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The Decoration of Houses

Wharton, Edith; Codman, Ogden

The Magician's Own Book, or, the Whole Art of Conjuring Being a complete hand-book of parlor magic, and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, together with all the most noted tricks of modern performers.

Arnold, George; Cahill, Frank

The Magician’s Own Book is a nineteenth‑century handbook that promises a complete repertoire of parlor…

Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual

L. L. Langstroth

Langstroth’s “Hive and the Honey‑Bee” is a practical manual for the 19th‑century beekeeper, opening with a…

The modern packing house: A complete treatise on the design, construction, equipment and operation of meat packing houses, according to present American praactice, including methods of converting by-products into commercial articles

F. W. Wilder

The modern packing house presents itself as a comprehensive technical handbook for anyone involved in the…

Practical Exercises in English

Huber Gray Buehler

Practical Exercises in English is a pedagogical manual that opens with a clear argument about how correct…

Manual of the apiary

Albert John Cook

Albert John Cook’s Manual of the Apiary is a nineteenth‑century textbook that grew out of his lectures at the…

Architects of Fate; Or, Steps to Success and Power

Orison Swett Marden

Orison Swett Marden’s Architects of Fate is a self‑help treatise aimed at the ambitious young adult of the…

A Complete Grammar of Esperanto

Ivy Kellerman Reed

This work is a self‑contained textbook that presents Esperanto’s grammar together with graded reading and…

The Female Physician Containing all the diseases incident to that sex, in virgins, wives, and widows; Together with Their Causes and Symptoms, Their Degrees of Danger, and Respective Methods of Prevention and Cure: To Which Is Added, the Whole Art of New Improv'd Midwifery; Comprehending the Necessary Qualifications of a Midwife, and Particular Directions for Laying Women, in All Cases of Difficult and Preternatural Births; Together with the Diet and Regimen of Both the Mother and Child.

John Maubray

John Maubray’s The Female Physician is a comprehensive early‑modern manual on women’s health, obstetrics and…

Composition $b A series of exercises in art structure for the use of students and teachers

Arthur W. Dow

Arthur W. Dow’s Composition is a systematic manual for art teachers and students that opens with a sweeping…

How to Observe: Morals and Manners

Harriet Martineau

Harriet Martineau’s How to Observe: Morals and Manners is a systematic guide that treats the study of human…

How to know the wild flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of Our Common Wild Flowers

Frances Theodora Parsons

How to Know the Wild Flowers is a practical field guide by Frances Theodora Parsons, first issued in 1893,…

Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Persons Who Read, Write, And Speak English

Grenville Kleiser

Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases is a reference handbook that gathers a wide variety of expressions, similes,…

The Montessori Elementary Material The Advanced Montessori Method

Maria Montessori

The work is a comprehensive presentation of Maria Montessori’s elementary curriculum, extending the…

The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference

Joseph Triemens

The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing is a compact reference manual first published in 1911 by Joseph…

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition

Sutton & Sons Ltd.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots is a practical horticultural handbook that opens…

New Century Speaker and Writer: Being a Standard Work on Composition and Oratory

Henry Davenport Northrop

North Henry Davenport Northrop’s New Century Speaker and Writer is a single‑volume manual that bundles…

The dog

Herbert, Henry William; Hutchinson, W. N. (William Nelson); Mayhew, Edward

The work is a practical handbook for the sporting dog, assembled from the expertise of three…

Manual of American grape-growing

U. P. Hedrick

The Manual of American Grape‑Growing is a comprehensive horticultural reference written by U. P.

The blue book of chess: Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis of All the Recognized Openings

Howard Staunton

The Blue Book of Chess presents itself as a comprehensive instructional manual for beginners, organized…

Newspaper Writing and Editing

Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

Willard Grosvenor Bleyer’s Newspaper Writing and Editing is a practical handbook aimed at students and…

Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health

S. A. D. Tissot

The work is a practical medical handbook written by the Swiss physician Samuel Auguste David Tissot, aimed at…

A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public

Frank Bertram Wade

Frank B. Wade’s A Text‑Book of Precious Stones is a practical manual aimed at jewelers, gem merchants, and…

Social Life; or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society

Maud C. Cooke

Social Life; or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society is a comprehensive etiquette manual written by…