Between 1921 and 1924, many of Britain and Ireland's most significant writers contributed handwritten books to the miniature library of Queen Mary's Dolls' House. The collection of tiny manuscripts was organised by Princess Marie Louise, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and the writer E.V. Lucas.

Horace G. Hutchinson was a successful amateur golfer who played for England against Scotland in the first international match in 1902. He was also a prolific sports writer, writing especially about golf. For the Dolls’ House, the organisers asked him for a little manual on games. The miniature booklet he duly sent them is exactly that: instructions on how to play a wide variety of sports including tennis, cricket, golf, rugby and football, together with short histories of the sports and his opinions of them. His manuscript even includes two charming illustrations of stick figures playing golf and cricket, added to disguise his accidentally having skipped two pages of the little booklet when writing in his text. Just like his larger, published books, Hutchinson’s miniature contribution is filled with sound and humorous advice, such as ‘remember if you lose your temper you will most likely lose the game’, and ‘if you excise the turf be careful to replace it: golf is not agriculture’.

The little book, only 4 cm high, was bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in plain red goatskin with a simple gold-tooled border and a pair of golf clubs tooled in gold on the lower cover.