Tennis is featured in a paragraph of of the novel Sybil by Disraeli.
Sybil , or The Two Nations is an 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli . Tennis . During most of the 19th century , in fact , the term `` tennis '' referred to real tennis , not lawn tennis : for example , in Disraeli 's novel Sybil ( 1845 ) , Lord Eugene De Vere announces that he will `` go down to Hampton Court and play tennis . ''