CONTENTS.

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PREFACE[iii]
SPRING
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CHAPTER I.
First of April[3]

First of April Party, [5]; Mirror Tableau, [6]; Noah’s Ark Peep-show, [8]; The Supper, [10].

CHAPTER II.
Wild Flowers and Their Preservation[13]

Transplanting Wild Flowers, [14]; Cut Wild Flowers, [15]; Sending Flowers by Mail, [15]; Preserved Flowers, [16]; Pressed Flowers and Leaves, [18]; Leaves and Ferns for Decoration, [19]; Color of Flowers Changed, [19]: Natural Wax Flowers, [20]; To Freshen Cut Flowers, [20]; Crystallized Flowers, [21]; How to Preserve the Perfume of Flowers, [21]; Spring Flowers in Winter, [23]; The Four-leaved Clover, [23]; Several Methods of Preserving Flowers, [24].

CHAPTER III.
The Walking Club[27]

Rules to be Observed, [31].

CHAPTER IV.
Easter[33]

Easter Customs in Other Lands, [33]; Easter Egg Games, [36]; Easter Egg Dolls, [39]; Humpty Dumpty, [42]; Miss Rolly-poly, [45]; Mandolin, [47]; Maple-wax Easter Eggs, [49]; Bonbon Box, [49]; Easter Cards, [50]; Little Quakeress, [52].

CHAPTER V.
How to Make a Lawn-Tennis Net[55]

Rules for Lawn-Tennis, [63].

CHAPTER VI.
May-Day[71]

May-day Sports, [72]; How to Make May-baskets, [74]; May-day Combat, [75]; The May-pole, [77]; May-pole Dance, [79].

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SUMMER.
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CHAPTER VII.
Midsummer Eve[83]

The New Fern-leaf Game, [85]; Fortune-telling: The Plaintain Test, [86]; Fortune’s Wheel, [88].

CHAPTER VIII.
Sea-side Cottage Decoration[91]

Window Decorations, [92]; Row-boat Book-shelves, [95]; Crab-net Work-basket, [96]; Hat-rack, [98]; Marine Screen, [99]; Horseshoe-crab Bag, [102]; Sea-urchin Vase and Candlestick, [102]; How to Dry Starfish and to Polish Shells, [104].

CHAPTER IX.
A Girl’s Fourth of July[105]

Interior Decoration, [107]; In-door Illumination, [108]; Out-of-door Decoration, [109]; Fireworks, [111]; Parachute, [112]; Thunderbolts, [112]; Whirls, and Winged Fancies, [113]; Pin-wheels, [114]; Bombs, [115]; Declaration of Independence, [117]; Toss, [118]; Fourth of July Jackstraws, [119]; Progressive Mining, [119].

CHAPTER X.
Printing from Nature’s Types[123]

Impression Album, [123]; Winter Landscape, [127].

CHAPTER XI.
Picnics, Burgoos, and Corn-roasts[131]

A Burgoo, [132]; Burgoo Stew, [133]; A Corn-roast, [134].

CHAPTER XII.
Botany as Applied to Art[139]

The Peony Leaf, [140]; A Bunch of Turnips, [142]; Plant Cross-section Designs, [144]; Flower Sprays, [146]; Changing the Color, [146]; Burs, [147]; The Water-Lily, [148].

CHAPTER XIII.
Door-step Party and Quiet Games for Hot Weather[151]

Five Minutes’ Conversation, [153]; Blind Man’s Singing-school, [155]; A Game of Noted Men, [155]; What Will you Take to the Picnic? 156; Assumed Characters, [157]; Shadow Verbs, [157].

CHAPTER XIV.
How to Make a Hammock[159]

Materials, [161]; Barrel Hammock, [165].

CHAPTER XV.
(For Little Girls.)
Corn-Husk and Flower Dolls[169]
CHAPTER XVI.
How To Make a Fan[177]

Butterfly Fan, [178]; Mikado Fan, [180]; Daisy Fan, [182]; Cardboard Fan, [183].

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AUTUMN.
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CHAPTER XVII.
All-Hallow-Eve[187]

Halloween Parties, [189]; Melted Lead, [190]; Nutshell Boats, [192]; “Three Luggies,” 193; Roasting Nuts, [193]; Kaling, [194]; The Magic Mirror, [194]; Three Tin Cups, [195]; The Ring Cake, [195]; Bobbing for Apples, [196]; The Ghostly Fire, [197]; The Fairy’s Gifts, [198].

CHAPTER XVIII.
Nature’s Fall Decorations and How to Use Them[201]

Fresh Autumn Wild Flowers, [202]; Buckeye Portière, [204]; Panel of Fall Decorations, [205]; Louis Quinze Screen, [206]; A Panel of Field Corn, [209]; Ornamental Gourds, [210]; Gourd-Dippers and Bowls, [211]; Vases, [212]; Small Decorations, [214]; Brackets, [214].

CHAPTER XIX.
Nutting-Parties[217]

“Little Brown Squirrel,” 218; Rules for Nutting-Parties, [221].

