The Boy’s Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations

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Author

Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910

Title

The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Woodwork -- Juvenile literature

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Text

eBook-No.

49415

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49415

Release Date

July 10, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE BOY’S OWN BOOK OF INDOOR GAMES AND RECREATIONS
2. 2.PREFATORY NOTE.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.SECTION I. GYMNASTICS, INDIAN CLUBS, DUMBBELLS, AND JUGGLING WITH BALLS. — CHAPTER I.—GYMNASTICS. By a Member of the London Athletic Club. — I.— Preliminary Hints as to Dress, Diet, and Exercises without Apparatus. — II.— Exercises without Apparatus. — III.— Exercises with Apparatus. — IV.— How to make Gymnastic Apparatus. By Charles Spencer , Author of The Modern Gymnast , &c. — CHAPTER II.—INDIAN CLUBS, AND HOW TO USE THEM. By a Member of the London Athletic Club. — Weight of the Clubs. — CHAPTER III.—DUMBBELLS, AND HOW TO USE THEM. By W. J. Gordon. — CHAPTER IV.—JUGGLING WITH BALLS. By a Practical Gymnast. — The Vertical Fall ( Fig. 1 ), — The Inside and Outside Falls ( Fig. 2 ). — The Parallel Fall ( Fig. 3 ). — The Outside and Inside Fall from Right Hand to Left. — The Horizontal Pass. — The Double Vertical Fall — The Double Inside Fall. — The Triple Pass , — The Triple Over and Under Pass. — The Single Over and Double Under Pass. — The Shower. — The Triple Shower , — The Quadruple Shower , — The Fountain. — The Double Fountain , — The Double Fountain Change.
5. 5.SECTION II. MODEL-MAKING—MOVING AND OTHERWISE. — CHAPTER V.—SOME SIMPLE MODELS FOR BEGINNERS. — I. How to make a Boat with a Screw Propeller. By F. Chasemore. — II. How to make a small Marine Engine for a Boat four or five ft. long. By Frank Chasemore. — CHAPTER VI.—THE AMERICAN DANCING ‘NIGGER.’ By C. Stansfeld-Hicks. — CHAPTER VII.—MOVING MODELS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM; OR, ‘DROP A PENNY IN THE BOX AND THE MODEL WILL WORK.’ By Frank Chasemore. — A Model Windmill. — A Model Cutter Yacht. — Dancing ‘Niggers.’ — A Real Water-wheel. — How to make a Cheap Clock. — CHAPTER VIII.—HOW WE MADE A CHRISTMAS SHIP. By C. Stansfeld-Hicks , Author of Yacht and Canoe Building , &c., &c. — CHAPTER IX.—MODEL STEAM-ENGINES, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. By Paul N. Hasluck , Author of Lathe-work , &c. — I.— Principles of the Steam-Engine. — II.— A Simple Toy Engine. — III.— Small Model Engines. — IV.— The Horizontal Engine. — V.— The Oscillating Engine. — VI.— Model Boilers and their Construction. — CHAPTER X.—THE ‘BOY’S OWN’ MODEL LAUNCH ENGINE. By H. F. Hobden. — CHAPTER XI.—THE BOY’S OWN MODEL LOCOMOTIVE, AND HOW TO BUILD IT. By H. F. Hobden. — A more Finished Model.
