INDEX.

Æolian harp, the, 68

Air, earth, or the sea?, 244

Alum, crystals, methods of coloring, 25

Amusing experiment with tooth-picks, 17

Animated fire, 26

Annealing (repoussé), 180

Antiques and horribles, 230

Aquarium, the, 186; the author’s freshwater aquarium, 189; trouble of keeping a gold fish globe, 190; plants for fresh-water aquarium, ib.; artificial aeration, 191; salt-water aquarium, 191; preparing rock-work for, 192; minnows, 191; sticklebacks, 195; nest of stickleback, 197; hermit crabs, 198; snails, 199; medusæ, sea-anemones, 200; serpulæ, 203

Arithmetical curiosity, an, 274

Arithmetical trick, an, 37

Baby, a box-sled for, 44

Basket, a hanging, 118

Balancing doll, the, 20

Balancing pin, the, 44

Ball, a good, 16

Bangle bracelet, a, 184

Barometer, a boy’s, 18

Barometer, an infallible, 19

Battledore and Shuttlecock, 251

Birds, Japanese paper, 78

Blow-pipe, how to make a, 27

Boats, paper, 83

Boats, papier-maché, 90

Book, how to make a, 11

Boomerang, the, 20

Boot puzzle, the, 57

Boston clapper, the, 71

Bottles, to cut the top from, 18

Bottle imp, the, 107

Bottle, the obedient, 281

Boxes, paper, 119

Box-sled for baby, 44

Boy’s barometer, a, 18

Boy’s solar microscope, a, 216

Bracelet, a bangle, 184

Brackets, an idea for, 115

Brass, hammered, or repoussé, 175

Bridge, the triple, 283

Bubbles, soap, 31

Bubbles, resin, 32

Burning the center from a handkerchief, 304

Button-hole, to pull a string through a, 314

Camera obscura, 144-154; principle of camera, 145; camera with horizontal screen, 146; a simpler form, 149; the sketching camera, 150; the darkened room, 152

Camping-out cooking-stove, a, 308

Captain S’s peg puzzle, 238

Cars, a set of, 47

Cards, the three magical, 33

Card-receiver, papier-maché, 75

Card-receiver, repoussé, 179

Checkers, 256

Chickens, the musical, 235

Chinese rope feat, 312

Christmas presents, 113, 318; the ornamental egg, 113; trinket-holder, 114; an idea for brackets, 115; cone and twig bracket, 116; pebble vase, 117; cone and twig hanging-basket, 118; shaving-case, 123; puzzles, 318, 321

