CONTENTS.

PART I.
EASY GAMES WITHOUT TOYS.
OUTDOOR.
PAGE
Hop, Step, and Jump[1]
Hopping on the Bottle[2]
Hop-Scotch[2]
French and English[3]
Drawing the Oven[4]
I Spy[4]
Pitch-Stone[3]
Duck-Stone[5]
Prisoner’s Base, or Prison Bars[5]
Fox[7]
Baste the Bear[7]
Leap-Frog[8]
Fly the Garter[8]
Spanish Fly[9]
Touch[10]
Touch-Wood and Touch-Iron[10]
Buck, Buck, how many Horns do I hold up?[10]
Warning[10]
Follow my Leader[11]
The Fugleman[11]
Hare and Hounds[11]
Steeple Chase[13]
Duck and Drake[13]
Simon Says[14]
King of the Castle[14]
Battle for the Banner[14]
Snow-Balls[15]
Snow Castle[16]
Snow Giant[17]
Jack! Jack! show a Light![18]
Jingling[19]
Jump little Nag-tail![19]
Jumping Rope[20]
My Grandmother’s Clock[20]
Rushing Bases[21]
See-saw[21]
Thread the Needle[22]
Tom Tiddler’s Ground[22]
Two to One[22]
Walk, Moon, Walk![22]
Want a day’s work?[23]
Will you List?[23]
Whoop![24]
High Barbaree![24]
Bull in the Ring[24]
Cock Fight[25]
Dropping the Handkerchief[25]
INDOOR.
Blind Man’s Buff[26]
Bob-Cherry[26]
Buff[27]
Concert[27]
Consequences[28]
Cross Questions & Crooked Answers[28]
Dumb Motions[29]
Family Coach[29]
Frog in the Middle[30]
The Four Elements[31]
Hand[31]
Hot Boiled Beans[32]
Hot Cockles[32]
How? Where? and When?[32]
Hunt the Slipper[33]
Hunt the Ring[33]
Hunt the Whistle[33]
Magic Music[34]
Post[34]
Proverbs[35]
Puss in the Corner[36]
Red-Cap and Black-Cap[36]
Shadow Buff[37]
Slate Games[37]
Trades[40]
Trussed Fowls[40]
The Two Hats[40]
What is my Thought like?[41][viii]
EASY GAMES WITH TOYS.
OUTDOOR.
BALLS[43]
Catch Ball[43]
Doutee-Stool[43]
Egg-Hat[44]
Feeder[44]
Monday, Tuesday[45]
Nine-Holes[46]
Northern Spell[46]
Rounders[46]
Sevens[48]
Stool-Ball[48]
Trap, Bat, and Ball[48]
HOOPS[49]
The Hoop[50]
Encounters[50]
Hoop Race[51]
Posting[51]
Tournament[52]
Turnpike[52]
KITES[53]
How to make a Kite[53]
Flying the Kite[54]
Messengers[55]
Calico Kites[55]
Fancy Kites[55]
MARBLES[57]
Bounce Eye[58]
Conqueror[58]
Die Shot[58]
Eggs in the Bush[59]
Increase Pound[59]
Knock out, or Lag out[59]
Long Taw[60]
Nine-Holes, or Bridge Board[60]
Odd or Even[61]
Picking the Plums[61]
The Pyramid[61]
Ring Taw[61]
Spans and Snops, and Bounce About[62]
Teetotum Shot[62]
Three-Holes[62]
Tipshares, or Handers[63]
TOPS[64]
The Humming-top[64]
Peg-top[65]
Spanish Peg-top[65]
The Whip-top[65]
Chip-stone[66]
Peg-in-the-Ring[66]
MISCELLANEOUS TOYS[68]
The Apple Mill[68]
Aunt Sally[68]
Baton[69]
Cat[69]
Cat and Mouse[70]
Knock-’em-down[71]
Pea-shooters[71]
Quoits[71]
Nine-pins[72]
Skittles[72]
Dutch-pins[73]
Throwing the Hammer[73]
The Boomerang[74]
The Skip-jack, or Jump-jack[74]
The Sling[74]
Walking on Stilts[76]
The Sucker[76]
INDOOR.
