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The Young Man's Guide

William A. Alcott

The Young Man’s Guide presents itself as a practical handbook for the moral and social formation of a young…

Observations on the Florid Song; Or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers

Pier Francesco Tosi

Pier Francesco Tosi’s Observations on the Florid Song is a practical treatise on vocal art, written in the…

The Boston cooking-school cook book

Fannie Merritt Farmer

The Boston Cooking‑School Cook Book, authored by Fannie Merritt Farmer, presents itself as a comprehensive…

Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 3

H. H. Windsor

Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 3 is a practical handbook for the amateur woodworker, presenting a…

Types of Prose Narratives: A Text-Book for the Story Writer

Harriott Ely Fansler

Fansler’s Types of Prose Narratives is a textbook‑style guide for anyone who wants to understand and practice…

How to plan a library building for library work

Charles C. Soule

The book is a practical treatise on library architecture, opening with a poetic declaration that a library…

The Practical Distiller An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States

Samuel McHarry

The Practical Distiller is a nineteenth‑century handbook that sets out, in exhaustive detail, how to produce…

How to Behave: A Pocket Manual of Republican Etiquette, and Guide to Correct Personal Habits Embracing an Exposition of the Principles of Good Manners; Useful Hints on the Care of the Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-culture, and Behavior at Home; the Etiquette of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, the Street, the Church, Places of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., with Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies

Samuel R. Wells

Samuel R. Wells’s “How to Behave” presents itself as a comprehensive guide to the art of politeness, framed…

Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 1

H. H. Windsor

Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 1 is a practical manual for the amateur woodworker, focused on the…

The Art of Public Speaking

Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg); Carnegie, Dale

The work is a practical treatise on the art of public speaking, written by J.

The handbook of soap manufacture

Simmons, W. H. (William Herbert); Appleton, H. A.

The handbook of soap manufacture is a technical manual that opens with a detailed preface explaining its…

Writing the Photoplay

Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg); Leeds, Arthur

The work is a practical manual for writers who want to create “photoplays,” the early term for screenplays…

The Science of Getting Rich

W. D. Wattles

This work is a self‑help manual that positions wealth‑building as a matter of exact law rather than…

Domestic medicine: or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners

William Buchan

William Buchan’s Domestic Medicine is a practical treatise aimed at ordinary people who must look after their…

Fire prevention and fire extinction

James Braidwood

Assimilative Memory; or, How to Attend and Never Forget

A. Loisette

Loisette’s Assimilative Memory; or, How to Attend and Never Forget is a late‑nineteenth‑century manual on…

Scouting for Boys

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell

Scouting for Boys is a practical handbook written by Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden‑Powell, the founder of the…

The Online World

Odd De Presno

The Online World is a practical guide that opens with a straightforward preface explaining its purpose: to…

The English Husbandman The First Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of euery Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments

Gervase Markham

Gervase Markham’s The English Husbandman is a practical treatise on early‑modern agriculture, written for the…

Electricity for Boys

James Slough Zerbe

Electricity for Boys is a hands‑on manual that treats the science of electricity as a series of concrete…

Principles and practice of agricultural analysis. Volume 3 (of 3), Agricultural products

Harvey Washington Wiley

Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis, Volume III is a comprehensive manual for the chemical…

The Book of Household Management

Mrs. Beeton

Mrs. Isabella Beeton’s The Book of Household Management presents itself as a comprehensive guide to running a…

Essentials in Conducting

Karl Wilson Gehrkens

Essentials in Conducting is a practical handbook written by Karl Wilson Gehrkens, a seasoned observer rather…

The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing

R. H.

The work is a seventeenth‑century handbook on the “gentleman’s tutor” of sport, compiled by Robert Howlett…