INDEX

A B C D E F G H I

J K L M N O P Q R

S T U V W X Y Z

Alcohol and Athletics, 21

Alphabet, Deaf and Dumb, 428

Angling, 67

Apple Mill, 402

Aquariums, 131

Artist, The boy as, 157

Æolian Harp, An, How to make, 363

Balloons, Bubble, 396

Balloons, Fire, To make, 389

Barometers, Simple, 418

Barrel, Hammock made from a, 362

Beads of Pith, 422

Binding Books, 255

Blotting Pad, 271

Boat Race, Game of, 328

Boats made of Pasteboard, 401

Books, How to bind, 255

Boomerangs, 329

Bottle, The inexhaustible, 382

Boxing, 55

Boxing by Electricity, 399

Bubble Balloons, 396

Bubbles of Resin, 424

Budgerigars, 246

Bust in Clay, How made, 175

Butterflies, 117

Cage Birds, 242

Calendar, A, on your fingers, 416

Camera Obscura, A, 407

Camp, Cooking in, 112

Canaries, 242

Candle, The chemistry of a, 370

Canoes, 84

Canoes, Steering of, 100

Carbon Paper, How to make, 424

Card Tricks, 220

Casting Coins and Medals, 426

Cavies, 228

Chess, How to play, 273

Chicken, The wonderful, 408

Coins, How to cast, 426

Coloured Fires, 387

Concert, Game of, 327

Conflagration, A seeming, 385

Conjuring, 208

Consequences, Game of, 327

Cooking in Camp, 112

Cremated Alive, 208

Crystals, Beautiful, 385

Crystals, Brilliant, 384

Curling, 60

Cutter, Model, How to make, 354

Cyr Louis, 21

Dancing Figure, 406

Deaf and Dumb Alphabet, 428

Digging, 150

Distorted Landscapes, 409

Dogs, 249

Donkey, The lively, 407

Draughts, How to play, 292

Draughts, The losing game, 321

Drawing, 157

Drop Ball, 148

Dumb Bells, 8, 12, 13, 15

Egg and Bottle Trick, 379

Electricity, Boxing by, 399

Electrical Machine, An, How to make, 365

Enlargement of Photographs, 264

Etching on Glass, 424

Fight for the Flag, 145

Filter, How to make a, 268

Fire, A well of, 384

Fire Balloons, To make, 389

Fires, Coloured, 387

Fire Designs, 380

Fishing, 67

Fives, 143

Flying Machine, 404

Football, 49

Fountain, A novel, 383

Fountain, How to make a, 269

Fox, 148

Fox and Geese, 331

French and English, 144

Fugleman, 149

Game, An amusing, 330

Games, 138

Gardening, 150

Ghost, To make a, 385

Glass, Etching on, 424

Glue made of Rice, 425

Golf, 52

Gravity, The centre of, 386

Grease, To remove, 426

Guinea Pigs, 228

Gymnastics, 7

Haloes, Three, 385

Hammock, How to make a, 362

Handwriting, Hints on, 422

Harp, Æolian, An, How to make, 363

Hectograph, How to make, 267

Hedgehog, The, 252

Hockey, 26

Hoops, Games with, 147

Hop-Scotch, 145

Horizontal Bar, 9, 12

Horse, A prancing, 401

Hurdle Races, 5

Hygrometer, A, 271

Illusions, Optical, 409

Index, How to make, 258

Indian Clubs, 8, 31

Ink, Invisible, 427

Ink, Removal of, 426

Jackdaws, 251

Jay, The, 251

Jig Saw Puzzle, 408

Jingling, 149

Jumping, 5, 24

Kite, How to make a, 139

Knots, How to tie, 432

Landscapes, Distorted, 409

Lantern Slides, 266

Leap Year, 417

Leverage, An experiment in, 386

Leaves, How they keep clean, 427

Leaves, How to use, 180

Leaves, Skeleton, 421

Levy, Mr. E. Lawrence, 14

Mac, A Whirling, 403

Macgregor, John, 84

Magazines, How to bind, 255

Magician, The boy as, 208

Magic Lantern Slides, 266

Magpie, The, 251

Medals, How to Cast, 426

Mice, White, 251

Modelling with Clay, 175

Moths, 117

Mouse, The, In the Trap, 409

Musical Glass, A, 329

Needle, The floating, 380

Net Making, 261

Newspaper Cuttings Book, 258

Nickie Nickie Night, 138

Nightingale, To imitate a, 422

Nine Men’s Morris, 331

Optical Illusions, 409

Paperchasing, 48

Parallel Bars, 10

Pasteboard, Boats made of, 401

Paste, How to make, 425

Pea, The jolly, 414

Perspective, Rules of, 161

Pets, 228

Photographic Enlargements, 264

Pith Beads, 422

Polyphony, 201

Portrait Bust, How made, 175

Posting, 147

Potatoe Mill, 402

Prisoners’ Base, 144

Puzzles, 333

Puzzles, 408

Puzzles, Answers to, 342

Pyrography, 189

Quaternions, How to play, 324

Rabbits, 232

Rackets, 141

Raven, The, 251

Resin Bubbles, 424

Rice Glue, 425

Rings, Exercises with, 8

Rings of Steam, 421

Rob Roy Canoe, 84, 86

Rowing, 43

Running, 3, 23

Sailing on Skates, 57

Schooner, Model, How to make, 351

Scrap Book, How to make, 258

Sculling, 45

Sea, How to go to, 419

Secret Writing, 424

Seed, How to sow, 153

Serpent, A revolving, 415

Shadow Buff, 328

Shaving Papers, Case for, 270

Shelter, A simple, 416

Silkworms, 252

Skates, Sailing on, 57

Skating, 57

Skeleton Leaves, 421

Sketching, 157

Skins, How to dress, 425

Skip-Jack, The, 413

Sleigh for Baby, How to make, 360

Sleigh, How to make, 356

Slides for Magic Lantern, 266

Smoke produced at Will, 383

Spiders and the Weather, 417

Sprinting, 23

Steam Rings, 421

Steeplechasing, 5

Stencilling, 163

Swimming, 42

Syphon, The, 269

Tent, A simple, 416

Toffee, To make your own, 421

Top, A simple, 402

Training for athletics, 1

Trapeze, 11

Turnpike, 147

Vacuum, A, What it can do, 386

Ventriloquism, 191

Walking, 5, 21, 22

Water boiled by Coldness, 380

Water boiled in Paper Bag, 384

Water, Illuminated, 384

Water Polo, 46

Water upside down, 382

Weather, The, and Spiders, 417

Weston’s Walk, 21

Whirling Mac, A, 403

White Mice, 251

Window Box, 154

Wine Glass, The magic, 380

Wood Carving, 350

Woodman, The working, 410

Writing Pad, 271

Writing, Secret, 424

Writing, The magic, 382

Writing, The, on the wall, 385

Yachts, 84, 107

Zebra Finches, 243

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