Material: Fifteen sheets of plain, medium-weight paper, 5 1/2 in. x 17 in.; two sheets 2 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in.; two pieces of tinted cardboard 5 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.; string; a sheet of colored paper 3 in. x 5 1/2 in., and paste.

Take one sheet of paper, 5 1/2 in. x 17 in.

Put the two short edges together and fold the sheet in half.

Do the same with the other sheets.

Place the pieces together, one inside of the other.

Place the two pieces, 2 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., on the outside of the folded pieces, (a-b, Fig. 1.)

Fasten all together with string. (Fig. I.) In fastening, bring one end through from the inside at 1; bring the other end out at 3; then put both ends in at 2, and tie on the inside of the book.

Fig. 2.

Paste one piece of colored cardboard, 5 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in., between the papers a-b, Fig. 1.

Paste the other cover between the small papers on the other side of the binding.

Paste the colored paper, 3 in. x 5 1/2 in., over the back to finish the binding.

Decorate the covers with any form of historic ornament or border. (Figs. 2 and 3.)

These books are excellent to use in connection with language.

Fig. 8.

Each pupil should make one and paste into it the pictures of the artists studied and the reproductions of their works. Let the child write a short account of each picture - an explanation or a few interesting facts. These written pages could be pasted into the book opposite the picture to which they refer.