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Alongside practical instructions on how to light fires, build a boat, or stalk wild animals, it includes sections on chivalry, self-discipline, self-improvement, and citizenship. The book overflows with Baden-Powell's philosophy of life, one that replaces self with service, puts country before the individual, and duty above all.  

Alongside practical instructions on how to light fires, build a boat, or stalk wild animals, it includes sections on chivalry, self-discipline, self-improvement, and citizenship. The book overflows with Baden-Powell's philosophy of life, one that replaces self with service, puts country before the individual, and duty above all.  

The ''Handbook ''is the original blueprint and inspiration for the Boy Scout Movement, and as a best-seller in the British Empire was second in its day only to the Bible.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0192805479&id=LdtVxcFpWFQC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&ots=j1TxsQhuis&dq=baden-powell+scouting+bushido&sig=6nhFG3I_TD7AB0mP7lzSHebCT7c#PPA44,M1 Baden-Powell, ''Scouting for Boys"]</ref><ref>[http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-bp.htm Robert Baden-Powell as an Educational Innovator]</ref>

The ''Handbook ''is the original blueprint and inspiration for the Boy Scout Movement, and as a best-seller in the British Empire was second in its day only to the Bible.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0192805479&id=LdtVxcFpWFQC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&ots=j1TxsQhuis&dq=baden-powell+scouting+bushido&sig=6nhFG3I_TD7AB0mP7lzSHebCT7c#PPA44,M1 Baden-Powell, ''Scouting for Boys"]</ref><ref>[http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-bp.htm Robert Baden-Powell as an Educational Innovator]</ref>

Although himself an army general, he successfully excluded militarism from scouting in Britain and most countries.  The basis of Baden-Powell's emphasis on the individualistic development of skills of observation, tracking, map-reading, camping, pioneering, self-reliance, and self-improvement stemmed from his earlier enthusiastic attempts to transform the cavalry into a reconnaissance organization of scouts rather than lancers. Only the elements of the Army which emphasized the values of duty, skills and honor were incorporated. He addeed the educational strain which emphasized individual character development and child-centered learning by doing. Furthermore, he brought in the religious dimension which emphasized public service and appreciation of nature produced a balance which withstood challenges and provided an acceptable voluntary alternative to compulsory national training and service.<ref>Allen Warren, "Sir Robert Baden-Powell, The Scout Movement and Citizen Training in Great Britain," ''English Historical Review'' 1986 101(399): 376-398; Martin Dedman, "Baden-Powell, Militarism, and the 'Invisible Contributors' to the Boy Scout Scheme, 1904-1920," ''Twentieth Century British History'' 1993 4(3): 201-223</ref>

Although himself an army general, he successfully excluded militarism from scouting in Britain and most countries.  The basis of Baden-Powell's emphasis on the individualistic development of skills of observation, tracking, map-reading, camping, pioneering, self-reliance, and self-improvement stemmed from his earlier enthusiastic attempts to transform the cavalry into a reconnaissance organization of scouts rather than lancers. Only the elements of the Army which emphasized the values of duty, skills and honor were incorporated. He addeed the educational strain which emphasized individual character development and child-centered learning by doing. Furthermore, he brought in the religious dimension which emphasized public service and appreciation of nature produced a balance which withstood challenges and provided an acceptable voluntary alternative to compulsory national training and service.<ref>Allen Warren, "Sir Robert Baden-Powell, The Scout Movement and Citizen Training in Great Britain," ''English Historical Review'' 1986 101(399): 376-398; Martin Dedman, "Baden-Powell, Militarism, and the 'Invisible Contributors' to the Boy Scout Scheme, 1904-1920," ''Twentieth Century British History'' 1993 4(3): 201-223</ref>

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Baden-Powell, R.S.S. ''Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship'' (1908), [http://books.google.com/books?id=ej0P_lyMEFkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Scouting+intitle:for+intitle:Boys+intitle:A+intitle:Handbook+intitle:for&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=3 excerpt and text search]

* Baden-Powell, R.S.S. ''Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship'' (1908), [https://books.google.com/books?id=ej0P_lyMEFkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Scouting+intitle:for+intitle:Boys+intitle:A+intitle:Handbook+intitle:for&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=3 excerpt and text search]

* Springhall, John. ''Youth, Empire and Society: British Youth Movements 1883-1940'' (1977), esp, 53-70.

* Springhall, John. ''Youth, Empire and Society: British Youth Movements 1883-1940'' (1977), esp, 53-70.