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POETRY 



CUPPINGS 



1MDEX TOR. 

 HKTURE BOOK 



Nature in Recreation 



Large Noteboo^ 



This book can be made in various sizes, but 9' 

 perhaps the most convenient, as typewriting paper can be 

 used as a filler to brighten up the book and make an inter- 

 esting index. The paper should be sorted into light and 

 dark shades with the light pieces placed in the front of the 

 book for writing purposes and the dark in the back for 

 mounting the clippings and photographs, specimens, etc. 



Construction: The book pictured above is made of three 

 ply wood on 54" bass wood. The piece of wood that forms 

 the back of the cover is made of a solid piece while the 

 top cover has a strip about 2 l / 2 " wide cut off of the left 

 hand side to be used for binding the book together. The 

 large piece is then attached by nailing two small pieces of 

 leather at the top and bottom to act as hinges. Four holes 

 are bored in the small piece of the top cover, and four 

 more in the back cover on the right hand side. Be sure to 

 space them exactly the same as on the top; so that the book 

 can be laced together with a piece of leather. (Diagram A) 

 Cut the leather a little wider than the holes so it fits tightly 

 and will not have to be laced as shown in the picture. 

 The book may be decorated in various ways. One sugges- 

 tion is to give it three or four coats of shellac and rub it 

 down each time with steel wool. Cut-out letters of leather or cork may be 

 glued on with rubber cement, or a nature design may be cut from scraps 

 of leather and fastened on in the same way. When the book is completed, 

 rub it thoroughly with wax to eliminate the gloss. 



Index: The diagram above at left is a suggested index for the large nature 

 notebook. If you are using colored construction paper as a filler, use the 

 darkest colors for the title pages and cut a l / 2 " strip from the right hand 

 side of the paper to form the index. Cut the pages so that the indentation 

 is i" shorter on each one so they will form an index when they are fitted 

 together. 



