THE AMERICAN BOY’S HANDY BOOK. Or, What to Do and How to Do ItIllustrated by the author Gives sports adapted to all seasons of the year, tells boys how to make all kinds of things—boats, traps, toys, puzzles, aquariums, fishing-tackle; how to tie knots, splice ropes, to make bird calls, sleds, blow-guns, balloons; how to rear wild birds, to train dogs, and do the thousand and one things that boys take delight in. THE OUTDOOR HANDY BOOK. For Playground, Field, and ForestIllustrated by the author “How to play all sorts of games with marbles, how to make and spin more kinds of tops than most boys ever heard of, how to make the latest things in plain and fancy kites, where to dig bait and how to fish, all about boats and sailing, and a host of other things ... an unmixed delight to any boy.”—New York Tribune. THE FIELD AND FOREST HANDY BOOK. Or, New Ideas for Out of DoorsIllustrated by the author “Instructions as to ways to build boats and fire-engines, make aquariums, rafts, and sleds, to camp in a back-yard, etc. No better book of the kind exists.”—Chicago Record-Herald. SHELTERS, SHACKS, AND SHANTIESIllustrated by the author Easily workable directions, accompanied by very full illustration, for over fifty shelters, shacks, and shanties. BOAT-BUILDING AND BOATING. A Handy Book for BeginnersIllustrated by the author All that Dan Beard knows and has written about the building of every simple kind of boat, from a raft to a cheap motor-boat, is brought together in this book. THE JACK OF ALL TRADES. Or, New Ideas for American BoysIllustrated by the author “This book is a capital one to give any boy for a present at Christmas, on a birthday, or indeed at any time.”—The Outlook. THE BOY PIONEERS. Sons of Daniel BooneIllustrated by the author “How to become a member of the ‘Sons of Daniel Boone’ and take part in all the old pioneer games, and many other things in which boys are interested.”—Philadelphia Press. THE BLACK WOLF-PACK“A genuine thriller of mystery and red-blooded conflicts, well calculated to hold the mind and the heart of its boy and, for that matter, its adult reader.”—Philadelphia North American. |