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The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations

The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations by G. Andrew [Editor] Hutchison is available here as the complete text, split into 1961 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

G. Andrew [Editor] Hutchison29 chapters

The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys by G. Andrew [Editor] Hutchison. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #49415.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 29 chapters

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The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations

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  1. Chapter I 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II JUGGLING WITH BALLS. By a PRACTICAL GYMNAST 68 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Some Minor Games 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 99 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Gymnastics 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Some Simple Models for Beginners 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 165 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 134 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 96 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The American Puzzles 155 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV How to Make an Aphengescope, or Apparatus for Exhibiting 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 145 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Cardboard-Modelling and Wood Modelling 96 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII My Flagstaff, and How I Rigged It 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Æolian Harps, and How to Make Them 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI A Storm in a Teacup 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Second Sight 137 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 117 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 62 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #49415, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 1961 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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