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BOYS’ MAKE-AT-HOME THINGS


[Illustration]




  BOYS’
  MAKE-AT-HOME
  THINGS

  BY
  CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY
  AND
  MARIAN ELIZABETH BAILEY

  WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS

  [Illustration]

  NEW YORK
  FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
  PUBLISHERS




  _Copyright, 1912, by_
  FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

  _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
  languages, including the Scandinavian_

  [Illustration: _September, 1912_]




PREFACE


Make-At-Home-Things for Boys aims to keep boys busy and entertained.
It furnishes them with simple directions for making toys and useful
articles, all of which are carefully pictured. The aim of the book,
is to give boys an idea of the craft possibilities which lie in the
crudest materials, often the waste mater