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Die Weihe des Eros Uranios : Ein festlicher Aufzug mit Tänzen. (Bei Ludwig Wilhelm Wittich., 1818), by Heinrich Stürmer, Friedrich Jügel, Gottlieb Wilhelm Hüllmann, Aloys Hirt, and Karl Friedrich Moritz Paul Brühl (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Masquerades -- Italy -- 18th century

Caravane du sultan à la Mecque ([publisher not identified], 1749), by Joseph-Marie Vien and Italy) Accademia di Francia (Rome (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Masquerades -- Italy -- Trento

Polenta dei Ciusi-Gobj (Dalla Tipografia Monauni, 1858), by Tito Bassetti and Tipografia Monauni (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Masquerades -- Italy -- Venice -- Pictorial works

Il carnevale italiano mascherato : que si veggono in figura varie inuentione de capritii (s.n.], 1642), by Francesco Bertelli (page images at HathiTrust)

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Filed under: Mumming

The mummers' play : with a memoir. (Clarendon Press, 1923), by Reginald John Elliott Tiddy and David Randall Pye (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Christmas mummings in Jamaica (Vassar College, 1923), by Martha Warren Beckwith and Helen H. Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Mumming -- Germany -- Nuremberg -- Early works to 1800

Nürnbergisches Schönbart-Buch und Gesellenstechen : aus einem alten Manuscript zum Druck befördert und mit benöthigten Kupfern versehen. (Mullerianis, 1765), by Georg Andreas Will (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Mumming -- Great Britain

Glig-gamena angel-deod (Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, for White and Co.; Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; John and Arthur Arch; John Murray; John Harding; Crosby and Co.; and Charles and Robert Baldwin, 1810), by Joseph Strutt, R. Baldwin, Charles Baldwin, J. Harding, John Murray, John White, Thomas Bensley, B. Crosby and Co, John and Arthur Arch, Allen and Co Lackington, and Hurst Longman (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Amusements

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
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Oracles From the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-Room (New York and London: Wiley and Putnam, 1845), ed. by Caroline Howard Gilman
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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
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Children and Gardens (London: Offices of "Country life", Ltd.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1908), by Gertrude Jekyll
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Three hundred games and pastimes; or, What shall we do now? A book of suggestions for children's games and employments (Chatto & Windus, 1922), by E. V. Lucas and Elizabeth Lucas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Stunts of fun and fancy (S. French; [etc., etc.], 1925), by Elizabeth Hines Hanley (page images at HathiTrust)
Phunology; a collection of tried and proved plans for play, fellowship, and profit, for use in the home, church, and community organizations for a wholesome program of recreation. (Cokesbury press, 1923), by E. O. Harbin (page images at HathiTrust)
The picnic book, prepared for the National recreation association (A. S. Barnes, 1942), by Clark L. Fredrikson (page images at HathiTrust)
If you live with little children (Putnam, 1957), by Carolyn Kauffman and Patricia Farrell (page images at HathiTrust)
Feeling better? (Dodd, Mead & company, 1936), by Cornelia Rogers Trowbridge (page images at HathiTrust)
A round of birthdays. (The Michigan trust company, 1897), by Prescott Bailey Bull and Eleanor Withey Willard (page images at HathiTrust)
Home entertaining; amusements for everyone (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1912), by William Eastman Chenery (page images at HathiTrust)
Church sociables and entertainments. (Curtis publishing company;, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
The handbook of skits and stunts. (Association Press, 1953), by Helen Eisenberg and Larry Eisenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
The birch bark roll of woodcraft : The 29th ed. of the manual for boys and girls from 4 to 94 (A. S. Barnes and company incorporated, 1931), by Ernest Thompson Seton and Julia Buttree (page images at HathiTrust)
Play activities for boys and girls, six through twelve; a guide for teachers, parents (McGraw-Hull, 1957), by Richard G. Kraus (page images at HathiTrust)
Fashionable amusements ... (J. Leavitt;, 1831), by D. R. Thomason (page images at HathiTrust)
Character through recreation (American Sunday-school union, 1915), by Howard Palmer Young (page images at HathiTrust)
Plaisirs & jeux depuis les origines. (J. Rothschild, 1900), by Gaston Vuillier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Partners in play : recreation for young men and women together (A.S. Barnes, 1936), by Mary J. Breen, Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. National Board, and National Recreation Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Young folks in homes; leisure-time activities in child caring institutions. (New York State Dept. of Social Welfare, 1957), by Jeanne H. Barnes and Catherine Weldon (page images at HathiTrust)
The Sunday school between Sundays (Fleming H. Revell company, 1920), by Ezra Charles Knapp (page images at HathiTrust)
Recreation and the church (The University of Chicago Press, 1917), by Herbert Wright Gates (page images at HathiTrust)
The church at play; a manual for directors of social and recreational life. (Abingdon press, 1922), by Norman E. Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
New ideas for out of doors; the field and forest handy book (C. Scribner's sons, 1906), by Daniel Carter Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
Camp and outing activities (Association Press, 1915), by Frank H. Cheley and G. Cornelius Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
School work and spare time. (The Survey committee of the Cleveland foundation, 1918), by Frederick G. Bonser (page images at HathiTrust)
Wholesome citizens and spare time (The Survey committee of the Cleveland foundation, 1918), by John Lewis Gillin (page images at HathiTrust)
The organization and administration of playgrounds and recreation (A. S. Barnes & company, 1936), by Jay Bryan Nash (page images at HathiTrust)
American girls handy book (New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895., 1895), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
Social activities for men and boys (Young men's Christian Association press, 1913), by Albert Meader Chesley (page images at HathiTrust)
Boy's own book, extended : a complete encyclopedia of all athletic, scientific, recreative, outdoor and indoor exercises and diversions, including The boy's own book, The book of gymnastics, and Parlor magic. (C.S. Francis, 1857), by William Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
Histoire des jonets; ouvrage contenant 250 illustrations dans le texte et 100 gravures hors texte dont 50 planches coloriées à l'aquarelle (Chez l'auteur, 1902), by Henry René d' Allemagne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
How to help the shut-in child; 313 hints for homebound children. (Dutton, 1954), by Margery D McMullin (page images at HathiTrust)
Good times for girls (The Methodist book concern;, 1922), by Mary Eliza Moxcey (page images at HathiTrust)
Repertorio completo de todos los juegos ... (Bailly-Bailliere e hijos, 1897), by Luis Marco and Eugenio de Ochoa (page images at HathiTrust)
Recreation (Constable and company, ltd., 1922), by Viscount Edward Grey of Fallodon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The national encyclopaedia of business and social forms, embracing the laws of etiquette and good society, and containing plain and simple instructions in the art of appearing to the best avantage on all occasions: how to dress well and tastefully: with rules for courtship, marriage, etc. ... (Forshee & McMakin, 1881), by James D. McCabe (page images at HathiTrust)
Nature in recreation (A. S. Barnes and company, 1943), by Marguerite Ickis (page images at HathiTrust)
