The American Boy's Handy Book/Index

Table of contents

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A
  • Aquarium, the, 44–53;
    • fresh-water aquariums, 44;
    • badly constructed aquariums, 45;
    • the author's first aquarium, 46;
    • how to make aquariums, 48–51;
    • plants for the aquarium, 49;
    • land and water aquariums, 50;
    • fountain for aquarium, 51;
    • the author's aquarium, 51;
    • stocking the aquarium, 53;
    • food, 53;
    • aquarium cement, 57;
    • see also Aquatic Plants. Marine Aquariums, 61–65;
    • improvements on common tank, 61;
    • cement, 62;
    • arrangement of marine aquarium, 62;
    • collecting for marine aquarium, 66–68;
    • importance of healthy specimens, 67;
    • the marine worm (Polycirrus eximius), 67;
    • barnacles, 67;
    • sketching aquariums, 241.
  • American Canoeist, The, 118.
  • Amusements for in-doors, 305;
    • games: bric-à-brac, or the tourist's curiosities, 305;
    • mind-reading, 309;
    • the Literary Sketch Club, 310;
    • the "Boy's Own Phunnygraph," 314;
    • puppet-shows, 322; magic lanterns, 346;
    • a home-made kaleidoscope, 347;
    • fortune-teller's box, 348;
    • the magic cask, 351; dancing fairies, 354;
    • handkerchief tricks, 354;
    • the potato mill, 360;
    • the saw-mill, ib.;
    • whirligigs, 361;
    • the magic wheel, 365;
    • the universe in a card-box, 368;
    • electrical experiments, 371;
    • masquerades, 374.
  • Animal magnetism, 371.
  • Aquatic plants;
    • see Plants.
  • Arsenical soap for preserving stuffed birds, 235;
    • how to make, 239;
    • Wallace's receipt, ib.
  • Artist, every boy his own decorative, 248–253;
    • shadow pictures, 248;
    • photographic paper, 250;
    • how to enlarge or reduce drawings by squares, ib.
B
  • Balloons, paper, 136;
    • unsafe shapes, ib.;
    • safe models, 137;
    • how to build hot-air balloons, 138–142;
    • wick preferable to sponge for fire​ball, 140;
    • sending up the balloons, 141;
    • fireworks for, 144;
    • see Parachutes.
  • Barnacles for aquariums, 67.
  • Bends and hitches;
    • see Knots.
  • Bird-bolas, 196;
    • for hunting, 197;
    • for target practice, ib.
  • Birds' eggs, how to collect and preserve, 167;
    • the right and wrong of egg-collecting, ib.;
    • the egg-drill and blow-pipe, 168;
    • blown eggs, ib.;
    • drying, ib.;
    • the egg cabinet, 169;
    • cataloguing, ib.
  • Birds, how to stuff;
    • see Taxidermy.
  • Bird-nesting, 167;
    • wanton destruction of nests, ib.;
    • the yellowbird's two-story nest, 169;
    • meadow wren's nest, 170;
    • preserving nests, ib.
  • Bird singers, 161;
    • the block singer, ib.
  • Birds, wild, how to rear, 171–187;
    • learn habits when wild, ib.;
    • food, ib.;
    • squabs, 172;
    • cow blackbird, ib.;
    • wrens, sparrows, and finches, 173;
    • bobolinks, ib.;
    • catbirds, 174;
    • robins, ib.;
    • thrushes, 175;
    • bluebirds, 176;
    • summer yellowbird, ib.;
    • bluejay, 177;
    • humming-birds, ib.;
    • crows, 180;
    • hawks, 181;
    • owls, 184;
    • sea birds, ib.;
    • strange domestic fowls, 186.
  • Blackwall hitch, the, 75.
  • Blow-guns used by the Dyaks of Borneo, 200;
    • how to make blowguns, 201;
    • Indian blow-guns, 202.
  • Blow-pipes, 168.
  • Bluebirds, how to rear, 176;
    • as pets, ib.
