Amusements
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- Amusements -- Religious aspects
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- Amateur theater
- Amusement parks
- Amusement rides
- Casinos
- Charades
- Circus
- Concerts
- Cosplay
- Creative activities and seat work
- Dance
- Entertainment events
- Ethnographic shows
- Fortune-telling
- Juggling
- Literary recreations
- Magic shows
- Nightlife
- Philosophical recreations
- Puzzles
- Riddles
- Scientific recreations
- Sideshows
- String figures
- Tableaux
- Toys
- Tricks
- Vaudeville
- Ventriloquism
- Wild west shows
- Children -- Recreation
- Entertainments
- Pastimes
- Recreations
- Entertainment
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Entertainments for Home, Church and School, by Frederica Seeger, ed. by Theodore Waters (Gutenberg text)- Wings and the Child: or, The Building of Magic Cities (New York and London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913), by E. Nesbit, illust. by George Barraud (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Healthful Sports for Boys, by A. R. Calhoun (Gutenberg text)
- Healthful Sports for Boys (New York: Christian herald Bible house, c1910), by A. R. Calhoun, ed. by Theodore Waters
- Oracles From the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-Room (New York and London: Wiley and Putnam, 1845), ed. by Caroline Howard Gilman
- Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-Room (New York and London: J. Wiley, 1848), ed. by Caroline Howard Gilman (page images at MOA)
- Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-Room (New York: Clark, Austin and Smith, 1854), ed. by Caroline Howard Gilman
- Children and Gardens (London: Offices of "Country life", Ltd.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1908), by Gertrude Jekyll
- Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs (c1891), by P. H. Ditchfield (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Rollo at Play: or, Safe Amusements (new revised edition; Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Co., c1855), by Jacob Abbott (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Ethel Morton at Rose House (Cleveland and New York: World Syndicate Pub. Co., 1915), by Mabell S. C. Smith (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Flight of Pony Baker: A Boy's Town Story (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1902), by William Dean Howells (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- Tattine, by Ruth Ogden (Gutenberg text)
- Tattine (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co.; London: E. Nister, ca. 1898), by Ruth Ogden (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Every Boy's Book of Sport and Pastime (London et al.: G. Routledge and Sons, 1897), by Professor Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Girl's Own Book (18th edition, entirely re-edited; London: W. Tegg and Co., 1858), by Lydia Maria Child, ed. by Clara de Chatelain
- Popular Amusements: An Appeal to Methodists, In Regard to the Evils of Card-Playing, Billiards, Dancing, Theatre-Going, Etc., by Hiram Mattison (page images at MOA)
- Popular Amusements (Cincinnati: Jennings and Pye; New York: Eaton and Mains, c1869), by J. T. Crane (HTML with commentary at merrycoz.org)
- Popular Amusements (Cincinnati: Hitchcock and Walden; New York: Carlton and Lanahan, 1870), by J. T. Crane (page images at MOA)
- Tired Church Members, by Anna Bartlett Warner (Gutenberg text)
- Recreation and Amusement Among Negroes in Washington, D.C.: A Sociological Analysis of the Negro in an Urban Environment (Washington: Howard University Press, 1927), by William Henry Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Witmark Amateur Minstrel Guide and Burnt Cork Encyclopedia (revised edition, c1905), by Frank Dumont (page images at HathiTrust)
- Broken Words: A Fifth Century of Charades (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911), by William Bellamy (PDF at djm.cc)
- A Century of Charades (1894), by William Bellamy (PDF at djm.cc)
- More Charades (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909), by William Bellamy (PDF at djm.cc)
- Open Sesame: One Hundred Answers in Rhyme to William Bellamy's Century of Charades (Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1896), by Harlan Hoge Ballard (PDF at djm.cc)
- A Second Century of Charades (1896), by William Bellamy (PDF at djm.cc)
- A Third Century of Charades (1904), by William Bellamy (PDF at djm.cc)
- Sartorial Fandom: Fashion, Beauty Culture, and Identity (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2023), ed. by Elizabeth Affuso and Suzanne Scott (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)
- American Clown: Athletic Dance for Men or Boys (second edition, 1927), by George Martin Caskey (frame-dependent page images at sc.edu)
- The Art of Dancing: Its Theory and Practice, by F. Leslie Clendenen (HTML and page images at LOC)
- Clendenen's Treatise on Elementary and Classical Dancing, by F. Leslie Clendenen (HTML and page images at LOC)
- Course of Instruction in Dancing and Aesthetic Development of the Body, by L. F. Segaldo (HTML and page images at LOC)
- Dances of To-Day, by Albert W. Newman (HTML and page images at LOC)
- The Danciad, by Thomas Wilson (HTML and page images at LOC)
- Dancing, As a Means of Physical Education, by Mrs. Alfred Webster (HTML and page images at LOC)
- How to Dance the Revived Ancient Dances, by Ardern Holt (HTML and page images at LOC)
- The Lure of the Dance (Los Angeles: T. A. Faulkner, c1916), by Thomas A. Faulkner
- Public Dance Halls: Their Regulation and Place in the Recreation of Adolescents, by Ella Gardner (HTML and page images at LOC)
- Sketches Relative to the History and Theory, but More Especially to the Practice of Dancing, by Francis Peacock (HTML and page images at LOC)
- The Social Dance, by R. A. Adams (HTML and page images at LOC)
- Stage and Fancy Dancing, by F. C. Nott (HTML and page images at LOC)
- The Tango and Other Up-to-Date Dances, by J. S. Hopkins (HTML and page images at LOC)
- The Terpsichorean Monitor, by William E. Greene (HTML and page images at LOC)
- "Tips to Dancers," Good Manners for Ballroom and Dance Hall, by Vivian Persis Dewey (HTML and page images at LOC)
- A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Dancing, by James P. Cassidy (HTML and page images at LOC)
- A Treatise on the Use and Peculiar Advantages of Dancing and Exercises, Considered as a Means of Refinement and Physical Development, by Francis Mason (page images and partial HTML at LOC)
- Dancing at Home and Abroad, by C. H. Cleveland (HTML and page images at LOC)
- Dancing, Beauty, and Games (London: A. L. Humphreys, 1913), by Constance Stewart-Richardson
- The Norwood Gipsy's Fortune Teller (London: W. S. Fortey, ca. 1860) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Oracles From the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-Room (New York and London: Wiley and Putnam, 1845), ed. by Caroline Howard Gilman
- Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-Room (New York and London: J. Wiley, 1848), ed. by Caroline Howard Gilman (page images at MOA)
- Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-Room (New York: Clark, Austin and Smith, 1854), ed. by Caroline Howard Gilman
- Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves: How to Read Your Fate in a Teacup, by Cicely Kent (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Universal Fortune Teller: Being Sure and Certain Directions for Discovering the Secrets of Futurity (London: W.S. Fortey, ca. 1870) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Book of Fate: Formerly in the Possession of and Used by Napoleon (New York: H. S. Nichols, 1923), trans. by H. Kirchenhoffer
- Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling (London: T. F. Unwin, 1891), by Charles Godfrey Leland
- Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling: Illustrated by Numerous Incantations, Specimens of Medical Magic, Anecdotes and Tales (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1891), by Charles Godfrey Leland (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Witches' Dream Book, and Fortune Teller (published anonymously; New York: H. J. Wehman, 1885), by A. H. Noe (Gutenberg text)
- Spook Crooks! Exposing the Secrets of the Prophet-eers Who Conduct Our Wickedest Industry (New York and Chicago: A. L. Burt Co., c1932), by Julien J. Proskauer, illust. by James Savage and Howard Savage (page images at HathiTrust)
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