Home Amusements
by M. E. W. Sherwood
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About this eBook
- Author
- Sherwood, M. E. W. (Mary Elizabeth Wilson), 1826-1903
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Last Edit of Project Info
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender
- Subject
- Amusements
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 53391
- Release Date
- October 28, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Home Amusements
- 2.ADVERTISEMENTS.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.I. PREFATORY.
- 5.II. THE GARRET.
- 6.III. PRIVATE THEATRICALS; ACTING PROVERBS AND CHARADES.
- 7.IV. TABLEAUX VIVANTS.
- 8.V. BRAIN GAMES. — “AFTER BYRON, WITH A POKER; ALSO AFTER DRINKING FLIP.
- 9.VI. FORTUNE-TELLING.
- 10.VII. AMUSEMENTS FOR A RAINY DAY.
- 11.VIII. EMBROIDERY AND OTHER DECORATIVE ARTS.
- 12.IX. ETCHING.
- 13.X. LAWN TENNIS.
- 14.XI. GARDEN PARTIES.
- 15.XII. DANCING.
- 16.XIII. GARDENS AND FLOWER-STANDS.
- 17.XIV. CAGED BIRDS AND AVIARIES.
- 18.XV. PICNICS.
- 19.XVI. PLAYING WITH FIRE. CERAMICS.
- 20.XVII. ARCHERY.
- 21.XVIII. AMUSEMENTS FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED AND THE AGED.
- 22.XIX. THE PARLOR.
- 23.XX. THE KITCHEN.
- 24.XXI. THE FAMILY HORSE, AND OTHER PETS.
- 25.XXII. IN CONCLUSION. — FOOTNOTE:
- 26.ADVERTISEMENTS. — Transcriber's Note:
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