Scouting for Boys

About this eBook

Author

Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941

Original Publication

United States: Dover Publications, Inc., 1908, reprint 2007.

Credits

Chris Curnow, Greg Weeks, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.

Language

English

LoC Class

HS: Social sciences: Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.

Subject

Citizenship

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65993

Release Date

August 5, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SCOUTING FOR BOYS.
2. 2.CONTENTS OF THE PARTS.
3. 3.FOREWORD FOR INSTRUCTOR.
4. 4.PART I.—CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. SCOUTCRAFT. — NOTE FOR INSTRUCTOR. — FIRST EVENING: INDOORS. — FOLLOWING DAY: MORNING AND AFTERNOON. — MORNING. — MORNING. — AFTERNOON. — EVENING. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 1. MAFEKING BOY SCOUTS. — SCOUTS' WORK. — "KIM." — BOOKS. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 2. SUMMARY OF SCOUT'S COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. — WINTER'S STOB; OR, THE ELSDON MURDER. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 3. BOY SCOUTS' ORGANISATION. — THE SCOUT'S OATH. — SCOUT'S SALUTE AND SECRET SIGN. — SCOUT'S UNIFORM. — SCOUT'S WAR SONGS. — THE SCOUTS' CHORUS. — THE SCOUTS' RALLY. — THE SCOUTS' CALL. — PATROL SIGNS. — SIGNS AND CALLS OF DIFFERENT PATROLS. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 4. SCOUT LAW. — THE SCOUT LAW. — SCOUTING GAMES. — In Town. — SCOUTS' PLAY. POCAHONTAS; or, THE CAPTURE OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH.
5. 5.PART II. — CHAPTER II. TRACKING; — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 5. OBSERVATION OF "SIGN." — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 6. SPOORING. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 7. READING "SIGN" OR DEDUCTION. — CHAPTER III. WOODCRAFT; — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 8. STALKING. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—NO. 9. ANIMALS. — CAMP-FIRE YARN.—No. 10. PLANTS.
6. 6.PART III — CHAPTER IV. CAMP LIFE. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 11. PIONEERING. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 12. CAMPING. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 13. CAMP LIFE. — CHAPTER V. CAMPAIGNING. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 14. LIFE IN THE OPEN. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 15. PATHFINDING. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 16. INFORMATION BY SIGNAL.
7. 7.PART IV. — ENDURANCE FOR SCOUTS. — HINTS TO INSTRUCTORS. HOW TO HELP IN A GREAT NATIONAL WORK. — CHAPTER VI. ENDURANCE for SCOUTS; — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 17. HOW TO GROW STRONG. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 18. HEALTH-GIVING HABITS. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 19. PREVENTION OF DISEASE. — CHIVALRY OF THE KNIGHTS. — HINTS TO INSTRUCTORS. — CHAPTER VII. CHIVALRY of the KNIGHTS. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 20. CHIVALRY TO OTHERS. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 21. SELF-DISCIPLINE. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 22. SELF-IMPROVEMENT.
8. 8.CONTINUATION OF PART IV. SOBRIETY. — PRACTISE OBSERVATION. — FORTITUDE. — NOTES TO INSTRUCTORS — Religion. — Thrift. — Politeness. — CHAPTER VIII. SAVING LIFE; — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 23. BE PREPARED FOR ACCIDENTS. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 24. ACCIDENTS AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 25. HELPING OTHERS. — CHAPTER IX. PATRIOTISM; — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 26. OUR EMPIRE. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 27. CITIZENSHIP. — CAMP FIRE YARN.—No. 28. UNITED WE STAND. DIVIDED WE FALL. — NOTES for INSTRUCTORS. — SUMMARY. — PLAY THE GAME: DON'T LOOK ON. — THE BRITISH EMPIRE WANTS YOUR HELP. — FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS DUE TO BAD CITIZENSHIP. — FOOTBALL. — OUR FUTURE CITIZENS. — PEACE-SCOUTING. — MILITARISM. — HOW TO TEACH SCOUTING. — Not in Opposition to Existing Organisations for Boys. — Experimental Camp. — Patrol System. — Method of Instruction. — Results of the Camp Experiment. — AUTHORITIES WHO MIGHT FIND THE SCHEME USEFUL. — HINTS TO INSTRUCTORS. — "BE PREPARED." — CLUBROOM. — THE HANDBOOK. — COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. — METHOD OF INSTRUCTION. — IMAGINATION. — RESPONSIBILITY TO JUNIORS. — DISCIPLINE. — RELIGION. — CONTINENCE. — HINTS TO INSTRUCTORS. — FORMING CHARACTER. — CONCLUSION. — BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT. — SCOUTING GAMES, PRACTICES, AND DISPLAYS. — NOTES TO INSTRUCTORS. — SCOUTCRAFT. — TRACKING. — WOODCRAFT. — CAMP LIFE. — How to Make a Tent. — BOOKS TO READ. — CAMPAIGNING AND PATHFINDING. — ENDURANCE AND HEALTH. — CHIVALRY. — SAVING LIFE AND FIRST AID. — PATRIOTISM. — PLAY THE GAME! — THE STORMING OF DELHI. — "THE MAPLE LEAF FOR EVER." — Alexander Muir. — "THE SONG OF AUSTRALIA." — Words by Mrs. C. J. Carleton. Music by Herr Carl Linger. — GOD BLESS THE PRINCE OF WALES. — GOD SAVE THE KING. — SAMPLE PROGRAMME OF ATHLETIC SPORTS. — NON-SCOUTING GAMES. — Useful for Evenings in the Club or in Camp. — BASKET BALL. — BOOKS TO READ. — SUGGESTION FOR A DISPLAY — The Explorers. — TRUE SCOUTING STORIES. — CORRECTIONS.

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