  | PAGE | | PREFACE | iii | | | SPRING | | —————— | | CHAPTER I. | | First of April | 3 | First of April Party, 5; Mirror Tableau, 6; Noah’s Ark Peep-show, 8; The Supper, 10. | | | CHAPTER II. | | Wild Flowers and Their Preservation | 13 | Transplanting Wild Flowers, 14; Cut Wild Flowers, 15; Sending Flowers by Mail, 15; Preserved Flowers, 16; Pressed Flowers and Leaves, 18; Leaves and Ferns for Decoration, 19; Color of Flowers Changed, 19: Natural Wax Flowers, 20; To Freshen Cut Flowers, 20; Crystallized Flowers, 21; How to Preserve the Perfume of Flowers, 21; Spring Flowers in Winter, 23; The Four-leaved Clover, 23; Several Methods of Preserving Flowers, 24. | | | CHAPTER III. | | The Walking Club | 27 | Rules to be Observed, 31. | | | CHAPTER IV. | | Easter | 33 | Easter Customs in Other Lands, 33; Easter Egg Games, 36; Easter Egg Dolls, 39; Humpty Dumpty, 42; Miss Rolly-poly, 45; Mandolin, 47; Maple-wax Easter Eggs, 49; Bonbon Box, 49; Easter Cards, 50; Little Quakeress, 52. | | | CHAPTER V. | | How to Make a Lawn-Tennis Net | 55 | Rules for Lawn-Tennis, 63. | | | CHAPTER VI. | | May-Day | 71 | May-day Sports, 72; How to Make May-baskets, 74; May-day Combat, 75; The May-pole, 77; May-pole Dance, 79. | | | ———————————— | | SUMMER. | | —————— | | CHAPTER VII. | | Midsummer Eve | 83 | The New Fern-leaf Game, 85; Fortune-telling: The Plaintain Test, 86; Fortune’s Wheel, 88. | | | CHAPTER VIII. | | Sea-side Cottage Decoration | 91 | | <
ge_321" class="pginternal">321; Home-made Christmas Gifts, 322. | | | CHAPTER XXX. | | Amusements and Games for the Christmas Holidays | 334 | New Game of Bubble Bowling, 335; Biographical Nonsense, 339; Comic Historic Tableaux, 341; Living Christmas Cards, 342. | | | CHAPTER XXXI. | | New Year’s and a Leap Year Party | 347 | Pantomime of an Enchanted Girl, 348. | | | CHAPTER XXXII. | | Home Gymnasium | 353 | Course of Exercises, 356. | | | CHAPTER XXXIII. | | A Decorative Language | 364 | The Field and the Points of Heraldry, 366; Divisions, 367; Colors, 369; How to Make a Design in Decorative Language, 371; Book-plates, 377; Floral Vocabulary, 377. | | | CHAPTER XXXIV. | | A Few Items on Old-fashioned Needlework, with Some New and Original Patterns | 380 | Plain Sewing, 380; Button-holes, 383; How to Patch, to Sew on a Button, and to Mend a Kid Glove, 386; Fancy Stitches, 387; Drawn Work, 389; Applique and Original Designs for PortiÈres, 391; Lace, 393; Ribbon Embroideries, 393. | | | CHAPTER XXXV. | | Scrap-book and Home-made Book-covers | 395 | Mother Goose Scrap-book, 395; Transformation Scrap-book, 398; An Album, 400; Home-made Book-cover, 401. | | | CHAPTER XXXVI. | | A Heap of Rubbish and What to Do with It | 403 | The Mirror, 404; The Table, 406; Lantern, 408; A Music Roll, 410; Work-basket, 411; Key and Button-hook Rack and Paper Weight, 412. | | | CHAPTER XXXVII. | | How to Make Attractive Booths at a Fair—A New Kind of Grab-bag | 413 | The Tables, 413; Flowers for Decorations, 417; The Months, 420; The Five Senses, 421; Walls, 423; Grab-bags, 423; The Lady of the Lake, 425; Fortune’s Wheel, 426; Rag-balls, 427. | | | CHAPTER XXXVIII. | |
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