Joseph H Adams

Outdoor Book for Boys Joseph H Adams

Originally published in 1907, " how to do it " might very well be the title of this handy-book for boys. It is a practical guide, and careful tests have been applied to secure working results and certainty that everything will come out all right.

The object has been to show boys how to do accurately things which are quite within their powers, and things also which will be a satisfaction when they are done. The plan followed is to develop a boy's ingenuity and mechanical ability along lines which will reward him. In short, the book is intended to help a boy to think and act for himself and to have fun in doing it.

The plan of arrangement which is followed is the natural one - to begin at home. The back yard lies immediately at hand. The aquarium, pet shelters, windmills, and many other contrivances are identified with the home.

Going farther afield we learn the making of coasters and skis, ice-boats and snow cannon, and all that enters into winter sports. There is the air, also, with its invitation to kites and aeroplanes, and there is water, with all the chances for the use of waterpower and sport. Fishing itself is best learned by experience, but the choice and management of tackle afford a most instructive theme. And water naturally has an importance which requires an entire division of the book wherein boat-building and boat-management of all kinds are thoroughly and practically explained.

Camping out is treated from every point of view in the fourth division of the book, which includes also trapping, taxidermy, and tree huts and brush houses.