Just for the fun of it, I entered the phrase "toy soldiers" into Google Books and went to the 'full' section which gives the full text of old books. Got quite a few hits . . . many of which decried those children who played with toy soldiers as futre warmongers! But among the articles were at least two citations by HG Well; one under "Everybody's Magazine" (p743) and a second under "Floor Games". Check it out.
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