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;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- Paper bird, the Japanese, 78-81;
- Papier-maché, 73;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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