Three Hundred Things
A
Bright Boy Can Do

CONTENTS

• CHAPTER
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I. In Training
• CHAPTER II. How to Become a Gymnast
• CHAPTER III. Walking, Running, and Jumping
• CHAPTER IV. Hockey and Indian Clubs
• CHAPTER V. Swimming, Rowing, and Water Polo
• CHAPTER VI. Paperchasing, Football, Golf, and Boxing
• CHAPTER VII. On the Ice
• CHAPTER VIII. Angling
• CHAPTER IX. Canoes and Yachts
• CHAPTER X. Cooking in Camp
• CHAPTER XI. Butterflies and Moths
• CHAPTER XII. Hints on Aquariums
• CHAPTER XIII. In the Playing Fields
• CHAPTER XIV. The Garden
• CHAPTER XV. The Boy as Artist
• CHAPTER XVI. Ventriloquism and Polyphony
• CHAPTER XVII. The Boy as Magician
• CHAPTER XVIII. Pets
• CHAPTER XIX. Things Boys can Make

• CHAPTER XX. Fireside Amusements
• CHAPTER XXI. Work and Play at the Bench
• CHAPTER XXII. Science for the Play-hour
• CHAPTER XXIII. Home-made Toys
• CHAPTER XXIV. Concerning Many Things
• INDEX

PREFACE

The Editor hopes that this volume will be the means of inspiring boys to adopt some hobby and to follow it diligently. At any rate he has arranged that they shall be able to have a wide choice of occupations, and shall begin with expert assistance. Too many youths fall into mere aimless dawdling, and waste the golden years of their life loafing about smoking cigarettes, watching others play, chattering endlessly about games, but never engaging in them. Though this book is written for the boy’s play hour, it will not be without value in aiding him upon the sterner