in an emergency?

Do you believe in loyalty, courage, and kindness? Would {xii} you like
to form habits that will surely make your success in life?

Then, whether you be farm boy or shoe clerk, newsboy or millionaire's
son, your place is in our ranks, for these are the thoughts in
scouting; it will help you to do better work with your pigs, your
shoes, your papers, or your dollars; it will give you new pleasures in
life; it will teach you so much of the outdoor world that you wish to
know; and this Handbook, the work of many men, each a leader in his
field, is their best effort to show you the way. This is, indeed, the
book that I so longed for, in those far-off days when I wandered,
heart hungry in the woods.

ERNEST THOMPSON SETON,
Chief Scout.
Headquarters Boy Scouts of America,
200 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
June 1, 1911.

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CONTENTS

PAGE
Boy Scout Certificate iii
Preface v
Officers and Members of the National Council vii

CHAPTER I.

Scoutcraft 3
AIM OF SCOUT MOVEMENT John L. Alexander

WHAT SCOUTING MEANS John L. Alexander

SCOUT VIRTUES John L. Alexander

THE BOY SCOUT ORGANIZATION Special Committee

SCOUT OATH Special Committee

SCOUT LAW Special Committee

TENDERFOOT, SECOND CLASS, AND
FIRST CLASS SCOUT REQUIREMENTS Special Committee

BADGES, AWARDS AND EQUIPMENT Special Committee

KNOTS EVERY SCOUT SHOULD KNOW. Samuel A. Moffat

CHAPTER II.

Woodcraft 57
WOODLORE Ernest Thompson Seton

BIRDCRAFT National Association Audubon Societies

SHELLS AND SHELLFISH Dr. Wm. Healey Dall

REPTILES Dr. Leonhard Stejneger

INSECTS AND BUTTERFLIES United States Bureau of Entomology

FISHES AND ANGLING Dr. Hugh M. Smith

AQUARIUM Dr. Wm. Leland Stowell

ROCKS AND PEBBLES United States Geological Survey

FLOWERS, FERNS AND GRASSES Dr. L. C. Corbett

MUSHROOMS, FUNGI OR TOADSTOOL