For more than a century, American children have filled the ranks of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, learning valuable lessons in first aid, campcraft, community service, and more. These illustrated facsimiles of the original scouting handbooks, distributed to new scouts in the early twentieth century, offer a glimpse into both organizations' core principles and teachings. Yes, some of the "virtues" are rather dated by today's standards— presumably modern Girl Scouts don't receive lessons in housewifery, and today's Boy Scouts bathe more than twice a week—but what the guides lack in contemporary cultural awareness they make up for in interesting history. (For what its worth, the Girl Scouts' tip on "How to Secure a Burglar with Eight Inches of Cord" will never go out of fashion.) What illuminating gifts for former scouts as well as those still earning their badges!