Battledore and Shuttlecock[78]
Bandilor[79]
Cup and Ball[79]
The Cutwater[79]
Fox and Geese[80]
Goose[81]
Head, Body, and Legs[81]
Knuckle-bones[82]
Merelles, or Nine Men’s Morris[83]
Paper Dart[83]
The Popgun[84]
Push-pin[84]
Schimmel[84]
Spelicans[86]
PART II.
ATHLETIC SPORTS AND MANLY EXERCISES.
ANGLING[89]
A Word about Fish[90]
About the Rod[91]
Choosing the Rod[91]
Lines or Bottoms[92]
Shotting the Line[93]
The Float[93]
Reels or Winches[94]
Reel Lines[94]
Hooks[94]
How to bait a Hook[95]
Baits[95]
To Bait with Greaves[97]
To Scour and Preserve Worms[97]
The Plummet[97]
Plumbing the Depth[97]
Landing-hook and Landing-net[98]
Clearing Ring and Line[98]
Drag-hook[98]
Bank Runner[98]
Live-bait Kettle[99]
Disgorger[99]
Angling Axioms[99]
Salmon[100]
Trout[100]
Jack or Pike[101]
Gudgeon[103]
Roach[104]
Dace[105]
Perch[106]
Grayling[107]
Chub[108]
Carp[109]
Tench[110]
Pope, or Ruff[110]
Bream[111]
Flounder[111]
Eels[112]
Stickleback and Minnow[113]
Barbel[114]
Natural Fly-fishing, or Dipping[115]
Fly-fishing and Artificial Flies[115]
Materials for making Flies[115]
ARCHERY[121]
The Long-bow[122]
The Cross-bow[122]
Feats of the Bow[123]
Length of Bows and Arrows, and how used in Ancient Times[124]
Marks for Shooting at[124]
Equipment for Archery[125]
Ancient Directions for Archery[125]
Decline of Archery[125]
Modern Archery[126]
The Bow[126]
The String[126]
Stringing the Bow[127]
The Arrows[127]
The Quiver[128]
The Tassel, Brace, Belt, and Pouch[128]
Shooting Glove, and Grease Pot[129]
The Target[129]
Butts[130]
How to draw the Bow[130]
Flight Shooting[131]
Clout Shooting[131]
Roving[131]
General Hints for Archers[132]
BOXING[133]
CANOES AND CANOEING[140]
CRICKET[143]
The Bat[145]
The Ball[145]
The Stumps[145]
Pads or Guards[146]
Batting Gloves[147]
Wicket-keeping Gloves[148]
The Laws of Cricket[148]
The Laws of Single Wicket[152]
The Batsman.—Hints to Young Players[153]
Fielding[159]
Bowling[162]
The Wicket-keeper[165]
Long-stop[166]
Point[166]
Short-slip[166]
Cover-point[167]
Long-slip[167]
Long-on[167]
Long-off[167]
Leg[167]
Mid-wicket on and off[167]
Third Man up[167]
Diagram I.—Fast Round-arm Bowling[168]
Diagram II.—Medium Pace Round-arm Bowling[169]
Diagram III.—Slow Under-hand Bowling[169]
CROQUET.—Materials of the Game[170]
The Mallets[170]
The Balls[171]
The Hoops[171]
The Posts[172]
Clips[172]
Marking Board[173]
Tunnel[173]
The Cage[173]
A Croquet Stand[174]
How the Game is played[174]
Diagram, No. I.[177]
Dia„ram, N„. II.[178]
Dia„ram, N„. III.[179]
Dia„ram, N„. IV.[180]
Rules[181]
Striking[181]
Order of Playing[181]
The Croquet[182]
The Posts[185]
The Rover[185]
Hints to Young Players[186]
DRIVING[192]
Introduction[192]
The Horse in Harness[193]
The Horse[194]
The Harness[194]
The Carriage[195]
Putting to[196]
Directions for Driving[196]
FENCING[198]
The Guard[199]
Advance[200]
Retreat[201]
The Longe[201]
The Recover[201]
The Engage[202]
Parades[202]
Quarte[203]
Tierce[203]
Seconde[205]
Demi-Cercle[205]
Octave[206]
Contre-Parades[206]
Attacks[207]
The Straight Thrust[207]
The Disengagement[207]
The One-Two[208]
The Beat and Thrust[208]
The Beat and Disengagement[208]
Cut over the Point[208]
Cut over the Disengagement[208]
Double[209]
All Feints[209]
The Assault[209]
General Advice[210]
