The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Sports and Pastimes of Other Lands: Many of Which Resemble Our Own

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(source: NIU Libraries)
Online Full Text: Northern Illinois University
Series: Good News v. 12 no. 299 — page 4782
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Part of: Good News, v. 12, no. 299, January 25, 1896 (Issue)
Date: January 25, 1896
First Sentence: Japanese boys have several games similar to those played in this country, such as kite flying, hoops, shuttlecock (for which latter the foot is often employed instead of a battledore), and so on, while one of their favorite amusements closely resembles polo.
Last Sentence: Furthermore, after losing both these and everything else they owned, men have been known to stake their very bones on the game, to be claimed after death for the purpose of being made into fish-hooks and arrow-heads!

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