6. 6.SECTION III. GAMES OF SKILL, ETC. — CHAPTER XII.—CHESS—SINGLE AND DOUBLE, ETC. — I.— Chess for Beginners. — By Herr Meyer. — II.— A New Chess Game. ‘The Jubilee.’—By Herr Meyer. — III.— Another Jubilee Game. Played on Jubilee Day. — IV.— The Game of Double Chess. By the late Captain Crawley and Herbert Mooney. — CHAPTER XIII.—DRAUGHTS. By the late Captain Crawley. — I. All About the Game. — II. The Losing Game. — III. Polish Draughts. — THE OPENINGS. — CHAPTER XIV.—SOLITAIRE. By the late Captain Crawley. — GAME II. — GAME III. — GAME IV. — GAME V. — GAME VI. — CHAPTER XV.—FOX AND GEESE. By the late Captain Crawley. — CHAPTER XVI.—GO-BAN. By Herr Meyer. — Game No. 2. — Game No. 3. — CHAPTER XVII.—THE MALAGASY GAME OF FANÒRONA. By W. Montgomery. — CHAPTER XVIII.—THE AMERICAN PUZZLES. — CHAPTER XIX.—SOME MINOR GAMES. — I.—A NEW INDOOR GAME. — II.—KNUCKLE BONES. By Captain A. S. Harrison.
7. 7.SECTION IV. THE MAGIC-LANTERN, AND ALL ABOUT IT. — CHAPTER XX.—THE MAGIC-LANTERN, AND ALL ABOUT IT. — I.— Pleasant Hours with the Magic-Lantern.—By A. A. Wood, F.C.S. — II. How to Make a Cheap Magic-Lantern. By Frank Chasemore. — III. How to Make the Slides for a Magic Lantern. — IV. Revolving Slides for the Magic-Lantern, without Rack-work. By F. Chasemore. — V. Screen Frame for the Magic-Lantern. By Frank Chasemore. — VI. Magic-Lantern for Opaque Slides. By W. J. Gordon. — CHAPTER XXI.—HOW TO MAKE AN APHENGESCOPE, OR APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING PHOTOGRAPHS, OPAQUE PICTURES, AND LIVING INSECTS IN THE MAGIC-LANTERN. By Frank Chasemore. — CHAPTER XXII.—INGENIOUS ADAPTATIONS FOR THE LANTERN. By W. J. Gordon. — I.— Chromatropes and Paper Fireworks. — II.— The Lantern and The Kaleidoscope. — III.— The Lantern Praxinoscope.
8. 8.SECTION V. HOW TO BUILD BOATS, PUNTS, CANOES, ETC. — CHAPTER XXIII.—THE BUILDING OF THE SWALLOW; OR, HOW TO MAKE A BOAT. By E. Henry Davies, C.E. — CHAPTER XXIV.—HOW TO MAKE A CANVAS CANOE. By E. T. Littlewood, M.A. — CHAPTER XXV.—CANADIAN, INDIAN, BIRCH-BARK AND OTHER LIGHT CANOES. By C. Stansfeld-Hicks. — I.— Canadian and Birch-Bark Canoes. — II.— Paper and other Typical Canoes. — CHAPTER XXVI.—HOW TO BUILD A PUNT. By the Rev. Harry Jones, M.A. — CHAPTER XXVII.—RAFTS AND CATAMARANS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. By W. J. Gordon and W. L. Alden.
9. 9.SECTION VI. PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE OCCUPATIONS FOR SPARE HOURS. — CHAPTER XXVIII.—PRACTICAL HINTS ON TAXIDERMY. By Lieut.-Colonel Cuthell, late 13th Hussars. — I.—CATCHING AND SETTING BUTTERFLIES. — II.—HOW TO CURE AND SET UP A BIRD’S SKIN. — III.—ON PRESERVING THE SKINS AND HEADS OF ANIMALS. — CHAPTER XXIX.—HINTS ON POLISHING HORN, BONE, SHELLS, STONES, ETC. By Gordon Stables, C.M., M.D., R.N. — CHAPTER XXX.—BRITISH PEBBLES. By the Rev. A. N. Malan, M.A., F.G.S. — I.—THE PEBBLES AND HOW TO FIND THEM. — II.—THE LAPIDARY’S BENCH. — III.—HOW TO POLISH A PEBBLE. — IV.—HOW TO CUT A PEBBLE. — A POSTSCRIPT. — CHAPTER XXXI.—GRAPHS AND GRAPH-MAKING. By Theodore Wood. — CHAPTER XXXII.—CRYPTOGRAPH, OR CIPHER. By a Naval Surgeon. — CHAPTER XXXIII.—HAMMOCK-MAKING AND NETTING. — I.—HAMMOCKS AND HAMMOCK-MAKING. — II.—NETTING, AND HOW TO NET. — CHAPTER XXXIV.—A PERPETUAL CALENDAR. By Herr H. F. L. Meyer. — EXPLANATIONS. — EXAMPLES. — HISTORICAL NOTES. — THE KEY NUMBERS. — CHAPTER XXXV.—HOW TO MAKE A SUNDIAL. By F. Chasemore. — I.—THE HORIZONTAL DIAL. — II.—THE EQUATORIAL DIAL. — TABLE OF MINUTES. To be Added to or Subtracted from the Sundial for each Day in the Year. — CHAPTER XXXVI.—THE CAMERA OBSCURA: HOW TO MAKE AND USE IT. By Gordon Stables, C.M., M.D., R.N.