What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: (F.A. Stokes company, 1907), by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Gale's cabinet of knowledge; or, Miscellaneous recreations: containing moral and philosophical essays, propositions, natural and metaphysical maxims, and observations on select subjects of general utility: with a series of easy, entertaining, and interesting mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments; including the most celebrated card deceptions; together with about seven hundred serious, comic, and humorous queries, paradoxes, &c. with pertinent and ingenious answers; comprizing the essence of the Lady's, Gentleman's, and Carnan's Diaries: Ozanam and Hooper's Recreations; Martin's Philosophical magazines, &c. Illustrated with copperplate engravings. To which are added, a great number of originals. Likewise an appendix; containing various propositions tending to prove light and heat two distinct beings; with some curious definitions in optics. (Printed for Cuthell and Martin [etc.], 1808), by John Gale (page images at HathiTrust)
Zatsugei sōsho. Dai 1-2 (Kokusho Kankōkai, 1915), by Kokusho Kankōkai (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
American boys handy book (C. Scribner's Sons, 1927), by Daniel Carter Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
Book of novel entertainments for every day in the year (A.C. McClurg & Co., 1921), by Ellye Howell Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
New ideas for work and play. (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906), by Lina Beard, Adelia B. Beard, and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (page images at HathiTrust)
Something to do,--boys! A book for wide-awake boys (W.A. Wilde company, 1916), by Edna Abigail Foster and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (page images at HathiTrust)
Fagots for the fireside; a collection of more than one hundred entertaining games for evenings at home and social parties (Ticknor and company, 1889), by Lucretia P. Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
Home amusements. (D. Appleton and company, 1881), by M. E. W. Sherwood (page images at HathiTrust)
Social activities for men and boys (Young men's Christian association press, 1910), by Albert Meader Chesley (page images at HathiTrust)
Enjoyable entertainments (United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1913), by Lilian M. Heath and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (page images at HathiTrust)
The boy craftsman; practical and profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours (Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1905), by A. Neely Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
Kriegsjahrbuch für Volks- und Jugendspiele (R. Voigtländer [etc.], 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
St. Nicholas book of plays & operettas. (The Century Co., 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
Fun for everyone, a pocket encyclopedia of good times; suggestive social and recreational programs for community groups. (Community service, 1922), by Comunity service (page images at HathiTrust)
Bailes y juegos, diversiones varias para entretenimiento y recreo de las tertulias y sociedades ... (Hijos de D.J. Cuesta, 1903), by pseud Aficionado (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Philosophy in sport made science in earnest; being an attempt to illustrate the first principles of natural philosophy by the aid of the popular toys and sports of youth. (John Murray, 1857), by John Ayrton Paris (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of diversion (Greenberg, Inc., 1925), by Franklin P. Adams, Jack Bechdolt, and Deems Taylor (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
What shall we do now? Over five hundred games and pastimes; a book of suggestions for children's games and employments (Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1922), by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (page images at HathiTrust)
The art of amusing. Being a collection of graceful arts, merry games, odd tricks, curious puzzles, and new charades. Together with suggestions for private theatricals, tableaux, and all sorts of parlor and family amusements. (Carleton;, 1866), by Frank Bellew (page images at HathiTrust)
Recreation in theory and practice (Elgin Press, 1924), by Perry L. Rohrer (page images at HathiTrust)
Little folks' handy book (C. Scribner's sons, 1910), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
The Ohio study of recreation leadership training (Edwards brothers, inc.], 1942), by W. W. Charters and Vaughn W. Fry (page images at HathiTrust)
Recreation. (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1923), by Viscount Edward Grey of Fallodon (page images at HathiTrust)
How to amuse yourself and others; the American girl's handy book (C. Scribner's Sons, 1905), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
The American girl's home book of work and play (Putnam, 1888), by Helen Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
The organization and administration of playgrounds and recreation (A. S. Barnes, 1938), by Jay Bryan Nash (page images at HathiTrust)
How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
Busy childhood; guidance through play and activity (D. Appleton-Century, 1933), by Josephine C. Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
Essays on the drama and on popular amusements. (London, Tinsley and Jones, 1863), by William Bodham Donne (page images at HathiTrust)
Rural and small community recreation; practical suggestions for recreation activities in rural districts and small towns. (Playground and recreation association of America, 1929), by National Recreation Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Time out for living (American book, 1941), by Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Catherine Mooney (page images at HathiTrust)
Fun and work for future farmers, F.F.A. A collection of games, programs, and community activities with practical ideas and suggestions for social and recreational programs for rural boys' organizations. (Interstate Printing Co., 1934), by L. L. Scranton (page images at HathiTrust)
A good time at your picnic; picnic plans and games (M.S. Mill co., inc., 1942), by Helen Stevens Fisher (page images at HathiTrust)
Boy's fun book of things to make and do; 216 ways to have fun, 470 how-to-do-it illustrations. (Grosset & Dunlap, 1945) (page images at HathiTrust)
What can I do now? (Aladdin, 1950), by Emily R. Dow (page images at HathiTrust)
Book of plays, for home amusement : Being a collection of original, altered and selected tragedies, plays, dramas, comedies, farces, burlesques, charades, lectures, etc., carefully arranged and specially adapted for private rerepresentation, with full direction for performance. (G.G. Evans, 1859), by Silas Sexton Steele (page images at HathiTrust)
General statistics of cities: 1916, including statistics of parks, playgrounds, museums and art galleries, zoological collections, music and entertainments, swimming pools and bathing beaches, and other features of the recreation service. (Govt. print. off., 1917), by United States Bureau of the Census, Morris J. Hole, August H.O. Rolle, Lemuel A. Carruthers, Arthur J. Hirsch, and Starke McLaughlin Grogan (page images at HathiTrust)
The sociable : or, One thousand and one home amusements : containing acting proverbs, dramatic charades ... : illustrated with nearly three hundred engravings and diagrams, the whole being a fund of never-ending entertainment (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858), by George Arnold (page images at HathiTrust)
American girl's book: or, Occupation for play hours. (C. S. Francis, 1854), by Eliza Leslie (page images at HathiTrust)
Cassell's book of in-door amusements, card games, and fireside fun. (Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881), by Cassell & Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Home fun (T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1919), by Cecil H. Bullivant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The sociable, or, One thousand and one home amusements : containing acting proverbs, dramatic charades, acting charades, or drawing-room pantomimes, musical burlesques, tableaux vivants, parlor games, games of action, forfeits, science in sport and parlor magic, and a choice collection of curious mental and mechanical puzzles, &c., &c. : illustrated with nearly three hundred engravings and diagrams, the whole being a fund of never-ending entertainment (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858), by George Arnold (page images at HathiTrust)
