"It tells boys how to make all kinds of things--boats, traps, toys,
puzzles, aquariums, fishing tackle; how to tie knots, splice ropes, make
bird calls, sleds, blow guns, balloons; how to rear wild birds, to train
dogs, and do a thousand and one things that boys take delight in. The book
is illustrated in such a way that no mistake can be made; and the boy who
gets a copy of this book will consider himself set up in business."--_The
Indianapolis Journal._