Books on the Manual Arts 



HANDWORK IN WOOD. By William Noyes. 



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

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

 ging, sawmilling, seasoning and ineasuring, liand tools, wood fastenings, 

 equipment and care of the shop, the' common joints, types of wooa 

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

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



WOOD AND FOREST. By Wilham Noyes. 



A coinpani'On volume to "Handwork in "Wood," by the same author. 

 Especially ad.apted as a reference book for teachers of -woodworking. 

 Not too difficult for luse as a te.xtbook for normal scliool and colleg-e 

 students. Treats of wood, distriibution 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 Frilibert 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 photograplis from the United States forest serv- 

 ice and with pen and ink drawings liy .Anna Oausmann Xoves and 

 photographs by the author. 300 pages. Price, $.3.00. 



BEGINNING WOODWORK, At Home and in School. 



By Clinton S. VanDeusen. 



.\ full and deal- description in detail of the fundamental processes 

 of elementary benchwork in ^-ood. This description is gi^■en thru 



d.irections for making a few simple, usefu.l article^, suitable either for 

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

 oi'iginal 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 tn grammar and high schools, and 36 pages 

 of te.xt, including chapters on design, construction, and finishes, and 

 notes on the problems. Price, .$1.00. 



PROBLEMS IN WOODWORKING. By M. W. Murray. 



.-\ convenient collection of good in'olilems consisting of forty plates 

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

 working drawing, or problem in benchwork that has been successfully 

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

 Place, Tfi cents. Poanl cini-rs, !).5 cents. 



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



In tlie first place this is a book of problems — il5 plates covering 

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

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

 pen sketches. It gives the matliematical basi.s for the c\Us used in 

 turning. In tlie third place it lis a lielpful discussion of the principles 

 of design as applied to ohjfcts turned in wood. Tt is a clear, practical 

 land suggesti\'e book on wood-turning. Price SO cents BoanI cov- 

 ers, $1.00. 



WOOD PATTERN-MAKING. By Horace T. Purlield. 



This book was written ex|)iessly for use as a textbook for high 

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

 It is a revised, enlarged, and ne«'ly illustrated edition. Price. $1,3.". 



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