10. 10.SECTION VII. THE BOY’S OWN WORKSHOP. — CHAPTER XXXVII.—CARDBOARD-MODELLING AND WOOD MODELLING. — I.—HOW THE REEDHAM BOYS MAKE THEIR CARDBOARD MODELS. By the Head Master. — II.— A Home-Made Humming-Top. — CHAPTER XXXVIII.—ARTIFICIAL WOOD: HOW TO MAKE IT AND WHAT TO MAKE OF IT. By the late Dr. Scoffern. — CHAPTER XXXIX.— How to Make an Astronomical Telescope. BY FRANK CHASEMORE. — CHAPTER XL.— The Kaleidoscope, and How to Make it. By W. J. Gordon. — CHAPTER XLI.—HOW TO MAKE A PORTABLE STAGE AND FIGURES FOR THE LIVING MARIONETTES. By F. Chasemore. — CHAPTER XLII.—HOW TO MAKE A PANTAGRAPH. — CHAPTER XLIII.—MY FLAGSTAFF, AND HOW I RIGGED IT. — CHAPTER XLIV.—HOW TO MAKE A POCKET COMPASS AND TIMEPIECE. By F. Chasemore. — CHAPTER XLV.—WOOD-WORKING AND CARVING; OR, WALKING-STICKS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM. — CHAPTER XLVI.—CAGES AND HUTCHES: AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. By Gordon Stables, C.M., M.D., R.N. — I.—THE TOOLS AND MATERIALS—USEFUL HINTS. — II.—CANARY BREEDING-CAGES, GERMAN AND ENGLISH. — III.—NESTS AND NEST-BOXES—THE GERMAN METHOD OF BREEDING—HUTCHES FOR RABBITS, GUINEA-PIGS, RATS, AND SQUIRRELS. — CHAPTER XLVII.—HOW TO MAKE A CAGE FOR WHITE MICE. By W. G. Campbell.
11. 11.SECTION VIII. MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND TOYS.—HOW TO MAKE THEM AND HOW TO PLAY THEM. — CHAPTER XLVIII.—MUSICAL GLASSES AND THE WOOD HARMONICON. — I.—THE GLASS HARMONICON. — II.—MUSICAL TUMBLERS. — III.—A WOOD HARMONICON. — CHAPTER XLIX.—ÆOLIAN HARPS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. — CHAPTER L.—THE PENNY WHISTLE, AND HOW TO PLAY IT. By W. J. Gordon.
12. 12.SECTION IX. ELECTRICITY, AND HOW TO USE IT IN PLAY AND EARNEST. — CHAPTER LI.—CURIOSITIES OF ELECTRICITY. By Dr. Arthur Stradling. — CHAPTER LII.—THE LEYDEN JAR, AND HOW TO MAKE IT. — CHAPTER LIII.—THE ELECTRICAL MACHINE, AND HOW TO MAKE IT. — CHAPTER LIV.—A STORM IN A TEACUP.
13. 13.SECTION X. CONJURERS AND CONJURING—VENTRILOQUISM AND SPIRITUALISM, ETC. — CHAPTER LV.—MYSTERY AND MUMMERY; OR, HOUDIN AND THE ARABS. By John Nevil Maskelyne, of the Egyptian Hall. — CHAPTER LVI.—VENTRILOQUISM, AND HOW TO ACQUIRE THE ART. By William Crompton. — CHAPTER LVII.—SECOND SIGHT. — Two other Systems. — ‘ Unconscious Counting. ’ — CHAPTER LVIII.—SPIRITUALISM AT HOME. By Dr. Stradling.
14. 14.SECTION XI. DIVERSIFIED DIVERSIONS. — CHAPTER LIX.—FIRE-BALLOONS AND GAS-BALLOONS: HOW TO MAKE AND USE THEM. By the late Dr. Scoffern. — I.—THE PRINCIPLE OF BALLOONING. — II.—FIRE-BALLOONS AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION. — III.—ON GASES AND GAS-BALLOONS. — IV.—HOW TO PREPARE HYDROGEN GAS. — V.—THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BALLOON. — CHAPTER LX.—MODEL BALLOONS AND ALL ABOUT THEM. By a Professional Aëronaut and Balloon-maker. — How to make a Model Balloon , — THE NETTING. — THE GAS — COST. — CHAPTER LXI.—SMUDGEOGRAPHY; OR, HOW TO TELL THE CHARACTER BY HANDWRITING. — CHAPTER LXII.—THE LUDION. By the late Dr. Scoffern. — CHAPTER LXIII.—MECHANICAL AND OTHER PUZZLES. — I.— Some Mechanical Puzzles.—By F. Chasemore. — II.— Thought-guessing. — III.— An Improved Ring Puzzle.—By Herr Meyer. — IV.— Aërial Rings. — V.— Bubble Blowing. — VI.— Marionettes , — VII.— Model Wrestlers. — CHAPTER LXIV.—KEEPING THE BALANCE. By the Rev. T. S. Millington, M.A.
15. 15.Transcriber’s Notes

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