What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes
Chapter 21
Other very popular animal books are Mr. Joel Chandler Harris's
Nights with Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit (largely illustrations), Mr. Rabbit at Home,
and the same author has written also
The Story of Aaron, Aaron in the Wild Woods,
which are stories not only of animals, but of people too; and here, perhaps, may be placed _Æsop's Fables_.
Wood Magic By Richard Jefferies
is an attempt to do for English wild life somewhat the same service that Mr. Kipling performed for India.
Other open air and animal books are:--
By the Rev. J. G. Wood--
By Back-yard Zoo. Pet Land revisited. Pet Land A Tour Round My Garden.
Also
Curiosities of Natural History By Frank Buckland. White's Selborne Edited by Frank Buckland. Wanderings in South America By Charles Waterton. Wild Traits in Domestic Animals " Louis Robinson. The Voyage of the "Beagle" " Charles Darwin. Ants, Bees, and Wasps " Sir John Lubbock. (Lord Avebury). On the Senses, Instincts, and Intelligence of Animals " " " Bob, Son of Battle " " "
A series of very interesting scientific books, under the general title "The Romance of Science," is published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Among these volumes are--
The Making of Flowers By Professor Henslow. The Birth and Growth of Worlds " Professor Green. Spinning Tops " Professor Perry. Time and Tide " Sir Robert Ball.
The same publishers also issue a series of "Natural History Rambles," including--
In Search of Minerals By D. T. Ansted. Lane and Field " the Rev J. G. Wood. Ponds and Ditches " M. C. Cooke. Underground " J. E. Taylor. The Woodlands " M. C. Cooke. The Sea-shore " Professor Duncan.
There is also a new series, called "The Wonder Books of Science," of which
The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes, and The Wonder Book of the Atmosphere
are the first.
Other good scientific yet very entertaining books:--
The Fairyland of Science By A. B. Buckley. Through Magic Glasses " " " Life and Her Children " " " The Romance of the Insect World " Miss L. Badenoch. The Ocean " " " Glaucus " Charles Kingsley. Madam How and Lady Why " " " The Old Red Sandstone " Hugh Miller. The Testimony of the Rocks " " " Homes without Hands " Rev. J. G. Wood. Sun, Moon, and Stars " A. Giberne. The Story of the Heavens " Sir Robert Ball. Other Worlds than Ours " R. A. Proctor. The Orbs around us " " " The Boys Book of Inventions " R. S. Baker. Extinct Animals " E. Ray Lankester. Electricity for Young People " Tudor Jenks.
History
A good deal of more or less truthful history will be found in the section given to historical tales (see page 380). Here follows a small list of more serious historical books which also are good reading:--
Tales of a Grandfather By Sir Walter Scott. Stories from English History " Rev. A. J. Church. Lives of the Queens of England " Agnes Strickland. Cameos from English History (several series)" C. M. Younge. Stories from Roman History " Mrs. Beesley. Deeds that Won the Empire " W. H. Fitchett. Fights for the Flag " " "
Books of Travel
It is not important that travel books should be written especially for young readers. Almost all records of travel contain some pages of interest, whatever the remainder may be like. The fact that a book describes wanderings in a far country is enough.
But the books by Commander Robert E. Peary and his wife deserve mention.
Snowland Folk. The Snow Baby. Children of the Arctic.
The Treatment of Library Books
On this page is given a copy of the book mark which a clergyman, Mr. Henry Maxson, prepared for the use of the readers in the children's section of a library in Wisconsin.
BOOK MARK
Once upon a time a Library Book was overheard talking to a little boy who had just borrowed it. The words seemed worth recording, and here they are:--
"Please don't handle me with dirty hands. I should feel ashamed to be seen when the next little boy borrowed me.
"Or leave me out in the rain. Books can catch cold as well as children.
"Or make marks on me with your pen or pencil. It would spoil my looks.
"Or lean on me with your elbows when you are reading me. It hurts.
"Or open me and lay me face down on the table. You wouldn't like to be treated so.
"Or put in between my leaves a pencil or anything thicker than a single sheet of thin paper. It would strain my back.
"Whenever you have finished reading me, if you are afraid of losing your place, don't turn down the corner of one of my leaves, but have a neat little Book Mark to put in where you stopped, and then close me and lay me down on my side, so that I can have a good, comfortable rest.
