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Introduction "HOW to do it," might very well be the title of this new handy-book for American boys. It is first and last a practical guide, based upon the experience of those who have done what they describe. Results are wanted, not theories in a book of this kind, and careful tests have been applied to secure working results and the certainty that everything will come out all right. Another point, which has had the most careful attention of a board of editors, is that of selection. It would be easy to include a quantity of sports and games, and also plans for elaborate contrivances neither particularly amusing nor necessary when done. But the object of this book is to show boys how to do accurately things which are quite within their powers, and things also which will be a satisfaction when they are done. The plan followed is to develop a boy's ingenuity and mechanical ability along lines which will reward him. In short, the book is intended to help a boy to think and act for himself and to have fun in doing it. The plan of arrangement which is followed is the natural one to begin at home. The back yard lies immediately at hand. Let us see what can be done there. The aquarium, pet shelters, windmills, and many other contrivances are identified with the home. Going farther afield we learn the making of coasters and skees, ice-boats and snow cannon, and all that enters into winter sports. There is the air, also, with its invitation to kites and aeroplanes, and there is water, with all the chances for the use of water-power and sport. Fishing itself is something best learned by experience, but the choice and management of tackle afford a most instructive theme. And water naturally has an importance which requires an entire division of the book wherein boatbuilding and boat-management of all kinds are thoroughly and practically explained. Camping out, which appeals to every healthy boy, is treated from every point of view in the fourth division of the book, which includes also trapping, taxidermy, and tree huts and brush houses. In all these general divisions the aim of the editors and author has been to show in the simplest and most accurate way how to do things which are amusing to do and valuable when done. The principal contributor to this book is an amateur carpenter, boat-builder, and mechanician as well as an artist and writer. One editor has had a wide practical experience in almost everything that has to do with out-door amusements. Another has camped and fished in the four corners of our country and in Canada. All their experience has been combined to prepare a convenient out-door handybook free from unnecessary words and details, and filled with the latest and best methods, which will be indispensable to every American boy who likes the fun of doing things for himself. Contents Part I. IN BOUNDS CHAPTER I. BACK-YARD PLEASURES A WIGWAM - A FOUNTAIN - A SQUARE TEPEE - AN AQUARIUM - A RIDGE-POLE TEPEE - How TO MANAGE AN AQUARIUM - A MERRY-GO-ROUND CHAPTER II. PET SHELTERS MARTIN BOXES - GUINEA-PIG HOUSES - BIRD SHELTERS - CHICKEN-COOPS - PIGEON- COTES - RABBIT-HUTCHES - DOG-KENNELS - SQUIRREL CAGES - REPTILE PENS CHAPTER III. SUMMER-HOUSES AND PERGOLAS A. SIMPLE SUMMER-HOUSE - A RUSTIC PERGOLA - A BACK-YARD PERGOLA - A CIRCULAR PERGOLA - A TOADSTOOL TREE CANOPY - A SUMMER SHELTER CHAPTER IV. WEATHER-VANES AND WINDMILLS A PINION-WHEEL WEATHER-VANE - A BASKET-BALL VANE - A WIND-SPEEDER - A MERRY- GO-ROUND - THE ARROW WEATHER-VANE - A WIND TURBINE - WOODEN VANES - A BARREL-HOOP PINION-WHEEL - A WIND-PENNANT - A PUMPING WINDMILL - A WINDMILL AND TOWER CHAPTER V. AERIAL TOYS THE ELASTIC FLYING-MACHINE - AERIAL BOAT-SAILING - SELF-ACTING AERIAL CAR - A "HIGH-FLYER" Part II. AFIELD CHAPTER VI. COASTERS, SKEES, AND SNOW-SHOES TOBOGGANS - A BOB-SLED - A ROCKER-COASTER - SKEES - A SINGLE-RUNNER COASTER - SNOW-SHOES CHAPTER VII. SAIL-SKATING AND SNOWBALL ARTILLERY A SKATING-SAIL - A SQUARE-RIGGED ICE-SAIL - A SNOWBALL MORTAR CHAPTER VIII. KITES AND AEROPLANES THE SHIP KITE - BAT-WING AND CROWN-TOP KITES - THE CHINESE-JUNK KITE - SANDWICH ISLANDS BIRD KITE - THE SCHOONER KITE - BOX KITES - A BALLOON KITE - THE FLYING- WEDGE AND DOUBLE-PLANE KITE - AN AIR-SHIP KITE - KITE-RFELS CHAPTER IX. FISHING-TACKLE CHOICE OF TACKLE - A TRAP FOR SMALL FISH - BAIT-RODS AND FLY-RODS - A WATER- TURTLE TRAP - REPAIRS, KNOTS, AND SPLICES - AN EEL-POT - AIDS FOR YOUNG ANGLERS - A SCAP-NET - BAITS, AND WHERE TO FIND THEM - A HOOK DROP-NET CHAPTER X. LAND-YACHTS AND PUSHMOBILES A LAND-YACHT - A SAIL-WAGON - A PUSHMOBILE CHAPTER XI. FIRE-ENGINES AND TRUCKS THE ENGINE - THE HOSE-CARRIAGE - THE HOOK-AND-LADDER TRUCK CHAPTER XII. WATER-WHEELS A SIMPLE PADDLE-WHEEL - AN UNDERSHOT-WHEEL - A WAGON WHEEL - A POWER- WHEEL - A BARREL-WHEEL - A WHEEL-RACE Part III. AFLOAT CHAPTER XIII. BOATS PUNT AND SCOW - A CENTRE-BOARD SHARPY - A SHARPY - A PROA - A DORY - A LARK - A SAILING SHARPY - A POWER-BOAT CHAPTER XIV. CATAMARANS A ROWING CATAMARAN - A SAILING CATAMARAN - A SIDE-WHEEL CATAMARAN CHAPTER XV. ICE-BOATS A SLOOP-RIGGED ICE-YACHT - SCOOTS AND SCOOTERS - A TWIN-MAST ICE-BOAT - A WIND-RUNNER CHAPTER XVI. HOUSE-BOATS AND RAFTS A HOUSE-PUNT - A HOUSE-RAFT - A FLOAT CHAPTER XVII. MARLINE-SPIKE SEAMANSHIP SPLICES - BENDS - KNOTS - HITCHES Part IV. IN THE WOODS CHAPTER XVIII. CAMPS AND CAMPING A TENT OF MEDIUM SIZE - TABLES AND BENCHES - A LARGE CAMPING-TENT - CAMPING EQUIPMENT - FLIES AND CANOPIES - LOCKERS AND MESS-KITS - A HOUSE-TENT - A STONE STOVE AND CAMP-FIRES - THE NEW TENT - CAMP-COOKING - CANVAS COTS AND HAMMOCKS - THE CARE OF A GUN CHAPTER XIX. TRAPS AND TRAPPING SNARES AND DEADFALLS CHAPTER XX. TREE HUTS AND BRUSH-HOUSES A LOW TWIN-TREE HUT - A LOW SINGLE-TREE HUT - A HIGH TWIN-TREE HUT - A BRUSH- HOUSE - A SINGLE-TREE HUT - A BRUSH "LEAN-TO" CHAPTER XXI. WALKING-STICKS HOW TO GROW THEM FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT
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