The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and RecreationsFront matterReading editionChapter navigation80 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE BOY’S OWN BOOK OF INDOOR GAMES AND RECREATIONSPREFATORY NOTE.SECTION I. GYMNASTICS, INDIAN CLUBS, DUMBBELLS, AND JUGGLING WITH BALLS.Chapter I · —GYMNASTICS. By a Member of the London Athletic Club.Chapter II · —INDIAN CLUBS, AND HOW TO USE THEM. By a Member of the London Athletic Club.Chapter III · —DUMBBELLS, AND HOW TO USE THEM. By W. J. Gordon.Chapter IV · —JUGGLING WITH BALLS. By a Practical Gymnast.SECTION II. MODEL-MAKING—MOVING AND OTHERWISE.Chapter V · —SOME SIMPLE MODELS FOR BEGINNERS.Chapter VI · —THE AMERICAN DANCING ‘NIGGER.’ By C. Stansfeld-Hicks.Chapter VII · —MOVING MODELS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM; OR, ‘DROP A PENNY IN THE BOX AND THE MODEL WILL WORK.’ By Frank Chasemore.Chapter VIII · —HOW WE MADE A CHRISTMAS SHIP. By C. Stansfeld-Hicks, Author of Yacht and Canoe Building, &c., &c.Chapter IX · —MODEL STEAM-ENGINES, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. By Paul N. Hasluck, Author of Lathe-work, &c.Chapter X · —THE ‘BOY’S OWN’ MODEL LAUNCH ENGINE. By H. F. Hobden.Chapter XI · —THE BOY’S OWN MODEL LOCOMOTIVE, AND HOW TO BUILD IT. By H. F. Hobden.SECTION III. GAMES OF SKILL, ETC.Chapter XII · —CHESS—SINGLE AND DOUBLE, ETC.Chapter XIII · —DRAUGHTS. By the late Captain Crawley.Chapter XIV · —SOLITAIRE. By the late Captain Crawley.Chapter XV · —FOX AND GEESE. By the late Captain Crawley.Chapter XVI · —GO-BAN. By Herr Meyer.Chapter XVII · —THE MALAGASY GAME OF FANÒRONA. By W. Montgomery.Chapter XVIII · —THE AMERICAN PUZZLES.Chapter XIX · —SOME MINOR GAMES.SECTION IV. THE MAGIC-LANTERN, AND ALL ABOUT IT.Chapter XX · —THE MAGIC-LANTERN, AND ALL ABOUT IT.Chapter XX · —THE MAGIC-LANTERN, AND ALL ABOUT IT. (continued 2)Chapter XXI · —HOW TO MAKE AN APHENGESCOPE, OR APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING PHOTOGRAPHS, OPAQUE PICTURES, AND LIVING INSECTS IN THE MAGIC-LANTERN. By Frank Chasemore.Chapter XXII · —INGENIOUS ADAPTATIONS FOR THE LANTERN. By W. J. Gordon.SECTION V. HOW TO BUILD BOATS, PUNTS, CANOES, ETC.Chapter XXIII · —THE BUILDING OF THE SWALLOW; OR, HOW TO MAKE A BOAT. By E. Henry Davies, C.E.Chapter XXIV · —HOW TO MAKE A CANVAS CANOE. By E. T. Littlewood, M.A.Chapter XXV · —CANADIAN, INDIAN, BIRCH-BARK AND OTHER LIGHT CANOES. By C. Stansfeld-Hicks.Chapter XXVI · —HOW TO BUILD A PUNT. By the Rev. Harry Jones, M.A.Chapter XXVII · —RAFTS AND CATAMARANS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. By W. J. Gordon and W. L. Alden.SECTION VI. PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE OCCUPATIONS FOR SPARE HOURS.Chapter XXVIII · —PRACTICAL HINTS ON TAXIDERMY. By Lieut.-Colonel Cuthell, late 13th Hussars.Chapter XXIX · —HINTS ON POLISHING HORN, BONE, SHELLS, STONES, ETC. By Gordon Stables, C.M., M.D., R.N.Chapter XXX · —BRITISH PEBBLES. By the Rev. A. N. Malan, M.A., F.G.S.Chapter XXXI · —GRAPHS AND GRAPH-MAKING. By Theodore Wood.Chapter XXXII · —CRYPTOGRAPH, OR CIPHER. By a Naval Surgeon.Chapter XXXIII · —HAMMOCK-MAKING AND NETTING.Chapter XXXIV · —A PERPETUAL CALENDAR. By Herr H. F. L. Meyer.Chapter XXXV · —HOW TO MAKE A SUNDIAL. By F. Chasemore.Chapter XXXVI · —THE CAMERA OBSCURA: HOW TO MAKE AND USE IT. By Gordon Stables, C.M., M.D., R.N.SECTION VII. THE BOY’S OWN WORKSHOP.Chapter XXXVII · —CARDBOARD-MODELLING AND WOOD MODELLING.Chapter XXXVIII · —ARTIFICIAL WOOD: HOW TO MAKE IT AND WHAT TO MAKE OF IT. By the late Dr. Scoffern.Chapter XXXIX · —How to