"Remember that I want to visit a great many other little boys after you have done with me. Besides, I may meet you again some day, and you would be sorry to see me looking old and torn and soiled. Help me to keep fresh and clean, and I will help you to be happy."
APPENDIX
_In making a book of this kind, it is impossible to think of all the things that ought to be mentioned. Every reader is certain to know of some game or pastime that has been left out. In order that you may yourself bring this collection nearer completeness, the following Appendix of blank pages has been added. Some reference to everything that is written in the Appendix ought to be made, if only in pencil, in both the body of the book and in the Index._
INDEX
A
Acrobatic impossibilities, 36
Acrobatics, drawing-room, 35-41
Acrostics, 59
Acting initials, 97 games, 97-109 proverbs, 97 verbs (Dumb Crambo), 98
Adders, 212
Adhesive tape, 243
Adventure, stories of, 376
Advertisements, 21
Almonds, how to blanch, 310
Alphabet, the cat, 166
Alphabet, the love, 88, 165
Alphabet, the ship, 87
Anemone, 325
Angora rabbits, 348
Animal, vegetable and mineral, 96
Animals, books about, 382 China, 192 composite (drawing game), 51 invented (drawing game), 54 velvet, 289
Annuals, treatment of, 319-323
Ants, 213
Apple-snapping, 6
Apprentice, the, 167
Arm-chair (model), 251
Aspidistra, 331
Auctioning prizes, 43
Autumn sowing of seedlings, 321
Avadavats, 358
B
Bag and stick, 7
Balancing, 187
Balancing tricks, 122
Ball games, 139 wool, 282
Ballad game, the, 132
Balloon, 39
Barley Sugar, 307
Baths for birds, 355
Battledoor and shuttlecock, 129
Bead furniture for dolls' houses, 223
Bead-work, 283
Bean bags, 113
Bed boat, the, 189 games, 185-193 soldiers, 191 thinking games for, 189
Beds for dolls' houses, 222 matchbox, 231
Bedstead (model), 252
Bees, 205
Belgian hares, 349
Bicyclist, the, 34
Biennials, treatment of, 322
Bingo, 27
Birds, large and cage, 355-366 in the garden, 363-366
Birds'-nesting, 207
Birthday, the old maid's, 81
Blackberrying, 209
Blackbird, the, 360
Black man, 158
Blacksmith, the, 206
Blenheim spaniels, 347
Blind feeding the blind, the, 5
Blind games, 3-5
Blind man's buff, 3 played with spoons, 3
Blind man's wand, 4
Blind worms, 212
Block city, 188
Bloodhound, the, 347
Blowing eggs, 207
Blowing out the candle, 6
Boat, a simple toy, 295
Boats, paper, 285 on a stream, 211 sailing, 210 walnut shell, 298
Book mark, 385
Books-- and bookshelves for a doll's house, 224 about animals, 382 about boys, 376 of adventure, 376 about children, 373 of fairy tales, 370 historical, 380-382, 384 of poetry, 371 about the sea, 379 of travel, 385 of legendary tales, 371
Borders for a garden, 319
Borzoi, the, 347
Bowling, 143
Boxes, cardboard, 288 for collections of eggs, 208 for dolls' houses, 220 paper, 287
Boy and schoolboy stories, 376
Boys' toys, 292-301
Bran-tubs, 303
Bream, 351
Bricks, 185
Bruce's heart, 187
Bubbles, soap, 116, 279
Buff, 26
Buff, blind man's, 3
Buff, shadow, 5
Bulbs, treatment of, 325-326 in cocoanut fibre, 333 in glasses, 333 in pots, 332
Bull dog, the, 346
Bullfinch, the, 359
Bull terrier, the, 343
Bunting, the yellow, 360
Buried names, 63
Butterfly hunting, 208
Butter-making, 205
Buying dogs, 342
Buz, 167
C
Cage birds, 355-366
Cages for birds, 355
Campanulas, 332
Canaries, 357 seed, 332
Candle-blowing, 6
Candle lighters, the, 38
Candy-making, 307-312
Candy, molasses, 310 nut, 310 peppermint, 311