BROADSWORDS[210]
Positions[211]
Target[212]
Cuts and Guards[213]
Cuts[213]
Points[214]
Guards[215]
Parry[215]
Hanging Guard[216]
Inside Guard[216]
Outside Guard[217]
Attack and Defence[217]
Draw Swords[218]
Recover Swords[219]
Carry Swords[219]
Slope Swords[219]
Return Swords[219]
Practices[220]
Second Practice[220]
Third Practice[220]
Fourth Practice[221]
Fifth Practice[221]
Fort and Feeble[222]
Drawing Cut[222]
General Advice[222]
FIVES[223]
FOOT-BALL[224]
GOLFING[226]
GYMNASTICS[228]
Introduction[228]
Historical Memoranda[229]
Modern Gymnastics[230]
Walking[230]
The Tip-toe March[231]
Running[232]
Jumping[232]
Leaping[233]
To climb up a Board[234]
Climbing the Pole[234]
Clim„ing t„e Rope[235]
Clim„ing Trees[235]
The Giant Stride, or Flying Steps, and its capabilities[235]
Parallel Bars[241]
The Horizontal Bar[243]
The Horse[246]
The Swing[249]
Throwing the Javelin[253]
The Trapeze, Single and Double[254]
Tricks and Feats of Gymnastics[262]
HOCKEY[265]
RACKETS[268]
RIDING[270]
The Horse[271]
The Marks of Age in the Horse[271]
The Paces of the Horse[272]
Terms used by Horsemen[274]
Form of the Horse[274]
Varieties of the Horse suitable for Boys[274]
The Accoutrements and Aids[275]
Mounting[277]
Dismounting[278]
The Management of the Reins[278]
The Seat[279]
The Control of the Horse[280]
Management of the Walk[280]
The Trot and Canter[281]
The Management of the Gallop[282]
Leaping[282]
Treatment of Vices[284]
ROWING[288]
Historical Memoranda[288]
Construction of Ancient Ships and Galleys[289]
Roman Galleys, Ships, &c.[290]
Of Boats[291]
The Component Parts of Boats[292]
The Oars and Sculls[293]
Sea Rowing[293]
River Rowing[293]
Management of the Oar[294]
The Essential Points in Rowing[295]
Management of the Boat[295]
Rowing together[296]
Caution to Young Rowers[296]
SAILING[297]
Characters of a Yacht[301]
Various kinds of Yachts[302]
Description of the Cutter Yacht[303]
Construction of the Hull[303]
Something about the Masts, Spars, Ropes, &c.[306]
Sailing a Yacht[308]
Bringing up[310]
Making Snug[310]
Going back[310]
Jibing[310]
Bringing up at Moorings[310]
Of the Mariners’ Compass, and various Nautical
Terms[311]
Cautions and Directions[312]
Nautical Terms[312]
SKATING[316]
The Skate[317]
Putting on the Skates[318]
How to start upon the Inside Edge[319]
Movement on the Outside Edge[319]
Forward Roll[320]
The Dutch Roll[320]
The Figure of Eight[321]
The Figure of Three[321]
The Back Roll[321]
General Directions to be followed by Persons learning to Skate[322]
SLIDING[323]
SWIMMING[325]
Places and Times for Bathing and Swimming[327]
Entering the Water[328]
Aids to Swimming[328]
Striking off and Swimming[329]
How to manage the Legs[330]
Plunging and Diving[330]
Swimming under Water[331]
Swimming on the Side[332]
Swimming on the Back without employing the Feet[332]
Floating[333]
Treading Water[333]
The Fling[333]
Swimming on the Back[334]
Thrusting[334]
The Double Thrust[335]
To Swim like a Dog[335]
The Mill[335]
The Wheel backwards and forwards[335]
To Swim with one Hand[336]
Hand over Hand Swimming[336]
Balancing[336]
The Cramp[337]
Saving from Danger[337]
Sports and Feats in Swimming[338]
Bernardi’s system of Upright Swimming[338]
The Prussian System of Pfuel[339]
TRAINING[342]
PART III.
SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS.
ACOUSTICS[347]
Difference between Sound and Noise[347]
Sounds, how propagated[347]
To show how Sound travels through a Solid[347]
To show that Sound depends on Vibration[347]
Musical Figures resulting from Sound[347]
To make an Æolian Harp[348]
The Invisible Girl[348]
Ventriloquism[349]
AERONAUTICS[350]
Balloons[350]
How to make an Air-balloon[351]
How to Fill a Balloon[352]
To make Fire-Balloons[352]
Parachutes[352]
CHEMISTRY[353]
Gases[357]
Oxygen Gas[358]
Experiments[359]
Nitrogen[360]
Experiments[361]
Atmospheric Air[362]
Hydrogen[364]
Experiments[364]
Water[365]
Experiment[366]
Chlorine[367]
Experiments[368]
Muriatic Acid Gas, or Hydric Chloride[369]
Experiments[370]
Iodine[371]
Experiments[371]
Bromine[371]
Experiments[371]
Fluorine[372]
Experiment[372]
Carbon[372]
Experiments[373]
Carbon and Hydrogen[374]
Experiment[375]
Coal Gas[376]
Experiment[376]
Phosphorus[377]
Experiments[377]
Sulphur[378]
Metals[379]
Potassium[381]
Experiments[381], [382], [383]
Crystallization of Metals[383]
Experiment[383]
To form a Solid from two Liquids[384]
To form a Liquid from two Solids[384]
Experiments[384]
Changes of Colour produced by Colourless Liquids[385]
ELECTRICITY[386]
Simple Means of producing Electricity[386]
Attraction and Repulsion exhibited[387]
How to make an Electrical Machine[388]
The Conductor[389]
The Plate Electrical Machine[389]
How to draw Sparks from the tip of the Nose[389]
How to charge a Leyden Jar[390]
The Electrical Battery[390]
Dancing Balls and Dolls[391]
The Electrical Kiss[391]
Ringing Bells[391]
Working Power of Electricity[392]
The Electrified Wig[392]
Imitation Thunder Clouds[393]
The Lightning Stroke imitated[393]
The Sportsman[394]
GALVANISM, or Voltaic Electricity[395]
Origin of Galvanism[395]
Simple Experiment to excite Galvanic Action[396]
With Metal Plates in Water[396]
To make a Magnet by the Voltaic Current[397]
Effects of Galvanism on a Magnet[397]
Change of Colour by Galvanism[397]
The Galvanic Shock[398]
The Electrotype[398]
How to make an Electrotype Apparatus[398]
To obtain the Copy of a Coin or Medal[399]
HEAT[399]
Heat or Caloric[399]
Expansion[402]
HYDRAULICS[404]
The Syphon[405]
The Pump[405]
The Hydraulic Dancer[406]
The Water Snail or Archimedean Screw[407]
MAGNETISM[408]
Relation of Magnetism to Electricity[408]
To make Artificial Magnets[409]
How to Magnetise a Poker[409]
To show Magnetic Repulsion and Attraction[409]
North and South Poles of the Magnet[410]
Polarity of the Magnet[410]
The Magnetic Fish[410]
The Ma„netic Swan[411]
To suspend a Needle in the Air by Magnetism[411]
To make Artificial Magnets without the aid either of Natural Loadstones or Artificial Magnets[411]
Horse-shoe Magnets[412]
Experiment to show that soft Iron possesses Magnetic Properties while it remains in the vicinity of a Magnet[412]
Electro-Magnetism[413]
Power of the Electro-Magnet[413]
The Mariner’s Compass, and Experiments with a Pocket Compass[413]
Variation of the Needle[414]
Dip of the Needle[414]
Useful Amusement with the Pocket Compass[414]
Interesting Particulars concerning the Magnet[415]
MECHANICS[417]
Experiment of the Law of Motion[417]
Balancing[418]
The Prancing Horse[418]
To construct a Figure, which being placed upon a curved surface and inclined in any position, shall, when left to itself, return to its former position[418]