  • Bluejays, how to rear, 177.
  • Boats, home-made, 95–117;
    • the author's experiences, 96;
    • the catamaran, 96;
    • Man-Friday, 97;
    • the Crusoe raft, 97;
    • the scow, 101;
    • flat-boats, 105;
    • the "Yankee Pine," 113;
    • see also Ice-Boats.
  • Boat-rigging, 121;
    • the "fore-and-aft" rig, ib.;
    • a simple rig, 122;
    • the sails, 123;
    • the spars, ib.;
    • leg-of-mutton rig, 124;
    • for the canoeist, ib.;
    • its advantages, 125;
    • the "latteen" rig, 126;
    • the cat rig, 127;
    • its general use, 127;
    • "jibing," 127;
    • sailmaking, 128;
    • hints to beginners, ib.
  • Boat-sailing, 118–131;
    • first principles, 119;
    • experiments, 120–129;
    • sailing before the wind, 120;
    • to windward, 121;
    • tacking, ib.;
    • going about, 122;
    • hints for beginners, 128;
    • reefing, 129;
    • the lee-board, ib.;
    • the "Dandy," 130;
    • to make a landing, 130.
  • Bobolinks, how to rear, 173.
  • Boomerangs, 190;
    • how to make, 191;
    • to throw a boomerang, 192;
    • miniature boomerangs, 193.
  • Boys' books, experience with, 158.
  • Bowline knot, 75.
  • Breeding-box for insects, 244.
  • Bric-à-brac, the game of, 305.
  • Brown, Captain Thomas, 232.
  • Bulldogs, 225;
    • bull-terriers, ib.
  • Butterflies, how to preserve, 243.
C
  • Camera obscura, home-made, 253.
  • Camping out, 148–160;
    • without a ​tent, 148;
    • selecting a site, 150;
    • the rustic cottage, 148;
    • framework of, 149;
    • thatching, 150;
    • double cottages, 152;
    • furniture for: the bed, 152;
    • rustic chairs, 157;
    • camp tables, 158;
    • fireplace, 154;
    • the barrel oven, 155;
    • the stone stove, 156;
    • how to make a butterknife, etc., 157;
    • hints to amateur campers, 159;
    • provisions, ib.;
    • shelter, ib.;
    • slab shanties, 160;
    • choosing companions, ib.
  • Cane fife, 163.
  • Caprellas, 94.
  • Card box, the, how to make, 368.
  • Catamaran, the author's, 96.
  • Catbird, how to rear, 174;
    • stories about, ib.
  • Cat-rigged boats, 127.
  • Cement for aquarium, 57–62.
  • Chamber's Journal quoted, 178.
  • Clams, how to catch fresh-water, 33.
  • Clubs—the Kite Club, 27;
    • the Literary Sketch Club, 310;.
  • Cooking in the camp, 155;
    • the barrel oven, ib.;
    • the stone stove, 156;
    • the primitive camp-fire and pothook, 157.
  • Corn-stalk fiddle, how to make, 162.
  • Costumes for masquerades, 374;
    • white man of the desert, ib.;
    • fourteenth century young man, 375;
    • mediæval hat, 376;
    • the wig, 377;
    • eyebrows, moustache, and beard, ib.;
    • the doublet, ib.;
    • trunks, 378;
    • tights, 379;
    • the baby, ib.;
    • handkerchief hoods, 380.
  • Cow blackbird, 169;
    • how to rear, 172.
  • Crabs, how to preserve, 247.
  • Cross-bow, the elastic, 197.
  • Crows, 180;
    • how to rear, 181;
    • the author's crow "Billy," ib.
D
  • "Dandy," or steering sail, 130.
  • Deadfalls, objections to, 215;
    • for moles, ib.;
    • for squirrels, 216;
    • for minks or coons, 217.
  • Desk, how to make a folding, 110.
