Excerpt from The Girl's Own Outdoor Book: Containing Practical Help to Girls on Matters Relating to Outdoor Occupation and Recreation Look, then, girls, inside this book, and let each one find out how best to improve her general health by some outdoor occupation, whether it be in pastimes such as tennis, riding, swimming, boating, skating, etc., or in the gentler pursuits Of botanising, shell-collecting at the seaside, observing the ways and habits of birds, or in the healthy practice of gardening. It is true that country ...
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Excerpt from The Girl's Own Outdoor Book: Containing Practical Help to Girls on Matters Relating to Outdoor Occupation and Recreation Look, then, girls, inside this book, and let each one find out how best to improve her general health by some outdoor occupation, whether it be in pastimes such as tennis, riding, swimming, boating, skating, etc., or in the gentler pursuits Of botanising, shell-collecting at the seaside, observing the ways and habits of birds, or in the healthy practice of gardening. It is true that country girls have greater opportunities of studying Nature than town girls have; but in this volume there is plenty of occupa tion for town girls, such as the wholesome practice of making calls, ' marketing (and the benefit to the household when this is undertaken by some responsible person is considerable), and the like. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Publisher:
Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott Company, 1889
Published:
01/1889
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16432388211
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Good. Lippincott, 1889. First edition. Binding as shown, only color is blue gray. Boards lightly soiled, hinges starting but sound. Former owner's signature on endpaper. Rear endpaper torn. An anthology of text and narrative on the benefits for healing and family edification of outdoor adventure, published for readers of the Religious Tract Society. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.
