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This special edition of “The American Boys' Handy Book” was written by Daniel Carter Beard, and first published in 1882. This book explores all manner of both fun, useful, and some potentially life-saving tips, tricks and techniques to utilize in the Great Outdoors. Each of the four seasons has its own section. Chapters include Novel Modes of Fishing, Knots, Bends and Hitches, The Water Telescope, Dredge Tangle, and Trawl Fishing, Home-Made Boats, How to Camp Out Without a Tent, Home-Made Hunting Apparatus, How to Rig and Sail Small Boats, Sleds, Chair-Sleighs, and Snow-Shoes, Home-Made Masquerade and Theatrical Costumes, Snowball Warfare, and many more. IMPORTANT NOTE – Please read BEFORE buying! THIS BOOK IS A REPRINT. IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL COPY. This book is a reprint edition and is a perfect facsimile of the original book. It is not set in a modern typeface and has not been digitally rendered. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background. This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed. DISCLAIMER : Due to the age of this book, some methods or practices may have been deemed unsafe or unacceptable in the interim years. In utilizing the information herein, you do so at your own risk. We republish antiquarian books without judgment, solely for their historical and cultural importance, and for educational purposes. If purchasing a book more than 50 years old, especially for a minor, please use due diligence and vet the text before handing it over to them.

In Korea and Her Neighbors, written in two volumes between 1894 and 1897, Isabella Bird documents one of the most critical and interesting periods of Korean history. Violently torn from centuries of seclusion, this fragile nation awoke to find itself confronted on all sides by an array of powerful, ambitious, and aggressive countries clamoring for commercial and political concessions - a rivalry which, at this time, made Korea the battlefield of the first Sino-Japanese war. In the midst of political turmoil and international intrigue, the author offers an extraordinarily accurate description of almost every facet of the country covering such topics as the climate, geography, the living conditions of the people, the structure of government, indigenous religions, customs, and foreign trade treaties. Included is a chilling description of the assassination of Korea's queen, and an account of Isabella Bird's undaunted travels in Manchuria, China, and Russia, where she reported on the milita