Pastime lost the humble, original, and now completely forgotten game of English baseball - Block, David 1944- (University of Nebraska Press, 2019)
A Little Pretty Debut – The Sporting Prince – Two Weeks, Two Discoveries – Word Perfect – Wild Geese and Red Herrings – Ball, Bat, and Beyond – Austen's Aura – Science and Letters – Ladies First – The Numbers Game – A Class Act – Literary Allusions – Glorified Rounders of Antiquity – Summertime Treat – People's Pastime – Rules Don't Apply – The Old Ba' Game – Strange Diversions – The Third Baseball – Mottos Are Made to Be Broken – When Games Collide – Pastime Lost