AUTHOR’S NOTE
“The Jolly Book of Boxcraft” has been enlarged and rewritten from work started in May, 1909. This work was purchased by St. Nicholas, Little Folks, Good Housekeeping, The Congregationalist and Christian World, The Designer, Holland’s Magazine, The Housekeeper, The Ladies’ Home Journal, The New York Herald, and The New York Tribune. Thanks are due to them for the courtesy of using material which was included in their articles.
The author feels that it is only right to acknowledge her indebtedness to the children themselves who have lent their toys and helped in many little ways of their own toward the making of this book. Special thanks are due to Elizabeth Hendricks, Raymon Guthrie, Henry Jarrett, Stanley Hoyt, and Wesley Meehan, playfellows.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Introduction (Verse) | [XV] |
| Boxcraft | [1] |
| The Little White Cottage of Boxville | [9] |
| The Boxville Store | [16] |
| The District School of Boxville | [19] |
| The Little Church of Boxville | [27] |
| The Boxville Railway Station | [34] |
| B. R. R. Freight Station and Shoe-box Tunnel | [40] |
| Hotel Bandbox and How to Furnish It | [43] |
| The Shoe-box Apartment House | [50] |
| A Boxville Residence | [53] |
| The Boxville Garage or Stable | [58] |
| Making a Boxville Garden | [60] |
| Boxville Boat-house or Yacht Club | [65] |
| The Houseboat “Box Craft” | [68] |
| Camp Box on Mirror Lake | [70] |
| The Gipsy Cart of Boxville Highway | [73] |
| The Shepherd’s Hut and the Sheepfold | [77] |
| Building a Box Bridge | [81] |
| Building a Toy Windmill | [83] |
| Boxville Barn and Farmyard | [86] |
| Box Brothers’ Animal Show | [89] |
| Circus Tent and Circus Grounds | [92] |
| Boxtown Zoo Garden | [96] |
| Boxtown Hose House | [98] |
| How to Make a Wigwam | [100] |
| Fort Box | [102] |
| How to Build a Toy Castle and a Fairyland House | [105] |
| Boxes Used as Blocks | [110] |
| Making a Noah’s Ark for Cracker Animals | [114] |
| Box Savings-bank for Pennies | [117] |
| How to Make a Toy Wagon and Sled or Sleigh | [119] |
| The China Doll’s Crib, Go-cart, and May Basket | [122] |
| The Toy Dog Kennel for a Toy Dog | [127] |
| How to Make a Teddy Bear’s Wheelbarrow | [129] |
| Office Furniture for Little Dolls | [131] |
| How to Make a Dolls’ Hammock | [134] |
| How to Make a Theater or Punch Show | [136] |
| How to Make a Toy Merry-go-round | [140] |
| Making a Boxcraft Automobile | [143] |
| How to Furnish a Doll-house | [147] |
| How to Make the Boxcraft Game, “Ringfling” | [154] |
| The Game of “Shoot the Chutes” | [157] |
| The Boxcraft Game “One-Two-I-Catch-You” | [159] |
| The Funny Game of “Mister Box” | [161] |
| How to Make a Magic Box | [163] |
NOTE
In view of the large number of illustrations in this volume and of the necessity for grouping them, it is necessary for an occasional illustration to appear at the end of its chapter, or at the end of the preceding chapter. It is desirable therefore that the list of illustrations be consulted frequently.