Besides developing handiness, “The Handy Boy” will encourage the boy to think for himself and to use his ingenuity; and it will instill in him an ambition to make the best possible use of his time so that he may grow up prepared to do something and be something. “Mr. Hall’s book is just the thing to put into the growing boy’s hand to keep him successfully and happily employed.”—_Des Moines Capital._ “The best book of its kind that has yet been published.”—_Boston Transcript._ “There is scarcely any boy from twelve to sixteen or seventeen that will not be delighted with such a book, and no one would fail to receive much valuable information from it.”—_Presbyterian._ “Here is a book that should be in the library of every healthy, ambitious American boy.”—_Buffalo Commercial._ “No other volume contains such a variety of wholesome, instructive, and entertaining material, nor presents so many ways of making use of the things at hand.”—_Chicago Advance._ _For sale by all booksellers or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers_ LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON HANDICRAFT FOR HANDY BOYS Practical Plans for Work and Play with Many Ideas for Earning Money By A. NEELY HALL Author of “The Boy Craftsman” With Nearly 600 Illustrations and Working-drawings by the Author and Norman P. Hall 8vo Cloth Net, $2.00 Postpaid, $2.25 [Illustration: book] This book is intended for boys who want the latest ideas for making things, practical plans for earning money, up-to-date suggestions for games and sports, and novelties for home and school entertainments. The author has planned the suggestions on an economical basis, providing for the use of the things at hand, and many of the things which can be bought cheaply. Mr. Hall’s books have won the confidence of parents, who realize that in giving them to their boys they are providing wholesome occupations which will encourage self-reliance and resourcefulness, and discourage tendencies to be extravagant. Outdoor and indoor pastimes have been given equal attention, and much of the work is closely allied to the studies of the modern grammar and high schools, as will be seen by a glance at the following list of subjects, which are only a few among those discussed in the 500 pages of text: MANUAL TRAINING; EASILY-MADE FURNITURE; FITTING UP A BOY’S ROOM; HOME-MADE GYMNASIUM APPARATUS; A BOY’S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH OUTFIT; COASTERS AND BOB-SLEDS; MODEL AEROPLANES; PUSHMOBILES AND OTHER HOME-MADE WAGONS; A CASTLE CLUBHOUSE AND HOME-MADE ARMOR. Modern ingenious work such as the above cannot fail to develop mechanical ability in a boy, and this book will get right next to his heart. “The book is a treasure house for boys who like to work with tools and have a purpose in their working.”—_Springfield Union._