Caramels, 308 cream, 309
Cardboard and paper furniture:-- drawings of, 241-257 arm-chair, 251 bedstead, 252 chair, 256 cot, 257 cut-outs, 291 dining-room table, 249 dressing-table, 254 high chair, 257 kitchen chair, 247 range, 247 table, 246 pots and pans, 248 rocking-chair 256 screen, 248 sideboard, 250 sofa, 251 towel-rack, 256 wardrobe, 253 washstand, 255
Cardboard and paper toys, 284-292
Cardboard boxes, 288 dolls' houses, 237-243 uses for, 290
Card games, 77-83
Cardinal, the, 358
Cards for patience, 76 for snap, 77
Cards, hat and, 38
Catalogues, gardening, 316
Cat alphabet, the, 166
Catching balls, 140
Caterpillar game, 11
Caterpillars, 353
Cat-fish, the American, 352
Cats, 348
Chaffinch, the, 359
Chair (model), 256
Chairs, chestnut, 229 cork, 228
Chalks, 275
Characteristics, prophecies and, 80
Charades, 106
Cherry contests, 304
Chevy, 156
Chickens, feeding the, 204
_Child's Garden of Verses, A_, 188
Children, books about, 373
China animals, 192 nest-eggs, 204
Chinese gambling, 181
Chitterbob, 31
Christmas, 302-303 trees, 302
Clap in, clap out, 15
Clothes-basket, a doll's house, 234
Clothes-horse, summer house, 136
Clumber spaniel, the, 344
Clumps, 93
Coach, family, 33
Cobbler, the, 14
Cocked hat, paper, 284
Cocker spaniel, the, 344
Cocoanut cream, 308 drops, 308 fibre for bulbs, 332
Coffee-pot, 95
Collars for dogs, 340
Collecting Jones's, 165
Collections of china animals, 192 of flags, 273 of flowers, 208 of stamps, 278
Collie, the, 344
Color in a garden, 316
Coloring maps, 273 pictures, 273
Compasses, home-made, 243
Competitions, guessing, 103 railway, 173
Composite animals (drawing game), 51 scrap books, 277 stories, 70
Concerted sneeze, the, 27
Concerts, the topsy-turvy, 105
Consequences, 68 an extended form of, 69
Contests, cherry, 304
Convalescents, games for, 191
Copying woodcuts, 274
Cork and matchbox furniture, 228-234 ships, 197
Cot (model), 257
Counting dogs, 164 a million, 191
Counting imaginary flocks of sheep, 191
Counting-out rhymes, 134
Country books, 215
Country, employment in the, 203-215
Cows, 206
Cradle, a walnut, 232
Cream caramels, 309 cocoanut, 308 stuffing for dates, 311
Cress, mustard and, 327, 332
Crocuses, 325
Crosses, noughts and, 176
Cross questions, 22
Cross-tag, 152
Cumulative games, 29-31
Curtains for cardboard dolls' houses, 238 dolls' house, 221
Cushion, 14
Cutting flowers, 335-336
Cutting out pictures, 191
Cutting leaves, 326
D
Daffodils, 325, 333
Dairy, the, 205
Daisy chains, 135
Dancing dwarf, the, 105
Dancing egg, the, 124
Dancing man, a, 289
Dancing pea, the, 124
Darts, paper, 286
Dates, stuffed, 311
Day's shopping, the, 14
Decorations, evergreen, 302 paper, 302
Deerhound, the Scotch, 347
Deer Stalking, 6
Demons, wool, 282
Diaries, country, 214 gardening, 317
Dining-room table (model), 249
Dinner parties, dolls', 226
Distemper, treatment of, 341
Ditto game, the, 26
Dividing perennials, 324
Dog-stick, 145
Dogs, counting, 164 exercising, 339 food for, 339 how to buy, 342 how to teach tricks, 341 the various kinds of, 343-348 treatment of, 339-343 washing, 340
Dogs' collars, 340 kennel (cardboard), 241
Dolls for dolls' houses, 225 dressing, 226 paper, 258-262 rows of paper, 262 walking, 259
Dolls' dinner parties, 226 flats, 226 garden seats and tables, 219 houses, 220 cardboard, 237-243 chimney, 242 partition, 240 small, 227 house beds, 222 bookshelves, 224 cupboards, 225 curtains, 221 fireplaces, 220 floors, 221 gardens, 220, 242 pictures, 224 screens, 225 wall papers, 220
