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HARPER’S “TELL ME HOW” BOOKS _A New Series_
HARPER’S GASOLINE ENGINE BOOK HARPER’S AIRCRAFT BOOK HARPER’S WIRELESS BOOK HARPER’S BEGINNING ELECTRICITY HARPER’S EVERY-DAY ELECTRICITY Illustrated. Crown 8vo. -----
HARPER’S BOOK FOR YOUNG GARDENERS HARPER’S BOOK FOR YOUNG NATURALISTS HARPER’S HOW TO UNDERSTAND ELECTRICAL WORK HARPER’S ELECTRICITY BOOK FOR BOYS HARPER’S BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS HARPER’S CAMPING AND SCOUTING HARPER’S OUTDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS HARPER’S INDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS HARPER’S MACHINERY BOOK FOR BOYS HARPER’S HANDY BOOK FOR GIRLS Illustrated. Crown 8vo. -----
THE STORY OF GREAT INVENTIONS Uniform in appearance with above. MOTOR BOATING FOR BOYS Illustrated. Crown 8vo. -----
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[Illustration: FIG. 11—A SINGLE-TREE HUT]
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WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY KIRK MUNROE, TAPPAN ADNEY CAPT. HOWARD PATTERSON LEROY MILTON YALE AND OTHERS
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
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Copyright, 1907, by HARPER & BROTHERS. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA B-W
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CHAPTER III.—SUMMER-HOUSES AND PERGOLAS 52
CHAPTER IV.—WEATHER-VANES AND WINDMILLS 59
CHAPTER VI.—COASTERS, SKEES, AND SNOW-SHOES 101
CHAPTER VII.—SAIL-SKATING AND SNOWBALL ARTILLERY 115
CHAPTER X.—LAND-YACHTS AND PUSHMOBILES 177
CHAPTER XVII.—MARLINE-SPIKE SEAMANSHIP 280
CHAPTER XX.—TREE HUTS AND BRUSH-HOUSES 350
“How to do it,” might very well be the title of this new handy-book for American boys. It is first and last a practical guide, based upon the experience of those who have done what they describe. Results are wanted, not theories in a book of this kind, and careful tests have been applied to secure working results and the certainty that everything will come out all right.
Another point, which has had the most careful attention of a board of editors, is that of selection. It would be easy to include a quantity of sports and games, and also plans for elaborate contrivances neither particularly amusing nor necessary when done. But the object of this book is to show boys how to do accurately things which are quite within their powers, and things also which will be a satisfaction when they are done. The plan followed is to develop a boy’s ingenuity and mechanical ability along lines which will reward him. In short, the book is intended to help a boy to think and act for himself and to have fun in doing it.