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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1880, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1197

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      ''I < THE BOOK WHICH ENGLISH LADS 'TAKE MOST DELIGHT IN : j New EdHi ^ l ^ us ^ ons . I I Imp erial i 6 mo . lyi pp . with upwards handsomel of 600 y bound Illustrations , price and 8 s . 6 Ten d . Vignette Titles printed in gold , A New , Revised , and Enlarged Edition of The Boys Own Book ; A Complete Encyclopedia of Sports and Pastimes , ; ATHLETIC , SCIENTIFIC , AND RECREATIVE . ——¦ = ¦— 1 1 ¦¦ ¦¦ .- . i ... ' - ' ' ~ ~ " I The following is a Selection from its varied Contents : — Minor # parttf * € *) * jtoturalitft © rafotti fl & aam < 8 amerf . Games Games Games with with with Tops Balls Marbles . . . Talking o mrTNr ftnms Birds Acting Tableaux Shadow Charades Pantomimes Vivants . . . Sports Indoor Sports of of Sports Agility Speed . . . Otttmfa Doc Poultry r 1 ™ s ts Pigs Acting Definitions Forfeits Proverbs . . , etc . etc . Sports with Toys . etc . etc . Srels prnrnvs . ftpiata * , a . > # *« * . Lawn Qfijlttit Tennis . §» porW . Silkwo Bees . rms . Angling Swimming . . 1 Base Badminton Ball . . Aquarium Gardening . . S Rowing ailing . . Cricket La Crossf ETC- ETC- Skating Indoor Skating . . dniv ' « l ' A' « <* 4 . ' j Curlin g , etc . etc . football . Arithmetical . ^ < Croquet . Magnetism . Chess . Hockey Rackets . and Fives . Galvanism Electricity . . Draughts Dominoes . . Tennis Fencing Bowls , . Quoits . , and Skittles . Electro Fireworks Chemistry -magnetism . . . Solitaire Fox Bagatelle and . Geese . . Broadsword and Singlestick . Aerostatics . Billiards , etc . etc . Archery Riding . . Acoustics Pneumatics . . V Mnarwmain pn ^ rtienmin . Driving Bicycling . . The Optics Microscope . . Tricks Easy Tricks with . Money . i Dumb Gymnastics Boxing Bells and . and Wrestling Indian Clubs . . The The Photography Telescope Stereoscope . . . Special Tr Paradoxes icks with Apparatus . Cards . . I ETC . ETC . ETC . ETC . PUZZLES . ETC . ETC . ; * Mr . Lock wood ' s " Boy ' s Own Book" is the real original work which we knew in days long gone by , but in a new and much enlarged form . To name it is to praise it , and we need not say that here is enough for the schoolboy under his most serious and unserious aspects . ' —Saturday ' Review . ' Not one amongst its rivals—not half a dozen of them rolled into one—can match our old favourite . ... It is still peerless ! . . . More truly than ever the lawgiver of the playground . '—Sun . '"The Boy's Own Book" has had many imitators , but they have been but puny counterfeits . • . Brought uptothe present day , itis " itselfalone , THEB 00 & for Boys "' . —Baily ' s Magazine ° p Sports . 4 "The Boy's Own Book" is still THE book which English lads take most delight in . '—Civil Service Gazette . CROSBY LOCKWOOD & GO ,, 7 Stationers' Hall Court , Ludgate Hill , E . C . ^^ < $ » Supplied on the most Liberal Terms to the Trade , Merchants , Exporters , & £ . ( 641 ) | £

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1880, page 1197, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121880/page/165/