AAcrobatic impossibilities,36Acrobatics, drawing-room,35-41Acrostics,59Acting initials,97games,97-109proverbs,97verbs (Dumb Crambo),98Adders,212Adhesive tape,243Adventure, stories of,376Advertisements,21Almonds, how to blanch,310Alphabet, the cat,166Alphabet, the love,88,165Alphabet, the ship,87Anemone,325Angora rabbits,348Animal, vegetable and mineral,96Animals, books about,382China,192composite (drawing game),51invented (drawing game),54velvet,289Annuals, treatment of,319-323Ants,213Apple-snapping,6Apprentice, the,167Arm-chair (model),251Aspidistra,331Auctioning prizes,43Autumn sowing of seedlings,321Avadavats,358BBag and stick,7Balancing,187Balancing tricks,122Ball games,139wool,282Ballad game, the,132Balloon,39Barley Sugar,307Baths for birds,355Battledoor and shuttlecock,129Bead furniture for dolls' houses,223Bead-work,283Bean bags,113Bed boat, the,189games,185-193soldiers,191thinking games for,189Beds for dolls' houses,222matchbox,231Bedstead (model),252Bees,205Belgian hares,349Bicyclist, the,34Biennials, treatment of,322Bingo,27Birds, large and cage,355-366in the garden,363-366Birds'-nesting,207Birthday, the old maid's,81Blackberrying,209Blackbird, the,360Black man,158Blacksmith, the,206Blenheim spaniels,347Blind feeding the blind, the,5Blind games,3-5Blind man's buff,3played with spoons,3Blind man's wand,4Blind worms,212Block city,188Bloodhound, the,347Blowing eggs,207Blowing out the candle,6Boat, a simple toy,295Boats, paper,285on a stream,211sailing,210walnut shell,298Book mark,385Books—and bookshelves for a doll's house,224about animals,382about boys,376of adventure,376about children,373of fairy tales,370historical,380-382,384of poetry,371about the sea,379of travel,385of legendary tales,371Borders for a garden,319Borzoi, the,347Bowling,143Boxes, cardboard,288for collections of eggs,208for dolls' houses,220paper,287Boy and schoolboy stories,376Boys' toys,292-301Bran-tubs,303Bream,351Bricks,185Bruce's heart,187Bubbles, soap,116,279Buff,26Buff, blind man's,3Buff, shadow,5Bulbs, treatment of,325-326in cocoanut fibre,333in glasses,333in pots,332Bull dog, the,346Bullfinch, the,359Bull terrier, the,343Bunting, the yellow,360Buried names,63Butterfly hunting,208Butter-making,205Buying dogs,342Buz,167CCage birds,355-366Cages for birds,355Campanulas,332Canaries,357seed,332Candle-blowing,6Candle lighters, the,38Candy-making,307-312Candy, molasses,310nut,310peppermint,311Caramels,308cream,309Cardboard and paper furniture:—drawings of,241-257arm-chair,251bedstead,252chair,256cot,257cut-outs,291dining-room table,249dressing-table,254high chair,257kitchen chair,247range,247table,246pots and pans,248rocking-chair 256screen,248sideboard,250sofa,251towel-rack,256wardrobe,253washstand,255Cardboard and paper toys,284-292Cardboard boxes,288dolls' houses,237-243uses for,290Card games,77-83Cardinal, the,358Cards for patience,76for snap,77Cards, hat and,38Catalogues, gardening,316Cat alphabet, the,166Catching balls,140Caterpillar game,11Caterpillars,353Cat-fish, the American,352Cats,348Chaffinch, the,359Chair (model),256Chairs, chestnut,229cork,228Chalks,275Characteristics, prophecies and,80Charades,106Cherry contests,304Chevy,156Chickens, feeding the,204Child's Garden of Verses, A,188Children, books about,373China animals,192nest-eggs,204Chinese gambling,181Chitterbob,31Christmas,302-303trees,302Clap in, clap out,15Clothes-basket, a doll's house,234Clothes-horse, summer house,136Clumber spaniel, the,344Clumps,93Coach, family,33Cobbler, the,14Cocked hat, paper,284Cocker