To make a Carriage run in an inverted position without falling[418]
To cause a Cylinder to roll by its own weight up-hill[418]
The Balanced Stick[419]
The Chinese Mandarin[419]
To make a Shilling turn on its edge on the point of a Needle[419]
The Dancing Pea[420]
Obliquity of Motion[420]
The Bridge of Knives[421]
The Toper’s Tripod[421]
THE MICROSCOPE[422]
The Compound Microscope[432]
OPTICS AND OPTICAL AMUSEMENTS[455]
Light as an Effect[455]
Refraction[456]
The Invisible Coin made Visible[456]
The Multiplying Glass[457]
Transparent Bodies[457]
The Prism[457]
Composition of Light[457]
A Natural Camera Obscura[458]
Bullock’s-eye Experiment[458]
The Camera Obscura[458]
The Camera Lucida[459]
The Magic Lantern[460]
Painting the Slides[460]
To exhibit the Magic Lantern[461]
Effects of the Magic Lantern[461]
Tempest at Sea[461]
The Phantasmagoria[462]
Dissolving Views[462]
How to raise a Ghost[462]
The Thaumatrope[463]
The Bird in the Cage[463]
Construction of the Phantasmacope[464]
Curious Optical Illusions[464], [465]
The Picture in the Air[465]
Breathing Light and Darkness[466]
To show that Rays of Light do not obstruct each other[466]
Optics of a Soap-bubble[467]
The Kaleidoscope[467]
Simple Solar Microscope[468]
Anamorphoses[468]
The Cosmorama[470]
Distorted Landscapes[470]
PHOTOGRAPHY[472]
How to make the Negative on Glass, using Collodion bromoiodized for Iron development[472]
PNEUMATICS[477]
Weight of the Air Proved by a pair of Bellows[477]
The Pressure of the Air shown by a Wine-glass[478]
Another Experiment[478]
Elasticity of the Air[478]
Reason for this[479]
The Air-Pump[479]
To prove that Air has Weight[479]
To prove Air elastic[480]
Sovereign and Feather[480]
Air in the Egg[480]
The Descending Smoke[480]
The Soundless Bell[481]
The Floating Fish[481]
The Diving Bell[482]
Experiments[482], [484], [485]
With Ice or Snow[485]
Without Snow or Ice[485]
SPECTRUM ANALYSIS[486]
How to use the Spectroscope[488]
To obtain the Bright Lines in the Spectrum given by any Substance[488]
Professor Stokes’ Absorption Bands[489]
To Map out any Spectrum[489]
PART IV.
DOMESTIC PETS.
BEES AND BEE-KEEPING[493]
THE CANARY[497]
DOGS[506]
GOLD AND SILVER FISH[516]
Glasses[517]
Feeding[517]
Diseases[517]
THE GUINEA PIG[518]
THE HEDGEHOG[520]
THE JACKDAW[521]
THE JAY[523]
THE MAGPIE[524]
OWLS[526]
THE PARROT[532]
PIGEONS[541]
Varieties of Pigeons[545]
Blue Rock Dove[545]
The Antwerp, or Smerle[546]
The Pouter[547]
The Carrier[548]
The Dragon[549]
The Tumbler[549]
The Barb[550]
The Owl[551]
The Turbit[551]
The Fantail[551]
The Trumpeter[552]
The Jacobin[553]
POULTRY[554]
Fowls[554]
Fattening[555]
Laying[555]
Hatching[555]
Rearing of Chickens[556]
The Pintado, or Guinea Fowl[557]
Ducks[558]
THE RABBIT[560]
THE RAVEN[570]
SILKWORMS[574]
Food of the Silkworm[576]
Hatching, Feeding, and Temperature[576]
Moultings[577]
The Cocoon[577]
The Aurelia[578]
Winding the Silk[578]
The Moth[578]
General Remarks[579]
THE SQUIRREL[580]
WHITE MICE[587]
PART V.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BAGATELLE[591]
English Bagatelle[591]
The French Game[591]
Sans Egal[591]
The Cannon Game[592]
Mississippi[592]
BILLIARDS[593]
The Angles of the Table[597]
The American Game[602]
Pyramids, or Pyramid Pool[602]
