PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
Spring
The American Girl's Handy Book.
CHAPTER I. FIRST OF APRIL.
CHAPTER II. WILD FLOWERS AND THEIR PRESERVATION.
CHAPTER III. THE WALKING CLUB.
CHAPTER IV. EASTER.
CHAPTER V. HOW TO MAKE A LAWN-TENNIS NET.
CHAPTER VI. MAY-DAY.
Summer
CHAPTER VII. MIDSUMMER EVE.
CHAPTER VIII. SEA-SIDE COTTAGE DECORATION.
CHAPTER IX. A GIRL'S FOURTH OF JULY.
CHAPTER X. PRINTING FROM NATURE'S TYPES.
CHAPTER XI. PICNICS, BURGOOS AND CORN-ROASTS.
CHAPTER XII. BOTANY AS APPLIED TO ART.
CHAPTER XIII. DOOR-STEP PARTY AND QUIET GAMES FOR HOT WEATHER.
CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO MAKE A HAMMOCK.
CHAPTER XV. ( FOR LITTLE GIRLS. ) CORN-HUSK AND FLOWER DOLLS.
CHAPTER XVI. HOW TO MAKE A FAN.
AUTUMN
CHAPTER XVII. ALL-HALLOW-EVE.
CHAPTER XVIII. NATURE'S FALL DECORATIONS, AND HOW TO USE THEM.
CHAPTER XIX. NUTTING-PARTIES.
CHAPTER XX. HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE.
CHAPTER XXI. HOW TO DRAW. [E]
CHAPTER XXII. HOW TO PAINT IN WATER-COLORS.
CHAPTER XXIII. HOW TO PAINT IN OIL-COLORS.
CHAPTER XXIV. HOW TO MODEL IN CLAY AND WAX.
CHAPTER XXV. HOW TO MAKE PLASTER CASTS.
CHAPTER XXVI. CHINA PAINTING.
CHAPTER XXVII. A CHAPTER ON FRAMES.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THANKSGIVING.
Winter
CHAPTER XXIX. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES AND HOME-MADE CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
CHAPTER XXX. AMUSEMENTS AND GAMES FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
CHAPTER XXXI. NEW YEAR'S AND A LEAP YEAR PARTY.
CHAPTER XXXII. HOME GYMNASIUM.
CHAPTER XXXIII. A DECORATIVE LANGUAGE.
CHAPTER XXXIV. A FEW ITEMS ON OLD-FASHIONED NEEDLE-WORK, WITH SOME NEW AND ORIGINAL PATTERNS.
CHAPTER XXXV. SCRAP-BOOK AND HOME-MADE BOOK-COVERS.
CHAPTER XXXVI. A HEAP OF RUBBISH, AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
CHAPTER XXXVII. HOW TO MAKE ATTRACTIVE BOOTHS AT A FAIR A NEW KIND OF GRAB-BAG.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. WINDOW DECORATION.
CHAPTER XXXIX. FURNITURE OLD AND NEW.
CHAPTER XL. SOMETHING ABOUT MANTEL-PIECES AND FIRE-PLACES.
CHAPTER XLI. HOME-MADE CANDY.
CHAPTER XLII. Saint Valentine's Day.
INDEX.
NEW EDITION. —————— 1 Vol. Cloth. Price, $2.00. —————— With Numerous Illustrations from Drawings by the Author.
