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JUST PUBLISHED Knots, Splices and Rope Work By A. HYATT VERRILL Editor of “Popular Science Dent., American Boy Magazine” 128 Pages'(5x7_) 150 Original Engravings' Cloth Binding Price 75 Cents This is a practical book, giving complete and simple directions for making all the most useful and ornamental knots in common use, with chapters on splicing, pointing, seizing, serving, etc. This book is fully illustrated with 150 original engravings, which show how each knot, tie 01 splice is formed rinH its appearance when finished. The book will be found of the gieatest value to campers, yachtsmen, travellers, boy scouts, in fact to everyone, having to /use or handle ropes for any purpose. I-5EW people realize the importance that knots have payed m the worlds history. It might p be safe to state that the real difference between civilized and savage man consists largely m the knowledge of rope work. No cloth could be woven, no net. or seme km ted no bow strung and no craft sailed without numerous knots and proper ropes Gradually the various pro- fessions have adopted the knots best, suited to their requirements, and thus we find the sailor s knot, the fisherman’s knot, the weaver’s knot-, the .builder’s knot, and many others. All of which, aro described and illustrated in tins book, making an interesting useful treatise. AMONG THE CONTENTS ARE: Tnt-rnHiiption — Cordaw Kinds of Rope; Construction of Rope; Strength of Ropes; Weight Ronpo- Material Used in Making Ropes. Simple Knots and Bends: Parts of Rope; Whipping and Seizin- Rope Loops Cuckolds’ Necks; Clinches; Overhand and Figure-eight Knots; Square and Reef Knots?Granny Knots; Open Hand and Fishermen’s Knots; Ordinary Knots and Weavers Knots- Garrick Bends and Hawser Hitches; Half Hitches. Ties and Hitches: Larks Heads; SI nnervand Half Hitches; Clove Hitches; Gunners’ Knots and Timber Hitches; Twists, Catspaws andPBlackwall Hitches: Chain Hitch; Rolling and Magnus Hitches; Studding Sail and Gaff-topsail Halvatd Bends- Roband and Fisherman’s Hitches Nooses, Loops and Mooring Knots: V atcr- Knot- I -irks’ Heads with Nooses; Cleat and Wharf Ties; Bow Line knots; Loops and Loop Knots Shortenings Grommets and Selvages: Two-, Three- and Five-hold Shortenings; Single piafte '*>4 Monkey Chain; Twist Braids and Braiding Leather; Open Chams; Seized and Bow Shortenings Sheepshanks and Dogshank«; Grommets: Salvaged Straps and Selvaged Boards; Tlpmish -nid Artificial Eves' Throat Seizings; Lashed Splices. Lashings, Seizings, Splices, etc.. WMdinf Knots and Rose Lashings; Deadeye and Loop Lashings; Belaying-pin Splice; Necklace Clos? B^ds and End Pointing; Ending Ropes; Short Splices- Long Splices; Eye and Cut «Äh/p» Panrv Ifnots and Rone Work: Single Crown Knots; Tucked Crowns; Single Wa knots; Common and French Shroud Knots; Double Crown and Double Wall Knots; Crowning Wall knots; Double Wall and c“own; Manrope Knots; Topsail-halyard Toggles; Matthew Walker and Stopper Knots’ Turks’ Heads and Turks' Caps; Worming, Parcelling and Serving; Serving Mallet; Half- hiteh Work;; Four-strand and Crown Braids; Ron« Buckles and Swivels; Slinging Casks and Barrels; pope Belting. 'WHÄT IS SflSD OF THUS BOOK: It is the Standard Work on the subject.—Far Eastern Review. Useful to those who handle rope for any purpose.—Dodge Idea. •The explanations are readily understood, while the illustrations arc very clear.—Automobile. It is a book well worth while for all who have to use or handle ropes for any purpose.—Practical Engineer.