American Boy's Handy Book

Name: American Boy's Handy Book | Turn-Of-the-Century Classic of Crafts and Activities
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Turn-Of-the-Century Classic of Crafts and Activities

Daniel Beard(Autor*in)

Dover Publications (Verlag)

Erschienen am 17. Juni 2013

633 Seiten

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Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface to New Edition
Preface
Contents
SPRING.
CHAPTER I.
KITE TIME
Man Kite
The Woman Kite
A Boy Kite
Frog Kite
The Butterfly Kite
The King Crab Kite
Fish Kite
The Turtle Kite
The Shield Kite
A Star Kite
The Chinese Dragon Kite
The Japanese Square Kite
The Moving Star.
CHAPTER II.
WAR KITES
Unarmed War Kite
Armed Kites
Armed Kite Fighting
How to Make the Knives
How to Make Cutters
Kite Clubs.
CHAPTER III.
NOVEL MODES OF FISHING
The Bell Pole
Jugging for Cats
The Dancing Fisherman
Toy Boats for Fishing
The Wooden Otter
Fishing for Fresh-Water Clams.
CHAPTER IV.
HOME-MADE FISHING TACKLE
The Rod
Tin and Spool Reel
The Forked Stick Reel
Home-Made Nets
A Home-Made Minnow Bucket
Inhabitants of the Water.
CHAPTER V.
HOW TO STOCK, MAKE, AND KEEP A FRESH-WATER AQUARIUM
Stocking
The Frog
Gold-Fish versus Bass
Aquarium Cement.
CHAPTER VI.
HOW TO KEEP AQUATIC PLANTS IN THE HOUSE OR FLOWER-GARDEN
Water-Lily
Cat-Tails.
CHAPTER VII.
HOW TO STOCK AND KEEP A MARINE AQUARIUM
Cement for Marine Aquaria.
CHAPTER VIII.
HOW TO COLLECT FOR MARINE AQUARIUM
SUMMER.
CHAPTER IX.
KNOTS, BENDS, AND HITCHES
How to Make a Horse-Hair Watch-Guard
Miscellaneous
Whip-Lashes
Splices, Timber-Hitches, etc.
CHAPTER X.
THE WATER-TELESCOPE
How to Make a Wooden Water-Telescope
A Tin Water-Telescope.
CHAPTER XI.
DREDGE, TANGLE, AND TRAWL FISHING
A New Sport
The Tangle
The Trawl
How to Make a Bake-Pan Dredge
A Tin-Pail Dredge
How to Make a Broomstick Tangle
The Old Chain Tangle
Hints and Suggestions to Amateurs
The Use of the Tangle.
CHAPTER XII.
HOME-MADE BOATS
Birth of the "Man-Friday" Catamaran
The Crusoe Raft
The Crusoe Raft
The Scow
A Floating Camp, or the Boy's Own Flat-Boat
The Yankee Pine.
CHAPTER XIII.
HOW TO RIG AND SAIL SMALL BOATS
Simplest Rig Possible
Leg-of-Mutton Rig
The Latteen Rig
The Cat Rig
How to Make a Sail
Hints to Beginners.
CHAPTER XIV.
NOVELTIES IN SOAP-BUBBLES
Every Boy his own Bubble-Pipe.
CHAPTER XV.
FOURTH OF JULY BALLOONS, WITH NEW AND NOVEL ATTACHMENTS
CHAPTER XVI.
HOW TO CAMP OUT WITHOUT A TENT
Hints to Amateur Campers
Provisions
Shelter
Choosing Companions.
CHAPTER XVII.
BIRD SINGERS, ETC.
The Block Bird Singer
The Corn-stalk Fiddle
The Pumpkin-vine Fife
A Pumpkin-vine Flute
Cane Fife
The Voice Disguiser
The Locust Singer
The Hummer.
CHAPTER XVIII.
BIRD NESTING
How to Collect and Preserve Eggs
Birds' Nests
Preserving Nests.
CHAPTER XIX.
HOW TO REAR WILD BIRDS
Robins, Thrushes, Wrens, and other Small Birds
Squabs
The Cow Blackbird
Wrens, Sparrows, and Finches
The Bobolink
The Catbird
Robins
The Brown Thrush, or Thrasher
The Wood Thrush
Bluebirds
The Summer Yellowbird
The Bluejay
Humming-Bird,.
CHAPTER XX.
HOW TO REAR WILD BIRDS-Continued
The Crow, Hawk, and other Large Birds
The Hawk
The Hawk as a "Scare-Crow,"
The Hawk as a Decoy
Owls
Sea Birds
Strange Domestic Fowls.
CHAPTER XXI.
HOME-MADE HUNTING APPARATUS, ETC.
Spearing Fish
How to Make a Fish Spear
How to Make the Torches and Jack-Lights
How to Make the Boomerang
To Throw a Boomerang
The Miniature Boomerang
The Whip-Bow
Throw-Sticks
The Bird Bolas
The Elastic Cross-Bow.
CHAPTER XXII.
HOW TO MAKE BLOW-GUNS, ELDER GUNS, ETC.
To Make a Blow-Gun
Squirt-Guns
Elder Guns and Pistols
The Spring Shot-Gun.
AUTUMN.
CHAPTER XXIII.
TRAPS AND TRAPPINGS
Rats
The Paper Pitfall
Jug Trap
The Mole and How to Trap Him
The Figure Four
Mole Trap
The Tollgate Trap
The Partridge Snare
Set-Line Snares
The Spring Snare
Hen-Coop Trap.
CHAPTER XXIV.
DOGS
How to Choose a Dog
How to Train Dogs
