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PREFACE.

Spring

The American Girl’s Handy Book.

CHAPTER I. FIRST OF APRIL.

First of April Party.

Mirror Tableau.

Noah’s Ark Peep-show.

The Supper

CHAPTER II. WILD FLOWERS AND THEIR PRESERVATION.

Transplanting Wild Flowers

Cut Wild Flowers.

Sending Flowers by Mail,

Preserved Flowers.

Pressed Flowers and Leaves.

Leaves and Ferns for Decoration,

Color of Flowers Changed,

Natural Wax Flowers

To Freshen Cut Flowers.

Crystallized Flowers,

Perfume of Flowers.

Spring Flowers in Winter?

The Four-leaved Clover.

Some Old-fashioned Methods of Preserving Flowers.

Flowers in Alcohol,

Bottle Flowers.

How to Preserve a Vaseful of Flowers for a Year.

Keeping Bouquets Fresh a Long Time.

To Keep Flowers or Fruit a whole Year perfectly Fresh.

Rose-water.

CHAPTER III. THE WALKING CLUB.

CHAPTER IV. EASTER.

Easter Egg Games.

Easter Egg Dolls.

Humpty Dumpty

Miss Rolly-poly.

Mandolin.

The Owl.

Maple-wax Easter Eggs.

Bonbon Box.

Easter Cards.

Little Quakeress.

CHAPTER V. HOW TO MAKE A LAWN-TENNIS NET.

How to Make a Lawn-Tennis Net,

Lawn-Tennis Court.

Rules for Lawn-Tennis.

CHAPTER VI. MAY-DAY.

May-day Sports.

How to Make May-baskets.

Birch-bark Baskets

Card-board Baskets,

May-day Combat.

The May-pole.

How to Erect a May-pole in the House.

How to Dress a May-pole.

May-pole Dance.

Summer

CHAPTER VII. MIDSUMMER EVE.

The New Fern-leaf Game.

The Plantain Test.

Fortune’s Wheel.

CHAPTER VIII. SEA-SIDE COTTAGE DECORATION.

How to Dry Starfish.

How to Polish Shells.

CHAPTER IX. A GIRL’S FOURTH OF JULY.

Interior Decoration

In-door Illumination,

Out-of-door Decoration

Illumination in the Open Air

Fireworks,

Parachute.

Thunderbolts

Whirls,

Winged Fancies,

Pin-wheels

Bombs

Lawn Party

Declaration of Independence.

Toss,

Fourth of July Jackstraws.

Progressive Mining.

CHAPTER X. PRINTING FROM NATURE’S TYPES.

CHAPTER XI. PICNICS, BURGOOS AND CORN-ROASTS.

A Burgoo.

Burgoo Stew.

A Corn-roast.

CHAPTER XII. BOTANY AS APPLIED TO ART.

The Peony Leaf.

A Bunch of Turnips.

Decorative Lines.

Plant Cross-section Designs.

Flower Sprays.

Changing the Color

Burs.

The Water-Lily.

CHAPTER XIII. DOOR-STEP PARTY AND QUIET GAMES FOR HOT WEATHER.

Five Minutes’ Conversation

Blind-man’s Singing-school.

What will You Take to the Picnic?

Assumed Characters.

Shadow Verbs.

CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO MAKE A HAMMOCK.

Barrel Hammock.

CHAPTER XV. (FOR LITTLE GIRLS.) CORN-HUSK AND FLOWER DOLLS.

Mary Jane.

Flower Dolls.

CHAPTER XVI. HOW TO MAKE A FAN.

AUTUMN

CHAPTER XVII. ALL-HALLOW-EVE.

Melted Lead

Nutshell Boats

“ Three Luggies. ” [C]

Roasting Nuts

Kaling

The Magic Mirror,

Three Tin Cups

The Ring Cake

Bobbing for Apples

The Apple and Candle Game

The Ghostly Fire

Trying for a Raisin

A Lighted Candle

The Fairy’s Gifts

CHAPTER XVIII. NATURE’S FALL DECORATIONS, AND HOW TO USE THEM.

Fresh Autumn Wild Flowers

Buckeye Portière.

Panel of Fall Decorations.

Louis Quinze Screen.

A Panel of Field-Corn

Ornamental Gourds

Gourd-Dippers

Bowls.

Bonbon-Box

Bottle-Gourd.

Vases.

Small Decorations.

Brackets.

CHAPTER XIX. NUTTING-PARTIES.

Rules for Nutting-Parties.

CHAPTER XX. HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE.

CHAPTER XXI. HOW TO DRAW. [E]

Materials,

CHAPTER XXII. HOW TO PAINT IN WATER-COLORS.

Materials for Water-Color Painting.

Flowers.

Landscapes.

CHAPTER XXIII. HOW TO PAINT IN OIL-COLORS.

Materials.

