PREFACE
THIS work
has been compiled with the assistance of Mr. Walter
Higgins, the well-known instructor in woodwork. The
volume fulfils a long-felt want in that it supplies
fascinating amusement for evenings at home. The making
of toys, is an engrossing pastime, and the home-made toy
is invariably more novel than the shop -bought article
and of superior quality, besides which there is always a
satisfaction in "I made it myself."
The purpose of the book is to give simple and easily
understood instructions and plain diagrams and sketches
for making toys from the odds and ends that are usually
discarded as useless. Matches, Match Boxes, Cotton
Reels, -Cocoa Tins. Cigar Boxes, and even Egg Shells
comprise the materials from which are evolved Shops,
Working Models, Dolls' Furniture, Boats. Steam Engines,
Windmills, and scores of other toys dear to the hearts
of boys and girls.
Perhaps the chief charm of the occupation is that
literally dozens of toys can be made at a cost of less
than a penny. Every toy described in this book is
practicable, and can be easily made by anyone possessing
the smallest amount of handicraft skill. At the same
time the instructions are such as will prove of the
utmost value to instructors of handicraft classes.
MORLEY ADAMS.
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