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Problems in Furniture Making. By Fred D. Crawshaw.
The revised and enlarged edition of this well-known book contains 43 full-page working drawings of articles of furniture. Every piece shown is suitable for construction in high school classes, and is appropriate and serviceable in the home. In addition to the working drawings, there is a perspective sketch of each article completed. There are 36 pages of text giving notes on the construction of each project, chapters on the "Design," and "Construction" of furniture, and one on "Finishes." The last chapter describes 15 methods of wood finishing, all adapted for use on furniture. Price, $1.00.
Problems in Woodworking. By M. W. Murray.
A convenient collection of good problems consisting of forty plates of working drawings of problems in bench work that have been successfully worked out by boys in one of the grades from seven to nine, inclusive. Price, 75 cents.
Problems in Wood-turning. By Fred D. Crawshaw.
A textbook on the science and art of wood-turning. Contains 25 full-page plates of working drawings covering spindle, faceplate, and chuck turning. It gives the mathematical basis for the cuts used in turning. A helpful discussion of the principles of design as applied to objects turned in wood. It is a clear, practical and suggestive book on wood-turning, and a valuable textbook for students' use. Price, 80 cents.
Workshop Note-book - Woodworking. By George G. Greene.
A small-size textbook and note-book combined. It furnishes a few general and extremely important directions about tools and processes; and provides space for additional notes and working drawings of exercises and articles which the pupil is to construct. It is essentially a collection of helps, ideas, hints, suggestions, questions, facts, illustrations, etc., which have been prepared by a practical teacher to meet a real need in his own shop. The notebook is full of suggestions; shows a keen insight into subject matter and teaching methods and is an effective teaching tool. Price, 15 cents.
Manual Training Toys for the Boys' Workshop. By H. W. Moore.
A popular boys' book that is truly educational. The book contains 111 pages, 35 of which are full-page plates of working drawings illustrating 42 projects. All the projects are overflowing with "boy" interest, are well adapted to the upper grades of the elementary school and are new in the manual training shop. The text treats of tools and tool processes and gives instructions for making each project. Price, $1.00.
The Construction and Flying of Kites. By Charles M. Miller.
This contains twenty-two illustrations, including seven full-page plates of drawings of kites - over forty kites shown. Details of construction given, a kite tournament is described. Full of interesting suggestions. Price, 25c.
Selected Shop Problems. By George A. Seaton.
A collection of sixteen problems in woodworking. Each problem has been put to the test and has proven satisfactory to the teacher who designed it and to the pupil who made it. Price, 20 cents.
Coping Saw Work. By Ben W. Johnson.
Contains working drawings and suggestions for teaching a course of work in thin wood that is full of fun for the children, and affords ample means for training in form study, construction, invention and careful work. Has been called "applied mechanics for the fourth grade." Price, 20 cents.
Problems in Mechanical Drawing. By Charles A. Bennett.
A students' textbook consisting of 80 plates, classified into groups according to principle and arranged according to difficulty of solution. It furnishes teachers of classes beginning mechanical drawing with a large number of simple, practical problems which have been selected with reference to the formation of good habits in technique, the interest of the pupils and the subjects generally included in a grammar and first-year high school course. Each problem is given unsolved and therefore in proper form to hand to the pupil for solution. Price, 75 cents.
Practical Typography. By George E. Mcclellan.
A remarkable textbook for students of printing. It contains a course of exercises ready to place in the hands of pupils, and explains and illustrates the most approved methods used in correct composition. A valuable feature of the book lies in the fact that in the early stages of the course the pupil sets up in type a description of what he is doing with his hands. It contains 63 exercises, treating of composition from "Correct Spacing" to the "Making up of a Book," and the "Composition of Tables." Price, $1.50.
Art Metal Work. By Arthur F. Payne.
A textbook written by an expert craftsman and experienced teacher. It treats of the various materials and their production, ores, alloys, commercial forms, etc.; of tools and equipments suitable for the work, the inexpensive equipment of the practical craftsman; and of the correlation of art metalwork with design and other school subjects. It describes in detail all the processes involved in making articles ranging from a watch fob to a silver loving-cup. It gives new methods of construction, new finishes, new problems. It is abundantly and beautifully illustrated, showing work done by students under ordinary school conditions in a manual training shop: The standard book on the subject. Price, $1.50.
Classroom Practice in Design. By James Parton Haney.
A concise, up-to-date, richly illustrated brochure on the teaching of applied design. Price, 50 cents.
The Wash Method of Handling Water-colour. By F. F. Frederick.
A brief, clear, comprehensive text printed in sepia and illustrated with wash drawings and a water-color painting by the author. Price, 50 cents.
Inexpensive Basketry. By William S. Marten.
A teachers' manual presenting in detail the processes of coiled basket construction. The book gives a complete treatment of the necessary equipment, and the preparation of raw materials, and outlines a course for grades three to six. In addition it contains a bibliography of books and magazine articles treating of basketry. It is unique among books on basketry, as it shows by a series of excellent photographs every step in the construction of coiled baskets. The illustrations "really illustrate" and show the hand full-size in the different positions assumed in making a complete basket. Price, 25 cents.
Leather Work. By Adelaide Mickel.
A manual on art leather work for students, teachers and craft workers. It gives detailed descriptions of the various processes of working, treating of flat modeling, embossing or repousse, carved leather and cut work. It is well illustrated with photographs of finished work and working drawings of twenty useful and beautiful articles suitable for school and home work. Price, 75 cents.
Clay Work. By Katherine Morris Lester.
This book was written by a grade teacher and art worker to help teachers in acquiring the technique of clay working, and to give them suggestions concerning the teaching of the several types of clay work suited to pupils in the elementary schools. It covers the study of natural forms, the human figure in relief, and the round, animal forms, story illustration, architectural ornament, tiles, hand-built pottery, and pottery decoration. The book is richly illustrated with more than fifty half-tone and line cuts showing processes, designs, and the work of children from ten to twelve years of age. Price, $1.00.
Handicraft for Girls. By Idabelle Mcglauflin.
A handbook for teachers, detailing a five-years' course in sewing for girls in the public schools. Chapters on stitches, fibers and fabrics, cloth and cardboard construction, basketry, dress in its relation to art, and home furnishing. It is definite enough to be thoroly practical and elastic enough to suit the varied conditions in rural, village or city schools. Price, $1.00.
Published by The Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Illinois.
 
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