Donkey's tail, the, 5
Dots, five, 47, 48
Double acrostics, 60
Doves, 354
Dragons, hand, 290
Drawing games, 47-56
Drawing-room acrobatics, 35-41
Drawings, eyes-shut, 50
Drawing tricks, 51
Dresses for paper dolls, 258
Dressing dolls, 226
Dressing the lady, 13
Dressing-table (model), 254 table, matchbox, 232 up for charades, 108
Duck on a rock, 142
Ducks' eggs, 204
Dumb Crambo, 98 performances, 107
Dutch rabbits, 349
Dutch street, a, 267
Dwarf, the dancing, 105
E
Easter eggs, 275
Eggs, blowing, 207 ducks', 204 Easter, 275 hens', 204
Electricity, 125
Elements, the, 90
Employments, guessing, 98
Esquimau village, a, 266
Evergreen decorations, 302
Everton toffee, 310
Exercising dogs, 339
Exploration, 203
Eyes, 99
Eyes-shut drawings, 50
F
Fairy-tale books, 370
Family coach, 33 specimen story, 33
Family, the imaginary, 190
Fantail pigeons, 354
Farmyards, 203
Feather, the, 21
Feeding chickens, 204
Fern halls, 331
Ferns, 331 skeleton, 281
Fights, walnut shell, 299
Filipino village, a, 266
Fire-buckets, 40
Fireplaces for dolls' houses, 220
Fish, 351
Five dots, 47-48
Fives, 61
Flags, collection of, 273
Floors in dolls' houses, 222
Flower pots, 330
Flower shows, 136, 317
Flower symbols, 136
Flowers, collecting, 208 cutting, 335 for a doll's house, 225 packing, 335 painting, 209 for town gardens, 328 for window boxes, 334
Fly away, 23
Follow my leader, 159
Food for birds, 356 for chickens and ducks, 204 for dogs, 339 for puppies, 340 for rabbits, 349 for wild birds, 359, 361, 365 on a railway journey, 180
Football, parlor, 39
Foot-stools, cork, 230
Forfeits, 41
Fowls, trussed, 37
Fox-terrier, the, 343
French and English, 158 (paper), 177
French tag, 152
French Blind Man's Buff, 4
Fruit cream, 309
Fuchsias, 332
Furnishing dolls' houses, 222
Furnishing game, a, 221
G
Games with a ball, 139 by rote, 189 drawing, 47-56 in bed, 185-193 with cards, 75-83 for convalescents, 191 for a journey, 173-181 for a party, 3-43 for a picnic, 151-159 quotation, 92 rainy-day, 113-126 table, 75-83 thinking, guessing, and acting, 87-109 for a walk, 163-170 with a watch, 175 writing, 59-72 yes and no, 94-96
Gambling, Chinese, 181
Gaps, 154
Garden, dolls' house, 219, 242 kitchen, 327 shop, 136 town, 328
Gardening catalogues, 316 diaries, 317 tools, 318
General post, 17
Geraniums, 332
Ghosts of My Friends, 50
Glasses, bulbs in, 333
Glass-maker, the, 125
Going to Jerusalem, 10
Goldfinch, the, 359
Gold fish, 351
Good fat hen, a, 30
Good luck lily, 333
Gordon setter, 344
Gossip, 21
Grab, 78
Grand Mogul, the, 166
Grand Mufti, the, 25
Grass snakes, 212
Great Dane, the, 346
Greyhound, the, 347
Guessing competitions, 103 employments, 98 games, 93-104 numbers, 102 quantities, 104 results, 102 scents, 104 the color of horses' tails, 164
Guinea pigs, 350
Gypsy camp, 268
H
Hand dragons, 290
Hanging, 179
Hare and hounds, 145
Hat and cards, 38
Hats, cocked, 284
Hawks, 213
Heads, bodies and tails, 54
He can do little who can't do this, 8
Hen and chickens, 130
Hen, a good fat, 30
Hens' eggs, where to look for, 204
Here I bake, 13
Hide and seek, 154
Hieroglyphics, or picture-writing, 52, 53, 55
High chair (model), 257
High skip, 38
Himalayan rabbits, 349
Hish! hash! hosh! 27
Historical stories, 380-382
History books, 385
Hives, bee, 205
Hold fast! Let go! 24
Home newspaper, the, 284
Honey-pots, 11
Hoop games for two, 169 posting, 169
Hoops, 169
