Mechanical Toys: How Old Toys Work

Contents: How it all started -- The enchantment of toys -- Early toy inventors -- Toward mass production -- What toys were made of -- Toys that predicted the future -- Power and power storage -- Governing devices -- Mechanisms that provide action -- Sounds and other surprises -- Variety versus mass production -- Artist in tinplate -- Les petits bonhommes Martin -- Followers and imitators.

Full-color illustrations.

Includes appendix, notes, bibliography and index.