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.

Diving Operations

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

Diving Operations

The history of men's attempts to exist under water so that they may be enabled to prosecute useful works is one of great interest…

Diving Operations: Fleuss

We now come to the most hopeful invention of all, that of Mr. Fleuss, an officer of the Mercantile Marine. As Mr. Fleuss's method embraces…

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