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Historical Novel, Set in About 1650, Refers to Cricket, Base-ball
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | FictionFiction |
Location | |
City/State/Country: | England |
Modern Address | |
Game | Base-ball, cricketBase-ball, cricket |
Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
Holiday | |
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Text |
A character recalls how, when his clerkship to a lawyer ended, a former playmate took his leave by saying: "Ah! no more cricket, no more base-ball, they are sending me to Geneva."
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Sources | Cooke, Cassandra, Battleridge" an Historical tale, Founded on facts. In Two Volumes. By a Lady of Quality (G. Cawthorn, London, 1799). |
Warning | Block advises, August 2015: |
Comment | David Block (BBWKI, page 183) notes that Cooke was in correspondence with her cousin Jane Austen in 1798, when both were evidently writing novels containing references to base-ball. Also submitted 8/19/06 by Ian Maun. Edit with form to add a comment |
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Submitted by | David Block; Ian Maun |
Submission Note | 19CBB Posting 8/18/2015; email of 8/6/2006 |
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1799.1 Historical Novel, Set in About 1650, Refers to Cricket, Base-ball"
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