Hop-scotch, 143
Hop, step, and jump, 159
Hospitals, scrap books for, 277
Hot and cold, 9
Hot hand, 175
Hotel game, an, 188
Hounds, 346
Houses, cardboard, 237-242 dolls', 220
House that glue built, the, 243
How, when, and where, 95
Hunting for eggs, 204
Hunt the ring, 19
Hunt the slipper, 7
Hunt the squirrel, 153
Hunt the thimble, 9
Hutches, rabbit, 349
Hyacinths, 325, 333
I
Illuminating, 274
Illustrated papers, painting, 273
Illustrating, 120
I love my love, 88, 165
Imaginary family, the, 190
Improbable stories, 70
India-rubber plant, 331
Indoor gardening, 329-334 occupations and things to make, 273 painting, 273 plants, 331
Initials, 65, 189 acting, 97
Ink sea-serpents, 288
Invented animals (drawing game), 54
Irises, 325
Irish setter, 344 terrier, 343
I spy, 155
It, 152
Ivy, 331 chains, 135
J
Jack Horner pies, 303
Jack-stones, 116
Japanese fern balls, 331
Java sparrows, 358
John Ball, 31
Jinglers, 3
Jolly miller, the, 10
Jones's, collecting, 165
Journeys, games to play on, 173-181
Judge and Jury, 22
Jumping Rope, 129
K
Killing butterflies, 208
King Charles spaniel, 347
Kingfishers, 212
Kitchen gardens, 327 table (model), 246 chair " 247 range " 247 pots and pans, 248
Kitchen utensils, 18
Kite messengers, 295
Kites, 292
Knots, 117-120
L
Lady Queen Anne, 20
Lamp for small dolls' house, 230
Land of counterpane, the, 191
_Land of Story-books, the_, 188
Laughter, 26
Leaves, skeleton, 280
Legendary tales, 371
Letter games, 75
Letters and telegrams, 63 and words, 178 with a pencil, 178
Lettuce, 327
Lights, rhyming, 167
Lists, 62
Little dog, the, 152
Looby, looby, 29
Log Houses, 268
London Bridge is Falling Down, 15
Love alphabet, the, 88, 165
Love-birds, 358
Low-tide, 197
Lubbock, Sir John, on bees, 205
M
Madonna lilies, 325
Magic-lantern slides, 274
Magic music, 9
Making friends, 203
Making plans, 191
Making obeisance, 99
Making sentences, 165
Man, a dancing, 289
Mandarins, the, 25
Maps, coloring, 273 on a journey, 173
Marbles, 146
Mastiff, the, 346
Mats, paper 286
Menageries, 192
Mesmerism, 99
Messengers, kite, 295
Mice, 212 pet, 351
Milking cows, 206
Million, counting a, 191
Miniature trees, 331
Minnows, 352
Missing information, 67
Mogul, the Grand, 166
Molasses candy, 310
Moles, 212
Mongrels, 347
Mottoes for Christmas, 302
Moulting, 357
Mounting pressed flowers, 209
Muffin man, the, 32
Mufti, the Grand, 25
Mulberry bush, the, 28
Music, dolls', 225
Music, magic, 9
Mustard and cress, 327, 332
My lady's clothes, 13
My right-hand neighbor, 94
My thought, 89
N
Narcissus, 325, 333
Natural history books, 382
Neighbor, my right-hand, 94
Neighbors, 15
Newfoundland dogs, 345
Newspaper, the, 71
Newspaper, the home, 284
Ninepins, 185
Norfolk spaniel, 344
Noughts and crosses, 176
Numbers, guessing, 102
Nut candy, 310, 311
Nuts in May, 12
Nutting, 209
O
Observation, 104 for railway journeys, 174
Occupations, indoor, 273-304
Old bachelor, 79
Old maid, 79
Old maid's birthday, the, 81
Old soldier, 13
Old stone, 130
Oranges and lemons, 13
Orchestra, 29
Outdoor games for boys, 139-147
Outdoor games for girls, 129-136
Outlines, 47, 49
P
P's and Q's, 89
Packing flowers, 335
Paddling, 197
Painting, 273 cardboard dolls' houses, 238 cardboard furniture, 245 dolls' house food, 229 eggs for Easter, 275 flags, 273 flowers, 209 magic-lantern slides, 274 maps, 273
Paper boats, 285 boxes, 287 and cardboard toys, 284-292 darts, 286 decorations, 302 dolls, 258-262 French and English, 177 furniture, 243-257 mats, 286
