copyright 1919; Compton-Johnson Company publishers, Chicago; "The new method of visual instruction applied to all school subjects"; "Dedicated to Our Boys and Girls"; hardbound with burgundy boards and gilt decor and lettering on cover and spine; a wonderful book of "knowledge" about how to do things; heavy stock paper; full of great pictures and drawings; good conditon for age with minor binding issue and some scuffs on boards; see pics.
 
Includes: "Lessons at Home and At School" - paper canoe making;
"A bird and a butterfly";
"A strawberry basket";
How to "Stencil and Print";
"Domestic Science";
"Manual Training"; many, many more subjects and the lost art of a hundred years ago.