SPORTS BOOKS

With the summer weather come thoughts of outdoors ... and outdoor sports.  So volunteers spent some time this week looking for Bullis books on that subject.  Here's what we found.

For those of you interested in activities for young men, we suggest you take a look at:

Athletic Sports and Recreations for Boys

by J. G. Wood, 

published in London & New York,  Routledge & Warren, 1861

However, if you're an adult who likes the outdoors, you might want to spend some time with these books, the first of which was written by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains

by Theodore Roosevelt

published in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905 (c. 1885)

Wild Northern Scenes: or, Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod

by S. H. Hammond

published in Philadelphia by John E. Potter & Co, 1863

And for those of you who are very adventuresome, this may be the book for you.

Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and Discoveries, during

four years' wanderings in the wilds of  southwestern Africa.

by Karl Johann Andersson

published in New York by Harper & Brothers, 1856

Happy reading!  

ATHLETIC SPORTS AND RECREATIONS FOR BOYS

The title of this post is also the title of a Bullis Collection book by J. G. Wood published in London in 1861.

It's really a neat book. Lots of illustrations (125 to be exact) that show how to properly execute a wide variety of games. There are chapters on:

Cricket, Croquet, Gymnastics

Knock-Em Down, Lawn Billiards, Broadsword

Archery, Fencing, Skating

Riding, Rowing, Sailing, Swimming

So if your son or grandson is getting a bit bored as summer vacation draws to a close, we suggest stopping by the Bullis Room and looking through this book to get some new ideas on some old games. And you might even find a game that is new to him, even though it's been around for more than 150 years.