
The Boy Craftsman / Practical and Profitable Ideas for a Boy's Leisure Hours
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The Boy Craftsman / Practical and Profitable Ideas for a Boy's Leisure Hours by A. Neely Hall : (full image Illustrated) With more than four hundred illustrations by the author and Norman P. Hall Work hard—play hard. —Theodore Roosevelt. NOTE TO THE READER The boy of to-day is ever on the lookout for new ideas which can be adopted for his work and recreation, schemes which are practical and which are thoroughly up-to-date. They must be helpful in suggesting ways of earning money, as well as entertaining, for what boy of the present day does not feel the need of such suggestions to aid him in...
Chapters (443)
- THE BOY CRAFTSMAN
- Work hard—play hard.
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I Profitable Pastimes
- CHAPTER I
- A BOY'S WORKSHOP
- CHAPTER II
- THE PROPER HANDLING OF TOOLS
- CHAPTER III
- THE BOY ABOUT THE HOUSE
- CHAPTER IV
- SUGGESTIONS FOR A BOY'S ROOM
- CHAPTER V
- HOW TO MAKE A DOLL-HOUSE
- CHAPTER VI
- ANOTHER DOLL-HOUSE AND A STABLE
- CHAPTER VII
- FURNISHING THE DOLL-HOUSE
- CHAPTER VIII
- DOLL-FURNITURE
- CHAPTER IX
- A BOY'S PRINTING-SHOP
- CHAPTER X
- AMATEUR JOURNALISM
- CHAPTER XI
- A BOY'S DARK-ROOM
- CHAPTER XII
- A WINTER ENTERPRISE
- Part II Outdoor Pastimes
- CHAPTER XIII
- A BACK-YARD CLUB-HOUSE
- CHAPTER XIV
- HOW TO BUILD A LOG-CABIN
- CHAPTER XV
- HOW TO BUILD A CANVAS CANOE
- CHAPTER XVI
- HOME-MADE TRAPS
- CHAPTER XVII
- TOY GUNS, TARGETS, AND BOWS AND ARROWS
- CHAPTER XVIII
- AN OUTDOOR GYMNASIUM
- CHAPTER XIX
- A BACK-YARD CIRCUS
- CHAPTER XX
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FOURTH OF JULY
- CHAPTER XXI
- HALLOWEEN
- CHAPTER XXII
- A BACK-YARD TOBOGGAN-SLIDE
- PART III Indoor Pastimes
- CHAPTER XXIII
- A MINIATURE THEATRE
- CHAPTER XXIV
- SCENERY, PROPERTIES, AND MECHANICAL EFFECTS
- CHAPTER XXV
- MAKING A TOY RAILWAY
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CLOCKWORK AUTOMOBILES
- CHAPTER XXVII
- WORK TO DO WITH A KNIFE
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- CORK TOYS
- CHAPTER XXIX
- DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND PHRASES
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