American Girl's Handy Book

Description

A reprint of a gay nineties publication for young ladies instructing them in such hobbies as fancy needlework, handmade dolls, china painting, painting in oils, heraldic painting, preservation of wild flowers, and many others.

First Sentence

THIS is the children's own day, and no assumption of dignity on the part of their elders can deter them from exercising the privileges granted to them by acknowledged custom and precedent.

Subjects

Other Editions

• American Girl's Handy Book: Turn-Of-the-Century Classic of Crafts and ActivitiesDover Publications, Incorporated2012-01-01
• How to amuse yourself and othersScribner1887-01-01
• How to amuse yourself and others.C. Scribner's Sons1887-01-01
• How to amuse yourself and othersCharles Scribner's Sons1893-01-01
• American girl's handy book.Charles Scribner's Sons1893-01-01
• How to amuse yourself and othersS. Scribner's Sons1895-01-01