Authors' manuscripts Autographed, presentation and association books Bindings Bookplates

Books by one author or all editions of one book Books illustrated by one artist Books with coats-of-arms on the cover Cookbooks

Extra-illustrated books (illustrations inserted)

Four-edge painting (paintings on the edges of the leaves seen when the book is closed)

Gardening

Railroads

Shakespeare

Ship architecture Marine Naval

Old log books Voyages

Sporting

Stage, drama, plays

Natural Objects

Butterflies Coral

Cross-sections of trees Crystals

Deer horns and antlers

Ferns

Fossils

Hides and pelts

Insects

Sea shells

Seaweed

Sponges

Starfishes

Stuffed animals or birds Wild flowers

Paintings

Miniatures Old masters Portraits

Specific artists (such as Whistler,

Rembrandt) Water colors

Prints

Block prints

Chinese and Japanese prints

Dry points

Etchings

Lithographs

Mezzotints

Silhouettes

Special sets (such as Currier and Ives chromos, Wheatley's Cries of London, Hogarth's Rake's Progress)

Some Interesting Things To Do

1. Jot down the articles from your own household that you could use as a nucleus of a collection.

2. Canvass your friends to find out what they are collecting and make a note of each under the title My Friends' Hobbies. This will be a useful index when planning gifts for them.

3. Look over the chapters in this book. For each chapter (except this), list what one might collect as a hobby connected with it.

4. List Things That May Make Your Grandchildren Rich, such as buttons, automobile linen dusters, letters from famous people, autographs.

5. Plan a Collectors' Party for your class. Use your imagination about costume, invitations, games, etc.

6. Start a collection of popular ghost stories, games to play, good dramatizations for puppets, pictures of leather articles you could make, etc.

7. Collect some of the unusual beliefs and superstitions that are still prevalent among people of your community.

8. Collect humorous yarns from the older people or different racial groups of your community.

9. If there are any antique shops in your vicinity, plan to visit them and talk to the owner about the articles he or she has in stock.

10. Invite an antique dealer to talk to the class on the characteristics of various antiques, collecting as a vocation, collecting as a fascinating hobby, or some similar topic.

11. Choose one antique that appeals to you. Look about for a similar modern article and compare them as to design, beauty, and utility.

12. Which nationality has had the greatest influence on local antiques of various periods?

13. The lives of some of our American craftsmen, for instance Duncan Phyfe, Paul Revere, Wistar, Stiegel, and John Hull, are full of interest for collectors. Make a scrapbook with their pictures and clippings about them, or plan a program for your class.

14. Have you any pieces of Lowestoft, Wedgwood, Lusterware, or other makes of dishes at home? Bring them in for the class to see.

15. Investigate to find out how modern glassware differs from the old glass. Look over your family ware. Is there any pontil mark on the base? With what pieces could you start a collection? Bring some of the most interesting samples to class.

16. Many articles, such as bottles and dishes, have historical events depicted on them. Have you any of these to bring to class?

17. Samplers have a history you'll enjoy. Look up some facts about them and write a peppy story for your school paper.

18. Make an excursion to the shore and bring back materials for a seashore collection.

19. Make a collection of samples of building stones, natural and artificial, for your own museum.

20. Get a book, such as Loomis' Fieldbook of Rocks and Minerals, and make a classified collection of the rocks and minerals in your locality.

21. Organize a collecting trip to get rocks and minerals for your school museum. Label and classify them.

22. Make a collection of minerals arranged according to their hardness.

23. Collect good crystals of salts for your museum. You can make a good cabinet for them from a cigar box. Remove all paper, put in partitions, and shellac the surface. Place a glass over the top. Some crystals you may get are: copper sulphate (blue), potassium dichro-mate (red), potassium permanganate (purple), iron sulphate (green), alum (white). Never taste any crystals, for they may be deadly poisons.

24. Start a collection of metals and ores. Small bottles of uniform size, carefully labeled, or a cigar box divided into sections with a glass cover will be good for holding the specimens.

25. Collect small branches or leaves from different trees in your locality. Mount them for an attractive exhibit. A piece of cellophane placed over each will help preserve it.

26. Start a nature collection of some kind. For suggestions, see Making Nature Collections, Service Library, series D #3198, Boy Scouts of America, 1929.

27. Collect pictures and clippings that have to do with early and present-day methods of hiking, travel by auto, relaxing, and movies, and put them into book form.

28. Snap some "candid shots" of favorite hobbies, with you or your friends at work on them.

29. Look up radio programs on collecting or other hobbies, listen in, and discuss the programs.

30. Make a "terracartograph" map of your own county or state on cardboard. Ask your friends with cars to help collect the samples of soil for you.

31. Write a short article for your school paper on Collecting as a Hobby.

32. Make a list of articles that you would enjoy collecting.

Helpful References

Arms, J. T., Handbook oj Print Making and Print Makers.

Bosanko, W., Collecting OldLustreWare.

Boutell, H. S., First Editions oj Today and How to Tell T/iem.

Brewer, R., Delightful Diversion.

Burton, W., Porcelain: A Sketch oj Its Nature, Art and Manufacture.

Charnwood, D. M. R., Autograph Collection, and the Making oj It.

Chipman, F. W., The Romance oj Old Sandwich Glass.

Coleman, S. N., The Book oj Bells.

Collins, A. F., How to Ride Tour Hobby.

Dexter, G. B., Lure oj Amateur Collecting.

Ebcrlein and McClure, Practical Book oj American Antiques. Eberlein and Ramsdell, Practical Book oj Chinaware. Hall, C. A., Romance oj the Patchivork Quilt in America. Harmcs, E., Furniture oj Yesterday and Today.

King, E. K., A Doll's Family Album. McMillen, W., Young Collector. Menzies, W. G., Collecting Antiques. Northend, M. H., American Glass. Nutting, W., The Clock Book. Robinson, J. A., Dolls. Rogers, J. E., Shell Book. Shackleton and Shackleton, Charm oj the Antique. Tarkington, Roberts, and Kahler, Collectors' Whatnot. Tcall, G., Pleasures oj Collecting. Webb, W. F., Handbook oj Shells of the World.

Wcitenkampf, F., Quest oj the Print. Williamson, G. C, Amateur Collector. Williamson, G. C, The Miniature Collector.

Wintcrich, J. T., Collectors' Choice. Winterich, J. T., Primer oj Book Collecting.

Yoxall, J. H., A. B. C. about Collecting.