er are left to the taste and ingenuity of the teacher
or the child.

17 Japanese Book

_Material_--Construction paper, colored, 4-1/4x12-1/4
inches, for cover. Manila paper, six leaves, 4x6 inches,
double, with fold on outer edge.

[Illustration: JAPANESE BOOK]

The paper for the cover is 4-1/4x12-1/4 inches in size. Place the paper
lengthwise in front of you and bring the left edge over to the right
edge; crease, fold. Mark off a space three-fourths of an inch from the
edge of the fold, draw a line, A-L. On this line three-quarters of an
inch from the upper and the lower edges, place dots, B C, and
one-fourth inch from B C place dots D E. Hold the leaves evenly
together and press them in between the cover. With a large needle and
cord sew through C, under, up, and over A, through C again, under to
F, over through C, under and up through E, back to G, under and up
through E, down to D, through and over H, back to D, down and up
through D, then to B; down under to K, back to B, through and under and
around to L, to B, to D, to E, to C. Tie the two ends of the cord,
which come together at C, and fringe them out.

[Illustration: SCRAP OR CLIPPING BOOK
Cover of grass cloth.]

18 Scrap-Book

_Material_--Construction paper, colored: 6-1/4x8-1/4 inches,
for cover. Manila paper: three leaves 6x8 inches; three
strips 1-1/8x6 inches. Two paper clamps.

Double the 6x8-inch leaves into six leaves 4x6 inches in size. Between
leaves 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, place the 1-1/8x6-inch guards at the
back. Have leaves and guards even and compact; then set them between
the cover. Measure from the back edge of the cover a space
three-quarters of an inch wide, and draw a pencil line. Placing the
sharp edge of a ruler on this line, bend the back edge toward the front
until it is well creased. In the center of this 3/4-inch space, one
inch from the upper edge and one inch from the lower edge of the book,
pierce a hole and insert the brass clamps.

[Illustration: SCRAP OR CLIPPING BOOK
Cover of linen, stenciled.]

A PASTE

Mix until perfectly smooth one cup of flour with one cup of cold water.

Put two cups of water in a vessel and set it over the fire until it
heats. (Do not let it boil.) Add one teaspoonful of powdered alum, then
stir in the mixture of flour and cold water. Continue stirring until
it thickens to a good consistency. Remove it from the fire and add one
teaspoonful of oil of