He may have the few tools and materials to be found in every household, or he may possess his own complete chest of tools and well-equipped workshop, but something is lacking—He needs ideas—suggestions of things to make or do. He is tired of all the things that he and his companions have been able to think of. Now there are hundreds of other boys scattered all over this big country who have many new and interesting ideas he has never thought of, but how can this one boy ever get in touch with all these others? In just one way—through the pages of
Book I
The Boy Mechanic
A Few Practical Features:
¶ A large number of the things described may be made from old cast-off articles which the average boy has at his disposal.
¶ Many articles involving the purchase of only a few cents worth of material will be found fully as serviceable as similar ones costing several dollars.
¶ Scores of handy things the family can use in the home are described.
¶ Finally, this book will develop and interest the boy along mechanical lines and educate him at his play.
The Great Book of 700 Things For Boys To Do
These original, practical suggestions have been furnished by hundreds of boys who have actually built and experimented with the devices they are now telling other boys how to build. In no other way could a book containing such a wide and interesting variety of contents have been prepared, for no one author or staff of writers, for that matter, could have possibly gleaned such a wealth of ideas from their own observation and experience.
BOOK I—THE BOY MECHANIC
Represents the Best Accomplishments of
the Mechanical Genius of Young America