Winning and Losing Carambole Game[602]
Pool[603]
Italian Skittle Pool[604]
BOAT-BUILDING[605]
Cutter[606]
Smack[607]
Schooner[607]
Lugger[608]
CARPENTERING[609]
The Shop and Bench[609]
Of Planes[610]
Saws[611]
The Spoke Shave[613]
Stock and Bits[613]
How to make a Wheelbarrow[613]
The Way to make a Box[615]
To cut the Dovetails[615]
The Bottom of the Box[616]
THE GAME OF CHESS[617]
The Laws of the Game[618]
The King’s Knight’s opening[620]
Game I.—Philidor’s Defence[621]
Ga„e II.—Petroff’sDef„[622]
Variation A. on White’s 5th Move[622]
Game III.—The Giuoco Piano[622]
Variation A. on White’s 6th Move[622]
Game IV.—The Evans’ Gambit[623]
Variation A. on White’s 9th Move[623]
Vari„tion B. on „hite’„ 9th „[624]
Vari„tion A. on Black’s 10th Move[624]
The Gambit declined[625]
Game V.—Ruy Lopez Knight’s Game[626]
Variation B. on Black’s 3rd Move[627]
Vari„tion C. on „lack„ 3rd „[627]
Game VI.—The Scotch Gambit[627]
Variation A. on Black’s 4th Move[628]
The King’s Bishop’s Opening[630]
Game I.—The Lopez Gambit[630]
Variation A. on White’s 4th Move[631]
Game II.—The Double Gambit[631]
Game III.[631]
Variation A. on Black’s 4th Move[632]
The King’s Gambit[632]
Game I.[632]
The Salvio Gambit[633]
Variation A. on Black’s 4th Move[633]
Game II.—The Muzio Gambit[633]
Game I.—The Allgaier Gambit[635]
Game II.[635]
Game I.—The Bishop’s Gambit[636]
Game II.[636]
The Gambit refused[638]
Game I.[638]
Game II.[639]
The Centre Gambit[639]
Game I.[639]
Variation A. on Black’s 3rd Move[640]
Game II.[640]
The Queen’s Gambit[641]
Game I.[641]
Variation A. on Black’s 3rd Move[641]
Game II.[642]
THE YOUNG CONJURER[643]
Sleight of Hand[645]
The Flying Shilling[645]
Another Method[646]
The Beads and Strings[646]
To get a Ring out of a Handkerchief[647]
To tie a Knot in a Handkerchief which cannot be drawn tight[647]
The Three Cups[648]
To tie a Handkerchief round your Leg, and get it off without untying the Knot[648]
The Magic Bond[649]
The Old Man and his Chair[649]
To tie a Knot on the Left Wrist without letting the Right Hand approach it[651]
The Handcuffs[651]
To pull a String through your Button-hole[652]
The Cut String restored[652]
The Gordian Knot[653]
The Knot loosened[653]
To put Nuts into your Ear[654]
To crack Walnuts in your Elbow[654]
To take Feathers out of an empty Handkerchief[654]
Tricks requiring Special Apparatus[654]
The Die Trick[655]
The Penetrative Pence[656]
The Doll Trick[657]
The Flying Coins[657]
The Vanished Groat[658]
The Restored Document[658]
The Magic Rings[658]
The Fish and Ink Trick[659]
The Cannon Balls[659]
The Shilling in the Ball of Cotton[660]
The Egg and Bag Trick[660]
The Dancing Egg[661]
Bell and Shot[661]
The Burned Handkerchief restored[662]
The Fire-Eater[662]
Tricks with Cards[663]
To make the Pass[663]
To tell a Card by its Back[664]
The Card named without being Seen[664]
The Card told by the Opera Glass[664]
The Four Kings[666]
Audacity[666]
The Card found at the Second Guess[666]
The Card found under the Hat[667]
To call the Cards out of the Pack[667]
Heads and Tails[667]
The Surprise[668]
The Revolution[668]
The Slipped Card[668]
The Nailed Card[668]
To ascertain the Number of Points on three Unseen Cards[669]
To tell the Numbers on two Unseen Cards[669]
The Pairs repaired[669]
The Queen digging for Diamonds[670]
