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- The American Girls Handy Book
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- Spring
- The American Girl’s Handy Book.
- CHAPTER I. FIRST OF APRIL.
- First of April Party.
- Mirror Tableau.
- Noah’s Ark Peep-show.
- The Supper
- CHAPTER II. WILD FLOWERS AND THEIR PRESERVATION.
- Transplanting Wild Flowers
- Cut Wild Flowers.
- Sending Flowers by Mail,
- Preserved Flowers.
- Pressed Flowers and Leaves.
- Leaves and Ferns for Decoration,
- Color of Flowers Changed,
- Natural Wax Flowers
- To Freshen Cut Flowers.
- Crystallized Flowers,
- Perfume of Flowers.
- Spring Flowers in Winter?
- The Four-leaved Clover.
- Some Old-fashioned Methods of Preserving Flowers.
- Flowers in Alcohol,
- Bottle Flowers.
- How to Preserve a Vaseful of Flowers for a Year.
- Keeping Bouquets Fresh a Long Time.
- To Keep Flowers or Fruit a whole Year perfectly Fresh.
- Rose-water.
- CHAPTER III. THE WALKING CLUB.
- CHAPTER IV. EASTER.
- Easter Egg Games.
- Easter Egg Dolls.
- Humpty Dumpty
- Miss Rolly-poly.
- Mandolin.
- The Owl.
- Maple-wax Easter Eggs.
- Bonbon Box.
- Easter Cards.
- Little Quakeress.
- CHAPTER V. HOW TO MAKE A LAWN-TENNIS NET.
- How to Make a Lawn-Tennis Net,
- Lawn-Tennis Court.
- Rules for Lawn-Tennis.
- THE GAME.
- ODDS.
- THE BALLS.
- CHAPTER VI. MAY-DAY.
- May-day Sports.
- How to Make May-baskets.
- Birch-bark Baskets
- Card-board Baskets,
- May-day Combat.
- The May-pole.
- How to Erect a May-pole in the House.
- How to Dress a May-pole.
- May-pole Dance.
- Summer
- CHAPTER VII. MIDSUMMER EVE.
- The New Fern-leaf Game.
- The Plantain Test.
- Fortune’s Wheel.
- CHAPTER VIII. SEA-SIDE COTTAGE DECORATION.
- How to Dry Starfish.
- How to Polish Shells.
- CHAPTER IX. A GIRL’S FOURTH OF JULY.
- Interior Decoration
- In-door Illumination,
- Out-of-door Decoration
- Illumination in the Open Air
- Fireworks,
- Parachute.
- Thunderbolts
- Whirls,
- Winged Fancies,
- Pin-wheels
- Bombs
- Lawn Party
- Declaration of Independence.
- Toss,
- Fourth of July Jackstraws.
- Progressive Mining.
- CHAPTER X. PRINTING FROM NATURE’S TYPES.
- CHAPTER XI. PICNICS, BURGOOS AND CORN-ROASTS.
- A Burgoo.
- Burgoo Stew.
- A Corn-roast.
- CHAPTER XII. BOTANY AS APPLIED TO ART.
- The Peony Leaf.
- A Bunch of Turnips.
- Decorative Lines.
- Plant Cross-section Designs.
- Flower Sprays.
- Changing the Color
- Burs.
- The Water-Lily.
- CHAPTER XIII. DOOR-STEP PARTY AND QUIET GAMES FOR HOT WEATHER.
- Five Minutes’ Conversation
- Blind-man’s Singing-school.
- A Game of Noted Men,
- What will You Take to the Picnic?
- Assumed Characters.
- Shadow Verbs.
- CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO MAKE A HAMMOCK.
- Barrel Hammock.
- CHAPTER XV. (FOR LITTLE GIRLS.) CORN-HUSK AND FLOWER DOLLS.
- Mary Jane.
- Flower Dolls.
- CHAPTER XVI. HOW TO MAKE A FAN.
