The Outdoor Handy Book
For Playground, Field and Forest
Illustrated by the Author
$1.50 net
"It tells how to play all sorts of games with marbles, how to make and spin more kinds of tops than most boys ever heard of, how to make the latest things in plain and fancy kites, where to dig bait and how to fish, all about boats and sailing, and a host of other things which can be done out of doors. The volume is profusely illustrated and will be an unmixed delight to any boy."—New York Tribune.
The
American Boys Handy Book
Or, What To Do and How To Do It
Illustrated by the Author
$1.50 net
"It tells boys how to make all kinds of things—boats, traps, toys, puzzles, aquariums, fishing tackle; how to tie knots, splice ropes, make bird calls, sleds, blow guns, balloons; how to rear wild birds, to train dogs, and do a thousand and one things that boys take delight in. The book is illustrated in such a way that no mistake can be made; and the boy who gets a copy of this book will consider himself set up in business."—The Indianapolis Journal.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
THE BEARD BOOKS FOR GIRLS
By LINA BEARD and ADELIA B. BEARD
Handicraft and Recreation
for Girls
With over 700 illustrations by the Authors
8vo. $1.50 net
An elaborate book for girls, by Lina and Adelia Beard whose former books on girls' sports have become classic, which contains a mass of practical instruction on handicrafts and recreations. So many and so various are the things it tells how to do and make that it will give occupation to any sort of girl in all seasons and all weathers.
"The girl who gets this book will not lack for occupation and pleasure."—Chicago Evening Post.
What a Girl Can Make
and Do
New Ideas for Work and Play
With more than 300 illustrations by the Authors
Square 8vo. $1.50 net
This book is the result of the authors' earnest desire to encourage in their young friends the wish to do things for themselves. Its aim is to give suggestions that will help them to satisfy this wish. Within its covers are described a great variety of things useful, instructive, and entertaining, suited for both indoors and out.
"It would be a dull girl who could not make herself busy and happy following its precepts."—Chicago Record-Herald.
THE BEARD BOOKS FOR GIRLS
The
American Girl's Handy Book
How To Amuse Yourself and Others
With nearly 500 illustrations
8vo. $1.50 net
In this book Lina and Adelia Beard, the authors, tell everything the girls of to-day want to know about sports, games, and winter afternoon and evening amusements and work, in a clear, simple, entertaining way. Eight new chapters have been added to the original forty-two that made the book famous.
"It is a treasure which, once possessed, no practical girl would willingly part with."—Grace Greenwood.
Things Worth Doing and
How To Do Them
With some 600 drawings by the Authors that show exactly
how they should be done
8vo. $1.50 net
This book by Lina and Adelia Beard comprises an infinite variety of amusing things that are worth doing. Some of these things are:—"A Wonderful Circus at Home," "The Wild West on a Table," "How to Weave Without a Loom," "How to Make Friends with the Stars," "A Living Christmas Tree," etc.
"Everything is so plainly set forth and so fully illustrated with drawings that the happy owners of the book should find it easy to follow its suggestions."—New York Tribune.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Transcriber's Notes
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