Author: Baden-Powell, Miss and Sir R. Baden-Powell:
Title: How Girls Can Help To Build Up The Empire. The Handbook For Girl Guides.
Description: Nelson, no date Hard cover blue cloth bds, some creasing to cloth, picture of girl guide in black to upper bd with titles and titles to spine, a little wear at spine ends and rubbing in places, the odd age mark to rear, Fair+, no dust jacket, endpapers present front and rear, title pge missing, neat name and address to ffep verso dated 1915, contents begin at Foreword and continue with Contents Pge, these two pges are dog-eared around the edges, does not detract from text, one 't' from 'present' missing at btm of Foreword pge, contents nice and tight, occas. pencil crosses, include nice sepia-tone plates, diagrams, etc..., pp472 + Memoranda pges to rear with some filling in. Chapters include: Duties of girl Guides; Summary of Girl guides' Course of Instruction; The Law of the Guides; Woodcraft - Stalking; Animals and Nature; Plants; Open-air Pursuits and Tracking - Observation of "Sign"; Spooring; Reading "Sign" or Deduction; signals; Camping; Cooking in the Open; Saving Life - Be Prepard For Accidents; Accidents and how to Deal With Them; Hospital Duties - Sanitation-Washing-Disinfecting; Nursing; Invalid Foods; Storekeeping, Hospital Accounts, Linen etc...; Frontier Life - Life in teh Open; Seafaring; Self-Defence; Household - Sanitation; Housewifery; Home Cooking; Helping Others; Health - Care o fChildren; Endurance or How to Improve the Body; Health-giving Habits; Prevention of Disease; Patriotism - Chivalry; Self-Discipline; Self-Improvement; Our Empire; Citizenship; United We Stand, Divide we Fall; Hints to Instructors - Organization of the Girl Guides' Corps; tests for Proficiency Badges; Songs.

Keywords: girl guides pursuits handbook empire frontier life home patriotism instructors duties instruction law woodcraft stalking animals nature plants tracking spooring signals camping cooking open air


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