Whittling and Woodcarving

x, 293 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Introduction. History: Backgrounds; Woods: Which and Where; Knives: Selection and Care; Simple: To Whittle; Rustic: Field and Camp; Silhouettes: Flat Toys and Windmills; Puzzles: Simple and Difficult; Chains: Plain and Fancy; Ball-in-a-Cage: Nested Spheres; Fans: Plain and Shaped; Joints: Hinge and Pivot; Models; Ships, Planes, Camps; In Bottles: Ships, Fans, Etc.; Caricatures: Birds and Animals; Caricatures: People; Other Materials; Soap, Ivory, Bone, Plastics, Celluloid; Other Tools: Also Chip Carving; Carving Tools: And Auxiliaries; Surfaces: Simple Lines, Woodcuts; Low Relief: Diapers, Modeling; High Relief: Pierced Designs; In the Round; Wood Sculpture; Intaglio: Inlay and Marquetry; Lettering: Alphabets; Decoration: Outdoor, Indoor, Styles; Finishing: Repairing; Sharpening: Stones, Slips, Strops; Index.