and Geese,191Stage-Coach,192Hunt the Fox,193Sneezing,193The Ready Writer,193Rhyming Words in Pantomime,194Exhibition of the Modern Giant,196The Shadow at Command,197The Wizard of the East,198How to Bring a Person down upon a Feather,199The Apparent Impossibility,200The Turned Head,200Statuary,201“He can do little who can’t do this,”201“Brother, I’m Bobbed,”202“How do You Like it? When do You Like it? And Where will You Put it?”202The Bird Catcher,203Questions and Answers,206The Magic Wand,206The Rhyming Game,207The Game of Twenty Questions,208Game of Photograph,210York and Lancaster, or the War of the Roses,212Post-Office,214Hand-writing on the Wall,214Graces,215Family Newspaper,216GAMES OF MEMORY.Grand Panjandrum,218“Le Jardin de ma tante,”219A Good Fat Hand219PARLOR GAMES.Squails,222Parlor, or Carpet Bowls,226The Union Game, or Red, White and Blue,227Zoetrope, or Wheel of Life,229Grecian Games,230Jack-Straws,231GAMES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.Dance, Thumbkin, Dance!233Uncle John,234Mother Goose,234Clap out and Clap in,235Fingers and Thumbs,236“You are nothing but a Goose,”237Buzz,238The Puzzle Wall,239Dolls,240Boys,241Play-Ground Rhymes,243Forfeits,244