Regency Pastimes: Shuttlecock

The Book of Games, Or, A History on [i.e. Of] Juvenile Sports Practised at the Kingston Academy: Illustrated with Twenty-four Copperplates. (1822). United States: George Long, no. 71 Continue

The Book of Games, Or, A History on [i.e. Of] Juvenile Sports Practised at the Kingston Academy: Illustrated with Twenty-four Copperplates. (1822). United States: George Long, no. 71 Continue

Cox, N. (1815). The Nobleman and Gentleman’s Recreation. United Kingdom: J. Smeeton. Mentions of bat fowling appear in Shakespeare, but apparently was a common practice for hunting birds at night Continue

I was researching something else entirely and came upon a reference to the game Hunt the Slipper. Every Boy’s Book: A Complete Encyclopaedia of Sports Continue

This letter to the editor, and tidbit, appeared in The Sporting Magazine in 1823.