INDEX.
A
Album, an, [400]
All-Hallow-Eve; see [Halloween]
Appliqué designs, [391]
April, first of, [3];
April-fool’s Day party, [5];
games, [6] et seq.
B
Back-stitching, [383]
Ball, soft, [327]
Balls, lawn-tennis, [69]
Basket, May, [74];
birch-bark, ib.;
cardboard, ib.;
crab-net, [97]
Basting, [382]
Bedstead, [444]
Beech-nuts, [220]
Biographical nonsense, [339]
Bladder telephone, [227]
Blind, taught modelling, [257]
Blind-man’s singing-school, [155]
Blind-man’s stocking, [321]
Bombs, [115]
Bonbon box, [49]
Bookcase, [439]
Book-covers, home-made, [401]
Book-mark, [324]
Book-shelves, marine, [94]
Booths at a fair, [413];
tables for, ib.;
flowers for, [417];
arrangement of, [420]
Botany as applied to art, [139];
conventionalizing plant forms, ib.;
the peony-leaf, [140];
a bunch of turnips, [142];
decorative lines, [143];
cross-section plant designs, [144];
flower-sprays, [146];
changing color and form, [147];
burs, ib.;
water-lily conventionalized, [148];
fern-leaf, [85]
Bouquets, to preserve fresh, [25]
Brackets, [214]
Bradford, Governor William, [302]
Bran pie, [321]
Brushes for oil-colors, [250];
for china painting, [270]
Bubble-blowing, [335]
Buckeye Portière, [204]
“Bunching eggs,” [37]
Burgoos, [132]
Butter-Scotch, [459]
Butter-nuts, [220]
Button, how to sew on a, [386]
Button-holes, [383]
Bureau transformed into a bookcase, [441]
C
Candlestick, marine, [103]
Candy, home-made, [458]
Canvas for painting, [251]
Cards, Easter, [50]
Cards, living Christmas, [342]
Chair, [441];
how to reseat, [442]
Chestnuts, [218]
China-painting, [272];
materials, [273];
China, [278];
monochrome painting, ib.;
tinting, [273];
new method of decorating china, [279];
tracing, [280];
mottled ground, [281];
snow landscape, ib.;
head-painting, [284];
sea-weed, fish, etc., [287];
mixing colors, [289];
painting royal Worcester ware, [290]
Chocolate-caramels, [461]
Chocolate-creams, [459]
Christmas festivities, [317];
customs, [318]
Clay, for modelling, [259];
how to manage, [261];
how to preserve, [262]
Clover, four-leaved, [23]
Color painting, [241], [244], [246]
Conventionalized plant forms, [141]
Court, for lawn-tennis, [62]
Cross-section plant designs, [144]
Crystallizing flowers, [21]
Curtain fixtures, marine, [92]
D
Dancers, fairy, [330]
Darning and mending, [384]
Declaration of Independence, [117]
Decoration, sea-side cottage, [92]
Decorations, natural, [201];
of autumn wild flowers, [202];
buckeye portière, [204];
of horse-chestnuts, ib.;
of corn, [209];
ornamental gourds, [210]
Decorative language, [365];
how to make a design in, [371]
Dolls, corn-husk, [169];
with crab-apple heads, [173];
flower, [175]
Drapery of small scraps, [431]
Draw, how to, [229]
Drawing plant forms, [141]
Drawn work, [389]
Dressing-table, [444]
E
Easel, [250]
Easter, [33];
how celebrated in England, ib.;
in Russia, ib.;
in Ireland, [34];
in Germany, [35];
in Washington, D. C, ib.
Easter cards, [50]
Easter eggs, [33];
games with, [36];
dolls made of, [39];
toys formed of, [42];
maple wax eggs, [49];
bonbon box, ib.