Make an Astronomical Telescope. BY FRANK CHASEMORE.Chapter XL · —The Kaleidoscope, and How to Make it. By W. J. Gordon.Chapter XLI · —HOW TO MAKE A PORTABLE STAGE AND FIGURES FOR THE LIVING MARIONETTES. By F. Chasemore.Chapter XLII · —HOW TO MAKE A PANTAGRAPH.Chapter XLIII · —MY FLAGSTAFF, AND HOW I RIGGED IT.Chapter XLIV · —HOW TO MAKE A POCKET COMPASS AND TIMEPIECE. By F. Chasemore.Chapter XLV · —WOOD-WORKING AND CARVING; OR, WALKING-STICKS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM.Chapter XLVI · —CAGES AND HUTCHES: AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. By Gordon Stables, C.M., M.D., R.N.Chapter XLVII · —HOW TO MAKE A CAGE FOR WHITE MICE. By W. G. Campbell.SECTION VIII. MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND TOYS.—HOW TO MAKE THEM AND HOW TO PLAY THEM.Chapter XLVIII · —MUSICAL GLASSES AND THE WOOD HARMONICON.Chapter XLIX · —ÆOLIAN HARPS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM.Chapter L · —THE PENNY WHISTLE, AND HOW TO PLAY IT. By W. J. Gordon.SECTION IX. ELECTRICITY, AND HOW TO USE IT IN PLAY AND EARNEST.Chapter LI · —CURIOSITIES OF ELECTRICITY. By Dr. Arthur Stradling.Chapter LII · —THE LEYDEN JAR, AND HOW TO MAKE IT.Chapter LIII · —THE ELECTRICAL MACHINE, AND HOW TO MAKE IT.Chapter LIV · —A STORM IN A TEACUP.SECTION X. CONJURERS AND CONJURING—VENTRILOQUISM AND SPIRITUALISM, ETC.Chapter LV · —MYSTERY AND MUMMERY; OR, HOUDIN AND THE ARABS. By John Nevil Maskelyne, of the Egyptian Hall.Chapter LVI · —VENTRILOQUISM, AND HOW TO ACQUIRE THE ART. By William Crompton.Chapter LVII · —SECOND SIGHT.Chapter LVIII · —SPIRITUALISM AT HOME. By Dr. Stradling.SECTION XI. DIVERSIFIED DIVERSIONS.Chapter LIX · —FIRE-BALLOONS AND GAS-BALLOONS: HOW TO MAKE AND USE THEM. By the late Dr. Scoffern.Chapter LX · —MODEL BALLOONS AND ALL ABOUT THEM. By a Professional Aëronaut and Balloon-maker.Chapter LXI · —SMUDGEOGRAPHY; OR, HOW TO TELL THE CHARACTER BY HANDWRITING.Chapter LXII · —THE LUDION. By the late Dr. Scoffern.Chapter LXIII · —MECHANICAL AND OTHER PUZZLES.Chapter LXIV · —KEEPING THE BALANCE. By the Rev. T. S. Millington, M.A.Transcriber’s NotesBeginning of this editionNext chapter →THE BOY’S OWN BOOK OF INDOOR GAMES AND RECREATIONSAll chapters and sections (80)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE BOY’S OWN BOOK OF INDOOR GAMES AND RECREATIONSPREFATORY NOTE.SECTION I. GYMNASTICS, INDIAN CLUBS, DUMBBELLS, AND JUGGLING WITH BALLS.Chapters1234Other sectionsSECTION II. MODEL-MAKING—MOVING AND OTHERWISE.Chapters567891011Other sectionsSECTION III. GAMES OF SKILL, ETC.Chapters1213141516171819Other sectionsSECTION IV. THE MAGIC-LANTERN, AND ALL ABOUT IT.Chapters20202122Other sectionsSECTION V. HOW TO BUILD BOATS, PUNTS, CANOES, ETC.Chapters2324252627Other sectionsSECTION VI. PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE OCCUPATIONS FOR SPARE HOURS.Chapters282930313233343536Other sectionsSECTION VII. THE BOY’S OWN WORKSHOP.Chapters3738394041424344454647Other sectionsSECTION VIII. MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND TOYS.—HOW TO MAKE THEM AND HOW TO PLAY THEM.Chapters484950Other sectionsSECTION IX. ELECTRICITY, AND HOW TO USE IT IN PLAY AND EARNEST.Chapters51525354Other sectionsSECTION X. CONJURERS AND CONJURING—VENTRILOQUISM AND SPIRITUALISM, ETC.Chapters55565758Other sectionsSECTION XI. DIVERSIFIED DIVERSIONS.Chapters596061626364Other sectionsTranscriber’s NotesPlease see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.◇cover imagefrontispieceTHE YOUNG TAXIDERMIST.—See page 298.◇THE BOY’S OWN BOOK OF INDOOR GAMES AND RECREATIONS →
