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Toy-Making at Home: How to Make a Hundred Toys from Odds and EndsToy-Making at Home: How to Make a Hundred Toys from Odds and EndsThis work has been compiled with the assistance of Mr. Walter Higgins, the well-known instructor in woodwork. The volume fulfils a long-felt want in that it supplies fascinating amusement for evenings at...
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A Little FleetA Little FleetThe following account of the Fleet, and of the various histories of the voyages of the vessels which compose it, has been written out by me at the request of the owners. I have also made for them the drawings and the...
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Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopædia of Sports and AmusementsEvery Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopædia of Sports and AmusementsIt would be impossible for a single author to produce a book of this description with a fair prospect of success, because it necessarily treats of many subjects; and a perfect acquaintance with some of...
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Yachting, Vol. 2Yachting, Vol. 2BY R. T. PRITCHETT THE MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA, K.P. JAMES McFERRAN REV. G. L. BLAKE, T. B. MIDDLETON EDWARD WALTER CASTLE AND ROBERT CASTLE G. CHRISTOPHER DAVIES, LEWIS HERRESHOFF THE EARL OF ONSLOW, G.C.M.G., H. HORN SIR GEORGE LEACH, K.C.B.,...
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Yachting, Vol. 1Yachting, Vol. 1It is related that Chrysippus, a cynic, killed himself in order that he might sooner enjoy the delights of Paradise. Philosophers do queer things sometimes. Many who are not philosophers kill themselves in order to avoid the miseries of this world; but,...
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The Old Showmen and the Old London FairsThe Old Showmen and the Old London FairsPopular amusements constitute so important a part of a nations social history that no excuse need be offered for the production of the present volume. The story of the old London fairs has not been told before,...
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Home-made Toys for Girls and BoysHome-made Toys for Girls and Boys - Wooden and Cardboard Toys, Mechanical and Electric ToysThrough the author's handicraft volumes, and magazine and newspaper articles, thousands of boys and girls who never realized they could make their own toys, have succeeded in constructing models which...
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The Theory and Practice of ArcheryThe Theory and Practice of ArcheryNo excuse need be offered to archers for presenting to them a new edition of the late Mr. Horace A. Ford's work on the Theory and Practice of Archery. It first appeared as a series of articles in the...
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The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot ItThe Modern Pistol and How to Shoot ItMy first book on pistol shooting (The Art of Revolver Shooting) was published in 1900. Up to that date there existed no book which contained instruction on pistol shooting, though several books had appeared describing the different...
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Pistol and Revolver ShootingPistol and Revolver Shooting Interest in pistol and revolver shooting has increased very rapidly in recent years and particularly since smokeless powder has been introduced. The revolver and the magazine pistol now constitute part of the regular equipment of army and navy officers and...
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The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 1 of 2The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 1 of 2When I look at the completed MSS. of the first volumes of the Sportswomans' Library, I feel deeply grateful to the many good sportswomen who have aided me in my work, not only for the great stores of...
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The Modern American Pistol and RevolverThe Modern American Pistol and RevolverFor many years the author was among the great number of persons who believed it was impossible to do fine shooting with a pistol beyond a few yards, and out of the question to secure much accuracy from a...
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Automatic Pistol ShootingAutomatic Pistol Shooting - Together with Information on Handling the Duelling Pistol and RevolverThough my last edition of Hints on Revolver Shooting was published only four years ago, I find it now necessary, owing to the advance of the automatic pistol, to revise it...
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Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 In the year 1860, shortly before leaving England for a long Continental tour, a certain eminent London publisher requested me to make for him some sketches of the great Alpine peaks. At this time I had...
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Sharps and FlatsSharps and Flats - A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and SkillIn presenting the following pages to the public, I have had in view a very serious purpose. Here and there may be found a few words spoken...
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The Soul of GolfThe Soul of GolfIt is frequently and emphatically asserted by reviewers of golf books that golf cannot be learned from a book. If they would add "in a room" they would be very near the truthbut not quite. It would be quite possible for...
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Confidences et Révélations: Comment on devient sorcierConfidences et Révélations: Comment on devient sorcierJe possde et jhabite, Saint-Gervais, prs Blois, une demeure dans laquelle jai organis des agencements, je dirais presque des trucs, qui, sans tre aussi prestigieux que ceux de mes sances, ne men ont pas moins donn dans le...
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The Art of AmusingThe Art of Amusing - Being a Collection of Graceful Arts, Merry Games, Odd Tricks, Curious Puzzles, and New Charades. Together with Suggestions for Private Theatricals, Tableaux, and All Sorts of Parlor and Family Amusements.With Directions for Self-Culture. An admirably conceived and entertaining booksensible,...
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Practical Boat-Sailing: A Concise and Simple TreatisePractical Boat-Sailing: A Concise and Simple TreatiseThis little work is not written to teach any thing new to those who know how to sail boats well and safely, but only for the purpose of enabling any person, after a perusal of its pages, to...
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American FootballAmerican FootballThe progress of the sport of football in this country, and a corresponding growth of inquiry as to the methods adopted by experienced teams, have prompted the publication of this book. Should any of the suggestions herein contained conduce to the further popularity...
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