Here's a nice project for a rainy Saturday...

"A Boy's Own Paper" was a publication for English boys intended to provide edifying stories and ensure representation of an underlying Christian morality during their formative years.  This weekly paper originally cost one penny and went on sale September 18th, 1879.  The following is an 1888 article on "How to Build a Banjo".  Victorian youth must have been quite resourceful craftsman to have completed this project.  The previous article was "How to Build A Steam Engine"!  It involved sheet brass and fabricating various valves. I'll stick to banjos.

If you would like to know more about "The Boy's Own Paper" there is a website at http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/bop.html