There are, of course, many fortunate girls and boys who do not require any help whatever, who always know what to do now, and do it. For them some sections of this book may have little value. It is for that greater number of less resourceful children who whenever time is before them really are in need of counsel and hints, that it has been prepared.
ILLUSTRATIONS
| FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS | |
| A Pueblo Settlement | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| Outdoor Games for Girls | [128] |
| Outdoor Games for Boys | [138] |
| Playing Alone | [184] |
| In the Country | [202] |
| The Library and Furniture from "The House that Glue Built" | [244] |
| A Dutch House | [264] |
| An Esquimau Sled | [266] |
| Indian Costumes | [266] |
| Pets | [338] |
| Reading | [368] |
| ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT | |
| PAGE | |
| A Trussed Fowl | [37] |
| Five Dots | [48] |
| Outlines | [49] |
| Drawing Tricks | [51] |
| Picture-Writing | [52-53] |
| The Last Man Surveying the Ruins of the Crystal Palace | [56] |
| Patience Card | [76] |
| The Dancing Dwarf | [106] |
| Bean-Bag Board | [114] |
| Rope Ring | [115] |
| The Overhand Knot | [117] |
| Half-Hitch | [118] |
| Figure of Eight | [118] |
| Common Bend | [118] |
| Sailor's Knot | [118] |
| Running Noose | [119] |
| Crossed Running Noose | [119] |
| Bowline Knot | [119] |
| Dogshank | [120] |
| Shuffle-Board | [121] |
| Balancing Tricks | [123] |
| The Glass Maker | [125] |
| Electric Dancers | [126] |
| Daisy Chain | [135] |
| Ivy Chain | [135] |
| Hop-Scotch | [144] |
| Prisoner's Base | [156] |
| Tit-tat-toe | [176-177] |
| Hanging | [179-180] |
| Chinese Gambling | [181] |
| Spanish Cup | [186] |
| Cardboard Box Beds | [223] |
| Bead Chair | [223] |
| A Doll's Apartments | [227] |
| Cork Arm-Chair | [228] |
| Chestnut Chair | [229] |
| Fancy Table | [230] |
| Match-Box Bedstead | [231] |
| Match-Box Washstand | [233] |
| Towel Rack | [233] |
| Clothes Basket | [234] |
| Cardboard Dolls' House | [239] |
| Appearance of House When Complete | [240] |
| Dog Kennel | [241] |
| Kitchen Table | [246] |
| Kitchen Range | [247] |
| Kitchen Chair | [247] |
| Screen | [248] |
| Various Pots and Pans | [248] |
| Dining-Room Table and Cloth | [249] |
| Sideboard | [250] |
| Sofa | [251] |
| Arm-Chair | [251] |
| Wooden Bedstead | [252] |
| Wardrobe | [253] |
| Dressing Table | [254] |
| Washstand | [255] |
| Rocking-Chair | [256] |
| Towel Rack | [256] |
| Chair | [256] |
| Child's High Chair | [257] |
| Child's Cot | [257] |
| Walking Paper Dolls | [259] |
| Paper Mother and Child, with Clothes for Each | [260] |
| A Paper Girl with Six Changes | [261] |
| Shadows on the Wall | [280] |
| A Cocked Hat | [284] |
| Paper Boats | [285] |
| Paper Darts | [286] |
| Paper Mats | [286] |
| Paper Boxes | [287] |
| A Dancing Man | [289] |
| Hand Dragons | [290] |
| A Kite | [293] |
| Flying A Kite | [294] |
| Toy Boats | [296-297] |
| A Skipjack | [300] |
| A Water-Cutter | [300] |