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Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be "fun". The term recreation implies participation to be healthy refreshing mind and body.— Excerpted from Recreation on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Recreation at the beach

Recreation in a park

General

• "Health and Recreation" by Benjamin Ward Richardson in Popular Science Monthly, 14 (April 1879)
• "The Science and Philosophy of Recreation" by George John Romanes in Popular Science Monthly, 15 (October 1879)
• "When Does a Food Become a Luxury?" by Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey in Popular Science Monthly, 77 (December 1910)
• "The Psychology of Relaxation" by George Thomas White Patrick in Popular Science Monthly, 84 (June 1914)

Recreational areas and facilities

• "Botanic Gardens I" by Daniel Trembly MacDougal in Popular Science Monthly, 50 (December 1896)
• "Botanic Gardens II" by Daniel Trembly MacDougal in Popular Science Monthly, 50 (January 1897)
• "Colorado as a Winter Sanitarium" by Samuel Augustus Fisk in Popular Science Monthly, 28 (March 1886)
• "Public Aquariums in Europe" by Bashford Dean in Popular Science Monthly, 50 (November 1896)
• "Thomasville as a Winter Resort" by Eliza Ann Youmans in Popular Science Monthly, 28 (December 1885)
• "The Playgrounds of Rural and Suburban Schools" by Isabella G. Oakley in Popular Science Monthly, 54 (December 1898)

Outdoor life and recreation

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• "Korean Mountains and Mountaineers" by Charles William Campbell in Popular Science Monthly, 41 (June 1892)
• "Nature-Play" by Charles Lincoln Edwards in Popular Science Monthly, 84 (April 1914)

Camping

• Magic Morning, 2003 by Dmitrii Kouznetsov

Physical education and training

Physical training

Physical training

• "The Age of Gymnastics" in Popular Science Monthly, 13 (June 1878)
• "Athletics in Schools" in Popular Science Monthly, 16 (March 1880)
• "Physical Education I" in Popular Science Monthly, 18 (January 1881)
• "Physical Education II" in Popular Science Monthly, 18 (February 1881)
• "Physical Education III" in Popular Science Monthly, 18 (March 1881)
• "Physical Education IV" in Popular Science Monthly, 18 (April 1881)
• "Physical Education IX" in Popular Science Monthly, 19 (September 1881)
• "Physical Education V" in Popular Science Monthly, 19 (May 1881)
• "Physical Education VI" in Popular Science Monthly, 19 (June 1881)
• "Physical Education VII" in Popular Science Monthly, 19 (July 1881)
• "Physical Education VIII" in Popular Science Monthly, 19 (August 1881)
• "Physical Education X" in Popular Science Monthly, 19 (October 1881)
• "Physical Education XI" in Popular Science Monthly, 20 (November 1881)
• "Physical Education XII" in Popular Science Monthly, 20 (December 1881)
• "The Physiology of Exercise I" in Popular Science Monthly, 21 (July 1882)
• "The Physiology of Exercise II" in Popular Science Monthly, 21 (August 1882)
• "College Athletics I" in Popular Science Monthly, 24 (February 1884)
• "College Athletics II" in Popular Science Monthly, 24 (March 1884)
• "Physical Training of Girls" in Popular Science Monthly, 26 (February 1885)
• "College Athletics and Physical Development" in Popular Science Monthly, 32 (April 1888)
• "Physical Training of Young Children" in Popular Science Monthly, 34 (February 1889)
• "Mental and Physical Training of Children" in Popular Science Monthly, 36 (December 1889)
• "Precision in Physical Training" in Popular Science Monthly, 38 (February 1891)
• "Homely Gymnastics" by Alice B. Tweedy in Popular Science Monthly, 40 (February 1892)
• "Free Play in Physical Education" by Fernand Lagrange in Popular Science Monthly, 42 (April 1893)
• "Tendencies in Athletics for Women in Colleges and Universities" in Popular Science Monthly, 50 (February 1897)
• "Intercollegiate Contests" in Popular Science Monthly, 68 (January 1906)

Sports

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• "A Little Boys' Game with a Ball" by Henry J. Philpott in Popular Science Monthly, 37 (September 1890)

Games and amusements

Card game

Board game

Role-playing game

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• "Backgammon Among the Aztecs" by Edward Burnett Tylor in Popular Science Monthly, 14 (February 1879)
• Biritch, or Russian Whist, c. 1886 by John Collinson
• "Some Games of the Zuni" by John G. Owens in Popular Science Monthly, 39 (May 1891)
• Games Ancient and Oriental and How to Play Them, 1892 by Edward Falkener (external scan)
• The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, 1910 by Arthur Edward Waite
• Winter Pastimes, 1910 by Stephen Leacock
• Games for Hallow-e'en, 1912 by Mary E. Blain
• Floor Games, 1911 by Herbert George Wells
• Little Wars, 1913 by Herbert George Wells
• Checkers, 1918 by David Andrew Mitchell (external scan)
• Poker!, 1931 by Zora Neale Hurston
• Sample Senator response to Poker's Black Friday, 2011 by Richard Durbin, regarding internet poker

Reference

• "Whist," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Ace," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Advantage," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "All Fours," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Amateur," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Ambigu," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Anagram," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Auction Pitch," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Aunt Sally," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Baccarat," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Backgammon," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Bagatelle," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Bank," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Barley-break," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Basset," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Beggar-My-Neighbour," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Bézique," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Blind Hookey," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Brag," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Bridge," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Calabresella," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Cards, Playing," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Cribbage," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Deuce," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Diabolo," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Dice," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Dominoes," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Draughts," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Écarté," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Euchre," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Go," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Napoleon (game)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Nine Men's Morris," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Old Maid," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Pinochle," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Piquet," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Skat," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Spade," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Spillikins," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Tarok," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Trump," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Vingt-et-un," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Vint," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Dancing

• "The Evolution of Dancing" by Robert Lee J. Vance in Popular Science Monthly, 41 (October 1892)
• The Art of Nijinsky, 1913 by Geoffrey Whitworth with illustrations by Dorothy Mullock

Circuses and spectacles

• "Stilts and Stilt-Walking" by Guyot Daubés in Popular Science Monthly, 40 (February 1892)
• Sawdust and Spangles, 1901 by William Cameron Coup

Other

• "Whistling" by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer in Popular Science Monthly, 23 (June 1883)