Rural recreation ... (National recreation association, 1946), by National Recreation Association (page images at HathiTrust)
What shall we do to-night? or, Social amusements for evening parties. Furnishing complete and varied programmes for twenty-six entertainments. (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1873), by William B. Dick (page images at HathiTrust)
What can we do in our town? (National recreation association, 1932), by National Recreation Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Partners in play; recreation for young men and women together (National recreation association, 1934), by Mary J. Breen, Young women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. National board, and National Recreation Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Boys' make-at-home things (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1912), by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and Marian Elizabeth Bailey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Young folks in homes (National Recreation Association, 1942), by Jeanne H. Barnes and National Recreation Association. Play in Institutions Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Parties plus : stunts and entertainments (National Recreation Association, 1942), by Ethel Bowers (page images at HathiTrust)
The leisure of a people. Report of a recreation survey of Indianapolis (C. E. Crippin and son, inc.], 1929), by Indianapolis Council of social agencies, Eugene Theodore Lies, and Indianapolis foundation (page images at HathiTrust)
The lady's oracle; an elegant pastime for social parties and the family circle. (H. C. Peck & T. Bliss, 1851), by Henrietta Dumont (page images at HathiTrust)
Recreation. (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1920), by Viscount Edward Grey of Fallodon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Home occupations for boys and girls (G.W. Jacobs & co., 1908), by Bertha Johnston and Fanny Chapin (page images at HathiTrust)
Amusements in retirement; or, The influence of science, literature, and the liberal arts on the manners and happiness of private life. (Printed for H. Colburn, 1816), by Charles Bucke (page images at HathiTrust)
The teaching of play (Bassette, 1913), by Wilbur Pardon Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
Eighty pleasant evenings (United society of Christian endeavor, 1898), by Lillian M. Heath (page images at HathiTrust)
St. Nicholas book of plays & operettas. (The Century co., 1905) (page images at HathiTrust)
Memoria in risposta al quesito "Considerata l'influenza morale e fisica che hanno avuto sull'umano consorzio gli spettacoli, i giuochi ed altri divertimenti...quali sarebbero da escludersi, quali da incoraggiare, e con quali mezzi dirigerli al miglior bene della civiltà attuale?" (Coi tipi di G. B. di Giovanni, 1856), by Gerolamo Boccardo (page images at HathiTrust)
Every boy's book : a complete encyclopaedia of sports and amusements (G. Routledge, 1868), by J. G. Wood and Edmund Routledge (page images at HathiTrust)
How to behave and how to amuse. A handy manual of etiquette and parlor games. (The Christian Herald, 1895), by George Henry Sandison (page images at HathiTrust)
The art of amusing. Being a collection of graceful arts (Carleton;, 1867), by Frank Bellew (page images at HathiTrust)
Hone's popular works and everlasting calendar. (Wm. Tegg and Co., 1826), by William Hone (page images at HathiTrust)
Appletons' home books ... (D. Appleton and Co., 1884), by Irenæus P. Davis, Alfred H. Guernsey, Brander Matthews, Emma Whitcomb Babcock, M. E. W. Sherwood, Janet E. Ruutz-Rees, Ella Rodman Church, and Alexander F. Oakey (page images at HathiTrust)
Der junge tausendkünstler. Praktische anleitung zur darstellung leichter und unterhaltender taschenspielerkünste, schattenspiele, puppenkomödien u.s.w. mittels selbstgefertigter apparate (Velhagen & Klasing, 1890), by Max Allihn (page images at HathiTrust)
Boys' handy book of sports, games, pastimes, magic, experiments, etc. "The make and mend club." ... (A. Sibley & co., 1884), by William H. Van Orden (page images at HathiTrust)
The table book of daily recreation and information; concerning remarkable men and manners, times and seasons, solemnities and merrymakings, antiquities and novelties, on the plan of the Every-day book Year book ... forming a complete history of the year; and a perpetual key to the almanac. (W. Tegg and co., 1828), by William Hone (page images at HathiTrust)
Neues Spielbuch für Knaben; eine Auswahl der schönsten Spiele, anregender und unterhaltender Beschäftigungen und Belustigungen im Freien und im Zimmer. (M. Neufeld, 1887), by Jan Daniel Georgens (page images at HathiTrust)
Kurzer Begriff menschlicher Fertigkeiten und Kenntnisse ... (C.G. Hertel, 1778), by Johann Christoph Adelung (page images at HathiTrust)
A plea for amusements (D. Appleton, 1847), by Frederic W. Sawyer and John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection) (page images at HathiTrust)
Laughter and life, a Christian view of amusements (American Sunday School Union, 1915), by Robert Whitaker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Jack of all trades: fair weather ideas (C. Scribner's sons, 1904), by Daniel Carter Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of sports. (Lily, Wait, Colman and Holden, 1834) (page images at HathiTrust)
Les amusemens de la campagne, contenant...tout ce qui peut contribuer à charmer les loisirs de ceux qui habitent la campagne. (Audot, 1826), by A. O. Paulin-Désormeaux (page images at HathiTrust)
How to amuse yourself and others. The American girl's handy book. (C. Scribner's Sons, 1889), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
New ideas for work and play; what a girl can make and do (Scribner's, 1902), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
What to do, and how to do it (C. Scribner's Sons, 1907), by Daniel Carter Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
Eighty good times out of doors (F. H. Revell Co., 1902), by Lilian M. Heath (page images at HathiTrust)
Cassell's complete book of sports and pastimes : being a compendium of out-door and in-door amusements. (Cassell, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
The American girl's home book of work and play. (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902), by Helen Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
The commercialization of leisure (R.G. Badger, 1917), by James Peyton Sizer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Social--to save, a book of suggestions for the social committees of Christian endeavor societies, and for the home circle (United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1895), by Amos Russell Wells (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
"Dame Curtsey's" book of party pastimes for the up-to-date hostess (A.C. McClurg & co., 1912), by Ellye Howell Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
The boy's treasury of sports, pastimes, and recreations (D. Bogue, (Late Tilt and Bogue), 1844), by Samuel Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
Amusements, in the light of reason and Scripture. (American tract society, 1880), by Hiram Collins Haydn (page images at HathiTrust)
Recreation while on the mend in hospitals and at home .... (National recreation association, 1944), by National Recreation Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Home play. (New York, 1945), by National Recreation Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Survey report of Grand Forks youth recreation. ([Bismarck, 1936), by North Dakota. State Planning Board (page images at HathiTrust)
101 ways to entertain your child when recovering from an illness or separated from playmates (Noble and Noble, 1931), by Jane E. Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
The complete party book; etiquette, party plans, menus, recipes, decorations, games and stunts. (Sheridan House, 1948), by Alexander Van Rensselaer (page images at HathiTrust)
Out of a handkerchief (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard co., 1942), by Frances E. Jacobs (page images at HathiTrust)
Home play in wartime. ([New York, 1942), by Virginia W. Musselman and National Recreation Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Serve it buffet (M. Barrows and Company, 1944), by Florence Brobeck (page images at HathiTrust)
Nature and outdoor life ... (University Society, 1927), by New York University Society (page images at HathiTrust)