  • Dogs, 223–231;
    • as companions, 223;
    • the necessity of training, ib.;
    • how to choose a dog, 224;
    • the qualities of a good dog, ib.;
    • trick dogs, ib.;
    • the poodle, ib.;
    • the Scotch terrier, ib.;
    • Newfoundland, ib.;
    • the Shepherd dog, 225;
    • bulldogs, ib.;
    • bull-terriers as a boy's dog, ib.;
    • pointers and setters, 228;
    • pet dogs, 229;
    • their tricks, ib.;
    • the author's dog "Monad," ib.
  • Dog-training, 226–229;
    • strict obedience to commands, 226;
    • the use of the whip, 227;
    • patience in training, ib.;
    • teaching the pointer or setter to "stand," ib.;
    • to "retrieve," ib.;
    • "to heel," 228;
    • to "down charge," ib.;
    • to "hi on," ib.;
    • to "quarter," ib.
  • Dredges, 86–91;
    • oyster dredges, 87;
    • collector's dredges, ib.;
    • bake-pan dredge, 89;
    • a tin-pail dredge, 91;
    • hints about dredging, ib.
  • Drawing from shadows, 248;
    • how to enlarge and reduce by squares, ​250;
    • how to make camera for drawing, 252.
E
  • Eggs, collecting;
    • see Birds' Eggs.
  • Elder guns and pistols, 203;
    • how to make, 204.
  • Electricity, simple experiments with, 371;
    • electrified paper puppets, ib.
  • Emerton's "Life on the Sea Shore," 93.
F
  • Finches, how to rear, 173.
  • Fireworks for balloons, 144.
  • Fish, a new manner of preserving, 239.
  • Fishermen, knots for, 74.
  • Fishing, novel modes of: the bell-pole apparatus, 28;
    • "jugging for cats," 29;
    • the dancing fisherman, 31;
    • toy-boat fishing, 32;
    • the "wooden otter," 33;
    • contrivance for catching frogs, eels, etc., 35.
  • Fish-spearing, 188;
    • how to make a fish-spear, ib.
  • Fishing-tackle suggestions for making the rod, 36;
    • the reel, 38;
    • the net, 39;
    • a home-made minnow bucket, 42;
    • the fish car, 112;
    • fish bait, 30, 42.
  • Fishing through the ice, 296;
    • automatic fishing-tackle, 297;
    • smelt-fishing and smelt fishers' houses, ib.;
    • "umbrella smelt tackle," 299;
    • spearing shanty, 300;
    • snaring fish, 301;
    • spearing fish, 302;
    • how to build a fishing-house, 303.
  • Flat-boats, 105;
    • how to build, 106;
    • the cabin, 107;
    • its arrangement, 107–110;
    • their advantages, 111.
  • Fortune-teller's box, the, 348;
    • how made, 349;
    • its operation, 350.
  • Fourth of July balloons, 136.
  • Furniture for camping out, 152;
    • the bed, ib.;
    • rustic chairs, 157;
    • camp table, 153.
G
  • Games for in-doors, 305;
    • bric-à-brac, or the tourist's curiosities, ib.;
    • mind-reading, 309.
  • Gas, how to light with the finger, 373.
  • Gas soap-bubbles, 133.
  • Gibson, Mr. Lang, 170.
  • Gibson, W. Hamilton, 200.
  • Guns, how to make them: blow-guns, 200;
    • squirt-guns, 202;
    • elder guns, 203;
    • spring shot-guns, 205.
H
  • Hammer (T. F.), article on winged skaters by, 287.
  • Hammock hitches, 80.
  • Handkerchief tricks, 354;
    • the handkerchief doll, ib.;
    • the bather, 356;
    • the orator, 357;
    • handkerchief hood, 380.
  • Hawks, 182;
    • how to tame, ib.;
    • strap for leg, ib.;
    • food, 183;
    • as scare​crows, ib.;
    • as decoys, ib.;
    • as pets, 184.
  • Hemingray, Mr. Ralph, 245.
  • Herring gulls, stories about, 185.
