Every Boy's Book

Hop-scotch to hare-and-hounds, conjuring to chemistry, rabbits to rowing — the complete Victorian repertoire of things for a boy to do, set down with rules and diagrams.

A Few Hints to Canary-Keepers

3 pages in this part of Every Boy's Book.

A Few Hints to Canary-Keepers

BE very particular about the food. You cannot have a better guide than nature in dealing with pets. Study them and find out what they would…

A Few Hints to Canary-Keepers: French

Horses, again, were cropped in a most atrocious manner. Their ears were clipped close to their head, and their tails were cut quite short…

A Few Hints to Canary-Keepers: Waterton

Mr. Waterton, the venerable naturalist, remarks that in former days he tried to aid the cause of humanity by his example, and rode a horse…

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