Every boy's book : a complete encyclopaedia of sports and amusements (G. Routledge, 1876), by J. G. Wood and Edmund Routledge (page images at HathiTrust)
Amusements of Worcester school children ... (J. H. Orpha], 1899), by Thomas Rich Croswell (page images at HathiTrust)
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours (Lee and Shepard, 1905), by A. Neely Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
Girls' make-at-home things (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1912), by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
Boy's make-at-home things (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1912), by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and Marian Elizabeth Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
Kindergarten, painting, plays and home entertainments; a book of amusement and instruction for boys and girls (American book and Bible house, 1900), by Alberta Cline (page images at HathiTrust)
The girl's own book (Clark Austin & co., 1833), by Lydia Maria Child (page images at HathiTrust)
American girl's book: or, Occupation for play hours. (Munroe and Francis;, 1831), by Eliza Leslie (page images at HathiTrust)
Holidays at Aunt Adela's cottage. (B.B. Mussey, 1842), by J.-P. Brès (page images at HathiTrust)
The national encyclopaedia of business and social forms, embracing the laws of etiquette and good society (The National publishing co. [pref., 1881), by James D. McCabe (page images at HathiTrust)
Fun for the household. (The Christian herald, 1897), by Emma J. Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
Bright ideas for entertaining; two hundred forms of amusement or entertaining for social gatherings of all kinds ... (G. W. Jacobs & co., 1905), by Herbert B. Linscott and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (page images at HathiTrust)
What to do and how to do it; the American boy's handy book (C. Scribner's sons, 1903), by Daniel Carter Beard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Boy's own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor and indoor sports. (J. Miller, 1881), by William Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
Parlor amusements : home and social entertainments. (G.W. Carleton, 1878), by Frank Bellew (page images at HathiTrust)
The young man's book of amusement. (W. Milner, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
A calendar of parties (Broadman Press, 1951), by Jack B. Fellows (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Pleasant day diversions (Moffat, Yard, 1916), by Carolyn Wells (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
English literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, being a selection of first and early editions of the works of esteemed authors and book illustrators and books on sports and pastimes (Maggs Bros., 1927), by Maggs Bros. (page images at HathiTrust)
English literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, being a selection of first and early editions of the works of esteemed authors and book illustrators and books on sports and pastimes (Maggs Bros., 1925), by Maggs Bros. (page images at HathiTrust)
How to amuse the children, or Holiday fun for fine and wet days (London, 1901), by Florence White (page images at HathiTrust)
Figurspel. (L. J. Hjerta, 1839) (page images at HathiTrust)
The boy's own book. A complete encyclopedia of all the diversions, athletic, scientific, and recreative of boyhood and youth ... (Lockwood, 1861), by William Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
Little games for travellers (Humphreys, 1913), by Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
The boy's own toy-maker: a practical illustrated guide to the useful employment of leisure hours. With numerous engravings. (D. Appleton, 1860), by Ebenezer Landells (page images at HathiTrust)
New games and amusements for young and old alike. (Doubleday, Page & Company, 1905), by Meredith Nugent and Victor J. Smedley (page images at HathiTrust)
Rhythm and recreation (Abingdon Press, 1920), by Joseph Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
The Thanksgiving book : harvest-time traditions, ceremonies, and entertainment ideas. (National Recreation Association, 1942), by National Recreation Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Amateur amusements. (Hurst & Co., 1878), by professor Lorento (page images at HathiTrust)
American girl's book: or, Occupation for play hours. (Munroe and Francis;, 1831), by Eliza Leslie (page images at HathiTrust)
Amusements in the light of reason, history, and revelation. (Walden and Stowe;, 1882), by Samuel Milton Vernon (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of parties and pastimes (W. Rickey & company, 1912), by Mary Dawson and Emma Paddock Telford (page images at HathiTrust)
Book of riddles and five hundred home amusements : containing a choice and curious collection of riddles, charades, enigmas, rebuses, anagrams, transpositions, conundrums, amusing puzzles, queer sleights, recreations in arithmetic, fireside games, and natural magic, embracing entertaining amusements in magnetism, chemistry, second sight, and simple recreations in science for family and social pastime (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1863), by Wiljalba Frikell and Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
The boy's own book (Munroe and Francis, 1834), by William Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
The boy's own toy-maker: (D. Appleton & company, 1860), by E. Landells (page images at HathiTrust)
"Dance Curtsey's" book of party pastimes for the up-to-date hostess (A. C. McClurg & co., 1912), by Ellye Howell Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
Delightful entertainments, with programmes for amusements, containing parlor games; charming tableaux ... (National pub. co., 1901), by Henry Davenport Northrop (page images at HathiTrust)
De Witt's school "exhibitions." For day and Sunday schools. Being a collection of arranged exercises ... (De Witt, 1883), by Annie E. Chester (page images at HathiTrust)
Dick's parlor exhibitions containing a large and varied collection of elegant home amusements ... (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1882), by William Brisbane Dick (page images at HathiTrust)
Entertainments for all seasons (S. H. Moore & company, 1904), by Louise E. Dew (page images at HathiTrust)
Entertainments for church socials, women's social and charitable organizations, juvenile and young people's societies, and private parties. (Mrs. H. E. Kramer, 1892), by H. E. Kramer (page images at HathiTrust)
Eureka entertainments. Containing a wide variety of new and novel entertainments suitable to all kinds of public and private occasions. (The Penn publishing company, 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)
Eureka entertainments. Containing a wide variety of new and novel entertainments suitable to all kinds of public and private occasions. (The Penn publishing company, 1895) (page images at HathiTrust)
Fun for the household. (The Christian herald, 1897), by Emma J. Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
Games and amusements for everybody. (Coast city publishing co., 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
Games and parties for children (Little, Brown, and company, 1916), by Grace Lee Davison (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Games, pastimes and amusements, for boys and girls (Thompson & Thomas, 1906), by Raymond H. Garman (page images at HathiTrust)
The good crow's happy shop (The Pilgrim press, 1917), by Patten Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
Good times with the Juniors (United society of Christian endeavor, 1915), by Lilian M. Heath (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Good times with the juniors (United society of Christian endeavor, 1904), by Lilian M. Heath (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Handicraft for handy boys; practical plans for work and play, with many ideas for earning money (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1911), by A. Neely Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
Harper's handy-book for girls, ed. (Harper & brothers, 1910), by Anna Parmly Paret (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Harper's outdoor book for boys (Harper & Brothers, 1907), by Joseph H. Adams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Home arts for old and young. (Lee and Shepard;, 1873), by Caroline L. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Home mission handicraft; ideas for work and play in mission bands and junior societies (C. Scribner's Sons, 1908), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