- AUTUMN
- CHAPTER XVII. ALL-HALLOW-EVE.
- Melted Lead
- Nutshell Boats
- “Three Luggies.”[C]
- Roasting Nuts
- Kaling
- The Magic Mirror,
- Three Tin Cups
- The Ring Cake
- Bobbing for Apples
- The Apple and Candle Game
- The Ghostly Fire
- Trying for a Raisin
- A Lighted Candle
- The Fairy’s Gifts
- CHAPTER XVIII. NATURE’S FALL DECORATIONS, AND HOW TO USE THEM.
- Fresh Autumn Wild Flowers
- Buckeye Portière.
- Panel of Fall Decorations.
- Louis Quinze Screen.
- A Panel of Field-Corn
- Ornamental Gourds
- Gourd-Dippers
- Bowls.
- Bonbon-Box
- Bottle-Gourd.
- Vases.
- Small Decorations.
- Brackets.
- CHAPTER XIX. NUTTING-PARTIES.
- Rules for Nutting-Parties.
- CHAPTER XX. HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE.
- CHAPTER XXI. HOW TO DRAW.[E]
- Materials,
- CHAPTER XXII. HOW TO PAINT IN WATER-COLORS.
- Materials for Water-Color Painting.
- Flowers.
- Landscapes.
- Painting from Notes
- CHAPTER XXIII. HOW TO PAINT IN OIL-COLORS.
- Materials.
- The Easel
- The Palette
- Brushes,
- The Palette-Knife
- Oil-Cups
- A Paint-Box
- Mediums.
- Canvas.
- The Light
- Setting the Palette
- CHAPTER XXIV. HOW TO MODEL IN CLAY AND WAX.
- Materials,
- How to Manage Clay.
- How to Preserve Modelled Clay.
- Hints for Modelling a Head.
- How to Model in Wax.
- Modelling-wax.
- CHAPTER XXV. HOW TO MAKE PLASTER CASTS.
- CHAPTER XXVI. CHINA PAINTING.
- List of Materials.
- PALETTE.
- BRUSHES.
- KNIVES.
- PAD.
- THE PAINTS
- OILS.
- TURPENTINE
- TAR PASTE
- MAT GOLD
- PURE GOLD
- RELIEF.
- MAT COLORS
- BOX FOR MATERIALS.
- PIECES OF SOFT, OLD MUSLIN,
- CHINA.
- A Monochrome Painting.
- Tinting.
- New Method of Decorating China.
- Tracing.
- Mottled Grounds.
- Snow Landscape.
- How to Paint a Head on China.
- How to Paint a Carp, Sea-weed, and Fish-net on China.
- Foliage on China Made With a Sponge.
- Mixing Colors.
- Royal Worcester Ware
- CHAPTER XXVII. A CHAPTER ON FRAMES.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THANKSGIVING.
- Impromptu Burlesque Tableaux
- Landing of the Pilgrims.
- COSTUMES.
- PROPERTIES.
- First Harvest.
- PROPERTIES.
- Devastation by the Indians.
- PROPERTIES.
- The Revolution.
- PROPERTIES.
- Slavery.
- PROPERTIES.
- Rebellion.
- PROPERTIES.
- Peace and Plenty.
- PROPERTIES.
- The Game of the Headless Turkey.
- A Suggestion.
- Winter
- CHAPTER XXIX. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES AND HOME-MADE CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
- Julklapp,
- Polish Custom
- The Bran Pie
- The Blind Man’s Stocking
- Home-made Christmas Gifts.
- Chamois for Eye-glasses.
- Glove Pen-wiper.
- Sachet.
- A Book-mark.
- A Scrap-bag.
- A Walnut-shell Turtle.
- Miss Nancy.
- A Soft Ball.
- A Lively Rooster.
- Fairy Dancers.
- CHAPTER XXX. AMUSEMENTS AND GAMES FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
- New Game of Bubble Bowling.
