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1904]
The Practical Boy.
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shown in the illustration, with a compass-saw and draw-knife. This board is let into the rear sides of the front legs, as shown in Fig. 4, and a similar board is fastened in between the rear legs, but its lower edges need not be cut out.
Fig. 3. A Reading-chair

The top edges of the cross-boards are fourteen inches above the floor, and connected with each other by means of boards nine inches wide and seven eighths of an inch thick, as shown in Fig. 4. They are placed seven inches in from each side, and are fastened in place with long, slim screws driven through the cross-boards and into their ends. These will form the backs to the
Fig. 4. Detail of the Reading-chair
book-pockets, and to the top and bottom edges of them the seat and under-boards are made fast.

The arms are four inches wide at the front and two at the rear, where the grooves are cut and into which the stop or cross rod fits. These arms should extend out six inches beyond the rear posts, and two inches at the front and sides of the front posts. A solid or framework back, twenty-four inches high and fifteen inches wide, is hinged to the back board of the body.

An upholsterer will make the cushions the size to fit the chair.


A Book-tower

The tower is six feet high and twelve inches square. The posts are one and three quarter
Fig. 5. A Book-tower.
inches square, and the shelves are seven eighths of an inch thick; but the vertical guardrails are half an inch thick and two inches wide, and are let into the edges of the shelves.