THE BEARD BOOKS FOR BOYS
By Dan C. Beard
THE AMERICAN BOY'S HANDY BOOK. Or, What to Do and How to Do It
Illustrated by the author
Gives sports adapted to all seasons of the year, tells boys how to make all kinds of things—boats, traps, toys, puzzles, aquariums, fishing-tackle; how to tie knots, splice ropes, to make bird calls, sleds, blow-guns, balloons; how to rear wild birds, to train dogs, and do the thousand and one things that boys take delight in.
THE OUTDOOR HANDY BOOK. For Playground, Field, and Forest
Illustrated by the author
"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 . . . an unmixed delight to any boy."—New York Tribune.
THE FIELD AND FOREST HANDY BOOK. Or, New Ideas for Out of Doors
Illustrated by the author
"Instructions as to ways to build boats and fire-engines, make aquariums, rafts, and sleds, to camp in a back-yard, etc. No better book of the kind exists."—Chicago Record-Herald.
SHELTERS, SHACKS, AND SHANTIES