HANDBOOKS ON 
USEFUL HOBBIES. 
Garpentry and . 
Cabinet-making 
An Illustrated Handbook for the Amateur, 
with numerous Drawings and Designs, 
' By W. M. OAKWOOD. 
Cloth, Price 1s., post free 1s. 3d. 
Thie handbook § r 
@ontains a de- {ji 
scription of the oe 
tools most gene- 
rally used, with 
Inatructions 
bow to use them 
— The choice of 
woods for various 
purposes — Heat 
work as applie Pp ay 
to cabinet-making ES 2rd a i 
—A ehapter on |7~ aa 5 
French pollehing CARPENTRY 
staining, an 
varnisbings CABINET MAKING 
W:M: OAKWOOD 
Wood Carving 
A Practical Guide for 
the Home Student, 
By J. H. GARNETT, 
With pumerous Mlustrations & Designs. 
Cloth, Price 18,, post Fitts 1a. 3d, 
» Contains—in addition to full instruction 
on the practice of the Art of Wood- 
Carving—Chaptera on Choice of Woods, 
Tools, Designs, Appliances, ete., Chip 
oe Notch Carving, Staining, Polishing, 
Gilding, Painting, eto. 
Metal Work 
A Practical Handbook for the Amatour 
Worker in Iron, Brass, Zino, Copper, ete, 
By GEORGE DAY, F.R.M.S. 
“« Author of “ Handbook of Home Arte,” ete. 
‘With numeroos Illustrations & Designs. 
Cloth, Price 1s., post free 18. 3d. 
Some of the 16 
Chapters are — 
Tools required 
for Metal - work 
—General 
Methods of 
Copying the 
pattern, draw- 
ing and _trans- 
ferring — General 
Methods of 
Working—To 
Etch on Metals 
—Fretworking 
In Metals— 
Useful Recipes 
for Metals and 
Metal Workers, 
etc., etc 
The Hobby Gardener 
BY A. C. MARSHALL, F.R.H.S. 
With 22 full-page Illustrations. 
In Stiff Three-coloured Cover. 
Price 1s. et, post free 1s. 3d. 
The work in the garden for each month 
of the year is shown by pictures and in- 
struction. Everything is clearly explained 
so that the novice can soon-acquire the 
necessary skill and knowledge ‘to keep the 
garden bright. 
Basket Making 
at Home 
By MARY WHITE. 
Crown 8vo, Cloth, with ra full-page Ins 
trations, and many Diagrams. 
Price 1s. net, post free 18. 3d. 
- The Contents include = 
Raffia and some of its uses—Weaving a 
Small Basket—Covered Basket — Baskets 
with Handles — Some Work Baskets — 
Sweet Baskets—Waste Paper Baskets— 
Dolls, Furniture—Caning in a Frame or 
on a Chair, etc, etc. 
Model Making 
By CYRIL HALL. 
With Illustrations and Working Designs. 
Price 18. net, post free 18. 3d. 
The volume includes practical instruction 
for the making of a Steam Locomotive— 
Turbine Steam Boat—Electric Engine— 
Motors—Yachts— Printing Press— Steam 
Crane —Telephone— Electric Bell—Tele- 
graph, etc., etc. 
Half-Hours with 
the Microscope 
A Popular Guide to the Use of the 
Microscope as a Means of Amusement 
and Inetruction. 
By EDWIN LANKESTER, M.D. 
With Eight Plates, 
Cloth, Price 1s., post frooita, 3d. 
Conrents,—A Half-hour on each of the 
following topics:—The Structure of the 
Microscope — In the Garden — In the 
Country—At the Pond Side—At the Sea 
Side—Indoors—Polarized Light. 
These handbooks may be obtained through your Bookseller, or will be forwarded post 
Sree on receipt of the price named, from 
C. ARTHUR PEARSON, LTD., 17 Henrietta St., LONDON, W.C. 2. 