How? or, Spare hours made profitable for boys and girls. (Worthington co., 1887), by Kennedy Holbrook (page images at HathiTrust)
How to entertain an evening party. (Tousey & Small, 1878) (page images at HathiTrust)
How to entertain a social party: a collection of tableaux, games, amusing experiments, diversions, card tricks, parlor magic, philosophical recreations, etc. ... (F. M. Read, 1875) (page images at HathiTrust)
Indoor and outdoor handicraft and recreation for girls (C. Scribner's Sons, 1904), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
The jolly book of funcraft (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1918), by Patten Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
Just for fun (The Griffith and Rowland press, 1916), by Helen Johnson Currier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Lady Hollyhock and her friends; a book of nature dolls and others (The Baker & Taylor Company, 1906), by Margaret Coulson Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
The model book of dreams, fortune teller, and epitome of parlor entertainments (J. R. Hawley & co., 1864), by Henry Temple and Cordelia M. Ottley (page images at HathiTrust)
Modern entertainments (F. M. Lupton, 1898), by Effie Woodward Merriman (page images at HathiTrust)
Money-making entertainments for church and charity (D. McKay, 1915), by Mary Dawson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Money making socials; a collection of novel, original and attractive social affairs (The Hints publishing company, 1901), by Adelaide Westcott Hatch (page images at HathiTrust)
Mother Nature's toy-shop (C. Scribner's sons, 1918), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
My chums in caricature, a burlesque gallery (A. C. McClurg & co., 1909), by Wilbur Herschel Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
One hundred bright ideas (second edition) for social entertainment (Press of A. J. Watt, 1902), by Herbert B. Linscott (page images at HathiTrust)
Our boys; what they can do and how to do it. (Hunt & Eaton;, 1893), by William Stoddart (page images at HathiTrust)
Parlor amusements for the young folks ... (Happy Hours Company, 1876), by George Bradford Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust)
Parlor amusements for the young folks. (J. R. Osgood and company, 1875), by George Bradford Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust)
Phunology: a collection of tried and proved plans for play, fellowship, and profit (Department of Sunday school supplies, Publishing house of the M. E. church, South, 1920), by Elvin Oscar Harbin (page images at HathiTrust)
Pleasant day diversions (Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909), by Carolyn Wells (page images at HathiTrust)
Popular pastimes for field and fireside (M. Bradley & co., 1867), by Caroline L. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Rainy day diversions (Moffat, Yard & company, 1907), by Carolyn Wells (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Rainy day pastimes for children (D. Estes & Company, 1910), by Louise von Palm (page images at HathiTrust)
Recreation and rural health. (Govt. Print. Off., 1920), by Eduard Lindeman (page images at HathiTrust)
Socials (C.H. Sergel & Company, 1891), by Effie Woodward Merriman (page images at HathiTrust)
Socials, games and entertainments; a collection of pleasant entertainments for churches, charitable organizations, Sunday schools, young peoples' societies and the home circle. (Christian endeavor publishing house, 1898), by Foster Arnold (page images at HathiTrust)
Things worth doing and how to do them (Scribner's, 1906), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
Twenty-five new and unique entertainments; especially for church entertainments, the ladies' aid society (The Ladies' aid society publishing co., 1899), by Grace Lillian Hunter (page images at HathiTrust)
What shall we do now? A book of suggestions for children's games and employments (F. A. Stokes company, 1904), by E. V. Lucas and Elizabeth Lucas (page images at HathiTrust)
What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (C. Scribner's sons, 1920), by Daniel Carter Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
When mother lets us give a party; a book that tells little folk how best to entertain and amuse their little friends (Moffat, Yard and company, 1909), by Elsie Duncan Yale (page images at HathiTrust)
Work and play for little girls (Duffield & company, 1912), by Hedwig Levi (page images at HathiTrust)
Bailes y juegos : diversiones varias para entretenimiento y recreo de las tertulias y sociedades ... por un aficionado. Ilustrda [!] con 23 grabados. (Hijos de Cuesta, Sucesor: L. Santos, 1918), by Luís Santos and Aficionado (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Oracles from the poets: a fanciful diversion for the drawingroom (Wiley and Putnam, 1844), by Caroline Howard Gilman and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (page images at HathiTrust)
Boy's own book. (David Bogue, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
Oracles from the poets : a fanciful diversion for the drawing room (H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1852), by Caroline Howard Gilman (page images at HathiTrust)
The art of amusing; a collection of graceful arts, games, tricks, puzzles, and charades. (Chatto & Windus, 1877), by Frank Bellew (page images at HathiTrust)
Fireside amusements. (Chambers, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
Boy's own book extended; a complete encyclopedia of all athletic, scientific, recreative, outdoor and indoor, exercises and diversions. (C.S. Francis and Co., 1855), by William Clarke and Thomas Picton (page images at HathiTrust)
Popular pastimes for field and fireside; or, Amusements for young and old. (M. Bradley & Co., 1867), by Caroline L. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Sports and pastimes for in-doors and out. (G.W. Cottrell, 1863), by George W. Cottrell, Oliver Optic, and J. Mayer & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
Complete encyclopædia of sports and amusements. (G. Routledge & Co. Farringdon Street [London] ..., 1855), by J. G. Wood, George Dalziel, Edward Dalziel, Harrison Weir, and William Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
The art of amusing : being a collection of graceful arts, merry games, odd tricks, curious puzzles, and new charades, together with suggestions for private theatricals, tableaux, and all sorts of parlor and family amusements (Carleton ;, 1867), by Frank Bellew and Warshaw Collection of Business Americana (page images at HathiTrust)
The boy's own book : a complete encyclopedia of all the diversions, athletic, scientific, and recreative, of boyhood and youth. (Morton & Griswold, 1854), by William Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
Parties and stunts around the year (The Womans press, 1923), by Era Betzner (page images at HathiTrust)
The birch-bark roll of woodcraft (A.S. Barnes and company [etc., etc.], 1900), by Ernest Thompson Seton and Woodcraft League of America (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Oracles from the poets : a fanciful diversion for the drawing-room (Wiley and Putnam, 1845), by Caroline Howard Gilman (page images at HathiTrust)
Music and public entertainment (Hall and Locke, 1911), by Horatio W. Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
Manual of the Woodcraft Indians : the fourteenth Birchbark roll, containing their constitution, laws, and deeds, and much additional matter (Doubleday, Page & Co., 1915), by Ernest Thompson Seton (page images at HathiTrust)
Camp and outing activities (Association press, 1920), by Frank H. Cheley, G. Cornelius Baker, and Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. International Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
"Dame Curtsey's" book of novel entertainments for every day in the year (A. C. McClurg & co., 1911), by Ellye Howell Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
"Dame Curtsey's" book of party pastimes for the up-to-date hostess (A.C. McClurg & co., 1914), by Ellye Howell Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
Amateur mechanics; a book for old and young who like to make things ... (Popular mechanics, 1909) (page images at HathiTrust)
Pleasant day diversions (M.A. Donohue, 1909), by Carolyn Wells (page images at HathiTrust)