CHAPTER XX.
How to Make a Telephone[224]
CHAPTER XXI.
How to Draw[229]
CHAPTER XXII.
How to Paint in Water-Colors[238]

Materials for Water-Color Painting, [238]; Flowers, [239]; Landscapes, [241]; Painting from Notes, [244].

CHAPTER XXIII.
How to Paint in Oil-Colors[249]

Materials, [249]; Mediums, [251]; Canvas, [251]; The Light, [252]; Setting the Palette, [253].

CHAPTER XXIV.
How to Model in Clay and Wax[257]

Materials, [259]; How to Manage Clay, [260]; Hints for Modelling a Head, [262]; How to Model in Wax, [263]; Modelling-wax, [263].

CHAPTER XXV.
How to Make Plaster Casts[267]
CHAPTER XXVI.
China Painting[272]

List of Materials, [272]; A Monochrome Painting, [278]; Tinting, [278]; New Method of Decorating China, [279]; Tracing, [280]; Mottled Grounds, [281]; Snow Landscape, [281]; How to Paint a Head on China, [284]; How to Paint a Carp, Sea-weed, and Fish-net, on China, [287]; Foliage on China made with a Sponge, [289]; Mixing Colors, [289]; Royal Worcester Ware, [290].

CHAPTER XXVII.
A Chapter on Frames[295]

Marine Picture Frame, [296]; Decorated Frame, [297]; Frame Covered with Tin-foil, [298]; Cork Frame, [299].

CHAPTER XXVIII.
Thanksgiving[302]

Impromptu Burlesque Tableaux, [304]; Landing of the Pilgrims, [305]; First Harvest, [307]; Devastation by the Indians, [308]; The Revolution, [309]; Slavery, [310]; Rebellion, [310]; Peace and Plenty, [310]; The Game of the Headless Turkey, [312]; A Suggestion, [313].

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WINTER.
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CHAPTER XXIX.
Christmas Festivities and Home-made Christmas Gifts[317]

Julklapp, [319]; Polish Custom, [320]; The Bran Pie, [321]; The Blind Man’s Stocking, [321]; Home-made Christmas Gifts, [322].

CHAPTER XXX.
Amusements and Games for the Christmas Holidays[334]

New Game of Bubble Bowling, [335]; Biographical Nonsense, [339]; Comic Historic Tableaux, [341]; Living Christmas Cards, [342].

CHAPTER XXXI.
New Year’s and a Leap Year Party[347]

Pantomime of an Enchanted Girl, [348].

CHAPTER XXXII.
Home Gymnasium[353]

Course of Exercises, [356].

CHAPTER XXXIII.
A Decorative Language[364]

The Field and the Points of Heraldry, [366]; Divisions, [367]; Colors, [369]; How to Make a Design in Decorative Language, [371]; Book-plates, [377]; Floral Vocabulary, [377].

CHAPTER XXXIV.
A Few Items on Old-fashioned Needlework, with Some New and Original Patterns[380]

Plain Sewing, [380]; Button-holes, [383]; How to Patch, to Sew on a Button, and to Mend a Kid Glove, [386]; Fancy Stitches, [387]; Drawn Work, [389]; Applique and Original Designs for Portières, [391]; Lace, [393]; Ribbon Embroideries, [393].

CHAPTER XXXV.
Scrap-book and Home-made Book-covers[395]

Mother Goose Scrap-book, [395]; Transformation Scrap-book, [398]; An Album, [400]; Home-made Book-cover, [401].

CHAPTER XXXVI.
A Heap of Rubbish and What to Do with It[403]

The Mirror, [404]; The Table, [406]; Lantern, [408]; A Music Roll, [410]; Work-basket, [411]; Key and Button-hook Rack and Paper Weight, [412].

CHAPTER XXXVII.
How to Make Attractive Booths at a Fair—A New Kind of Grab-bag[413]

The Tables, [413]; Flowers for Decorations, [417]; The Months, [420]; The Five Senses, [421]; Walls, [423]; Grab-bags, [423]; The Lady of the Lake, [425]; Fortune’s Wheel, [426]; Rag-balls, [427].

CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Window Decoration[429]

Oriental Window-shade, [430]; Ribbon-curtain, [430]; Drapery of Very Small Scraps, [431]; Painting Window-panes, [432]; Painting on Lawn, [434]; To Imitate Stained Glass, [435]; Windows of Imitation Ground Glass, [436].

CHAPTER XXXIX.
Furniture, Old and New[438]

The Bookcase, [439]; The Chair, [441]; The Bedstead, [444]; A Dressing-table, [444]; Washstand, [446]; A Hall Seat, [447]; Window Seat and Book-shelves, combined, [448].

CHAPTER XL.
Something about Mantle-pieces and Fire-places[451]
CHAPTER XLI.
Home-made Candy[458]

Peanut Candy, Butter Scotch and Molasses Candy, [459]; Walnut and Fruit Glacé, [460]; Marsh-mallow Paste, [460]; Chocolate Caramels, [461]; Pop-corn Balls, [462].

CHAPTER XLII.
Saint Valentine’s Day[464]

Valentine Party, [465].