  • Hitches, how made: "Blackwall hitch," 75;
    • bale hitch, ib.;
    • sinker hitch, 77;
    • simple hitch, ib.;
    • double hitch, ib.;
    • half hitch, 79;
    • timber hitch, ib.;
    • close hitch, ib.;
    • hammock hitch, 80;
    • diagrams showing hitches, Figs 58, 59;
    • see Knots.
  • Holder, Mr. Fred, 85.
  • Hummer, the, 166.
  • Humming-birds, how to tame, 177;
    • stories about, 178;
    • the nests, ib.;
    • food, 179.
  • Hunting, home-made apparatus for, 188;
    • the fish spear, ib.;
    • torches and jack-lights, 190;
    • the boomerang, 190;
    • whip-bow, 194;
    • throw-sticks, 195;
    • bird-bolas, 196;
    • elastic cross-bow, 197;
    • slings, 199;
    • blowguns, 202.
I
  • Ice-boats, 281–285;
    • "Tom Thumb ice-yachts," ib.;
    • see also Skating with Wings, 286.
  • Insects, mode of preserving, 242;
    • the mounting-board, ib.;
    • device for pinning insects, 243;
    • Morse's insect box, ib.;
    • the Lawrence breeding-box, 244;
    • spider bottles, 245;
    • to make insect groups, 245.
  • Instantaneous photographs adapted to the magic wheel, 366.
J
  • Jack-lights, how to make, 190.
K
  • Kaleidoscope, a home-made, 347.
  • Kites how to make man kite, 4;
    • woman kite, 9;
    • boy kite, 11;
    • frog kite, ib.;
    • butterfly kite, 13;
    • king-crab kite, 14;
    • fish kite, 18;
    • star kite, ib.;
    • shield kite, ib.;
    • Chinese kite, 19;
    • Japanese kite, 21;
    • armed kite, 24.
  • Kite-time, 1.
  • Kite clubs suggested, 27.
  • Kite-cutters, how to make, 26.
  • Kite warfare, 23;
    • armed kites, 24.
  • Knots, the art of tying, 71;
    • secure and insecure knots, 72;
    • definition of a "bend," ib.;
    • a "hitch," ib. the single fisherman's knot, 73;
    • double fisherman's half knot, ib.;
    • Blackwall hitch, 75;
    • bow-line knot, ib.;
    • cask sling, 76;
    • anchor bend, ib.;
    • Flemish knot, ib.;
    • rope knot, ib.;
    • simple knot, ib.;
    • double knot, ib.;
    • "fire-escape sling," 77;
    • boat knot, ib.;
    • "six-fold" knot, ib.;
    • loop knot, ib.;
    • Dutch double knot, 68;
    • running knot, ib.;
    • twist knot, ib.;
    • chain knot for whip-lashes, 78;
    • shroud knot, 79;
    • "lark-head" knot, 80;
    • crossed running knot, ib.;
    • sailor's knot, ib.;
    • weaver's knot, 81;
    • granny knot, ib.;
    • true lover's knot, 82;
    • see diagrams, Figs. 57, 58,59;
    • see also Hitches. ​
  • "Knuckle dabsters," made from mole skins, 213.
L
  • Lanterns for kites, 21;
    • for balloons, 144
  • "Latteen rig" for boats, 126.
  • Lawrence, Mr. Albert, breeding-box for insects invented by, 244.
  • Lee-board, the, 129.
  • "Leg-of-mutton rig" for boats, 124.
  • Locust singer, the, 164.
  • London Field, stories from, 185.
M
  • Magic cask, the, 351.
  • Magic lantern, 345;
    • how to make, 346.
  • Magic wheel, or the phantasmoscope, 364;
    • instructions for making, ib.
  • "Man-Friday" boats, how to build, 96.
  • Marcy's (E. J.) photographic gun, 367.
  • Marine animals, directions for preserving, 246;
    • the star-fish, ib.;
    • crabs, 247;
    • lobsters, ib.;
    • sea-urchins, ib.
  • Masquerade costumes, 374;
    • the "baby," 379.
