| CHRISTMAS. | |
| PAGE | |
| How to make a Christmas Tree | [13] |
| The Christmas Bran Pie | [19] |
| Twelfth Night | [21] |
| The Christmas Bag | [22] |
| AMUSEMENTS FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. | |
| Shakespeare Reading Clubs | [23] |
| Private Theatricals | [27] |
| Charades | [30] |
| Con ju-gate | [32] |
| Dumb-found | [33] |
| So-ro-sis | [34] |
| Lamentable | [35] |
| Proverbs | [37] |
| Tableaux Vivants | [38] |
| Tableaux of Statuary | [39] |
| Lights and Shades | [41] |
| VENTRILOQUISM. | |
| What is Ventriloquism | [44] |
| The Theory of Ventriloquism | [46] |
| Practical Rules and Illustrations | [50] |
| Polyphonic Imitations | [55] |
| To Imitate an Echo | [57] |
| Concluding Remarks | [57] |
| NATURAL MAGIC. | |
| Æolian Harp | [61] |
| Magic of Acoustics | [62] |
| To show how Sound Travels through a Solid | [63] |
| Theory of a Voice | [63] |
| Singular Example of Superstition | [63] |
| GARDENING, FLOWERS. | |
| How to plant Seeds | [70] |
| The Queen of Flowers, the Rose | [75] |
| Flower Beds | [83] |
| Carnations | [87] |
| Fuchsias | [87] |
| Pansies | [88] |
| How to plant Hardy Bulbs | [89] |
| Japan Lilies | [91] |
| Cape Bulbs | [92] |
| How to grow Bulbs in Winter | [93] |
| Garden Insects | [96] |
| Some Useful Hints | [99] |
| Moss Baskets | [101] |
| Hanging Baskets | [104] |
| Artificial Rockeries | [107] |
| Ferneries | [107] |
| Ivies | [109] |
| Pressed Flowers | [110] |
| Strawberries | [113] |
| Grapes | [115] |
| How to arrange Sea Mosses | [117] |
| HOUSE AND HOME ARTS. | |
| Knitting | [120] |
| How to knit a Stocking | [121] |
| Baby’s Knitted Shirt | [124] |
| Baby’s Blanket | [125] |
| Border to a Blanket | [125] |
| Knitted Bed-quilt | [126] |
| Baby’s Blanket | [127] |
| Sofa Cushion | [128] |
| Table Mats | [128] |
| Carriage, or Bed-room Mat | [129] |
| Knitted Moss | [129] |
| Plain Needle-work and Useful | |
| Hints for Young Ladies | [130] |
| Embroidery in Spangles and Cannetille | [135] |
| Embroidery in Lamé of Velvet and Gold | [136] |
| Embroidery in Feathers | [137] |
| Cork Work | [137] |
| Black Landscape | [142] |
| Vegetable Flowers | [142] |
| Ornamental Seed Work | [143] |
| How to impress Leaves on Velvet | [144] |
| Paper Pillow | [145] |
| Imitation of Carved Ivory | [146] |
| Diaphanie or Stained Glass | [148] |
| Painting on Glass | [151] |
| Painting on Velvet | [153] |
| Casting in Plaster, Sulphur, &c. | [156] |
| Engraved Boxes | [159] |
| SOLITAIRE GAMES OF CARDS. | |
| The Legitimist | [161] |
| The Sultan | [163] |
| French Solitaire | [165] |
| The Army Solitaire | [166] |
| THE TOILET. | |
| The Bath | [171] |
| Complexion | [174] |
| Recipe to cure Freckles | [175] |
| A Cure for Freckles | [176] |
| A Cure for Freckles | [176] |
| A Cure for Pimples | [176] |
| Hair | [176] |
| Carrot Pomade | [178] |
| Bandoline | [178] |
| Cold Cream | [179] |
| Recipe for Camphor Ice | [179] |
| Cucumber Salve | [180] |
| To loosen Stoppers of Toilet Bottles | [180] |
| To remove a Tight Ring | [180] |
| Hair Wash | [181] |
| Cure for Poison | [181] |
| HOME READING. | [182] |
| THE SICK ROOM. | |
| Cooking for the Sick | [187] |
| Port Wine Jelly | [187] |
| Toast Water | [188] |
| To prepare Rennet Whey | [188] |
| Flax-Seed Sirup | [189] |
| Mucilage of Sago | [189] |
| Applications for the Sick.—Refreshing | |
| Lotion | [189] |
| Recipe for Croup | [190] |
| Remedy for Sore Throat | [190] |
| Burns | [190] |
| DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING BREAD, YEAST, &c. | |
| Bread | [191] |
| Waffles | [194] |
| Cream Tomato Soup | [195] |
| Breakfast Cake | [195] |
| Molasses Gingerbread | [195] |
| Plain Cookies | [196] |
| Moonshine Crackers | [196] |
| New Year’s Cookies | [196] |
| Sponge Cake | [197] |
| Loaf Cake | [197] |
| POLITENESS. | [198] |
HOME ARTS
FOR OLD AND YOUNG.
HOME ARTS.
Christmas.
We beseech all our youthful readers not to pass by our Christmas chapter.