How to Play Croquet

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It is not to be wondered at, then, this being the state of things, that croquet, upon its introduction to American Society, should meet with so warm and universal a welcome. It came as, an outdoor sport for ladies, misses, and even little children, - for the rich and for the poor; the strong and the weak, easily learned, and always intensely interesting and attractive to all. We shall endeavor, in this New Manual, to make all its points clear to every understanding, so that persons of every age, from the youngest to the oldest.