+----------------------------------------------------------+ |Alternative and inconsistent spellings in the original | |have been retained. | | | |Underlined words in the original book are shown as =bold=.| +----------------------------------------------------------+ The desire to play and frolic seems to be a heritage of mankind. In infancy and early childhood this joy and exuberance of spirit is given full sway. In youth, that effervescent stage of human existence, "joy is unconfined." But in middle age and later life we are prone to stifle this wholesome atmosphere of happiness, with care and worry and perhaps, when a vexed or worried feeling has been allowed to control us, even forbid t…
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