- Biographical Nonsense.
- A BIOGRAPHY.
- Comic Historical Tableaux
- BALBOA DISCOVERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
- NERO AT THE BURNING OF ROME.
- Living Christmas Cards.
- CHAPTER XXXI. NEW YEAR’S AND A LEAP YEAR PARTY.
- New Year’s Parties
- Pantomime of an Enchanted Girl.
- Leap-Year Party
- CHAPTER XXXII. HOME GYMNASIUM.
- Exercise First
- Exercise Second
- Exercise Third
- Exercise Fourth.
- Exercise Fifth.
- Exercise Sixth.
- Exercise Seventh.
- Exercise Eighth.
- Exercise Ninth.
- Exercise Tenth.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. A DECORATIVE LANGUAGE.
- Decorative Language.
- The Field.
- The Points
- Divisions,
- Colors.
- How to Make a Design in Decorative Language.
- Book-Plates
- Floral Vocabulary.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. A FEW ITEMS ON OLD-FASHIONED NEEDLE-WORK, WITH SOME NEW AND ORIGINAL PATTERNS.
- Plain Sewing
- OVERHANDING
- OVERCASTING
- HEMMING.
- RUNNING.
- BASTING
- GATHERING
- STITCHING.
- BACK-STITCHING.
- FELLING.
- Button-holes.
- HERRING-BONE OR CAT’S-TOOTH STITCH
- Darning and Mending.
- TO DARN A JERSEY OR A STOCKING.
- TO DARN A TEAR.
- How to Patch.
- How to Sew on a Button.
- To Mend a Kid Glove.
- Fancy Stitches.
- FEATHER STITCH.
- CHAIN STITCH
- A NEW IDEA IN OUTLINE STITCH.
- HEM-STITCHING.
- Drawn Work
- Portières.
- Lace.
- Ribbon Embroideries.
- CHAPTER XXXV. SCRAP-BOOK AND HOME-MADE BOOK-COVERS.
- Mother Goose Scrap-book.
- Transformation Scrap-Book,
- An Album,
- Home-made Book-cover,
- Flour-paste.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. A HEAP OF RUBBISH, AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
- The Mirror,
- The Table,
- Lantern
- A Music-Roll
- Work-Basket.
- Key and Button-Hook Rack.
- Paper-Weight
- CHAPTER XXXVII. HOW TO MAKE ATTRACTIVE BOOTHS AT A FAIR—A NEW KIND OF GRAB-BAG.
- The Tables
- Flowers for Decorations
- December
- July
- May.
- November
- June
- The Five Senses
- HEARING,
- SEEING
- FEELING
- TASTING.
- SMELLING
- Walls
- Grab-Bags.
- The Lady of the Lake.
- Fortune’s Wheel.
- Rag-Balls.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. WINDOW DECORATION.
- Oriental Window-Shade
- Ribbon-Curtain
- Drapery of Very Small Scraps.
- Painting Window-Panes.
- Painting on Lawn,
- Imitate Stained Glass
- Windows of Imitation Ground Glass
- CHAPTER XXXIX. FURNITURE OLD AND NEW.
- Bookcase.
- The Chair
- The Bedstead
- A Dressing-table
- Washstand.
- A Hall Seat.
- Window Seat and Book-shelves Combined,
- CHAPTER XL. SOMETHING ABOUT MANTEL-PIECES AND FIRE-PLACES.
- CHAPTER XLI. HOME-MADE CANDY.
- Delicious Peanut-Candy.
- Butter-Scotch.
- Molasses-Candy.
- Chocolate-Creams.
- Walnut-Creams.
- Walnut and Fruit Glacé.
- Marsh-mallow Paste.
- Toasted Marsh-mallows.
- Molasses Peanut-Candy.
- Chocolate-Caramels.
- Pop-Corn Balls.
- CHAPTER XLII. Saint Valentine’s Day.
- Valentine-Party?
- INDEX.
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