C. Stansfeld Hicks

PREFATORY NOTE.

CONTENTS

SECTION I. GYMNASTICS, INDIAN CLUBS, DUMBBELLS, AND JUGGLING WITH BALLS.

SECTION II. MODEL-MAKING MOVING AND OTHERWISE.

SECTION III. GAMES OF SKILL, ETC.

SECTION IV. THE MAGIC-LANTERN, AND ALL ABOUT IT.

SECTION V. HOW TO BUILD BOATS, PUNTS, CANOES, ETC.

SECTION VI. PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE OCCUPATIONS FOR SPARE HOURS.

SECTION VII. THE BOY'S OWN WORKSHOP.

SECTION VIII. MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND TOYS. HOW TO MAKE THEM AND HOW TO PLAY THEM.

SECTION IX. ELECTRICITY, AND HOW TO USE IT IN PLAY AND EARNEST.

SECTION X. CONJURERS AND CONJURING VENTRILOQUISM AND SPIRITUALISM, ETC.

SECTION XI. DIVERSIFIED DIVERSIONS.

Transcriber's Notes

Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.

THE BOY’S OWN BOOK
OF
INDOOR GAMES AND RECREATIONS

A Popular EncyclopÆdia for Boys

BY

Dr. GORDON STABLES, R.N., C. STANSFELD HICKS, J. N. MASKELYNE,
Rev. HARRY JONES, M.A., Dr. STRADLING, Captain CRAWLEY,
Rev. A. N. MALAN, M.A., F.G.S., AND MANY OTHERS

Edited by G. A. HUTCHISON

WITH OVER SEVEN HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS

PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
1890.