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The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations / A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys

by C. Stansfeld Hicks

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Contents

  1. Prefatory Note
  2. Chapter I.—Gymnastics. By a Member of the London Athletic Club
  3. Chapter II.—Indian Clubs, and How to Use Them. By a Member of the London Athletic Club
  4. Chapter III.—Dumbbells, and How to Use Them. By W. J. Gordon
  5. Chapter IV.—Juggling with Balls. By a Practical Gymnast
  6. Chapter V.—Some Simple Models for Beginners
  7. Chapter VI.—The American Dancing ‘Nigger.’ By C. Stansfeld-Hicks
  8. Chapter VII.—Moving Models, and How to Make Them; Or, ‘Drop A Penny in the Box and the Model Will Work.’ By Frank Chasemore
  9. Chapter VIII.—How We Made A Christmas Ship. By C. Stansfeld-Hicks, Author of Yacht and Canoe Building , &c., &c
  10. Chapter IX.—Model Steam-Engines, and How to Make Them. By Paul N. Hasluck, Author of Lathe-work , &c
  11. Chapter X.—The ‘Boy’s Own’ Model Launch Engine. By H. F. Hobden
  12. Chapter XI.—The Boy’s Own Model Locomotive, and How to Build It. By H. F. Hobden
  13. Chapter XII.—Chess—Single and Double, Etc
  14. Notes
  15. III.—Another Jubilee Game. Played on Jubilee Day
  16. IV.—The Game of Double Chess. By the late Captain Crawley and Herbert Mooney
  17. Chapter XIII.—Draughts. By the late Captain Crawley
  18. Chapter XIV.—Solitaire. By the late Captain Crawley
  19. Chapter XV.—Fox and Geese. By the late Captain Crawley
  20. Chapter XVI.—Go-Ban. By Herr Meyer
  21. Chapter XVII.—The Malagasy Game of Fanòrona. By W. Montgomery
  22. Chapter XVIII.—The American Puzzles
  23. Chapter XIX.—Some Minor Games
  24. Chapter XX.—The Magic-Lantern, and All About It
  25. Chapter XXI.—How to Make an Aphengescope, or Apparatus for Exhibiting Photographs, Opaque Pictures, and Living Insects in the Magic-Lantern. By Frank Chasemore
  26. Chapter XXII.—Ingenious Adaptations for the Lantern. By W. J. Gordon
  27. Chapter XXIII.—The Building of the Swallow; Or, How to Make A Boat. By E. Henry Davies, C.E.
  28. Chapter XXIV.—How to Make A Canvas Canoe. By E. T. Littlewood, M.A.
  29. Chapter XXV.—Canadian, Indian, Birch-Bark and Other Light Canoes. By C. Stansfeld-Hicks
  30. Chapter XXVI.—How to Build A Punt. By the Rev. Harry Jones, M.A.
  31. Chapter XXVII.—Rafts and Catamarans, and How to Make Them. By W. J. Gordon and W. L. Alden
  32. Chapter XXVIII.—Practical Hints on Taxidermy. By Lieut.-Colonel Cuthell, late 13th Hussars
  33. Chapter XXIX.—Hints on Polishing Horn, Bone, Shells, Stones, Etc. By Gordon Stables, C.M., M.D., R.N.
  34. Chapter XXX.—British Pebbles. By the Rev. A. N. Malan, M.A., F.G.S.
  35. Chapter XXXI.—Graphs and Graph-Making. By Theodore Wood
  36. Chapter XXXII.—Cryptograph, or Cipher. By a Naval Surgeon
  37. Chapter XXXIII.—Hammock-Making and Netting
  38. Chapter XXXIV.—A Perpetual Calendar. By Herr H. F. L. Meyer
  39. Chapter XXXV.—How to Make A Sundial. By F. Chasemore
  40. Chapter XXXVI.—The Camera Obscura: How to Make and Use It. By Gordon Stables, C.M., M.D., R.N.
  41. Chapter XXXVII.—Cardboard-Modelling and Wood Modelling
  42. Chapter XXXVIII.—Artificial Wood: How to Make It and What to Make of It. By the late Dr. Scoffern
  43. Chapter XXXIX.—How to Make an Astronomical Telescope. By Frank Chasemore
  44. Chapter XL.—The Kaleidoscope, and How to Make it. By W. J. Gordon
  45. Chapter XLI.—How to Make A Portable Stage and Figures for the Living Marionettes. By F. Chasemore
  46. Chapter XLII.—How to Make a Pantagraph
  47. Chapter XLIII.—My Flagstaff, and How I Rigged It
  48. Chapter XLIV.—How to Make A Pocket Compass and Timepiece. By F. Chasemore
  49. Chapter XLV.—Wood-Working and Carving; Or, Walking-Sticks and How to Treat Them
  50. Chapter XLVI.—Cages and Hutches: And How to Make Them. By Gordon Stables, C.M., M.D., R.N.
  51. Chapter XLVII.—How to Make A Cage for White Mice. By W. G. Campbell
  52. Chapter XLVIII.—Musical Glasses and the Wood Harmonicon
  53. Chapter XLIX.—Æolian Harps, and How to Make Them
  54. Chapter L.—The Penny Whistle, and How to Play It. By W. J. Gordon
  55. Chapter LI.—Curiosities of Electricity. By Dr. Arthur Stradling
  56. Chapter LII.—The Leyden Jar, and How to Make It
  57. Chapter LIII.—The Electrical Machine, and How to Make It
  58. Chapter LIV.—A Storm in a Teacup
  59. Chapter LV.—Mystery and Mummery; Or, Houdin and the Arabs. By John Nevil Maskelyne, of the Egyptian Hall
  60. Chapter LVI.—Ventriloquism, and How to Acquire the Art. By William Crompton
  61. Chapter LVII.—Second Sight
  62. Chapter LVIII.—Spiritualism at Home. By Dr. Stradling
  63. Section XI. Diversified Diversions
  64. Chapter LIX.—Fire-Balloons and Gas-Balloons: How to Make and Use Them. By the late Dr. Scoffern
  65. Chapter LX.—Model Balloons and All About Them. By a Professional Aëronaut and Balloon-maker
  66. Chapter LXI.—Smudgeography; Or, How to Tell the Character by Handwriting
  67. Chapter LXII.—The Ludion. By the late Dr. Scoffern
  68. Chapter LXIII.—Mechanical and Other Puzzles
  69. Chapter LXIV.—Keeping the Balance. By the Rev. T. S. Millington, M.A.

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