This book is an attempt to provide in one volume a wide variety of ideas of interesting things to do in leisure. Suggestions are offered for home recreation, for clubrooms, for hobbies, for banquets, for sports, for picnics, for outings, for camps, for campfires, for hikes, for indoor and outdoor games, for parties, for music and musical games, for dramatics, and for puppetry. There are stories, stunts, tricks, writing contests, quizzes, nature games, party plans, and suggestions for almost every conceivable kind of recreation. Bouve collection.

The 1st ed. accompanied by a list of Library of Congress card numbers for books (except fiction, pamphlets, etc.) which are included in the 1st ed. and its supplement, 1926/29.

Including books, pamphlets, periodicals, catalogs, trading cards, newspapers, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, art prints, and advertisements, this subject bibliography of 679 references to croquet is based on the collection of varied material assembled by the late Dr. Rendell Rhoades, Professor of Biology at Ashland University, OH. The resulting collection encompasses the role croquet has played in literature, in biography, in art and music, in manufacturing and advertising, and in the attendant publicity. With an index of joint authors, pseudonyms, illustrators, and other pertinent information; and a chronological list of books on croquet compiled by Dr. R.W. Bray, Member of the British Croquet Association.

The 1st ed. accompanied by a list of Library of Congress card numbers for books (except fiction, pamphlets, etc.) which are included in the 1st ed. and its supplement, 1926/29.