By Daniel "Dan" Carter Beard
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SPRING
CHAPTER I.
KITE TIME
Man Kite; The Woman Kite; A Boy Kite; Frog Kite; The Butterfly Kite; The King Crab Kite; Fish Kite; The Turtle Kite; The Shield Kite; A Star Kite; The Chinese Dragon Kite; The Japanese Square Kite; The Moving Star.
CHAPTER II.
WAR KITES
Unarmed War Kite; Armed Kites; Armed Kite Fighting; How to Make the Knives; How to Make Cutters; Kite Clubs.
SUMMER.
CHAPTER IX.
KNOTS; BENDS; AND HITCHES
How to Make a-Horse-Hair Watch-Guard; Miscellaneous; Whip--Lashes; Splices; Timber-Hitches; etc.
CHAPTER X.
THE WATER-TELESCOPE
How to Make a Wooden Water-Telescope; A Tin Water-Telescope.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
HOME-MADE BOATS
CHAPTER XIII.
HOW TO RIG AND SAIL SMALL BOATS
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XXII.
HOW TO MAKE BLOW-GUNS, ELDER GUNS, ETC.
To Make a Blow-Gun; Squirt-Guns; Elder Guns and Pistols; The Spring Shot-Gun.
AUTUMN
CHAPTER XXlV.
DOGS
How to Choose a Dog; How to Train Dogs; To Teach a Dog to Retrieve; Pointers and Setters; Pet Dogs.
CHAPTER XXV.
PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY FOR BOYS
Skinning; Stuffing; A New Manner of Preserving Fish; Design for Sketching Aquarium; Preserving Insects; Morse Insect Box; The Lawrence Breeding Box; Spiders; How to Make Beautiful or Comical Groups and Designs of Insects; Marine Animals.
WINTER
CHAPTER XXVII.
SNOWBALL WARFARE
How to Build Snow Forts; How to Make Shields and Ammunition Sleds; How to Build the Fort; How to Make an Ammunition Sled; How to Make the Shield; Rules of the Game; A Snow Battle; How to Bind a Prisoner without a Cord; Company Rest.
CHAPTER XXVII.
SNOW-HOUSES AND STATUARY
Snow Statuary.
CHAPTER XXIX.
SLEDS, CHAIR-SLEIGHS, AND SNOW-SHOES
A Chair-Sleigh; Folding Chair-Sleigh; The Toboggan; Snow-Shoes or Skates.
CHAPTER XXX.
HOW TO MAKE THE TOM THUMB ICE-BOAT AND LARGER CRAFT
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE WINGED SKATERS; AND HOW TO MAKE THE WINGS
Bat Wings; The Norton Rig; The Norwegian Rig; The Danish Rig; The English Rig; The Cape Vincent Rig; A Country Rig.
CHAPTER XXXII.
WINTER FISHING, SPEARING, AND SNARING; FISHERMAN'S MOVABLE SHANTIES, ETC.
See Also:
The
American Boy's Handy Book:
What to Do and How to Do It