STANDARDGames and Pastimes for 1870.
BEADLE’S DIME SERIES.
HAND-BOOK OF CROQUET.
A complete guide to the Principles and Practice of the Game. This popular pastime has, during the few years of its existence, rapidly outgrown the first vague and imperfect rules and regulations of its inventor; and, as almost every house at which it is played adopts a different code of laws, it becomes a difficult matter for a stranger to assimilate his play to that of other people. It is, therefore, highly desirable that one uniform system should be generally adopted, and hence the object of this work is to establish arecognized method of playing the game.
CRICKET AND FOOT-BALL.
A desirable Cricketer’s Companion, containing complete instructions in the elements of Bowling, Batting and Fielding: also the Revised Laws of the game; Remarks on the Duties of Umpires; the Mary-le-Bone Cricket Club Rules and Regulations; Bets, etc., etc. ByHenry Chadwick, author of “Base-Ball Player.”
YACHTING AND ROWING.
This volume will be found very complete as a guide to the conduct of watercraft, and full of interesting information alike to the amateur and the novice. The chapter referring to the recent great rowing race of the Oxford and Cambridge clubs, on the Thames, will be found particularly interesting.
RIDING AND DRIVING.
A sure guide to correct Horsemanship, with complete directions for the road and field; and a specific section of directions and information for female equestrians. Drawn largely from “Stonehenge’s” fine manual, this volume will be found all that can be desired by those seeking to know all about the horse, and his management in harness and under the saddle.
GUIDE TO SWIMMING.
Embracing all the rules of the art for both sexes. Illustrated. By Captain Philip Peterson, comprising Advisory Instructions; Rules upon entering the water; General Directions for Swimming; Diving; how to come to the surface; Swimming on the Back; how to Swim in times of Danger; Sea-bathing—how to manage the waves, the tides, etc.; a Chapter for the Ladies; a Specimen Female Swimming-School; how to manage cases of Drowning; Dr. Franklin’s “Code” for Swimmers.
For sale by all Newsdealers and Booksellers; or will be sent singly or in packages by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price—Ten Centseach.
BEADLE AND COMPANY, Publishers,98 William Street, New York.