CHAPTER XXI.--HOW TO MAKE AN APHENGESCOPE, OR APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING PHOTOGRAPHS, OPAQUE PICTURES, AND LIVING INSECTS IN THE MAGIC LANTERN. By FRANK CHASEMORE 252
CHAPTER XXII.--INGENIOUS ADAPTATIONS FOR THE LANTERN. By W. J. GORDON I.--CHROMATROPES AND PAPER FIREWORKS 257 II.--THE LANTERN AND THE KALEIDOSCOPE 259 III.--THE LANTERN PRAXINOSCOPE 260
SECTION V. HOW TO BUILD BOATS, PUNTS, CANOES, ETC.
CHAPTER XXIII.--THE BUILDING OF THE SWALLOW; OR, HOW TO MAKE A BOAT. By E. HENRY DAVIES, C.E. 265
CHAPTER XXIV.--HOW TO MAKE A CANVAS CANOE. By E. T. LITTLEWOOD, M.A. 273
CHAPTER XXV.--CANADIAN, INDIAN, BIRCH-BARK AND OTHER LIGHT CANOES. By C. STANSFELD-HICKS. I.--CANADIAN AND BIRCH-BARK CANOES 279 II.--PAPER AND OTHER TYPICAL CANOES 283
CHAPTER XXVI.--HOW TO BUILD A PUNT. By THE REV. HARRY JONES, M.A. 287
CHAPTER XXVII.--RAFTS AND CATAMARANS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. By W. J. GORDON and W. W. L. ALDEN 291
SECTION VI. PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE OCCUPATIONS FOR SPARE HOURS.
CHAPTER XXVIII.--PRACTICAL HINTS ON TAXIDERMY. By LIEUT.-COLONEL CUTHELL I.--CATCHING AND SETTING BUTTERFLIES 299 II.--HOW TO CURE AND SET UP A BIRD’S SKIN 302 III.--ON PRESERVING THE SKINS AND HEADS OF ANIMALS 305
CHAPTER XXIX.--HINTS ON POLISHING HORN, BONE, SHELLS, STONES, ETC. By GORDON STABLES, C.M., M.D., R.N. 308
CHAPTER XXX.--BRITISH PEBBLES. By the REV. A. N. MALAN, M.A., F.G.S. I.--THE PEBBLES AND HOW TO FIND THEM 314 II.--THE LAPIDARY’S BENCH 320 III.--HOW TO POLISH A PEBBLE 322 IV.--HOW TO CUT A PEBBLE 325 A POSTSCRIPT 329
CHAPTER XXXI.--GRAPHS AND GRAPH-MAKING. By THEODORE WOOD 330
CHAPTER XXXII.--CRYPTOGRAPH, OR CIPHER. By a NAVAL SURGEON 333
CHAPTER XXXIII.--HAMMOCK-MAKING AND NETTING. I.--HAMMOCKS AND HAMMOCK-MAKING 337 II.--NETTING, AND HOW TO NET 339
CHAPTER XXXIV.--A PERPETUAL CALENDAR. By HERR H. F. L. MEYER 342
CHAPTER XXXV.--HOW TO MAKE A SUNDIAL. By F. CHASEMORE I.--THE HORIZONTAL DIAL 347 II.--THE EQUATORIAL DIAL 349 TABLE OF MINUTES 354
CHAPTER XXXVI.--THE CAMERA OBSCURA: HOW TO MAKE AND USE IT. By GORDON STABLES, C.M., M.D., R.N. 355
CHAPTER XXXVII.--CARDBOARD-MODELLING AND WOOD MODELLING. I.--HOW THE REEDHAM BOYS MAKE THEIR CARDBOARD MODELS.--By the HEAD MASTER 361 II.--A HOME-MADE HUMMING-TOP 374