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Scouting for Boys: A handbook for instruction in good citizenship is a book on Boy Scout training, published in various editions since 1908. Early editions were written and illustrated by Robert Baden-Powell with later editions being extensively rewritten by others.
1908: Scouting for Boys; 1909: The Scout Library No.4 Scouting Games - first published as a book by C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., in 1910. 1909: Yarns for Boy Scouts; 1912: The Handbook for the Girl Guides or How Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire (co-authored with his younger sister Agnes Baden-Powell) 1913: Boy Scouts Beyond The Sea: My World Tour
The original Scout Law, written by Baden-Powell, appeared in 1908. The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association uses his 1911 version, which is as follows: A Scout's honour is to be trusted; A Scout is loyal to the King and to his officers, and to his country, and to his employers. A Scout's duty is to be useful and to help others.
Scouts BSA Handbook is the official handbook of Scouts BSA, published by the Boy Scouts of America. It is a descendant publication of Baden-Powell 's original handbook, Scouting for Boys , which has been the basis for Scout handbooks in many countries, with some variations to the text of the book depending on each country's codes and customs.
The first Scouting activity in Hungary was the raft trip on the river Vág in 1908. [5] [6]: 17 In 1909 Hungarian newspapers reported about Scouting in England, and some chapters of Scouting for Boys were published as well. István Kanitz bought Baden-Powell's book Scouting for Boys and started
Jeff Gill writes about the "Aims and Methods" of Scouting in honor of the 114th anniversary of Boy Scouts of America's founding.
Thereafter, the publisher C. Arthur Pearson Limited began promoting Scouting in Britain and published Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys, initially in six fortnightly instalments from January 1908 and then in complete book form which C. Arthur Pearson Limited followed with The Scout magazine from April 1908. Boys began forming Scout patrols and ...
Scout Law is a set of codes in the Scout movement. Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout Promise or oath to live up to the ideals of the movement and have subscribed to the Scout Law. The wording of the promise and law have varied over time and among Scouting organizations.