Written as a companion to their brother Dan Beard’s American Boy’s Handy Book, the sisters’ guide runs through the year: April Fool’s tricks, pressing wild flowers, forming a walking club, Easter, making a lawn-tennis net, May-Day, Midsummer Eve and decorating a seaside cottage, along with painting, parties and dozens of other pastimes.
A practical and charming record of what American girls of the 1880s made and played. Download the free EPUB.