The boy's own book; a complete encyclopedia of all athletic, scientific, recreative, outdoor and indoor exercises and diversions. (C.S. Francis, 1857), by William Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
Entertainments for every occasion ... (Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, 1909), by Lucy A. Yendes, Walter F. A. Brown, and Louise E. Dew (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Boy's own book; complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor and indoor sports. (T.R. Knox, 1884), by William Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
The magician's own book, or, The whole art of conjuring. : Being a complete hand-book of parlor magic, and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, together with all the most noted tricks of modern performers. The whole illustrated with over 500 wood cuts, and intended as a source of amusement for one thousand and one evenings. (Dick & Fitzgerald, publishers, no. 18 Ann Street, 1857), by John Wyman, Henry Llewellyn Williams, Wiljalba Frikell, Frank Cahill, and George Arnold (page images at HathiTrust)
Christmas entertainment (E.L. Kellogg & co., 1897), by Alice Maude Kellogg (page images at HathiTrust)
Amusements, in the light of reason and Scripture. (American tract society, 1880), by Hiram Collins Haydn (page images at HathiTrust)
Three hundred games & pastimes, or, What shall we do now? : a book of suggestions for children's games and employments (MacMillan, 1903), by E. V. Lucas and Elizabeth Lucas (page images at HathiTrust)
Social evenings : a collection of pleasant entertainments for Christian Endeavor societies and the home circle (United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1894), by Amos R. Wells (page images at HathiTrust)
Merry's book of puzzles ; Robert Merry's second book of puzzles ; Robert Merry's book of rhymes (Thomas O'Kane, in the 19th century), by J. N. Stearns and Robert Merry (page images at HathiTrust)
Sports that kill (Harper & Brothers, 1875), by T. De Witt Talmage (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité des tournois, joustes, carrousels, et autres spectacles publics. (Chez Jacques Muguet ..., 1669), by Claude-François Menestrier (page images at HathiTrust)
Histoire des jouets : ouvrage contenant 250 illustrations dans le texte et 100 gravures hors texte dont 50 planches coloriées à l'aquarelle (Librairie Hachette & Cie, 1902), by Henry René d' Allemagne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The book of parties and pastimes (David McKay, 1912), by Mary Dawson and Emma Paddock Telford (page images at HathiTrust)
Northern meeting, 1852 Friday night ball. (s.n., 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
Loan portrait exhibition military night, April 10th, 1899. (s.n., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Loan portrait exhibition Irish night, April 11th, 1899. (s.n., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Loan portrait exhibition French night, April 12th, 1899. (s.n., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Loan portrait exhibition Italian night, April 14th, 1899. (s.n., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Loan portrait exhibition Japanese night, April 5th, 1899. (s.n., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Annual social for the benefit of Clarence Street Presbyterian Church Sabbath School, will be held on Tuesday evening, February 25 Rev. Dr. Proudfoot in the chair .. (s.n., 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
The Bachelors of Hamilton request the honour of Mr. Harris' [company a]t the Anglo-American H[otel] on Friday evening, 20th Feb., 1857, at 9 o' clock ... (s.n., 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)
Church buildings on Thursday and Friday evenings, December 17th & 18th, 1868 (s.n., 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
Exhibiting at Malhiot's Hotel Calvin Edson, the living skeleton. (s.n., in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
By particular request!! Mr. John Mills of Saint John, whose originality as a public reader .. (s.n., 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
The Last three days! of Signor Blitz! at the Mechanics' Institute Thursday, Friday, & Saturday evenings, 3d, 4th and 5th June, and on Saturday afternoon, great and marvellous attractions! .. (s.n., 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
Guess a number a most laughable game, a fortune teller intended as a source of amusement for parties and the social circle. (s.n., 1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
Amusements for youth a lecture delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association, Halifax, December, 1857 (J. Barnes, 1857), by Robert Sedgewick (page images at HathiTrust)
Loan portrait exhibition children's matinee, April 15th, 1899, at 3 p.m. (s.n., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The exploitation of pleasure : a study of commercial recreations in New York city (Dept. of child hygiene of the Russell Sage foundation, 1911), by Michael M. Davis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A practical recreation manual for schools (State printing dept.], 1914), by L. H. Weir, Stella Walker Durham, and Oregon. Department of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
"Dame Curtsey's" book of novel entertainments for every day in the year (A. C. McClurg, 1908), by Ellye Howell Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
Religion and amusement : an essay, delivered at the International Convention of Young Men's Christian Associations, held in Albany, N.Y., June 1st, 1866 (Wm. H. Young, 1866), by Marvin Richardson Vincent and N.Y.) Young Men's Christian Associations. International Convention (1866 : Albany (page images at HathiTrust)
"Come posso divertirmi" piccola enciclopedia di giuochi e passatempi per giovani ed adulti (Hoepli, 1922), by Jacopo Gelli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
American home book of indoor games (Lee and Shepard;, 1872), by Caroline L. Smith and John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection) (page images at HathiTrust)
Fagots for the fireside; one hundred and fifty games and amusements for evenings at home and social parties. (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1895), by Lucretia P. Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
American girl's handy book. (C. Scribner's sons, 1898), by Lina Beard, Adelia B. Beard, and Charles Scribner's Sons (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Feste, giuochi e spettacoli (Tip. del R. Istituto Sordo-muti, 1874), by Gerolamo Boccardo (page images at HathiTrust)
Church sociables and entertainments (Doubleday, Page, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)
Sports, pastimes and physical culture. (Twentieth Century Self Culture Association, 1907), by A. S. Draper and Charles Welsh (page images at HathiTrust)
When mother lets us play (Moffat, Yard, 1911), by Angela M. Keyes and Ada Budell (page images at HathiTrust)
In and out door games, with suggestions for entertainments. (Sully and Kleinteich, 1904), by Florence Kingsland (page images at HathiTrust)
Modern entertainments. (F. M. Lupton, 1898), by Effie Woodward Merriman, J. B. Buckstone, and Johannsen Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
What shall we do now? : a book of suggestions for children's games and employments (Grant Richards, 1900), by E. V. Lucas, Elizabeth Lucas, and Grant Richards Ltd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
American boy's handy book. (Scribner, 1888), by Daniel Carter Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
The boy's own book : a complete encyclopaedia of sports and pastimes, athletic, scientific, and recreative. (Crosby Lockwood, 1885), by William Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
Camp and outing activities. (Association press, 1920), by Frank H. Cheley and G. Cornelius Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
Parlor amusements; or,the art of entertaining, being a volume intended to amuse everybody and enabling all to amuse everybody else. Home amusements... (G. W. Carleton & co., 1879), by Frank Bellew (page images at HathiTrust)
Jeux. (Belin, 1900), by Henry René d' Allemagne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
"Dame Curtsey's" book of novel entertainments for every day in the year (Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., 1916., 1916), by Ellye Howell Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