To Teach a Dog to Retrieve
Pointers and Setters
Pet Dogs.
CHAPTER XXV.
PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY FOR BOYS
Skinning
Stuffing
A New Manner of Preserving Fish
Design for Sketching Aquarium
Preserving Insects
Morse Insect Box
The Lawrence Breeding Box
Spiders
How to Make Beautiful or Comical Groups and Designs of Insects
Marine Animals.
CHAPTER XXVI.
EVERY BOY A DECORATIVE ARTIST
Shadow Pictures-Photographic Paper-How to Enlarge or Reduce a Picture, etc.
How to Enlarge or Reduce by Squares
How to Make a Camera for Drawing.
WINTER.
CHAPTER XXVII.
SNOWBALL WARFARE
How to Build Snow Forts-How to Make Shields and Ammunition Sleds
How to Build the Fort
How to Make an Ammunition Sled
How to Make the Shield
Rules of the Game
A Snow Battle
How to Bind a Prisoner without a Cord
Company Rest.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
SNOW-HOUSES AND STATUARY
Snow Statuary.
CHAPTER XXIX.
SLEDS, CHAIR-SLEIGHS, AND SNOW-SHOES
A Chair-Sleigh
Folding Chair-Sleigh
The Toboggan
Snow-Shoes or Skates.
CHAPTER XXX.
HOW TO MAKE THE TOM THUMB ICE-BOAT AND LARGER CRAFT
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE WINGED SKATERS, AND HOW TO MAKE THE WINGS
Bat Wings
The Norton Rig
The Norwegian Rig
The Danish Rig
The English Rig
The Cape Vincent Rig
A Country Rig.
CHAPTER XXXII.
WINTER FISHING-SPEARING AND SNARING-FISHERMAN'S MOVABLE SHANTIES, ETC.
Smelt Fishing and the Smelt Fisher's House
The Spearsman's Shanty
Snaring Fish
Spearing Fish
How to Build a Fishing House.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
IN-DOOR AMUSEMENTS
Bric-à-Brac, or the Tourist's Curiosities
Mind-Reading
A Literary Sketch Club.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE BOY'S OWN PHUNNYGRAPH
CHAPTER XXXV.
HOW TO MAKE PUPPETS AND A PUPPET-SHOW
How to Make the Stage
The Scenery
The Old Mill
Puss
Corsando and the Donkey
The Royal Coach
Carabas
How to Work the Puppets
Stage Effects
How to Make a Magical Dance
How to Make a Sea Scene.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
PUSS-IN-BOOTS. DRAMATIZED AND ADAPTED FOR A PUPPET-SHOW
Act I., Scene I., Landscape, with Tree, Bridge, and Mill at one side
Scene II., Woods
Act II., Scene I., King's Palace
Scene II., High-road
Act III., Scene I., Interior of Ogre's Castle.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
HOW TO MAKE A MAGIC LANTERN-A KALEIDOSCOPE-A FORTUNE-TELLER'S BOX, ETC.
A Home-Made Kaleidoscope
The Fortune-Teller's Box
The Magic Cask
How the Barrel is Made.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
HOW TO MAKE THE DANCING FAIRIES, THE BATHER, AND THE ORATOR
How to Make a Handkerchief Doll
The Bather
The Orator.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
HOW TO MAKE VARIOUS AND DIVERS WHIRLIGIGS
Potato Mill
A Saw-Mill
The Rainbow Whirligig
A Paradoxical Whirligig
The Phantasmoscope, or Magic Wheel.
CHAPTER XL.
THE UNIVERSE IN A CARD-BOX
CHAPTER XLI.
LIFE INSTILLED INTO PAPER PUPPETS, AND MATCHES MADE OF HUMAN FINGERS
To Light the Gas with your Finger.
CHAPTER XLII.
HOME-MADE MASQUERADE AND THEATRICAL COSTUMES
The White Man of the Desert
"The Fourteenth Century Young Man,"
The Mediæval Hat
The Wig
Eyebrows, Moustache, and Beard
The Doublet
Trunks
Tights
To Dress
The Baby
How to Make a Handkerchief Hood.
ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FOUR SEASONS KITES
SPRING.
KITES
Thousands of Kites
The Tailless Kite-Holland Kite.
FISHING
The Goose Fisherman
The Pistol Reporter
The Floating Tie-Up.
SUMMER.
HOME-MADE BOATS
Slab Canoe
How to Build a Birch Bark Canoe
Indian Birch Bark Canoe
A Canvas Canoe
The Dug-out
How to Build a Siwash Canoe.
SOAP-BUBBLES
PAPER FIREWORKS
Parachutes
Paper Whirligigs.
HOME-MADE HUNTING APPARATUS
AUTUMN.
DECOYS
Duck Decoys
Snipe and Plover Decoys.
TAXIDERMY
"UNCLE ENOS" BANJO
WINTER.
SNOW-SHOES
Index
Back Cover

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