Papers for dolls' houses, 220
Parlor football, 39
Parrots, 354
Party, games for a, 3-43
Patience or Thirteens, 76
Pen and ink work, 276
Peppermint candy, 311
Perch, 352
Perennials, treatment of, 323
Pets, 339-366
Philopenas, 303
Photography, 214
Picking flowers, 335
Picnic games, 151-159
Pictures and titles, 55
Pictures, coloring, 273 for dolls' houses, 224 pricking, 275 tracing, 275
Pictures to order, 54
Picture-writing, or hieroglyphics, 52, 53, 55
Pig, 79
Pigeons, 353
Ping-pong, 75
Plain toffee, 309
Plans, making, 191
Planting bulbs, 326 perennials, 323 seedlings, 320
Plants, window, 329 indoor, 331
Playhouses of other peoples, 265-269
Poetry books, 371
Pomeranian, the, 347
Ponds, 210
Poodles, 347
Pop-corn, 309
Pop-guns, 185
Postage-stamp collections, 278 snakes, 278
Post office, the, 283
Potato races, 40
Pots and pans (models), 248
Predicaments, 71
Pressing flowers, 209
Pricking pictures, 275
Prisoner's base, 156
Prize, auctioning, 43
Products, towns and, 168
Prophecies and characteristics, 80
Proverbs, 96 acting, 97 shouting, 97
Pueblo settlement, a, 265
Pugs, 347
Puppies, how to feed, 340
Puss in the corner, 7
Puzzles, 279
Q
Quantities, guessing, 104
Queen Anne, Lady, 20
Quoits, 141
Quotation games, 92
R
Rabbits, wild, 348 tame, 348
Races, 140
Races, potato, 40 soap-bubble, 116 Spanish, or wheelbarrow, 141 tissue-paper, 39
Radishes, 327
Railway competitions, 173
Railway whist, 174
Rainy-day games, 113-126
Reading, 369-385
Red rover, 159
Remarks on acting, 109
Retriever, the, 344
Rhymed replies, 67
Rhymes, counting out, 134
Rhyming games, 92
Rhyming lights, 167
Riddles, 66
Ring, hunt the, 19
Ring taw, 146
Ring-the-nail, 115
Ring-toss, 114
Roadside whist, 163
Robin's Alive, 27
Robin, the, 361
Rocking-chair (model), 256
Rocks, 198
Rows of paper dolls, 262
Runt pigeons, 354
Russian scandal, 21
Ruth and Jacob, 23
S
Sailing boats, 197, 210
Saint Bernard, the, 346
Sand castles, 198 games, 198
Saving seed, 322
Scandal, Russian, 21
Scarborough lily, 333
Scents, guessing, 104
Schoolboy stories, 376
Science, books about, 383
Scrap-books, 191, 276 covered screens, 278
Scraps and transfers, 288
Screen (model), 248
Screens covered with scraps, 278 for dolls' houses, 225
Sea-Serpents, ink, 288
Seaside friends, good, 199
Seaside employments, 197-200
Seaweed, 199
Seedlings, perennials, 325 general remarks on, 321
Seed, sowing, 322
Sentences, making, 165
Sergeant, the, 24
Setters, 344
Setting-boards for butterflies, 208
Shades, 326
Shadow buff, 5
Shadows on the wall, 279
Shearing sheep, 206
Sheep, 206 counting imaginary flocks of, 191 dog, the, 345 shearing, 206 washing, 206
Shell work, 199
Ship alphabet, the, 87
Ships, cork, 197
Shop, game of, 221 in the garden, 136
Shopping, the day's, 14
Shop windows, 164
Shouting proverbs, 97
Shuffle board, 121
Sideboard (model), 250
Silkworms, 352
Simon says thumbs up, 24
Simple acrostics, 59
Skeleton ferns, 281 leaves, 280
Skipjacks, 299
Skye terrier, the, 343
Sleep, ways of getting to, 191
Slugs, 324
Small dolls' houses, 227
Snakes, 212 postage stamp, 228
Snap, 77
Snap cards, 78
Sneeze, the concerted, 27
Snowdrops, 325
Soap-bubbles, 116, 279
Sofa (model), 251
Sofas, cork, 229
Soldiers, 185, 191
Solitary watchfulness, 212
Sowing seeds, 320
Spaniels, 344
Spanish cup and ball, 186
Sparrows, 365
Spatter-work, 275
Spelling game, 166
Spin the platter, 17
Spoons, blind man's buff played with, 3
Squills, 325