Circle, how to make a, 268

Circus, the magnetic, 269

Clapper, the Boston, 71

Coin, how to palm a, 287

Coin, how to pass a, 288

Compass, a home-made, 265

Cone and twig bracket, 116

Cone and twig hanging-basket, 118

Cooking-stove, a camping-out, 308

Corn-stalk fiddle, 64

Counter puzzle, the, 38

Countenance, necessity of a sober, 311

Cross puzzle, the, 320

Crystallize grass, seed-vessels, etc., how to, 24

Crystals, how to color alum, 25

Crystal vase, the, 317

Curiosity, an arithmetical, 274

Dancer, the pith, 280

Danger of repetition, 291

Darkened room, the, 152

Dart, the self-rectifying, 43

Days in a month, number of, one way to find, 274

Dispatcher, the magic, 297

Divided square puzzle, 14

Doll, the balancing, 20

Easy proof for sums in multiplication, an, 41

Egg, the ornamental, 113

Egg, the perambulating, 295

Egg, the tumbling, 82

Egg, to produce raised figures on, 273

Electrical experiments, 275

Electrophorus, the, 276

Electrophorus, a simple, 277

Electrophorus ebonite, 279

Experiment with electricity, 275

Experiment with flower-seeds, 141

Experiment with tooth-picks, 17

Experiment with two pieces of glass, 15

Face, the grimacing, 15

Fan, from Nagasaki, a, 323

Feat, Chinese rope, 312

Fiddle, corn-stalk, 64

Fire, animated, 26

Fire, a new way to kindle a, 263

Flower-seeds, experiment with, 141

Flying whirligig, the, 10

Fountain, a simple, 322

Foxing, 179

Frame for impressions of plants, 87

Frame for a plaque, 185

Freight train, a, 51

Friction, light produced by, under water, 138

Game, an optical, 37

Garden, a winter, 54

Garden, a mineral, 316

Glass, experiment with two pieces of, 15

Glass, how to blow, 27

Good ball, a, 16

Grimacing face, the, 15

Grasses, how to crystallize, 24

Half-dollar, how to melt and re-coin, 301

Halos, the three, 82

Hammered brass, or repoussé, 175

Handkerchief, burning center from, 304

Hanging-basket, a, 118

Harp, æolian, 68

Hat, the inexhaustible, 291

Hat trick, another, 294

Home-made compass, a, 265

Hour of the day, how to tell the, by the left hand, 128

How to blow glass, 27

How to break a string, 63

How to crystallize grasses, seed-vessels, etc., 24

How to cut the tops from glass bottles, 18

How to make a book, 11

How to make a blow-pipe, 27

How to make a circle, 268

How to melt and re-coin a half-dollar, 301

How to melt stones, 31

How to palm a coin, 287

How to pass a coin, 288

How to pull a string through a button-hole, 324

How to rob Peter and pay Paul, 289

How to skeletonize leaves, 141

How to take impressions of plants, 86

How to take portraits, 60

How to tell the hour of the day by the left hand, 128

Idea for brackets, an, 115

Imp, the bottle, 107

Impressions of plants, how to take, 86

Impressions of plants, frame for, 87

Inertia, illustration of, 284

Inexhaustible hat, the, 291

Infallible barometer, an, 19

Japanese paper bird, 78

Jew’s-harp, the spirit, 261

Leather work, 123-128; in Russia, 124; “Cuir Bouilli,” 125; a panel of leather work, 126-128

Leaves, how to skeletonize, 141

Left hand, to tell the hour of the day by, 128

Leyden jar, a, 279

Light produced by friction under water, 138

Locomotive, the toy, 48

Lot of paper windmills, a, 52

Magical cards, the three, 33

Magic dispatcher, the, 297

Magic rope, the, 307

Magic telescope, 22

Magnetic circus, the, 269

Melt and re-coin a half-dollar, how to, 301

Melt stones, how to, 31

Method of coloring alum crystals, 25

Microscope, a boy’s solar, 216

Mineral garden, a, 316

Miniature yacht and how to rig her, 331

Month, one way to find the number of days in a, 274

More elaborate panorama, a, 165

Multiplication, an easy proof for sums in, 41

Musical chickens, the, 235

Nagasaki, a fan from, 323

Necessity of a sober countenance, 311

New way to kindle the fire, a, 263

Number thought of by a person, to tell the, 37

Numbers, two or more, to tell, 40

Obedient bottle, the, 281

Objects, some, for solar microscope, 225

Octagon puzzle, the, 318

One way to find the number of days in a month, 274

Optical game, an, 37

Ornamental egg, the, 113

Ornament for boys to make, 26

Palm a coin, how to, 287

Panel of leather work, a, 126

Panorama, the toy, 160-172; panorama of former generation, 161-162; simplest form of toy panorama, 163-165; a more elaborate panorama, 165-172.

