CHAPTER X.--THE BOY’S OWN MODEL LAUNCH ENGINE. By H. F. HOBDEN 138✦

CHAPTER XI.--THE BOY’S OWN MODEL LOCOMOTIVE, AND HOW TO BUILD IT. By H. F. HOBDEN 144

SECTION III. GAMES OF SKILL, ETC.

CHAPTER XII.--CHESS--SINGLE AND DOUBLE, ETC. I.--CHESS FOR BEGINNERS.--By HERR MEYER 165 THE UNIVERSAL NOTATION 165 II.--A NEW CHESS GAME--‘THE JUBILEE.’ By HERR MEYER 171 III.--ANOTHER JUBILEE GAME 172 IV.--THE GAME OF DOUBLE CHESS. By THE LATE CAPTAIN CRAWLEY and HERBERT MOONEY 173 CIRCULAR CHESS 180

CHAPTER XIII.--DRAUGHTS. By THE LATE CAPTAIN CRAWLEY I.--ALL ABOUT THE GAME 181 II.--THE LOSING GAME 190 III.--POLISH DRAUGHTS 191 THE OPENINGS 192

CHAPTER XIV.--SOLITAIRE. By THE LATE CAPTAIN CRAWLEY 199✦

CHAPTER XV.--FOX AND GEESE. By THE LATE CAPTAIN CRAWLEY 202✦

CHAPTER XVI.--GO-BAN. By HERR MEYER 204✦

CHAPTER XVII.--THE MALAGASY GAME OF FANÒRONA. By W. MONTGOMERY 208✦

CHAPTER XVIII.--THE AMERICAN PUZZLES 212✦

CHAPTER XIX.--SOME MINOR GAMES I.--A NEW INDOOR GAME 214 II.--KNUCKLE BONES. By CAPTAIN A. S. HARRISON 215

SECTION IV. THE MAGIC-LANTERN, AND ALL ABOUT IT.

CHAPTER XX.--THE MAGIC LANTERN AND ALL ABOUT IT. I.--PLEASANT HOURS WITH THE MAGIC LANTERN. By A. A. WOOD, F.C.S. 219 1.--ALL ABOUT LANTERNS 219 2.--VARIOUS KINDS OF LANTERNS 219 3.--THE PHANTASMAGORIA LANTERN 220 4.--THE EUPHANERON LANTERN 221 5.--DISSOLVING VIEWS 223 6.--THE LIME-LIGHT 224 7.--OXYHYDROGEN JET 226 8.--THE GAS AND GAS-BAGS 227 9.--OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN 228 10.--SLIDE PAINTING, ETC. 229 II.--HOW TO MAKE A CHEAP MAGIC LANTERN. By FRANK CHASEMORE 231 III.--HOW TO MAKE THE SLIDES FOR A MAGIC LANTERN 240 IV.--REVOLVING SLIDES FOR THE MAGIC LANTERN, WITHOUT RACK- WORK. By F. CHASEMORE 245 V.--SCREEN FRAME FOR THE MAGIC LANTERN. By FRANK CHASEMORE 247 VI.--MAGIC LANTERN FOR OPAQUE SLIDES. By W. J. GORDON 250

CHAPTER XXI.--HOW TO MAKE AN APHENGESCOPE, OR APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING PHOTOGRAPHS, OPAQUE PICTURES, AND LIVING INSECTS IN THE MAGIC LANTERN. By FRANK CHASEMORE 252

CHAPTER XXII.--INGENIOUS ADAPTATIONS FOR THE LANTERN. By W. J. GORDON I.--CHROMATROPES AND PAPER FIREWORKS 257 II.--THE LANTERN AND THE KALEIDOSCOPE 259 III.--THE LANTERN PRAXINOSCOPE 260

SECTION V. HOW TO BUILD BOATS, PUNTS, CANOES, ETC.

CHAPTER XXIII.--THE BUILDING OF THE SWALLOW; OR, HOW TO MAKE A BOAT. By E. HENRY DAVIES, C.E. 265

CHAPTER XXIV.--HOW TO MAKE A CANVAS CANOE. By E. T. LITTLEWOOD, M.A. 273

CHAPTER XXV.--CANADIAN, INDIAN, BIRCH-BARK AND OTHER LIGHT CANOES. By C. STANSFELD-HICKS. I.--CANADIAN AND BIRCH-BARK CANOES 279 II.--PAPER AND OTHER TYPICAL CANOES 283

CHAPTER XXVI.--HOW TO BUILD A PUNT. By THE REV. HARRY JONES, M.A. 287

CHAPTER XXVII.--RAFTS AND CATAMARANS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. By W. J. GORDON and W. W. L. ALDEN 291

SECTION VI. PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE OCCUPATIONS FOR SPARE HOURS.

CHAPTER XXVIII.--PRACTICAL HINTS ON TAXIDERMY. By LIEUT.-COLONEL CUTHELL I.--CATCHING AND SETTING BUTTERFLIES 299 II.--HOW TO CURE AND SET UP A BIRD’S SKIN 302 III.--ON PRESERVING THE SKINS AND HEADS OF ANIMALS 305

CHAPTER XXIX.--HINTS ON POLISHING HORN, BONE, SHELLS, STONES, ETC. By GORDON STABLES, C.M., M.D., R.N. 308

CHAPTER XXX.--BRITISH PEBBLES. By the REV. A. N. MALAN, M.A., F.G.S. I.--THE PEBBLES AND HOW TO FIND THEM 314 II.--THE LAPIDARY’S BENCH 320 III.--HOW TO POLISH A PEBBLE 322 IV.--HOW TO CUT A PEBBLE 325 A POSTSCRIPT 329