Home arts for old and young (Lee and Shepard ;, 1873), by Caroline L. Smith, Shepard & Dillingham Lee, and Lee and Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)
Every girl's book : a compendium of entertaining amusements, for recreation in home circles (Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860), by John Leighton, Louisa Lawford, Dalziel Brothers, Cox (Bros.) and Wyman, and Warne Routledge (page images at HathiTrust)
Jeux de socie te ; jeux d'esprit et d'improvisation; jeux de salon, patiences, jeux divers, rondes et danses de socie te (Garnier, 1903), by L de Valaincourt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Social evenings : a collection of pleasant entertainments for Christian endeavor societies and the home circle (United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1902), by Amos R. Wells (page images at HathiTrust)
Entertainments for home, church and school (Christian Herald Bible House, 1910), by Frederica Seeger and Theodore Waters (page images at HathiTrust)
Indoor and outdoor recreations for girls. (C. Scribner's sons, 1906), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
Play and recreation in a town of 6000 : (a recreation survey of Ipswich, Massachusetts) (Dept. of Recreation, Russell Sage Foundation, 1915), by Howard R. Knight (page images at HathiTrust)
Humoristisches Museum : Eine Auswahl der neuesten und besten komischen Gedichte und humoristischen Aufsa tze in Prosa, welche sich besonders zu vortra gen in geselligen Kreisen, sowie zu Selbst-Unterhaltung eignen : Nebst einem Anhange : soherzhafte Ra thselfragen enthaltend. (Berlin, in the 1870s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Bunkum entertainments : being a collection of original laughable skits on conjuring, physiognomy, juggling, performing fleas ... etc., to which are added humorous sketches, whimsical recitals, and drawing-room comedies. (L.U. Gill, 1895), by Robert Ganthony (page images at HathiTrust)
What to do and how to do it : the American boy's handy book (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882), by Daniel Carter Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
Holidays at the grange : or, A week's delight : games and stories for parlor and fireside (Porter & Coates, 1886), by Emily Mayer Higgins (page images at HathiTrust)
The sociable, or, One thousand and one home amusements : containing acting proverbs, dramatic charades, acting charades, or drawing-room pantomimes, musical burlesques, tableaux vivants, parlor games, games of action, forfeits, science in sport, and parlor magic, and a choice collection ofcurious mental and mechanical puzzles, &c., &c. : illustrated with nearly three hundred engravings and diagrams, the whole being a fund of never-endingentertainment (Dick & Fitzgerald Publishers, 1858), by George Arnold and Frank Cahill (page images at HathiTrust)
The handy boy; a modern handy book of practical and profitable pastimes (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard co., 1913), by A. Neely Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
Public recreation .... (Madison, 1915), by Richard Henry Edwards and University of Wisconsin. University Extension Division. Department of general information and welfare (page images at HathiTrust)
Social activities for men and boys (Young men's Christian Association Press, 1919), by A. M. Chesley (page images at HathiTrust)
Fairs and fetes (D. Estes & company, 1912), by Caroline French Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
The lady's oracle : an elegant pastime for social parties and the family circle (H.C. Peck & T. Bliss, 1860), by Henrietta Dumont (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue of the extensive dramatic collection of the late James H. Brown, esq., of Malden, Mass. Comprising a valuable collection of works relating to the history of the stage in all its branches ... To be sold by auction ... (Boston, 1898), by James H. Brown and C.F. Libbie & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of children's parties (The Century co., 1911), by Mary White and Sara White (page images at HathiTrust)
Summer "stunts"; twenty-two suggestion for joyous inexpensive community service activities. (Playground and Recreation Association of American, 1920), by Charles Frederick Weller (page images at HathiTrust)
The drawing-room entertainer. A practical guide to the art of amateur and semi-professional entertaining, with instruction in conjuring, ventriloquism, vocal and instrumental mimicry, etc. (Pearson, 1922), by Cecil Henry Bullivant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Survey form of the Recreation subcommittee, March, 1942. ([publisher not identified], 1942), by Minnesota. Office of Civilian Defense. Welfare Defense Advisory Committee. Recreation and Physical Education Section and Minnesota. State Defense Council (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Parties and entertainments; novel suggestions for social occasions. (Brewer, Barse & co., 1907), by Paul Pierce (page images at HathiTrust)
How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890), by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (page images at HathiTrust)
Enjoy your children. (Abingdon Press, 1959), by Lucille E. Hein (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Hilarious stunts (Franklin, O., 1946), by Harry Wright Githens (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Three hundred games & pastimes : or, What shall we do now? : a book of suggestions for children's games and employments (Macmillan, 1929), by E. V. Lucas and Elizabeth Lucas (page images at HathiTrust)
Recreation manual. ([publisher not identified], 1935), by Minnesota Emergency Relief Administration. Department of Leisure Time (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Recreational manual. ([publisher not identified], 1935), by Minnesota Emergency Relief Administration. Department of Leisure Time (page images at HathiTrust)
Outdoor activities for in-town groups ([publisher not identified], 1948), by Rafter Crafters and Margaret Chapman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Psychological aspects related to play .. (Printed by R.S. Grosse Print Shop, 1931), by Henry Cremer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Camp recreations and pageants (Association Press, 1927), by Mari Ruef Hofer (page images at HathiTrust)
Treasure hunting; a game for everybody (G.P. Putnam's sons, 1925), by John F. Gowen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Up-to-date social affairs (G. W. Jacobs & company, 1924), by Hilda Bates Linscott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Eureka entertainments : Containing a wide variety of new and novel entertainments suitable to all kinds of public and private occasions. (Penn, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of hobbies; or, A guide to happiness (Minton, Balch & company, 1924), by Charles William Taussig and Theodore Arthur Meyer (page images at HathiTrust)
Modified activities in physical education. (Inor publishing company, inc., 1945), by Doreen Foote (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Euphrasia; Taschenbuch für gesellschaftliches Spiel und Vernügen. (F.W. Goedsche, 1828), by Carl Hermann Fröhlich (page images at HathiTrust)
The giant book of family fun and games. (F. Watts, 1958), by Jack Tedford (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Having a party (Revell, 1936), by Louise Price Bell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Practical parties (The Womans press, 1926), by Ella Shannon. Mrs Bowles (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Riddles and drawing-room magic : humor for quick and dull wits (Laird & Lee, 1907), by George Schorb (page images at HathiTrust)
Fun for boys and girls (Greenberg, 1942), by Robert Cleveland (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Three hundred things a bright boy can do. (S.Low, Marston & co., 1910) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Cassell's Book of in-door amusements, card games and fireside fun : 1881 (Cassell, 1973), by Cassell & Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Boy's own book : a complete encyclopedia of all athletic, scientific, recreative, outdoor and indoor exercises and diversions (Munroe and Francis, 1851), by William Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
