The Boys Outdoor Handy Book (originally published in 1914) is full of fascinating projects guaranteed to teach and amuse for hours. It is the perfect survival manual. It contains plans for kites, hoops and fishing tackle. It tells you how to make and stock an aquarium, points on camping out, games of ball and how to construct a "zoo." Also it includes practical hints for bicyclists, birdcalls and how to build boats, canoes and a raft that will sail. Plain and fancy skating.
If Huckleberry Finn was to settle down and decide to become an author, he might very well come up with a book like this one.
