The Boy's Own Book: A Complete Encyclopedia of All the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth

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This book stands out for its lively and engaging content, diverging from the era's typical focus on piety and moral instruction. Instead, it offers a delightful array of activities and pastimes that would have thrilled young readers in England and the United States, making it a refreshing alternative to the more didactic juvenile literature of its time.