Let them freely feast, sing and dance, have their puppet-plays,
hobby-horses, tabors, crowds, bagpipes, etc., play at ball, and
barley-breaks, and what sports and recreations they like best.
BURTON'S _Anatomy of Melancholy_.
ADAMS, J.H.
Harper's Indoor Book for Boys.
Harper. 1.75
This volume contains directions for work much of which is beyond the
capacity of a boy of fourteen, but it is well for him to have
something to which he can look forward. Instructions are given in
wood-carving, metal-work, clay-modelling, bookbinding, and other
occupations. The making of simple household articles and the use of
paints are taught. There are many working diagrams.
ADAMS, J.H., and Others.
Harper's Outdoor Book for Boys.
Harper. 1.75
An excellent handybook which provides the necessary information for
making many worthwhile articles in which boys delight, such as (p. 199)
windmills, water-wheels, aeroplanes, boats, rafts, toboggans, and
snow-shoes; illustrated with working diagrams. There are also
directions for camping out. The compiler of this List hopes that the
article on trapping small animals may be passed over, as the little
creatures so often suffer in boyish attempts to catch them.
BLACK, ALEXANDER.
Photography Indoors and Out.
Houghton. .75
This book is addressed particularly to those amateurs who, while
they acquire their chief pleasure from the pictures as pictures,
have sufficient respect for the study and a strong enough purpose
toward good work to seek real knowledge of the elements of
photography.--_Preface._
Mr. Black gives a brief history of the development of the art, and
much thorough information for those ambitious to learn. The text is
perhaps somewhat advanced for young people of fourteen.