Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People, Volume 4Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1872 - American literature |
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Page 246
... Croquet . " SLEDGE - HAMMER . " THE " National Game " of base ball has had its grand congresses and wonderful match - games , with a special paper in New York to publish the scores . The champion clubs with red stockings and white ...
... Croquet . " SLEDGE - HAMMER . " THE " National Game " of base ball has had its grand congresses and wonderful match - games , with a special paper in New York to publish the scores . The champion clubs with red stockings and white ...
Page 372
... croquet player that " one season on a croquet ground is more valuable for the study of the dispositions of the players than ten years of ordinary social intercourse ; " and there is much truth in the remark . Nothing else will bring ...
... croquet player that " one season on a croquet ground is more valuable for the study of the dispositions of the players than ten years of ordinary social intercourse ; " and there is much truth in the remark . Nothing else will bring ...
Page 502
... croquet or loose croquet to give to the two balls motions in directions diverging from each other , in order to do which it is necessary to know exactly what blows of the mallet will give these directions . In fig . 1 A is Fig.2 E ...
... croquet or loose croquet to give to the two balls motions in directions diverging from each other , in order to do which it is necessary to know exactly what blows of the mallet will give these directions . In fig . 1 A is Fig.2 E ...
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AT HIS GATES Illustrated | 34 |
AFTER THE DARKNESS LIGHT | 44 |
DRAXY MILLERS DOWRY | 86 |
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