Kite Time--War Kites--Novel Modes of Fishing--Home-made Fishing Tackle--How to Stock, Make, and Keep a Fresh-water Aquarium--How to Stock and Keep a Marine Aquarium--Knots, Bends, and Hitches--Dredge, Tangle, and Trawl Fishing--Home-made Boats--How to Rig and Sail Small Boats--How to Camp Out Without a Tent--How to Rear Wild Birds--Home-made Hunting Apparatus--Traps and Trapping--Dogs--Practical Taxidermy for Boys--Snow Houses and Statuary--Winged Skaters--Winter Fishing--Indoor Amusements--How to Make a Magic Lantern--Puppet Shows--Home-made Masquerade and Theatrical Costumes--With many other subjects of a kindred nature. “It is an excellent publication, and is heartily recommended to parents.”--_The Brooklyn Eagle._ “The book has this great advantage over its predecessors, that most of the games, tricks, and other amusements described in it are new. It treats of sports adapted to all seasons of the year; it is practical, and it is well illustrated.”--_The New York Tribune._ “It tells boys how to make all kinds of things--boats, traps, toys, puzzles, aquariums, fishing tackle; how to tie knots, splice ropes, to make bird calls, sleds, blow guns, balloons; how to rear wild birds, to train dogs, and do the thousand and one things that boys take delight in. The book is illustrated in such a way that no mistake can be made; and the boy who gets a copy of this book will consider himself set up in business.”--_The Indianapolis Journal._ * * * * * =THE AMERICAN GIRL’S HANDY BOOK= =HOW TO AMUSE YOURSELF AND OTHERS= =By LINA and ADELIA B. BEARD= =With nearly 500 Illustrations by the Authors. One volume, square 8vo, $2.00= Eight new chapters have been added to the forty-two which have carried this famous book to the hearts of all the young people since its first appearance, and everything that the girls of to-day want to know about their sports, games, and winter afternoon and evening work, is told clearly and simply in this helpful and entertaining volume. The volume is fully and handsomely illustrated from drawings by the authors, whose designs are in the best sense illustrative of the text. [Illustration] =SUMMARY OF CONTENTS=