  • Mice, traps to catch, 211.
  • Mind-reading, game of, 309.
  • Moles, how to trap, 213;
    • figure four trap, 213.
  • "Monad," the author's dog, 229.
  • Morse's insect box, 243.
  • Musical instruments: home-made corn-stalk fiddle, 162;
    • pumpkin-vine fife, 163;
    • pumpkin-vine flute, ib.;
    • cane fife, 163;
    • voice disguiser, 164;
    • locust singer, 164;
    • the hummer, 165.
  • Muybridge's photographs of animals in motion, 367.
N
  • Norton, Charles Ledyard, 118, 226.
  • Newfoundland dogs, 224
O
  • Owls, how to tame, 184;
    • to stuff, 233.
P
  • Paper pitfalls for mice, 211.
  • Parachutes attached to balloons, 142;
    • odd shapes for, 143;
    • fireworks for, 144.
  • Partridges, snares for, 217.
  • Paste, how to make, 7.
  • Phantasmoscope, the, 364.
  • Photographic paper, 250.
  • Phunnygraph, the boy's own, 314.
  • Plants, aquatic, how to keep, 58;
    • the water-lily, 58;
    • cat-tails, 60.
  • Pointers, the training of, 228.
  • Poodles as trick dogs, 224.
  • Portfolio of fish, how to make, 240.
  • Potato mill, the, 359. ​
  • Prairie chickens, snares for, 218.
  • Pumpkin-vine fife, 163;
    • flute, ib.
  • Puppets, how to make, 326;
    • how to work, 330;
    • life instilled into, 371.
  • Puppet-shows, 322–333;
    • how to make, 322;
    • the stage, 323;
    • the scenery, ib.;
    • scenery for the play "Puss-in-Boots," 324;
    • how to work the puppets, 330;
    • stage effects, 331;
    • to make a magical dance, 332;
    • to make a sea scene, 332;
    • "Puss-in-Boots" for puppet-shows, 334.
Q
  • Quail, snares for, 218.
R
  • Rafts, how constructed, 97;
    • the Crusoe raft, 98–101.
  • Rats, 210;
    • the origin of rats in America, ib.;
    • the muskrat, ib.;
    • brown rats, ib.;
    • the black rat, ib.;
    • Norway rats, ib.;
    • a simple mode of catching, ib.;
    • the paper pitfall, 211;
    • the jug trap, 212.
  • "Reefing," 128.
  • Rennie, Professor, quoted, 167.
  • Robins, how to rear, 174.
S
  • Sail-making for a simple rig, 123;
    • general instructions, 128.
  • Saw-mill (or buzzer), the, 360.
  • Scenery for puppet-shows, 323.
  • Scotch terriers, 224.
  • Scows, how made, 1013B directions for making, 101–105.
  • Sea-birds, 184;
    • difficult to rear, ib.;
    • stories about, 185.
  • Sea-urchins caught by the tangle, 94;
    • how to preserve, 247.
  • Setters, the training of, 228.
  • Shadow pictures, 248;
    • how to make them, 249.
  • Shawl-strap, how to make substitute for, 76.
  • Shepherd dogs, 225.
  • Sieves for dredging outfits, 93.
  • "Sinker hitches," 76.
  • Skating with wings, 286–295;
    • Mr. Norton's article, "Every Boy his own Ice-Boat," 287;
    • Mr. T. F. Hammer's article, ib.;
    • how to make skating sails: the bat wings, 288;
    • Norton rig, ib.;
    • Norwegian rig, 290;
    • Danish rig, 291;
    • English rig, 292;
    • Cape Vincent rig, 293;
    • a country rig, 294.
  • Slab shanties, 160.
  • Sleds, 275;
    • ammunition sled, 260;
    • barrel-stave sled, 275;
    • chair sled, ib.;
    • folding chair sled, 276;
    • the "toboggan," 278.
  • Slings, elastic, 199.
  • Smelt-fishing in winter, 297.
