Transcriber’s Notes: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_), and text enclosed by equal signs is in bold (=bold=). Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. * * * * * THE JACK OF ALL TRADES OR NEW IDEAS FOR AMERICAN BOYS * * * * * +-------------------------------------------------+ | _BOOKS BY DANIEL C. BEARD_ | | | | THE JACK OF ALL TRADES; or, NEW IDEAS FOR | | AMERICAN BOYS. Profusely Illustrated by the | | Author. Square 8vo. $2.00. | | | | THE OUTDOOR HANDY BOOK, FOR PLAYGROUND, FIELD | | AND FOREST. With 300 Illustrations by the | | Author. _New Edition._ Square 8vo. $2.00. | | | | THE AMERICAN BOY’S HANDY BOOK; or, WHAT TO | | DO AND HOW TO DO IT. With more than 300 | | Illustrations by the Author. Square 8vo. | | $2.00. | | | | _BY THE MISSES BEARD_ | | | | THE AMERICAN GIRL’S HANDY BOOK; or, HOW TO | | AMUSE YOURSELF AND OTHERS. With more than 300 | | Illustrations. _New and Enlarged Edition._ | | Square 8vo. $2.00. | +-------------------------------------------------+ THE JACK OF ALL TRADES: New Ideas for American Boys BY D. C. Beard New York Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1900 * * * * * COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS PREFACE. It was not the author’s original intention to produce a series of boys’ books. On the contrary, he expected that his work in this line would begin and end with “The American Boy’s Handy Book.” The great popularity of that book is a constant source of gratification and pleasure to the author; but he was not a little surprised and embarrassed when he discovered that in place of satisfying the lads he had only whetted their appetite for more material in the same line. Letters from boys in many parts of the British Provinces, and from all over the United States, convinced the writer that he had yet work to do for them, and the revised and enlarged edition of “The American Boy’s Handy Book” was issued. After a brief period of time the quaintly worded letters in boyish handwriting began again to increase the mail left at the author’s studio, and this time he laid aside his brush and pencil to produce “The Outdoor Handy Book.”