- 1The American Girls Handy Book — Preface
- 2Chapter I — First of April
- 3Chapter II — Wild Flowers and Their Preservation
- 4Chapter III — The Walking Club
- 5Chapter IV — Easter
- 6Chapter V — How to Make a Lawn-Tennis Net
- 7Chapter VI — May-Day
- 8Summer
- 9Chapter VIII — Sea-Side Cottage Decoration
- 10Chapter IX — A Girl’s Fourth of July
- 11Chapter X — Printing From Nature’s Types
- 12Chapter XI — Picnics, Burgoos and Corn-Roasts
- 13Chapter XII — Botany as Applied to Art
- 14Chapter XIII — Door-Step Party and Quiet Games for Hot Weather
- 15Chapter XIV — How to Make a Hammock
- 16Chapter XV — (For Little Girls.) — Corn-Husk and Flower Dolls
- 17Chapter XVI — How to Make a Fan
- 18Autumn
- 19Chapter XVIII — Nature’s Fall Decorations, and How to Use Them
- 20Chapter XIX — Nutting-Parties
- 21Chapter XX — How to Make a Telephone
- 22Chapter XXI — How to Draw
- 23Chapter XXII — How to Paint in Water-Colors
- 24Chapter XXIII — How to Paint in Oil-Colors
- 25Chapter XXIV — How to Model in Clay and Wax
- 26Chapter XXV — How to Make Plaster Casts
- 27Chapter XXVI — China Painting
- 28Chapter XXVII — A Chapter on Frames
- 29Chapter XXVIII — Thanksgiving
- 30Winter
- 31Chapter XXX — Amusements and Games for the Christmas Holidays
- 32Chapter XXXI — New Year’s and a Leap Year Party
- 33Chapter XXXII — Home Gymnasium
- 34Chapter XXXIII — A Decorative Language
- 35Chapter XXXIV — A Few Items on Old-Fashioned Needle-Work, With Some…
- 36Chapter XXXV — Scrap-Book and Home-Made Book-Covers
- 37Chapter XXXVI — A Heap of Rubbish, and What to Do With It
- 38Chapter XXXVII — How to Make Attractive Booths at a Fair — A New Ki…
- 39Chapter XXXVIII — Window Decoration
- 40Chapter XXXIX — Furniture Old and New
- 41Chapter XL — Something About Mantel-Pieces and Fire-Places
- 42Chapter XLI — Home-Made Candy
- 43Chapter XLII — Saint Valentine’s Day
The American Girl’s Handy Book
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