The Triple Deal[670]
The Quadruple Deal[671]
Tricks with Cards that require Apparatus[671]
The Cards in the Vase[671]
The Metamorphosis[672]
To change a Card in a Person’s Hand[673]
CRYPTOGRAPHY[674]
THE DEAF AND DUMB ALPHABET[682]
The Alphabet[682]
The Numbers[685]
DOMINOES[685]
The ordinary Boy’s Game[686]
All Fives[687]
The Matadore Game[687]
All Threes[687]
Tidley-Wink[688]
The Fortress[688]
Whist Dominoes[688]
DRAUGHTS[689]
How to play the Game[690]
The Moves[690]
Laws of the Game[690]
Games for Practice[691]
Game I.[691]
Game II.[692]
FIREWORKS[693]
Gunpowder[693]
How to make Touch-paper[694]
Cases for Squibs, Flower-pots, Rockets, Roman Candles, &c.[694]
To choke the Cases[694]
Composition for Squibs, &c.[694]
How to fill the Cases[695]
To make Crackers[695]
Roman Candles and Stars[695]
Rockets[696]
Rains[696]
Catherine Wheels[696]
Various Coloured Fires[696]
Crimson Fire[696]
Blue„[697]
Green „[697]
Purple „[697]
White„[697]
Spur„[697]
Blue Lights[697]
Port or Wild Fires[697]
Slow Fire for Wheels[697]
Dead Fire for Wheels[697]
Cautions[697]
To make an Illuminated Spiral Wheel[698]
The Grand Volute[698]
A brilliant Yew-tree[699]
GARDENING[700]
On Laying out a Small Garden[702]
Planting the Ground with Trees, Flowers, &c.[703]
The Noblest Kind of Gardening for Boys[703]
The Boy’s Flower Garden[710]
T„e Bo„y’ Fruit Garden[717]
Cropping the Ground[719]
Digging[719]
Hoeing[720]
Raking[720]
Weeding[720]
Sowing Seeds[721]
Transplanting[721]
Watering[722]
Various Modes of Propagation[723]
Layers[723]
Pipings[723]
Grafting[724]
Tongue-Grafting[724]
Budding[725]
Inarching[725]
Grafting Clay[726]
Pruning[726]
Training[726]
Insects and Depredators[727]
Protection from Frost[727]
The Young Gardener’s Calendar for the Work to be done in all the Months of the Year[728]
January[728]
February[729]
March[729]
April[729]
May[730]
June[730]
July[731]
August[731]
September[731]
October[732]
November[732]
December[732]
MIMICRY AND VENTRILOQUISM[733]
PUZZLES[736]
The Divided Garden[736]
The Vertical Line Puzzle[736]
The Cardboard Puzzle[736]
The Button Puzzle[736]
The Circle Puzzle[737]
The Cross Puzzle[737]
Three-Square Puzzle[737]
Cylinder Puzzle[737]
The Nuns[738]
The Dog Puzzle[738]
Cutting out a Cross[738]
Another Cross Puzzle[738]
The Fountain Puzzle[738]
The Cabinet-maker’s Puzzle[739]
The String and Balls Puzzle[739]
The Double-headed Puzzle[739]
The Row of Halfpence[740]
Typographical Advice[740]
The Landlord made to Pay[740]
Father and Son[740]
Answers to Puzzles[741]
The Divided Garden[741]
Vertical Line Puzzle[741]
Cut Card Puzzle[741]
Button Puzzle[741]
Circle Puzzle[741]
The Cross Puzzle[742]
Three-Square Puzzle[742]
Cylinder Puzzle[742]
The Nuns’ Puzzle[742]
The Dog’s Puzzle[742]
Cutting out a Cross Puzzle[743]
Another Cross Puzzle[743]
The Fountain Puzzle[743]
The Cabinet-maker’s Puzzle[743]
String and Balls Puzzle[744]
Double-Headed Puzzle[744]
The Row of Halfpence[744]
Typographical Puzzle[745]
The Landlord made to Pay[745]
Father and Son[745]
SHOWS[746]
Punch and Judy[746]
Fantoccini[749]
The Sailor[751]
The Juggler[751]
The Headless Man[751]
The Milkwoman[751]
POSTAGE-STAMP COLLECTING, or Philately[752]
TINSELLING[768]
THE AMERICAN GAME OF BASE-BALL[769]
American Billiards[797]
La Crosse[812]

PART I.

EASY GAMES WITHOUT TOYS.

OUTDOOR.