American Boys' Book of Signs, Signals & Symbols

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Preface
FOR years the writer has been working on these ideographs, picturegraphs, tramps,' yeggmen's, scouts,' trappers', gypsies' and Indian signs, symbols and signals, not with the object of writing a cumbersome, more or less accurate, dictionary, but for the purpose of selecting such systems of signs as may be of use to the boys in their games in the open. Especially are these cryptograms, hieroglyphics, cabalistic figures and emblems useful to our youthful army of Boy Scouts and it is for them particularly that this book was written, although now that war is declared it is hoped that some hints herein may be of service to the fighting men of our country.

The desire to be of help to our great nation in everything he does for boys prompted the author to rewrite and enlarge this whole book after it was in the hands of the publishers. This made it necessary to postpone its publication for a year. Weather signs and animal signs have been added because of the demand for them from the boys themselves.
DANIEL CARTER BEARD
FLUSHING, L. I.
MAY 1, 1918

Contents
Chapter I. SIGNS OF DIRECTION 
Chapter II. WILDERNESS SIGNS OF DIRECTION 
Chapter III. CHALK-SIGNS FOR COMMAND AND INFORMATION 
Chapter IV. DANGER SIGNS 
Chapter V. DANGER NAUTICAL 
Chapter VI. TRAIL SIGNS FOR DANGER, CAUTION, CALAMITY AND CRIES IN THE WILDERNESS FOR HELP 
Chapter VII. SIGNS OF GOOD LUCK 
Chapter VIII. WORD SIGNS 
Chapter IX. MAP SIGNS OF PEOPLE 
Chapter X. CHALK- AND MAP-SIGNS OF ANIMALS 
Chapter XI. SIGNS OF INANIMATE OR MOTIONLESS THINGS 
Chapter XII. SIGNS OF THE ELEMENTS 
Chapter XIII. CELESTIAL SIGNS 
Chapter XIV. SIGNS OF COLOR 
Chapter XV. SIGNS OF THE SEASONS AND SIGNS OF TIME 
Chapter XVI. SECRET WRITING THE CABALLA 
Chapter XVII. NUMERALS OF THE MAGIC 
Chapter XVIII. GESTURE SIGNALS 
Chapter XIX. COMMON GESTURE LANGUAGE 
Chapter XX. HAND ALPHABETS, DEAF AND DUMB ALPHABETS 
Chapter XXI. SIGNAL CODES 
Chapter XXII. BELL, ROPE AND WHISTLE RAILWAY SIGNALS 
Chapter XXIII. RAILROAD, HAND-FLAG, LANTERN RAILWAY SIGNALS 
Chapter XXIV. STEAMER TOOT TALK 
Chapter XXV. WEATHER SIGNS 
Chapter XXVI. WEATHER SIGNS 
Chapter XXVII. FLAGS - THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE 
Chapter XXVIII. FOLLOWING THE CHANGES IN THE FLAG 
Chapter XXIX. LIBERTY POLES 
Chapter XXX. SIGNS SHOWN BY TRAILS, TRACKS, TRACES AND SPOOR OF ANIMALS.

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