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Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse

F. F. Rockwell

Frederick Frye Rockwell’s “Gardening Indoors and Under Glass” is a practical handbook that opens with a vivid…

The Art of Modern Lace Making

The book opens with a sweeping survey of lace’s history, tracing its roots from ancient scriptural references…

The Home Medical Library, Volume 2 (of 6)

Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers

Hubert E. Collins

This volume is a practical handbook for engineers who must install, adjust, and keep running steam turbines…

To My Younger Brethren: Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work

H. C. G. Moule

This work is a practical guide addressed to newly ordained Anglican clergy, written in 1892 by H. C. G.

How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity

Thomas M. St. John

Thomas M. St. John’s How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus is a practical handbook aimed at young…

The Complete Bachelor: Manners for Men

Walter Germain

The Complete Bachelor is a practical etiquette handbook aimed specifically at unmarried men, a niche the…

The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student

Franklin Beech

The work is a technical handbook aimed at bleachers, textile colourists and manufacturers, opening with a…

The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young

Margaret Warner Morley

Margaret Warner Morley’s The Renewal of Life is a practical guide that treats the education of children about…

American Cookery November, 1921

Various

American Cookery Vol. XXVI, November 1921, is a trade‑style magazine that markets a wide range of…

The Woman Beautiful; or, The Art of Beauty Culture

Helen Follett Jameson

The Woman Beautiful is a practical guide that frames beauty as a product of health, sensible habits, and…

Etiquette

Emily Post

Emily Post’s Etiquette is a comprehensive treatise that opens with a sweeping meditation on the relationship…

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study

Ontario. Department of Education

Modern cookery for private families

Eliza Acton

Eliza Acton’s Modern Cookery for Private Families is a practical handbook that opens with a forceful plea for…

De Vegetarische Keuken Kookboek van den Nederlandschen Vegetariërsbond

E. M. Valk-Heijnsdijk

Dit boek is een kookboek van de Nederlandsche Vegetariërsbond, geschreven door E. M.

The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines

George Husmann

George Husmann’s work is a practical handbook on American viticulture and wine‑making, aimed at the ordinary…

Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911

Boy Scouts of America

The 1911 First Edition Boy Scouts Handbook is a comprehensive guide produced by the Boy Scouts of America to…

The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book

The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book gathers a series of articles that the former editor of Good Housekeeping…

Latin for Beginners

Benjamin L. D'Ooge

Encyclopedia of Needlework

Thérèse de Dillmont

The Encyclopedia of Needlework is a practical manual that begins by confronting a common objection, why study…

Games for All Occasions

Mary E. Blain

Mary E. Blain’s Games for All Occasions is a practical handbook that gathers a variety of playground…

Helps to Latin Translation at Sight

Edmund Luce

Edmund Luce’s Helps to Latin Translation at Sight is a teaching manual aimed at schoolboys learning to…

Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings

Woodward, George E. (George Evertson); Woodward, F. W.

This work is a practical handbook on the design, construction, and management of grape‑growing and…

The Practice and Science of Drawing

Harold Speed

Harold Speed’s The Practice and Science of Drawing is a treatise that begins by warning readers against the…