Sports & Hobbies

Games, field sports and the crafts people fill their evenings with — the manuals and the memoirs, from Xenophon on horsemanship to Babe Ruth on hitting.

• The Horsewoman Alice M. Hayes
• Chess Fundamentals José Raúl Capablanca
• Auction of To-day Milton C. Work
• The School of Recreation R. H.
• The Complete Golfer Harry Vardon
• Encyclopedia of Needlework Thérèse de Dillmont
• Boy Scouts Handbook Boy Scouts of America
• Handwork in Wood William Noyes
• Woodwork Joints William Fairham
• Knots, Splices and Rope Work A. Hyatt Verrill
• The Blue Book of Chess Howard Staunton
• The Book of Sports William Martin
• Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book Various
• Lady Cadogan’s Illustrated Games of Solitaire Adelaide Cadogan
• The Magician’s Own Book George Arnold & Frank Cahill
• Strength and How to Obtain It Eugen Sandow
• How to Get Strong and How to Stay So William Blaikie
• Sleight of Hand Edwin Sachs
• Elementary Cryptanalysis Helen Fouché Gaines
• Little Wars H. G. Wells
• Foster’s Complete Hoyle R. F. Foster
• The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England Joseph Strutt
• Games for All Occasions Mary E. Blain
• Exercises in Knitting Cornelia Mee
• A Book for All Readers Ainsworth Rand Spofford
• On Horsemanship Xenophon
• Cassell’s Book of In-door Amusements Various
• Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals E. Norman Gardiner
• The Teesdale Angler R. Lakeland
• The Game of Go Arthur Smith
• Mr. Punch’s Book of Sport Various
• Cricket A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton
• Mountain Craft Geoffrey Winthrop Young
• Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Jessie H. Bancroft
• Carpentry for BoysJames Slough Zerbe
• The Compleat Angler Izaak Walton
• Football Days William H. Edwards
• The Boy Craftsman A. Neely Hall
• Carpentry and Woodwork Edwin W. Foster
• The Sportsman Xenophon
• Wood-working for Beginners Charles G. Wheeler
• Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet Anonymous
• Book-Plates W. J. Hardy
• The Exploits and Triumphs of Paul Morphy Frederick Milnes Edge
• The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri Taymur Mirza
• Modern Billiards Benjamin Garno
• Chats on Postage Stamps Fred J. Melville
• The Workwoman’s Guide Anonymous
• Knuckles and Gloves Bohun Lynch
• What Shall We Do Now? Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• Tales of Fishes Zane Grey
• Steel Traps A. R. Harding
• Working in Metals Charles Conrad Sleffel
• Chats on Autographs A. M. Broadley
• The Pleasures of Collecting Gardner C. Teall
• Fishing with the Fly Charles F. Orvis
• Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery Clifton A. Howes
• Boat-Building and Boating Daniel Carter Beard
• Camping for Boys H. W. Gibson
• The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It Walter Winans
• A Mirror of the Turf James Glass Bertram
• Dog Breaking W. N. Hutchinson
• The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft Daniel Carter Beard
• Boating W. B. Woodgate
• Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls Lina Beard
• The Romance of Book-Collecting J. Herbert Slater
• Broad-Sword and Single-Stick R. G. Allanson-Winn & C. Phillipps-Wolley
• American Football Walter Camp
• Going Afoot Bayard H. Christy
• The Cross Word Puzzle Book: Second Series Various
• The Book of the Sailboat A. Hyatt Verrill
• Boat Sailing in Fair Weather and Foul A. J. Kenealy
• Motor Camping J. C. Long & John D. Long
• Riding and Driving for Women Belle Beach
• The Golf Courses of the British Isles Bernard Darwin
• A Manual of Mending and Repairing Charles Godfrey Leland
• The Art of Entertaining M. E. W. Sherwood
• Pedestrianism Walter Thom
• A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle Juliana Berners
• Home-Made Toys for Girls and Boys A. Neely Hall
• Bright Ideas for Entertaining Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott
• Superior Fishing Robert Barnwell Roosevelt
• Pitching in a Pinch Christy Mathewson
• Making Tin Can Toys Edward Thatcher
• Practical Bookbinding Paul Adam
• The Devil’s Picture-Books Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer
• The Horse and His Rider Francis Bond Head
• Library Bookbinding Arthur L. Bailey
• Things Worth Doing and How to Do Them Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard
• Rowing R. C. Lehmann
• The Jack of All Trades Dan Beard
• Magic Ellis Stanyon
• Wolf and Coyote Trapping A. R. Harding
• Alpine Notes and the Climbing Foot George Wherry
• Hunting Dogs Oliver Hartley
• How to Make Sock Toys Edna Clapper
• Walker’s Manly Exercises Donald Walker
• Rarey’s Art of Taming Horses John Solomon Rarey
• Wrestling and Wrestlers Jacob Robinson & Sidney Gilpin
• Favorite Fish and Fishing James A. Henshall
• The Art of Fencing Monsieur L’Abbat
• Illustrated Horse Breaking M. Horace Hayes
• The Complete English Wing Shot G. T. Teasdale-Buckell
• Fishing and Shooting Sketches Grover Cleveland
• Rustic Carpentry Various
