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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1852
|Year=1852
|Year Suffix=
|Year Number=10
|Year Number=10
|Headline=Fictional "Up-Country" Location Cites Bass-Ball and Wicket
|Headline=Fictional "Up-Country" Location Cites Bass-Ball and Wicket
|Salience=2
|Salience=3
|Tags=Fiction,  
|Tags=Fiction,  
|Game=Wicket, Base Ball,
|Location=
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=37.09024, -95.712891
|State=
|City=
|Modern Address=
|Game=Wicket,Base Ball
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective
|Immediacy of Report=Retrospective
|Age of Players=Juvenile
|Age of Players=Juvenile
|Holiday=
|Notables=
|Text=<p>"Both houses were close by the road, and the road was narrow; but on either side was a strip of grass, and in process of time, I appeared and began ball-playing upon the green strip, on the west side of the road. At these times, on summer mornings, when we were getting well warm at <strong>bass-ball</strong> or <strong>wicket</strong>, my grandfather would be seen coming out of his little swing-gate, with a big hat aforesaid, and a cane. He enjoyed the game as much as the youngest of us, but came mainly to see fair play, and decide mooted points."</p>
|Text=<p>"Both houses were close by the road, and the road was narrow; but on either side was a strip of grass, and in process of time, I appeared and began ball-playing upon the green strip, on the west side of the road. At these times, on summer mornings, when we were getting well warm at <strong>bass-ball</strong> or <strong>wicket</strong>, my grandfather would be seen coming out of his little swing-gate, with a big hat aforesaid, and a cane. He enjoyed the game as much as the youngest of us, but came mainly to see fair play, and decide mooted points."</p>
<p>There is a second incidental reference to <strong>wicket</strong>: "this is why it is pleasant to ride, walk, play at wicket, or mingle in city crowds" . . . [i.e., to escape endless introspection]. <em>Ibid,</em> page 90.</p>
<p>There is a second incidental reference to <strong>wicket</strong>: "this is why it is pleasant to ride, walk, play at wicket, or mingle in city crowds" . . . [i.e., to escape endless introspection]. <em>Ibid,</em> page 90.</p>
|Sources=<p>L.W. Mansfield, writing under the pseudonym "Z. P.," or Zachary Pundison, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Up-country Letters (</span>D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1852), page 277 and page 90.&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>L.W. Mansfield (writing under the pseudonym "Z. P.," or Zachary Pundison)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Up-country Letters (</span>D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1852), page 277 and page 90.&nbsp;</p>
|Comment=<p>Provided by David Block. David notes: "This is a published collection of letters that includes one dated March 1851, entitled 'Mr. Pundison's Grandfather.' In it the author is reminiscing about events of 20 years earlier."</p>
|Warning=
|Query=<p>&nbsp;It might be informative to learn whether this novel has a particular setting (wicket is only known in selected areas) and/or where Mansfield lived.</p>
|Comment=<p>Provided by David Block notes: "This is a published collection of letters that includes one dated March 1851, entitled 'Mr. Pundison's Grandfather.' In it the author is reminiscing about events of 20 years earlier."</p>
|Query=<p>&nbsp;It might be informative to learn whether this novel has a particular setting (wicket is only known in selected areas) and/or where author Mansfield lived.</p>
<p>Is it clear that the setting is the United States?</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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|Submitted by=David Block, 2/27/2008
|Submitted by=David Block, 2/27/2008
|Submission Note=
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
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Fictional "Up-Country" Location Cites Bass-Ball and Wicket

Salience Peripheral
Tags Fiction
City/State/Country: United States
Game Wicket, Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Juvenile
Text

"Both houses were close by the road, and the road was narrow; but on either side was a strip of grass, and in process of time, I appeared and began ball-playing upon the green strip, on the west side of the road. At these times, on summer mornings, when we were getting well warm at bass-ball or wicket, my grandfather would be seen coming out of his little swing-gate, with a big hat aforesaid, and a cane. He enjoyed the game as much as the youngest of us, but came mainly to see fair play, and decide mooted points."

There is a second incidental reference to wicket: "this is why it is pleasant to ride, walk, play at wicket, or mingle in city crowds" . . . [i.e., to escape endless introspection]. Ibid, page 90.

Sources

L.W. Mansfield (writing under the pseudonym "Z. P.," or Zachary Pundison)  Up-country Letters (D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1852), page 277 and page 90. 

Comment

Provided by David Block notes: "This is a published collection of letters that includes one dated March 1851, entitled 'Mr. Pundison's Grandfather.' In it the author is reminiscing about events of 20 years earlier."

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 It might be informative to learn whether this novel has a particular setting (wicket is only known in selected areas) and/or where author Mansfield lived.

Is it clear that the setting is the United States?

 

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Submitted by David Block, 2/27/2008



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