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HANDICRAFT FOR HANDY BOYS
Practical Plans for Work and Play with Many Ideas for Earning Money
By A. NEELY HALL
Author of "The Boy Craftsman"
With Nearly 600 Illustrations and Working-drawings bythe Author and Norman P. Hall 8vo. Cloth
Net, $2.00 Postpaid, $2.25
This book is intended for boys who want the latest ideas for makingthings, practical plans for earning money, up-to-date suggestions forgames and sports, and novelties for home and school entertainments.
The author has planned the suggestions on an economical basis, providingfor the use of the things at hand, and many of the things which can bebought cheaply. Mr. Hall's books have won the confidence of parents, whorealize that in giving them to their boys they are providing wholesomeoccupations which will encourage self-reliance and resourcefulness, anddiscourage tendencies to be extravagant.
Outdoor and indoor pastimes have been given equal attention, and much ofthe work is closely allied to the studies of the modern grammar and highschools, as will be seen by a glance at the following list of subjects,which are only a few among those discussed in the 500 pages of text:
MANUAL TRAINING; EASILY-MADE FURNITURE; FITTING UP A BOY'S ROOM;HOME-MADE GYMNASIUM APPARATUS; A BOY'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH OUTFIT;COASTERS AND BOB-SLEDS; MODEL AEROPLANES; PUSHMOBILES AND OTHERHOME-MADE WAGONS; A CASTLE CLUBHOUSE AND HOME-MADE ARMOR.
Modern ingenious work such as the above cannot fail to developmechanical ability in a boy, and this book will get right next to hisheart.
"The book is a treasure house for boys who like to work with tools and have a purpose in their working."--_Springfield Union._
"It is a capital book for boys since it encourages them in wholesome, useful occupation, encourages self-reliance and resourcefulness and at the same time discourages extravagance."--_Brooklyn Times._
"It is all in this book, and if anything has got away from the author we do not know what it is."--_Buffalo News._
_For sale by all booksellers, or sent on receipt of postpaid price bythe publishers_
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., Boston