Every Boy's Book

Hop-scotch to hare-and-hounds, conjuring to chemistry, rabbits to rowing — the complete Victorian repertoire of things for a boy to do, set down with rules and diagrams.

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Hop, Step and Jump

MAKE a mark on the ground at a place called the "starting point." At ten yards' distance from this make another, called the "spring." Then…

Hopping on the Bottle

Various games are in vogue among boys, in which hopping on one foot is the principal object. Among these is one which not only assists in…

Hop-Scotch

This is a game played by hopping on one foot and kicking an oyster-shell or piece of tile from one compartment to the other, without…

French and English

This is an old Greek game, and, like very many simple boys' games, has retained its popularity to the present day. Its Greek name was…

Drawing the Oven

This is a game not very dissimilar to the preceding, but not so much to be recommended, as the clothes are very apt to be torn, and if the…

Pitch-Stone

This game is played by two boys, each of whom takes a smooth round pebble. One player then throws his pebble about twenty feet before him…

Duck-Stone

This game may be played by any number of players. A large stone is selected, and placed on a particular spot, and the players first "Pink…

Prisoner's Base, or Prison Bars

This is a most delightful game, and is a very great favourite among boys of all classes. It is commenced by choosing Captains, which is…

Baste the Bear

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Leap-Frog

This is an excellent game of agility, and very simple. It consists of any number of players; but from six to eight is the most convenient…

Fly the Garter

Chalk or make a line, or, as it is usually termed, "a garter," on the ground; on this line one of the players must place himself and bend…

Spanish Fly

This game is capable of being varied to any extent by an ingenious boy, but it is generally played in the following way:--One boy, selected…

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Parades

Each opening has its own parade or defence, and each parade will guard its own opening, and, strictly speaking, no other. The…

White Mice

THE mouse is a lively little animal, and one of the most timid, although he eats in the trap as soon as he is caught. The brown…

Long-Off

Occupies the same position as long-on at the other side of the wicket. LEG Stands about the same distance behind the wicket on…

Disgorger

This is an instrument with a forked top, about six inches long, made of iron, brass, or bone. Its use is to get the hook from a…

The Horse (There is not a more graceful)

There is not a more graceful or more interesting series of exercises than those performed on the Wooden Horse. They are very…

The Prussian System of Pfuel

The best of all methods for teaching swimming is that originally introduced by General Pfuel into the Prussian swimming-schools…

796Games & Pastimes
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