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Copyright
DANIEL CARTER BEARD
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
Spring
CHAPTER I. KITE TIME.
CHAPTER II. WAR KITES.
CHAPTER III. NOVEL MODES OF FISHING.
CHAPTER IV. HOME-MADE FISHING TACKLE.
CHAPTER V. HOW TO STOCK, MAKE, AND KEEP A FRESH-WATER AQUARIUM.
CHAPTER VI. HOW TO KEEP AQUATIC PLANTS IN THE HOUSE OR FLOWER-GARDEN.
CHAPTER VII. HOW TO STOCK AND KEEP A MARINE AQUARIUM.
CHAPTER VIII. HOW TO COLLECT FOR MARINE AQUARIUM.
Summer.
CHAPTER IX. KNOTS, BENDS, AND HITCHES.
CHAPTER X. THE WATER-TELESCOPE.
CHAPTER XI. DREDGE, TANGLE, AND TRAWL FISHING.
CHAPTER XII. HOME-MADE BOATS.
CHAPTER XIII. HOW TO RIG AND SAIL SMALL BOATS.
CHAPTER XIV. NOVELTIES IN SOAP-BUBBLES.
CHAPTER XV. FOURTH OF JULY BALLOONS WITH NEW AND NOVEL ATTACHMENTS.
CHAPTER XVI. HOW TO CAMP OUT WITHOUT A TENT.
CHAPTER XVII. BIRD SINGERS, ETC.
CHAPTER XVIII. BIRD NESTING.
CHAPTER XIX. HOW TO REAR WILD BIRDS.
CHAPTER XX. HOW TO REAR WILD BIRDS—CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XXI. HOME-MADE HUNTING APPARATUS, ETC.
CHAPTER XXII. HOW TO MAKE BLOW-GUNS, ELDER GUNS, ETC.
Autumn.
CHAPTER XXIII. TRAPS AND TRAPPINGS.
CHAPTER XXIV. DOGS.
CHAPTER XXV. PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY FOR BOYS.
CHAPTER XXVI. EVERY BOY A DECORATIVE ARTIST.
Winter.
CHAPTER XXVII. SNOWBALL WARFARE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. SNOW-HOUSES AND STATUARY.
CHAPTER XXIX. SLEDS, CHAIR-SLEIGHS, AND SNOWSHOES.
CHAPTER XXX. HOW TO MAKE THE TOM THUMB ICE-BOAT AND LARGER CRAFT.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE WINGED SKATERS, AND HOW TO MAKE THE WINGS.
CHAPTER XXXII. WINTER FISHING—SPEARING AND SNARING—FISHERMEN’S MOVABLE SHANTIES, ETC.
CHAPTER XXXIII. IN-DOOR AMUSEMENTS.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE BOY’S OWN PHUNNYGRAPH, TO BE EXHIBITED
CHAPTER XXXV. HOW TO MAKE PUPPETS AND A PUPPET-SHOW.
CHAPTER XXXVI. PUSS-IN-BOOTS.
CHAPTER XXXVII. HOW TO MAKE A MAGIC LANTERN—A KALEIDOSCOPE—A FORTUNE-TELLER’S BOX, ETC.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. HOW TO MAKE THE DANCING FAIRIES, THE BATHER, AND THE ORATOR.
CHAPTER XXXIX. HOW TO MAKE VARIOUS AND DIVERS WHIRLIGIGS.
CHAPTER XL. THE UNIVERSE IN A CARD-BOX.
CHAPTER XLI. LIFE INSTILLED INTO PAPER PUPPETS, AND MATCHES MADE OF HUMAN FINGERS.
CHAPTER XLII. HOME-MADE MASQUERADE AND THEATRICAL COSTUMES.
INDEX.
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