"Let the child imbibe in the full spirit of play. There is nothing
like it to keep him on the path of health, right thinking and mind
development."
That is the guiding purpose of the author. The reader will find in
this book a collection of old and present day games. The student of
Play has long realized that there are no new games, that all our games
of today are built on the old timers.
The purpose of My Book of Indoor Games is to furnish amusement,
entertainment and to be the means of sociability. So very often the
question comes up--"What shall we do?" In many cases this book serves
only as a reminder, the games and parlor tricks are well known but
cannot be recalled at the critical moment. A combination, such as
this, of the best of the old-fashioned games and a carefully compiled
list of the games of today will furnish much help to the young in
their search of entertainment and amusement.
But the book will be equally useful to grownups. The author has seen
staid, respectable people play "Lubin Loo" with as much zest and
spirit as the youngest group of children. All of us have played
"Going to Jerusalem." The spirit must be there; there is nothing so
contagious as the spirit of play.
[Illustration: Hide--then go seek]
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