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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Preface
Contents
Spring
Chapter I. First of April
First of April Party
Mirror Tableau
Noah’s Ark Peep-show
The Supper
Chapter II. Wild Flowers and their Preservation
Transplanting Wild Flowers
Cut Wild Flowers
Sending Flowers by Mail
Preserved Flowers
Pressed Flowers and Leaves
Leaves and Ferns for Decoration
Color of Flowers Changed
Natural Wax Flowers
To Freshen Cut Flowers
Crystallized Flowers
How to Preserve the Perfume of Flowers
Spring Flowers in Winter
The Four-leaved Clover
Several Methods of Preserving Flowers
Chapter III. The Walking Club
Chapter IV. Easter
Easter Egg Games
Easter Egg Dolls
Humpty Dumpty
Miss Rolly-poly
Mandolin
Maple-wax Easter Eggs
Bonbon Box
Easter Cards
Little Quakeress
Chapter V. How to Make a Lawn-Tennis Net
Rules for Lawn-Tennis
Chapter VI. May-Day
May-day Sports
How to Make May-baskets
May-day Combat
The May-pole
May-pole Dance
Summer
Chapter VII. Midsummer Eve
The New Fern-leaf Game
Fortune-telling: The Plaintain Test
Fortune’s Wheel
Chapter VIII. Sea-side Cottage Decoration
Row-boat Book-shelves
Crab-net Work-basket
Hat-rack
Marine Screen
Horseshoe-crab Bag
Sea-urchin Vase
Candlestick
How to Dry Starfish and to Polish Shells
Chapter IX. A Girl’s Fourth of July
Interior Decoration
In-door Illumination
Out-of-door Decoration
Fireworks
Parachute
Thunderbolts
Whirls
Winged Fancies
Pin-wheels
Bombs
Declaration of Independence
Toss
Fourth of July Jackstraws
Progressive Mining
Chapter X. Printing from Nature’s Types
Winter Landscape
Chapter XI. Picnics, Burgoos, and Corn-roasts
A Burgoo
Burgoo Stew
A Corn-roast
Chapter XII. Botany as Applied to Art
The Peony Leaf
A Bunch of Turnips
Plant Cross-section Designs
Flower Sprays
Changing the Color
Burs
The Water-Lily
Chapter XIII. Door-step Party and Quiet Games for Hot Weather
Five Minutes’ Conversation
Blind Man’s Singing-school
A Game of Noted Men
What Will you Take to the Picnic?
Assumed Characters
Shadow Verbs
Chapter XIV. How to Make a Hammock
Barrel Hammock
Chapter XV. (For Little Girls.) Corn-Husk and Flower Dolls
Chapter XVI. How to Make a Fan
Butterfly Fan
Mikado Fan
Daisy Fan
Cardboard Fan
Autumn
Chapter XVII. All-Hallow-Eve
Melted Lead
Nutshell Boats
“Three Luggies”
Roasting Nuts
Kaling
The Magic Mirror
Three Tin Cups
The Ring Cake
Bobbing for Apples
The Ghostly Fire
The Fairy’s Gifts
Chapter XVIII. Nature’s Fall Decorations and How to Use Them
Fresh Autumn Wild Flowers
Buckeye Portière
Panel of Fall Decorations
Louis Quinze Screen
A Panel of Field Corn
Ornamental Gourds
Gourd-Dippers and Bowls
Vases
Small Decorations
Brackets
Chapter XIX. Nutting-Parties
Rules for Nutting-Parties
Chapter XX. How to Make a Telephone
Chapter XXI. How to Draw
Chapter XXII. How to Paint in Water-Colors
Materials for Water-Color Painting
Flowers
Landscapes
Painting from Notes
Chapter XXIII. How to Paint in Oil-Colors
Materials
Mediums
Canvas
The Light
Setting the Palette
Chapter XXIV. How to Model in Clay and Wax
Materials
How to Manage Clay
Hints for Modelling a Head
How to Model in Wax
Modelling-wax
Chapter XXV. How to Make Plaster Casts
Chapter XXVI. China Painting
List of Materials
A Monochrome Painting
Tinting
New Method of Decorating China
Tracing
Mottled Grounds
Snow Landscape
How to Paint a Head on China
How to Paint a Carp, Sea-weed, and Fish-net, on China
Foliage on China made with a Sponge
Mixing Colors
Royal Worcester Ware
Chapter XXVII. A Chapter on Frames
Marine Picture Frame
Decorated Frame
Frame Covered with Tin-foil
Cork Frame
Chapter XXVIII. Thanksgiving
Impromptu Burlesque Tableaux
Landing of the Pilgrims
First Harvest
Devastation by the Indians
The Revolution
Slavery
Rebellion
Peace and Plenty
The Game of the Headless Turkey
A Suggestion
Winter
Chapter XXIX. Christmas Festivities and Home-made Christmas Gifts
Julklapp
Polish Custom
The Bran Pie
The Blind Man’s Stocking
Home-made Christmas Gifts
Chapter XXX. Amusements and Games for the Christmas Holidays
New Game of Bubble Bowling
Biographical Nonsense
Comic Historic Tableaux
Living Christmas Cards
Chapter XXXI. New Year’s and a Leap Year Party
Pantomime of an Enchanted Girl
Chapter XXXII. Home Gymnasium
Course of Exercises
Chapter XXXIII. A Decorative Language
The Field and the Points of Heraldry
Divisions
Colors
How to Make a Design in Decorative Language
Book-plates
Floral Vocabulary
Chapter XXXIV. A Few Items on Old-fashioned Needlework, with Some New and Original Patterns
Plain Sewing
Button-holes
How to Patch, to Sew on a Button, and to Mend a Kid Glove
Fancy Stitches
Drawn Work
Applique and Original Designs for Portières
Lace
Ribbon Embroideries
Chapter XXXV. Scrap-book and Home-made Book-covers
Mother Goose Scrap-book
Transformation Scrap-book
An Album
Home-made Book-cover
Chapter XXXVI. A Heap of Rubbish and What to Do with It
The Mirror
The Table
Lantern
A Music Roll
Work-basket
Key and Button-hook Rack and Paper Weight
Chapter XXXVII. How to Make Attractive Booths at a Fair—A New Kind of Grab-bag
The Tables
Flowers for Decorations
The Months
The Five Senses
Walls
Grab-bags
The Lady of the Lake
Fortune’s Wheel
Rag-balls
Chapter XXXVIII. Window Decoration
Oriental Window-shade
Ribbon-curtain
Drapery of Very Small Scraps
Painting Window-panes
Painting on Lawn
To Imitate Stained Glass
Windows of Imitation Ground Glass
Chapter XXXIX. Furniture, Old and New
The Bookcase
The Chair
The Bedstead
A Dressing-table
Washstand
A Hall Seat
Window Seat and Book-shelves, combined
Chapter XL. Something about Mantle-pieces and Fire-places
Chapter XLI. Home-made Candy
Peanut Candy
Butter Scotch
Molasses Candy
Walnut and Fruit Glacé
Marshmallow Paste
Chocolate Caramels
Popcorn Balls
Chapter XLII. Saint Valentine’s Day
Valentine Party
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