How to Play Croquet —— A Pocket Manual of Complete Instruction for All Players

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ISBN: 9781332141418 出版年：2016 页码：25 Forgotten Books

It is not to be wondered at, then, this being the state of things, that croquet, upon its introduction to American Society, should meet with so warm and universal a welcome. It came as, an outdoor sport for ladies, misses, and even little children, — for the rich and for the poor; the strong and the weak, easily learned, and always intensely interesting and attractive to all. We shall endeavor, in this New Manual, to make all its points clear to every understanding, so that persons of every age, from the youngest to the oldest.