spaniel, the,344Cocoanut cream,308drops,308fibre for bulbs,332Coffee-pot,95Collars for dogs,340Collecting Jones's,165Collections of china animals,192of flags,273of flowers,208of stamps,278Collie, the,344Color in a garden,316Coloring maps,273pictures,273Compasses, home-made,243Competitions, guessing,103railway,173Composite animals (drawing game),51scrap books,277stories,70Concerted sneeze, the,27Concerts, the topsy-turvy,105Consequences,68an extended form of,69Contests, cherry,304Convalescents, games for,191Copying woodcuts,274Cork and matchbox furniture,228-234ships,197Cot (model),257Counting dogs,164a million,191Counting imaginary flocks of sheep,191Counting-out rhymes,134Country books,215Country, employment in the,203-215Cows,206Cradle, a walnut,232Cream caramels,309cocoanut,308stuffing for dates,311Cress, mustard and,327,332Crocuses,325Crosses, noughts and,176Cross questions,22Cross-tag,152Cumulative games,29-31Curtains for cardboard dolls' houses,238dolls' house,221Cushion,14Cutting flowers,335-336Cutting out pictures,191Cutting leaves,326DDaffodils,325,333Dairy, the,205Daisy chains,135Dancing dwarf, the,105Dancing egg, the,124Dancing man, a,289Dancing pea, the,124Darts, paper,286Dates, stuffed,311Day's shopping, the,14Decorations, evergreen,302paper,302Deerhound, the Scotch,347Deer Stalking,6Demons, wool,282Diaries, country,214gardening,317Dining-room table (model),249Dinner parties, dolls',226Distemper, treatment of,341Ditto game, the,26Dividing perennials,324Dog-stick,145Dogs, counting,164exercising,339food for,339how to buy,342how to teach tricks,341the various kinds of,343-348treatment of,339-343washing,340Dogs' collars,340kennel (cardboard),241Dolls for dolls' houses,225dressing,226paper,258-262rows of paper,262walking,259Dolls' dinner parties,226flats,226garden seats and tables,219houses,220cardboard,237-243chimney,242partition,240small,227house beds,222bookshelves,224cupboards,225curtains,221fireplaces,220floors,221gardens,220,242pictures,224screens,225wall papers,220Donkey's tail, the,5Dots, five,47,48Double acrostics,60Doves,354Dragons, hand,290Drawing games,47-56Drawing-room acrobatics,35-41Drawings, eyes-shut,50Drawing tricks,51Dresses for paper dolls,258Dressing dolls,226Dressing the lady,13Dressing-table (model),254table, matchbox,232up for charades,108Duck on a rock,142Ducks' eggs,204Dumb Crambo,98performances,107Dutch rabbits,349Dutch street, a,267Dwarf, the dancing,105EEaster eggs,275Eggs, blowing,207ducks',204Easter,275hens',204Electricity,125Elements, the,90Employments, guessing,98Esquimau village, a,266Evergreen decorations,302Everton toffee,310Exercising dogs,339Exploration,203Eyes,99Eyes-shut drawings,50FFairy-tale books,370Family coach,33specimen story,33Family, the imaginary,190Fantail pigeons,354Farmyards,203Feather, the,21Feeding chickens,204Fern halls,331Ferns,331skeleton,281Fights, walnut shell,299Filipino village, a,266Fire-buckets,40Fireplaces for dolls' houses,220Fish,351Five dots,47-48Fives,61Flags, collection of,273Floors in dolls' houses,222Flower pots,330Flower shows,136,317Flower symbols,136Flowers, collecting,208cutting,335for a doll's house,225packing,335painting,209for town gardens,328for window boxes,334Fly away,23Follow my leader,159Food for birds,356for chickens and ducks,204for dogs,339for puppies,340for rabbits,349for wild birds,359,361,365on a railway journey,180Football, parlor,39Foot-stools, cork,230Forfeits,41Fowls, trussed,37Fox-terrier, the,343French and English,158(paper),177French tag,152French Blind Man's Buff,4Fruit cream,