The Easel

The Palette

Brushes,

The Palette-Knife

Oil-Cups

A Paint-Box

Mediums.

Canvas.

The Light

Setting the Palette

CHAPTER XXIV. HOW TO MODEL IN CLAY AND WAX.

Materials,

How to Manage Clay.

How to Preserve Modelled Clay.

Hints for Modelling a Head.

How to Model in Wax.

Modelling-wax.

CHAPTER XXV. HOW TO MAKE PLASTER CASTS.

CHAPTER XXVI. CHINA PAINTING.

List of Materials.

A Monochrome Painting.

Tinting.

New Method of Decorating China.

Tracing.

Mottled Grounds.

Snow Landscape.

How to Paint a Head on China.

How to Paint a Carp, Sea-weed, and Fish-net on China.

Foliage on China Made With a Sponge.

Mixing Colors.

Royal Worcester Ware

CHAPTER XXVII. A CHAPTER ON FRAMES.

CHAPTER XXVIII. THANKSGIVING.

Impromptu Burlesque Tableaux

Landing of the Pilgrims.

First Harvest.

Devastation by the Indians.

The Revolution.

Slavery.

Rebellion.

Peace and Plenty.

The Game of the Headless Turkey.

A Suggestion.

Winter

CHAPTER XXIX. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES AND HOME-MADE CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Julklapp,

Polish Custom

The Bran Pie

The Blind Man’s Stocking

Home-made Christmas Gifts.

Chamois for Eye-glasses.

Glove Pen-wiper.

Sachet.

A Book-mark.

A Scrap-bag.

A Walnut-shell Turtle.

Miss Nancy.

A Soft Ball.

A Lively Rooster.

Fairy Dancers.

CHAPTER XXX. AMUSEMENTS AND GAMES FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

New Game of Bubble Bowling.

Biographical Nonsense.

Comic Historical Tableaux

Living Christmas Cards.

CHAPTER XXXI. NEW YEAR’S AND A LEAP YEAR PARTY.

New Year’s Parties

Pantomime of an Enchanted Girl.

Leap-Year Party

CHAPTER XXXII. HOME GYMNASIUM.

Exercise First

Exercise Second

Exercise Third

Exercise Fourth.

Exercise Fifth.

Exercise Sixth.

Exercise Seventh.

Exercise Eighth.

Exercise Ninth.

Exercise Tenth.

CHAPTER XXXIII. A DECORATIVE LANGUAGE.

Decorative Language.

The Field.

The Points

Divisions,

Colors.

How to Make a Design in Decorative Language.

Book-Plates

Floral Vocabulary.

CHAPTER XXXIV. A FEW ITEMS ON OLD-FASHIONED NEEDLE-WORK, WITH SOME NEW AND ORIGINAL PATTERNS.

Plain Sewing

Button-holes.

Darning and Mending.

How to Patch.

How to Sew on a Button.

To Mend a Kid Glove.

Fancy Stitches.

Drawn Work

Applique and Original Designs for Portières.

Portières.

Lace.

Ribbon Embroideries.

CHAPTER XXXV. SCRAP-BOOK AND HOME-MADE BOOK-COVERS.

Mother Goose Scrap-book.

Transformation Scrap-Book,

An Album,

Home-made Book-cover,

Flour-paste.

CHAPTER XXXVI. A HEAP OF RUBBISH, AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

The Mirror,

The Table,

Lantern

A Music-Roll

Work-Basket.

Key and Button-Hook Rack.

Paper-Weight

CHAPTER XXXVII. HOW TO MAKE ATTRACTIVE BOOTHS AT A FAIR—A NEW KIND OF GRAB-BAG.

The Tables

Flowers for Decorations

December

July

May.

November

June

The Five Senses

Walls

Grab-Bags.

The Lady of the Lake.

Fortune’s Wheel.

Rag-Balls.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. WINDOW DECORATION.

Oriental Window-Shade

Ribbon-Curtain

Drapery of Very Small Scraps.

Painting Window-Panes.

Painting on Lawn,

Imitate Stained Glass

Windows of Imitation Ground Glass

CHAPTER XXXIX. FURNITURE OLD AND NEW.

Bookcase.

The Chair

The Bedstead

A Dressing-table

Washstand.

A Hall Seat.

Window Seat and Book-shelves Combined,

CHAPTER XL. SOMETHING ABOUT MANTEL-PIECES AND FIRE-PLACES.

CHAPTER XLI. HOME-MADE CANDY.

Delicious Peanut-Candy.

Butter-Scotch.

Molasses-Candy.

Chocolate-Creams.

Walnut-Creams.

Walnut and Fruit Glacé.

Marsh-mallow Paste.

Toasted Marsh-mallows.

Molasses Peanut-Candy.

Chocolate-Caramels.

Pop-Corn Balls.

CHAPTER XLII. Saint Valentine’s Day.

Valentine-Party?

INDEX.