Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do

It will be noticed that in the above diagram the square at the bottom right hand is a white one, and it is in this way that, by custom, the chess-board is always placed. The boa...

$Cavies or Guinea Pigs.$--In starting these little chats, suppose we commence with cavies. Some who ought to know better have said that cavies are very dull, stupid little anima...

To speak of canoes is to recall the name of John Macgregor, M.A., the author of those delightful books _A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe_; _Th...

It would be idle to pretend that it is possible in the chapter of a book, or indeed in a book itself, to give instruction that would make a boy an artist; but most people have t...

$A Home-Made Electrical Machine.$--To make a really first-class machine of the modern type would require a good deal of mechanical skill, even supposing my readers to be the hap...

$Hints by an Old Hand.$--When fishing in ponds, lakes, meres, canals, or in waters where there is no stream, the depth should be carefully taken the night before, or when ground...

It may be that some of these toys would amuse only little boys, but we have included them because our directions will enable older boys to entertain their little sisters and bro...

$Cremated Alive.$--The curtain rises and a young and beautiful girl, clothed in white, is introduced to the spectators as the victim who has been doomed to cremation, which will...

The following apparatus will be enough to start with: (1) a butterfly net; (2) a few dozens of one ounce and two ounce deep willow pill-boxes, which may be strengthened by a lit...

$A Simple Shelter.$--A very easy way to rig up a shelter from sun or rain is given in the accompanying sketch. Two poles with a deep notch in the top of each, a rope, two pegs,...

$A Way to Bind Magazines.$--First, we must have a frame in which to stitch the sheets together. Here is mine in Fig. 1. I made it myself, and any handy lad can make one. The fra...

Much benefit can be derived from gymnastic appliances if they are used understandingly. No advantage is to be gained by exercise that is carried on in a careless manner. Neither...

$Ventriloquism.$--Ventriloquism is no more a gift than is the ability to talk or sing; it does not depend on any peculiar formation of the throat; it is, in fact, an art which c...

$Nickie, Nickie, Night.$--Before the period when lucifer matches came into general usage and were manufactured at a moderate price, our grandparents relied on the flint, the ste...

$Wood Carving.$--The best kinds of wood include white holly, walnut and sycamore, and pieces of empty cigar boxes, often Spanish cedar, are not to be despised. A pocket-knife, s...

$Hockey.$--Hockey is a game which has become very popular in England during the past few years. It is generally believed to be a southern form of the Highland game of shinty, th...

It is better to have several aquariums than one. Often the mistake is made of gathering together all kinds of savage and voracious creatures that prey upon each other. Pretty as...

$Paperchasing.$--This may be practised with more or less success all the year round, but it is in the winter time that it can best be enjoyed. It is then that the air is cool an...

$Figure Skating.$--As soon as the skater has gained confidence and can skate in the ordinary way, he should begin to master the art of skating upon the outside edge. Put upon th...

$How to Dig.$--It is beyond the scope of this book to enter into all the intricacies of gardening. To do this we should need a volume larger than this devoted to that subject al...

There are few things about which so many mistaken notions exist as about training. There are several reasons for this, but most of the erroneous ideas may be traced back to the...

$Swimming.$--A glance at some books of instruction conveys the impression that swimming is difficult and complicated; but many boys learn in three or four days, and we know a ti...

$Walking.$--As a rule, the walking of long distances in a short time is a sad mistake. There is little or no pleasure in it, and the injury it may do you quite counter-balances...

In the last chapter we had much to say of the famous canoe traveller, the late John Macgregor, and our readers will welcome an account of his portable cooking apparatus, because...