Mental photographs : an album for confessions of tastes, habits, and convictions (New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1881., 1881), by Robert Saxton (page images at HathiTrust)
Let's have a good time; a plan book for successful socials (The Standard Pub. Co., 1938), by Olive Cameron (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Just stunts for every occasion (The Willis N. Bugbee co., 1927), by Willis N. Bugbee (page images at HathiTrust)
Kartoffel-Komödien Abteilung III (Eduard Bloch, 1927), by Georg Sédouard-Runsky (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Recreation handbook for group leaders (University of Tennessee, Division of university extension, 1944), by Catherine Louise Allen and Albert Watt Hobt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Nutty stunts : one of the Bugbee famous stunt series (W.N. Bugbee Co., 1937), by Willis N. Bugbee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The birch bark roll of woodcraft ([A. S. Barnes], 1927), by Ernest Thompson Seton and Woodcraft League of America (page images at HathiTrust)
Jeux et jouets du jeune âge : choix de récréations amusantes & instructives (Paris : G. Masson, éditeur, [1884?], 1884), by Gaston Tissandier and Albert Tissandier (page images at HathiTrust)
Sitting pretty; a manual for baby sitters. (Distributed by the Indiana State Board of Health and the Indiana Department of Public Instruction, 1950), by Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers, Jean Baldwin McCammon, Indiana State Board of Health, and Indiana. State Board of Education (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Three hundered games and pastimes; or, What shall we do now? A book of suggestions for children's games and employments (Macmillan company, 1903), by E. V. Lucas and Elizabeth Lucas (page images at HathiTrust)
Mother Goose, The Lawrence. (Lee and Shepard;, 1878), by E. D. Kendall, Charles Thomas Dillingham, Boston Stereotype Foundry, and Lee and Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of manly games for boys. A practical guide to the indoor and outdoor amusements of all seasons. (W. Tegg, 1873), by George Frederick Pardon (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of entertainments and theatricals (R.M. McBride & Company, 1923), by Helena Smith Dayton and Louise Bascom Barratt (page images at HathiTrust)
The fun book; stunts for every month of the year (George H. Doran Company, 1923), by Edna Geister (page images at HathiTrust)
Stunt night tonight!. (New York : Smith, 1930., 1930), by Catherine Atkinson Miller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A study of parks, parkways and recreational areas, state of Washington. ([Olympia], 1939), by Washington State Planning Council and United States National Park Service (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Recreational games and programs (New York City : The Association, [1936?], 1936), by John A. Martin and Playground and Recreation Association of America (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
It pays to play (The Womans Press, 1945), by Mollie Heath Conn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Parties plus : stunts and entertainments (New York : National Recreation Association, 1950., 1950), by Ethel Bowers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
American boy's treasury of sports, hobbies, and games (Grosset & Dunlap, 1945), by Stanley Pashko (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On pastimes and amusements of the Japanese. ([London, 1899), by Charlotte Maria Birch Salwey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The modern handy book for boys (Greenberg, 1933), by John Ernest Bechdolt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Lady Hollyhock (Doubleday, 1917), by Margaret Coulson Walker and Mary Isabel Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
Social activities for men and boys. (New York : Assoc. Press, 1913., 1913), by A. M. Chesley (page images at HathiTrust)
Yuletide entertainments : $b Christmas recitations, monologues, drills, tableaux, motion songs, exercises, dialogues and plays, by Ellen M. Willard (Gutenberg ebook)
Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book: Three Parts in One Volume, ed. by A. Cyril Pearson (Gutenberg ebook)
Home Fun, by Cecil Henry Bullivant (Gutenberg ebook)
Holiday Frolics; Or, Endless Amusement for the Christmas Fireside: Containing, the Most Astonishing Feats of Legerdemain, and Astounding Conjurings; Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Tricks With Cards & Dice. Art of Making Fireworks; Together With an Excellent Collection of Puzzles, Conundrums, Riddles, Charades, &c. &c. The Whole Admirably Calculated to Beguile the Leisure Hours of Our Holiday Friends. Embellished With a Copper-plate Engraving (Gutenberg ebook)
Boys' Make-at-Home Things, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and Marian Elizabeth Bailey (Gutenberg ebook)
New Ideas for Work and Play: What a Girl Can Make and Do, by Adelia B. Beard and Lina Beard (Gutenberg ebook)
Good Times with the Juniors, by Lilian M. Heath (Gutenberg ebook)
Harper's Outdoor Book for Boys, by Joseph H. Adams (Gutenberg ebook)
Home Amusements, by M. E. W. Sherwood (Gutenberg ebook)
Home Entertaining: Amusements for Every One, by William Eastman Chenery (Gutenberg ebook)
Home Arts for Old and Young, by Caroline L. Smith (Gutenberg ebook)
The Puzzle King: Amusing arithmetic, book-keeping blunders, commercial comicalities, curious "catches", peculiar problems, perplexing paradoxes, quaint questions, queer quibbles, school stories, interesting items, tricks with figures, cards, draughts, dice, dominoes, etc., etc., etc., by John Scott (Gutenberg ebook)
Popular Pastimes for Field and Fireside, or Amusements for young and old, by Caroline L. Smith (Gutenberg ebook)
Fun for the Household: A Book of Games, by Emma J. Gray (Gutenberg ebook)
How? or, Spare Hours Made Profitable for Boys and Girls, by Kennedy Holbrook (Gutenberg ebook)
How to Behave and How to Amuse: A Handy Manual of Etiquette and Parlor Games, by George H. Sandison (Gutenberg ebook)
New Ideas for American Boys; The Jack of All Trades, by Daniel Carter Beard (Gutenberg ebook)
The Good Crow's Happy Shop, by Patten Beard (Gutenberg ebook)
Lady Hollyhock and Her Friends: A Book of Nature Dolls and Others, by Margaret Coulson Walker, illust. by Mary Isabel Hunt (Gutenberg ebook)
When Mother Lets Us Give a Party: A book that tells little folk how best to entertain and amuse their little friends, by Elsie Duncan Yale, illust. by Ada Budell (Gutenberg ebook)
Cassell's Book of In-door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside Fun (Gutenberg ebook)
Things Worth Doing and How To Do Them, by Adelia B. Beard and Lina Beard (Gutenberg ebook)
Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do, ed. by Harold Armitage (Gutenberg ebook)
Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing Room, ed. by Caroline Howard Gilman (Gutenberg ebook)
The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index, by Cheshire Lowton Boone (Gutenberg ebook)
Mother Nature's Toy-Shop, by Adelia B. Beard and Lina Beard (Gutenberg ebook)
Bright Ideas for Entertaining, by Herbert B. Linscott (Gutenberg ebook)
The Boy Craftsman: Practical and Profitable Ideas for a Boy's Leisure Hours, by A. Neely Hall, illust. by N. P. Hall (Gutenberg ebook)
Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls, by Adelia B. Beard and Lina Beard (Gutenberg ebook)
Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopædia of Sports and Amusements, ed. by Edmund Routledge (Gutenberg ebook)
The Art of Amusing: Being a Collection of Graceful Arts, Merry Games, Odd Tricks, Curious Puzzles, and New Charades. Together with Suggestions for Private Theatricals, Tableaux, and All Sorts of Parlor and Family Amusements., by Frank Bellew (Gutenberg ebook)
Home Occupations for Boys and Girls, by B. Johnston (Gutenberg ebook)
What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (Gutenberg ebook)
Cupology: How to Be Entertaining, by Clara (Gutenberg ebook)
Little Folks' Handy Book, by Adelia B. Beard and Lina Beard (Gutenberg ebook)
Recreation by Viscount Grey of Fallodon, K.G., by Edward Grey Grey of Fallodon (Gutenberg ebook)
Fireside games for winter evening amusement (New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1859), by Wiljalba Frikell and Dick & Fitzgerald (page images at Florida)
Round games for all parties (London: David Bogue, 1854), by David Bogue and Petter and Galpin (page images at Florida)

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