Enchanted girl, pantomime of, [348]
Exercising, best time for, [353];
balancing weights on the head, [356];
broom-handle exercise, [357]
F
Fairy dancers, [330]
Fan, how to make a, [177];
butterfly fan, [178];
Mikado fan, [180];
daisy fan, [182];
card-board fan, [183]
Felling, [383]
Ferns for decoration, [19]
Fid, [57], [161]
Five minutes’ conversation, [154]
Fish-painting on china, [286]
Floral vocabulary, [377]
Flowers, wild, [14];
transplanting, ib.;
how to keep cut, [15];
sending by mail, [16];
preserving, in sand, [16];
pressed, [18];
herbariums of, [19];
for decoration, ib.;
color of, changed, ib.;
waxed, [20];
to freshen cut, ib.;
crystallized, [21];
frosted, ib.;
perfume of, preserved, ib.;
spring flowers in winter, [23];
preserving, in alcohol, [24];
in an empty bottle, ib.;
under glass, ib.;
to keep bouquets fresh, [25];
to keep flowers or fruit fresh for a year, ib.;
painting, in water-colors, [239]
Fortune-telling, by melted lead, [190];
by nutshell boats, [192];
by “three luggies,” [193];
by roasting nuts, ib.;
Kaling, [194];
by the magic mirror, ib.;
by three tin cups, by the ring cake, [195]
Fortune’s wheel, [88], [426]
“Fore-shortening,” [231]
Fourth of July, celebration, interior decoration for, [107];
indoor illumination, [108];
out-door decoration and illumination, [109];
fireworks for girls, [111];
parachute, [112];
thunderbolts, ib.;
whirls, [113];
winged fancies, ib.;
pin-wheels, [114];
bombs, [115];
lawn party, [117];
declaration of independence, ib.;
game of toss, [118];
jackstraws, [119];
progressive mining, ib.
Frames for pictures, [295];
designs for, [296];
decorated, [297];
cork frame, [299]
Furniture, old and new, [438]
G
Game of headless turkey, [312]
Game and fish stew, [133]
Games, quiet, for hot weather, [151];
door-step party, [152];
five minutes’ conversation, [153];
blind-man’s singing-school, [155];
game of noted men, ib.;
what will you take to the picnic? 156;
assumed characters, [157];
shadow verbs, ib.;
Halloween games, [196] et seq.
Games for Christmas holidays, bubble-bowling, [335];
biographical nonsense, [339];
comic historical tableaux, [341];
living Christmas cards, [342]
Gathering, [382]
Glass, stained, imitated, [435]
Glove pen-wiper, [323]
Glove, to mend a kid, [386]
Gold, mat, [276];
pure, ib.
Gourds, ornamental, [210]
Grab-bags, [423]
Ground glass, imitation of, [436]
Gymnasium, home, [353]
H
Hall seat, [447]
Halloween, [187];
origin of, ib.;
party, [189];
fortune-telling on, [190] et seq.;
games, [196] et seq.
Hammock, how to make a, [159];
materials required, [161];
barrel hammock, [165]
Hat-rack, sea-side, [98]
Hazel-nuts, [220]
Headless turkey, game of, [312]
Hemming, [381]
Heraldry, [366];
field of, [266];
the points, ib.;
divisions, [267]
Herbariums, [19]
Herring-bone stitch, [384]
Hickory-nuts, [219]
Historical tableaux, [341]
Home gymnasium, [353]
Home-made candy, [458]
Horseshoe crab-bag, [101]
“Huli Fool,” [4]
I
Impression album, how to make an, [123];
tools required, [125];
printing from leaves, [126];
from flowers, [127];
landscapes, [128];
other uses for botanical impressions, [129]
J
Jackstraws, Fourth of July, [119]
Julklapp, [319]
K
Kaling, [194]
Key-rack, [412]
L
Lace, [393]
Lady of the Lake, [425]
Landscape painting in water-colors, [241]
Language, a decorative, [364]
Lantern, [408]
Lawn, painting on, [434]
Lawn party, [117]
Lawn-tennis, [55];
lawn-tennis suits, [56];
how to make a lawn-tennis net, [57];
materials for, ib.;
court, [62];
rules for the game, [63]
Leap-year party, [351]
Leaves and ferns for decoration, [19]
Light, [252]
M
Mailing parcels, directions for, [16]
Mantle-cloth, [454]
Mantle-piece, [451]
Maple-wax Easter eggs, [49]
Marsh-mallow paste, [460];
toasted, [461]
Mat colors, [277]
May Day, [71];
sports, [72];
May baskets, [74];
May-pole, [77];
May-pole dance, [79]
Midsummer Eve, [83];
the games of, [85] et seq.
