Block:"Base Ball" Named as "old-fashioned" in 1821 Bo
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| Data | The game of "Base Ball" is itemized among a footnoted list of additional amusements for young children in a book devoted to their education: "A few others, old-fashioned, it is true, but ever interesting to childhood, may be added. Blind man's buff; Puss in the corner; Questions and Commands; Forfeits; My Lady's Toilette; Hunt the Slipper; Prison Bars; Base Ball; Hide and Seek; Cross Questions; and Riddles; but these last should be selected with great care for tender and innocent minds.” |
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| Sources | Early Education; or, The Management of Children Considered with a View to Their Future Character, by Miss (Elizabeth) Appleton, London, 1821, G. and W.B. Whittaker, p. 384 |
| Block Notes | Elsewhere in the book, on page 213, the author comments that the game of "bat and ball" is an appropriate sport for little boys and girls. |
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