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Toy-Making in School and Home

by R. K. Polkinghorne

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  1. 1Prefatory Note
  2. 2Introduction — I — External Evidence
  3. 3II — Internal Evidence
  4. 4Chapter I — Toy-Making and Its Educational Possibilities
  5. 5Chapter II — General Principles; Materials
  6. 6Chapter III — Paper Work for Infants
  7. 7Chapter IV — More Paper Toys
  8. 8Chapter V — Match-Box Toys
  9. 9Chapter VI — More Complicated Match-Box and Cork Toys
  10. 10Chapter VII — Cork Animals Harnessed to Sledges, etc.
  11. 11Chapter VIII — More Cork Toys
  12. 12Chapter IX — Cardboard and Paper Ships (Plate IV)
  13. 13Chapter X — Cardboard and Paper Toys Involving Use of Ruler, Set-Sq…
  14. 14Chapter XI — Simple Woodwork
  15. 15Chapter XII — Materials
  16. 16Chapter XIII — Some Difficulties in Toy-Making
  17. 17Chapter XIV — Merry-Go-Round, Swinging Boats, and Great Wheel
  18. 18Chapter XV — Flying Airships, Gondolas, and Birds (Plate VI)
  19. 19Chapter XVI — Fire-Engine, Motor-Lorry, and Steam-Roller (Plate VII)
  20. 20Chapter XVII — Gipsy Caravan and Bathing Machine
  21. 21Chapter XVIII — A Train and Railway Station (Plate VIII)
  22. 22Chapter XIX — Red Cross Motor and Taxi-Cab (Plate VIII)
  23. 23Chapter XX — Swinging and Jointed Animals (Plate IX)
  24. 24Part II
  25. 25Chapter II — Capstan, Dreadnought, Liner
  26. 26Chapter III — Motor-Car (Plate VIII), Swinging Cradle, Deck-Chair
  27. 27Chapter IV — A Tram-Car
  28. 28Chapter V — A Crane
  29. 29Chapter VI — Windmill, Water-Wheel, and Well
  30. 30Chapter VII — Drawbridge and Siege Tower
  31. 31Chapter VIII — War Engines Past and Present
  32. 32Chapter IX — A Fire-Escape (Plate XIV)
  33. 33Chapter X — Castle, Tournament, and Fair
  34. 34Chapter XI — An Old Chariot and Some Quaint Dolls’ Furniture
  35. 35Chapter XII — Railway Signal and Signal-Box
  36. 36Chapter XIII — Lighthouse, Transporter Bridge
  37. 37Chapter XIV — Yachts and Boats; the Use of the Chisel
  38. 38Chapter XV — The Fret-Saw
  39. 39Chapter XVI — Little Gymnast; Dancing Clown; Rocking Animals
  40. 40Chapter XVII — Moving Figures
  41. 41Chapter XVIII — Some Old-Fashioned Toys — A Monkey-Up-a-Stick, a Ja…
  42. 42Chapter XIX — Little Swordsmen
  43. 43Chapter XX — Some More Fret-Saw Toys
  44. 44Chapter XXI — Toys Worked by Sand
  45. 45Chapter XXII — Toys Worked by Wheels, etc.
  46. 46Chapter XXIII — Kites, Gliders, and Aeroplanes
  47. 47Chapter XXIV — More Old-Fashioned Toys
  48. 48Chapter XXV — Lift, Pont Roulant, Tower Bridge
  49. 49Chapter XXVI — Soldering. Screw Steamer. Toys Worked by Wind and by…
  50. 50Chapter XXVII — Buildings at Home and Abroad
  51. 51Chapter XXVIII — A Theatre

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