Paper bird, the Japanese, 78-81; paper boats, 83-86; paper boxes, 119-122; a lot of paper windmills, 52-54; a fan from Nagasaki, 323

Papier-maché, 73; materials for, 74; process of working, 74-75; card-receiver, 75; umbrella-holder, 76; vase, ib.; papier-maché flowers, 77; papier-maché boats, 90-92

Pass a coin, how to, 288

Pebble vase, the, 117

Peg puzzle, Captain S’s, 238

Perambulating egg, the, 295

Photographic printing, 154

Pin, the balancing, 44

Pith dancer, the, 280

Plaque, frame for, 185

Plants, how to take impressions of, 86

Plants, frames for impressions of, 87

Portraits, how to take, 60

Presents, Christmas, 113, 318

Proof, an easy, for sums in multiplication, 41

Puppet, the windmill, 7

Puzzle, the boot, 57

Puzzle, the counter, 38

Puzzle, the cross, 320

Puzzle, the octagon, 318

Puzzle, peg, Captain S’s, 238

Puzzle, the square, 321

Puzzle, the divided square, 14

Raised figures on an egg, to produce, 273

Re-coin a half dollar, how to, 301

Regatta windmill, 215

Repetition, danger of, 291

Repoussé work for boys, 172-184; Nubian bracelets, 172; hammer for repoussé work, 175; other tools for repoussé work, 176; marking the design, ib.; plaque in hammered brass, 177; composition for deep work, 178; card receiver, 179; foxing, ib.; annealing, 180; a salver in repoussé, 181; a silver bangle for a bracelet, 182; a bangle bracelet, 184

Resin bubbles, 32

Ring toss, 255

Ring trick, the Turkish, 299

Rob Peter and pay Paul, how to, 289

Room, the darkened, 152

Rope, the magic, 307

Rope feat, the Chinese, 312

Salver in repoussé, 181

Schooner yacht, a, 345

Screw-propeller windmill, the, 210

Sea-mosses, 226-230; where found, ib.; how, 227; how to arrange on paper, 227-229; more elaborate arrangements, 229-230

Self-rectifying dart, the, 43

Set of cars, a, 47

Shaving-case, a, 123

Side-wheeler windmill, the, 211

Simple form of camera, a, 149

Simple electrophorus, a, 277

Simple fountain, a, 322

Siphon, a, 28

Skeletonize leaves, how to, 141

Sketching camera, the, 150

Slate games for children, 243

Sloop yacht, 336

Snake, the, 13

Soap bubbles, 31

Sober countenance, necessity of, 311

Solar microscope, a boy’s, 216

Solitaire, 249

Some electrical experiments, 275

Spirit jew’s-harp, the, 261

Square puzzle, the divided, 14

Square puzzle, the, 321

Steam-boat, the toy, 93

Stencils, 130-137; method of making, 133; collection of stencils in book-form, 135; color decoration with stencils, 136-137

Stones, to melt, 31

String, how to break a, 63

String, how to put a string through a button-hole, 314

String, how to unite a parted, 314

Sums in multiplication, an easy proof for, 41

Telescope, the magic, 22

Telescope, a, which a boy can make, 110

Tit-tat-to, 243

Thirty-one, 246

Three halos, the, 82

Tooth-picks, an amusing experiment with, 17

Toy panorama, the, 160

Toy steam-boat, the, 93

Train, a freight, 51

Trick, an arithmetical, 47

Trick, Turkish ring, 299

Trick, another hat, 294

Trinket-holder, 114

Tumbling egg, the, 82

Turks and Russians, 245

Twig and cone bracket, 116

Two pieces of glass, experiment with, 15

Vase, the crystal, 317

Vase, the pebble, 117

Vase, a papier-maché, 76

Windmills, 204-216; the wooden windmill, 206-209; mode of mounting the windmill, 210; the screw-propeller, 210-211; the side-wheeler, 212-214; the regatta windmill, 215

Winter garden, a, 54

Whirligig, the flying, 10

Xylophone, the, 65

Yacht, the miniature, and how to rig her, 331-352; miniature yacht regattas, 334; model of yacht, 335; making the hull, 336-337; how to cast and attach a lead keel, 337-338; the deck, 338; bowsprit and rudder, 339; mast and other spars, 340; standing rigging, 341-342; sails, 343; running rigging, 344-345; a schooner yacht, 345; spars and stays for a schooner yacht, 346-349; belaying, bolt ropes, reef-points, 350; painting the miniature yacht, 350-351; flags, 352

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