How to amuse yourself and others
the American girl's handy book
by Lina Beard and Adelia Beard
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These descriptions of leisure-time activities for Victorian girls were designed to cultivate their curiosity and inventiveness, and to help them gain self-confidence regarding their competence and talents.
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Subjects
Handicraft, juvenile literature, Handicraft, Amusements, juvenile literature, Amusements, Outdoor life, Recreation, Juvenile literature, Decorative arts, Holidays, Arts and crafts movement, Games, Interior decoration, Life Skills & Personal Awareness, General Studies, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction, Sports & Recreation - General, Crafts & Hobbies - General, Children's Books, Girls, societies and clubs, Scouts and scoutingPlaces
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American Girl's Handy Book: Making the Most of Outdoor Fun
2018, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
in English
1493036793 9781493036790
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American Girl's Handy Book: Turn-Of-the-Century Classic of Crafts and Activities
2012, Dover Publications, Incorporated
in English
0486120856 9780486120850
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American Girl's Handy Book: Turn-Of-the-Century Classic of Crafts and Activities
2012, Dover Publications, Incorporated
in English
1306338115 9781306338110
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The American Girl's Handy Book: Making the Most of Outdoor Fun
June 25, 2002, The Derrydale Press
Paperback
in English
1586670891 9781586670894
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American Girls Handy Book: How to Amuse Yourself and Others (Nonpareil Books) (Nonpareil Books)
September 1, 1994, David R Godine
Paperback
in English
0879236663 9780879236663
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How to amuse yourself and others: the American girls handy book
1987, D.R. Godine
in English
- Centennial ed.
0879236663 9780879236663
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How to amuse yourself and others: the American girls handy book
1915, Charles Scribner's sons
in English
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How to amuse yourself and others: the American girl's handy book.
1898, C. Scribner's sons
in English
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How to amuse yourself and others: the American girl's handy book
1893, Charles Scribner's Sons
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How to amuse yourself and others: the American girl's handy book
1893, Charles Scribner's Sons
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How to amuse yourself and others.: The American girl's handy book.
1887, C. Scribner's Sons
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How to amuse yourself and others: the American girls handy book
Publish date unknown, Charles Scribner's Sons
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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."
Work 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.
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