Books on the Manual Arts 



HANDWORK IN WOOD. By William Noyes. 



A handbook for teachers and a textbook for normal school and col- 

 lege students. A comprehensive and scholarly treatise, covering log- 

 ging, sawmilling, seasoning and measuring, hand tools, wood fastenings, 

 equipment and care of the shop, the 1 common joints, types of wood 

 structures, principles of joinery, and wood finishing. 304 illustrations 

 excellent pen drawings and many photographs. Price, $2.00. 



WOOD AND FOREST. By William Noyes. 



A companion volume to "Handwork in Wood," by the same author. 

 Especially adapted as a reference book for teachers of woodworking. 

 Not too difficult for iuse as a textbook for normal school and college 

 students. Treats of wood, distribution of American forests, life of the 

 forest, enemies of the forest, destruction, conservation and uses of the 

 forest, with a key to the common woods by Filibert Roth. Describes 

 67 principal species of wood with maps of the habitat, leaf drawings, 

 life size photographs and microphotographs of sections. Contains a 

 general bibliography of books and articles on wood and forest. Pro- 

 fusely illustrated with photographs from the United States forest serv- 

 ice and with pen and ink drawings by Anna Gausmann Noyes and 

 photographs by the author. 309 pages. Price, $3.00. 



BEGINNING WOODWORK, At Home and in School. 

 By Clinton S. VanDeuscn. 



A full and clear description in detail of the fundamental processes 

 of elementary benchwork in wood. This description is given thru 

 directions for making a few simple, useful articles, suitable either for 

 school or home problems. The book contains more than one hundred 

 original sketches and ten working drawings. Price, $1.00. 



PROBLEMS IN FURNITURE MAKING. By Fred D. Crawshaw. 



This book, revised and enlarged, consists of 43 plates of working 

 drawings suitable for use .in grammar and high schools, and 36 pages 

 of text, including chapters on design, construction, and finishes, and 

 notes on the problems. Price, $1.00. 



PROBLEMS IN WOODWORKING. By M. W. Murray. 



A convenient collection of good problems consisting of forty plates 

 bound in heavy paper covers with brass fasteners. Each plate is a 

 working drawing, or problem in benchwork that has been successfully 

 worked out by boys in one of the grades from seven to nine inclusive. 

 Price, 75 cents. Board covers, 95 cents. 



PROBLEMS IN WOOD-TURNING. By Fred D. Crawshaw. 



In the first place this is a book of problems 25 plates covering 

 spindle, face-plate, and chuck turning. In the second place it is a 

 textbook on the science and art of wood-turning illustrated by fifty 

 pen sketches. It gives the mathematical basis for the cuts used in 

 turning. In the third place it is a helpful discussion of the principles 

 of design as applied to objects turned in wood. It is a clear, practical 

 and suggestive book on wood-turning. Price, 80 cents. Board cov- 

 ers, $1.00. 



WOOD PATTERN-MAKING. By Horace T. Purfield. 



This book was written expressly for use as a textbook for high 

 school, trade school, technical school, and engineering college students. 

 It is a revised, enlarged, and newly illustrated edition. Price, $1.25. 



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