  • Smoke-rings from the card-box, 368.
  • Smoke soap-bubbles, 134.
  • Snakes, apparatus for catching, 189.
  • Snares, 217;
    • for partridges, ib.;
    • setline snares, 218;
    • the spring snare, 219;
    • snares for fishing, 301;
    • see Traps. ​
  • Snowball warfare, 257–268;
    • fort-building, 258;
    • how to make an ammunition sled, 260;
    • to make shields, 261;
    • rules of the game, 262;
    • account of a snow battle, 264;
    • how to bind prisoners without cords, 267;
    • "company rest," ib.
  • Snow houses, 269;
    • directions for building, 270.
  • Snow-shoes, how to make, 279.
  • Snow statuary, 271–274;
    • the snow pig, 272;
    • the Frenchman, 273;
    • the owl, ib.
  • Soap-bubbles, 132;
    • the best soap for, 133 gas-bubbles, ib.;
    • Uncle Cassius' smoke-bubbles, 134;
    • every boy his own bubble-pipe, 135.
  • Soap-bubble parties, 132.
  • Spearing fish through the ice, 302;
    • the spearsman's shanty, 300.
  • Sparrows, how to rear, 173.
  • Spiders, mode of preserving, 245.
  • Splices, how made, 78.
  • Spring shot-guns, 205;
    • for the hunter, 206.
  • Squabs, how to rear, 172.
  • Squirrel traps, 216.
  • Squirt-guns, 202;
    • how to make, 203.
  • Star-fish caught by the tangle, 94;
    • how to preserve, 246.
  • Summer yellowbirds, 176.
T
  • Tangle, its use, 88–93;
    • how to make a broomstick tangle, 91;
    • old chain tangle, 91.
  • Taxidermy for boys, 232–247;
    • the value of a knowledge of taxidermy to the naturalist, 232;
    • Captain Thomas Brown on the art of stuffing birds and mammals, ib.;
    • how to stuff an owl, 233;
    • skinning, ib.;
    • stuffing, 236;
    • arsenical soap, 239;
    • manner of preserving fish, ib.;
    • preserving insects, 242;
    • Morse insect box, 243;
    • insect groups, 245;
    • how to preserve marine animals, 246.
  • Telescope, the water, 83.
  • Tents for camping out, 160.
  • Thatched houses for camping out, 148;
    • how to build, 150.
  • Theatricals, costumes for, 274.
  • Thompson, Wyville, 94.
  • Throw-sticks, 195;
    • how to make, 186.
  • Thrush, the brown, 175;
    • wood thrush, ib.
  • Toboggan, the, 278.
  • Torches, how to make, 190.
  • Tourist's Curiosities, the game of, 305.
  • Trawl, the, 88.
  • Trolling-hook, manner of attaching to line, 75.
  • Trappers, hints to young, 217.
  • Traps and trappings, 209–222;
    • preparations for autumn, 210;
    • rat traps, ib.;
    • mole traps, 213;
    • deadfalls, 215;
    • toll-gate trap, ib.;
    • hencoop trap, 221;
    • see also Snares.
U
  • Uncle Cassius, 134.
  • Universe, the, in a card-box, 368. ​
    V
  • Voice disguiser, how to make, 164.
W
  • Walton, Isaak, 83.
  • Watch guard, how to make of horse-hair, 74–75.
  • Water-telescope, 83.
  • Whip-bows, 194.
  • Whip-lashes, how to make, 78.
  • Whirligigs and how to make them, 361;
    • the rainbow whirligig, ib.;
    • a paradoxical whirligig, 363.
  • Wick-balls for balloons, 140.
  • Wigs for masquerades, 377.
  • Winter-fishing, 296.
  • Wood thrush, the, 275.
  • Wrens, how to rear, 173.
  • Wood, Rev. J. G., 193, 225.
Y
  • Yankee Pine, the, 113;
    • how to build, 113–117.
  • Yellowbirds, 176.
  • Yoke lines, for steering, 129.
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