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BOOKS

A source of inspiration to the youth or the older person who likes to “make things”

Over 200 photographs and working draawings by the author

The Art Crafts for Beginners

Contents:

I. Design
II. Thin Wood-working
III. Pyrogeaphy
IV. Sheet-Metal Work
V. Leather Work
VI. Bookbinding
VII. Simple Pottery
VIII. Basketry
IX. Bead Work

By FRANK G. SANFORD
Director of Department Arts and
Crafts, Chautauqua University

Examples of Sheet-Metal Work
Designed and Executed by Amateurs)

Price $1.20
Net,

Postage 9 cts.

The author describes in detail how to make over forty useful and ornamental articles in the various mediums described, together with suggestions for endless other varieties of similar objects.

AMONG OTHER
THINGS DE-
SCRIBED MAY

BE MENTIONED

How to Make a Sun-Dial
How to Make a Brass Candle-Shade
How to Make an Embossed Leather Card-Case
How to Make Copies of Simple Arizona Indian Pottery
How to Make a Fruit Basket of Cattail Leaves
How to Make a Bead Chain, etc., etc.

“A most excellent lite book, valuable for beginners and invaluable for manual training teachers. I have spent a pleasant afternoon reading, or rather devouring, its contents.”

Robert G. Weyh, Jr. (Dept. Manual Training, Public School 27, New York).

THE CENTURY CO., UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK

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