• Secrets of the Sword Baron de Bazancourt
• The Eton College Hunt Anthony Crossley
• Billiards William Broadfoot
• The Ladies’ Work-Table Book Anonymous
• Building and Flying an Aeroplane Charles B. Hayward
• The Ladies’ Work-Book Anonymous
• Lawn Tennis for Ladies Dorothea Lambert Chambers
• Fishing in British Columbia Thomas Wilson Lambert
• The Forest Stewart Edward White
• History of the Postage Stamps of the United States John K. Tiffany
• Amid the High Hills Hugh Fraser
• Chess History and Reminiscences H. E. Bird
• Kitecraft and Kite Tournaments Charles M. Miller
• How to Form a Library Henry B. Wheatley
• The Apiary Alfred Neighbour
• Camp and Trail Stewart Edward White
• Hand-Loom Weaving Mattie Phipps Todd
• How to Behave and How to Amuse George H. Sandison
• Pleasures of the Telescope Garrett P. Serviss
• Knitting, Crochet, and Netting Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière
• A Ball Player’s Career Adrian C. Anson
• In the Riding-School G. Hamlin
• The Art of Juggling or Legerdemain Samuel Rid
• Hand Made Furniture and How to Make It Albert G. Glidden
• Science of Trapping Elmer Harry Kreps
• Harness Making Paul N. Hasluck
• How to Fold Napkins Anonymous
• Sporting Dogs Frank Townend Barton
• Fisherman’s Luck Henry van Dyke
• Fifty Years of Golf Horace G. Hutchinson
• The American HorsewomanElizabeth Karr
• Harper’s Indoor Book for Boys Joseph H. Adams
• Association Football, and How To Play It John Cameron
• Cedar Chests: How to Make Them Ralph Flagg Windoes
• Fishing with a Worm Bliss Perry
• Building a Championship Football Team Paul W. Bryant
• Ski-Runs in the High Alps F. F. Roget
• Model Aeroplanes F. J. Camm
• Second Sight Secrets and Mechanical Magic Herman Pinetti
• Lines in Pleasant Places William Senior
• Cycle Rides Round London Charles G. Harper
• Helps and Hints for Hallowe’en Laura Rountree Smith
• Studies in the Art of Rat-catching H. C. Barkley
• My Knitting Book Miss Lambert
• The Young Lady’s Equestrian Manual Anonymous
• Book Repair and Restoration Mitchell S. Buck
• The Woman and the Car Dorothy Levitt
• Riding Recollections G. J. Whyte-Melville
• Ground Tumbling Henry Walter Worth
• Stamp Collecting as a Pastime Edward J. Nankivell
• New Method of Horsemanship François Baucher
• Babe Ruth’s Own Book of Baseball Babe Ruth
• The Spirit of the Links Henry Leach
• Knitting Marie Louise Kerzman
• My Crochet Sampler Frances Lambert
• Horsemanship for Women Theodore H. Mead
• How to Catalogue a Library Henry B. Wheatley
• Toy-Making at Home Morley Adams
• The Cricket Field James Pycroft
• Winter Sports in Switzerland E. F. Benson
• Woodcraft E. H. Kreps
• Swimming Scientifically Taught Frank Eugen Dalton
• Handicraft for Boys A. Frederick Collins
• Boys’ Book of Model Boats Raymond F. Yates
• History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 John Lawrence O’Connor
• Wild Northern Scenes S. H. Hammond
• How to Camp Out John M. Gould
• Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches David Drummond Bone
• The Tent Dwellers Albert Bigelow Paine
• Handbook of Summer Athletic Sports Various
• Toy Craft Leon H. Baxter
• Sailing E. F. Knight
• Indian Scout Talks Charles A. Eastman
• Taxidermy Leon L. Pray
• The Laws and Principles of Whist Cavendish
• Latest Magic Professor Hoffmann
• The Experienced Angler Robert Venables
• Fox Trapping A. R. Harding
• Bridge: Its Principles and Rules of Play J. B. Elwell
• Hindu Magic Hereward Carrington
• How to Fence Aaron A. Warford
• Hunting Sketches Anthony Trollope
• Squash Tennis Richard C. Squires
• Water Wizardry Arthur Ainslie
• Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs P. H. Ditchfield
• Base-ball Ballads Grantland Rice
• Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs J. Herbert Slater
• Brook and River Trouting Harfield H. Edmonds and Norman N. Lee
• Athletics and Games of the Ancient Greeks Edward M. Plummer
• The Horse’s Friend O. S. Pratt
• Massage & Exercises Combined Albrecht Jensen
• Tracks and Tracking Josef Brunner
• True Tales of Mountain Adventures Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond
• Home-Made Toy Motors Alfred Powell Morgan
• Scouting for Girls Robert Baden-Powell
• The Ladies’ Complete Guide to Crochet Ann S. Stephens
• The Handy Horse-Book Maurice Hartland Mahon
• Healthful Sports for Boys Alfred Rochefort Calhoun
• How? Spare Hours Made Profitable Kennedy Holbrook
• How to Swim James H. Sterrett
• The Young Mechanic James Lukin
• Packing and Portaging Dillon Wallace
• Bicycling for Ladies Maria E. Ward
• How to Do Mechanical Tricks A. Anderson
• The Private Library Arthur Lee Humphreys
• The Art of Amusing Frank Bellew
• Hippodrome Skating Book Charlotte Oelschlager
• Old Sports and Sportsmen John Randall
• The Postage Stamp in War Fred J. Melville
• Boy Bird House Architecture Leon H. Baxter
• The Art of Lawn Tennis William T. Tilden
• Foot-ball Montague Shearman and James Edmund Vincent
• The Game-Birds of the Northern States Robert Barnwell Roosevelt