Mirror tableau, [6]
Mirror, the, [404]
Model, arrangement of, in water-color painting, [240]
Modelling in clay and wax, [257];
value of, [259];
much can be learned without a teacher, ib.;
materials, ib.;
clay, [260];
general directions, [261]
Modelling wax, [263]
Modelling stand, [260]
Molasses candy, [459]
Monochrome painting, [278]
Music-roll, a, [410]
N
Nancy, Miss, [326]
Nature’s types, [125]
Needle, hammock, [58]; 161
Needle-work, [380]
Net, lawn-tennis, [57]
New Year’s Day, [347];
New Year’s parties, [348]
Noah’s ark peep-show, [8]
Nutting parties, [218];
rules for, [221]
O
Overhanding, [380]
Oil-cups, [251]
Oils for china-painting, [275]
Overcasting, [380]
P
Paint-box, [251]
Painting in water-colors, [238];
materials for, ib.;
flower-painting, [239];
model, [240];
landscapes, [241];
general directions, [242];
painting from notes, [244]
Painting in oil-colors, [249];
materials, ib.;
the light, [252];
setting the palette, [253]
Painting on lawn, [434]
Painting window-panes, [432]
Paints, for china-painting, [274]
Palette, [250];
setting the, [253]
Palette-knife, [250];
of horn, [273]
Panel decorations, [205], [209], [270]
Panel of field-corn, [209]
Pantomime of an enchanted girl, [348]
Paper-weight, [412]
Parachute, [112]
Party, First of April, [5];
Fourth of July, [117];
door-step, [151];
Halloween, [189];
nutting, [218]
Paste, how to make, [402]
Patch, how to, [386]
Peanut-candy, [458]
Peanuts, [223]
Perfumes, to prepare from flowers, [21]
Picnics, burgoos and corn-roasts, [131];
how to make a burgoo stew, [133];
a corn-roast, [134]
Picture-frames, [295]
Pilgrims, landing of, tableau, [305] et seq.
Pin-wheels, [114]
Plain sewing, [380];
overhanding, ib.;
overcasting, [381];
hemming, ib.;
running, [382];
basting, ib.;
gathering, ib.;
stitching, [383];
back-stitching, ib.;
felling, ib.;
button-holes, ib.;
herringbone, or cat’s-tooth stitch, [384]
Plantain test, [86]
Plaster casts, [268];
to harden, [270];
to color, ib.
“Poisson d’Avril,” [4]
Pop-corn balls, [462]
Portières, designs for, [391];
buckeye, [204]
Postal regulations for packages, [16]
Progressive mining, [119]
R
Rag-balls, [427]
Ribbon embroideries, [393]
Ribbon curtain, [430]
Rooster, a lively, [327]
Rose-water, recipe for, [26]
Rubbish, what to do with, [403]
Running, [382]
S
Sachet, [323]
Saint Valentine’s Day, [464]
Scrap-bag, [324]
Scrap drapery, [431]
Scrap-book, [395]
Screen, marine, [99];
Louis Quinze, [206]
Settee, [442]
Shells, how to polish, [104]
Shelves around chimney, [456]
Siccatif Courtray, [253]
“Silly mackerel,” [4]
Spring flowers in winter, [23]
“Squirrel, little brown,” [218], [221], [222]
Stained glass, imitation of, [435]
Starfish, candlestick made of, [102];
ornaments of, [103];
how to dry, [104]
Stitches, fancy, [387]
Stitching, [383]
T
T-square, [234]
Table, a bric-à-brac, [406];
at a fair, [413]
Tableau, mirror, [6]
Tableaux, burlesque, [304];
historical, [341]
Tar paste, [275]
Telephone, how to make a, [224]
Tent, illuminated, [111]
Thanksgiving, celebration of, [302]
Thunderbolts, [112]
Tiles, painted on marble mantle, [453]
Tin telephone, [225]
Tints in water-color painting, [242]
Toss, [118]
Tracing, [280]
Transformation scrap-book, [398]
U
Urchin, sea, vase made of, [102]
V
Valentine party, [465]
Vase, marine, [102]
W
Walking Club, the, [27];
membership of, [30];
length of walks, ib.;
rules to be observed, [31]
Walnuts, [220]
Walnut creams, [459];
glacé, [460]
Walnut-shell turtle, [325]
Washstand, [446]
Water-colors, [238]
Wax-modelling, home-made, [263]
Wedding decorations, wild flowers for, [202]
Whirls, [113]
Wild flowers, [13]
Window decorations, [92]
Window-panes, decoration of, [432]
Window-seat, [448]
Winged fancies, [113]
Work-basket, crab-net, [97]
Work-basket, [411]
Worcester, royal, ware, [290]
FOOTNOTES:
[A] Cicada, commonly known among children as the locust.
[B] Cannel coal is the best to use, for it is hard, will take a high polish like jet, and can be carved with a pen-knife.
[C] Dishes.
[D] For this work the staple-tacks used for tacking down matting will be found very convenient.