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Time Telling through the Ages
by Harry Chase BrearleyTime Telling through the Ages is a book written by Harry Chase Brearley which explores the historical evolution of Time in various eras. The readers can find interesting facts about how human calculated the time in various era right from stone age. Preface by the authorIn the midst of the world war, when ordinary forms of celebration see..
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume II
by Thomas L. MassonLittle Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor is a collection of humor works written by various authors like Bret Harte, Sol Smith, John Godfrey Saxe, James Russell Lowell, Mary Mapes Dodge, Robert J. Burdette. This work has been collected and edited by the American anthroplogist Thomas Lansing Masson who was serving as literary editor of the magaz..
Mr. Punch In Society
by J. A. HammertonMr. Punch In Society is a collection of humor works written by various authors which are collected and edited by J. A. Hammerton whose other works include "Mr. Punch's Book of Love : Being the Humors of Courtship and Matrimony", "MR. PUNCH AT HOME: The Punch Library of Humor", and "Wonders of the Past". Excerpts:It would be difficult to think ..
History of Sanitation
by John Joseph CosgroveHistory of Sanitation is a non-fiction work written by John Joseph Cosgrove, in which the author explores the much ignored subject by the historians. Sanitation has been given but little thought by historians, consequently, considerable study and research were necessary to dig from musty tomes and ancient records a story that would prove interestin..
Coca and its Therapeutic Application
by Angelo MarianiCoca and its Therapeutic Application is non-fiction work written by the French Chemist Ange-François Mariani who invented the cocawine, Vin Mariani. is contribution was to introduce the coca leaf indirectly to the general public. Mariani imported tons of coca leaves and used an extract from them in many products. It was Mariani's coca wine, though,..
Karl Krinken, His Christmas Stocking
by Susan WarnerKarl Krinken, His Christmas Stocking is cookery book co-authored by Susan Warner, Anna Bartlett Warner, Amy Lothrop whose other works inlcude THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD,” “QUEECHY,” and “DIANA. ExcerptsWherever Santa Claus lives, and in whatever spot of the universe he harnesses his reindeer and loads up his sleigh, one thing is certain—he never yet..
Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave
by Isaac MasonLife of Isaac Mason as a Slave is the personal memoir of Isaac Mason narrating his painful days as slave. Like many autobiographies on slavery, this memoir also heart touching and let us visualize the dark days of human life due to slavery. Excerpts:In Kent County, in the northern part of the State of Maryland, there was at the time of my ear..
Boswell's Life of Johnson
by James BoswellThe Life of Samuel Johnson is the biography of the English Poet Samuel Johnson and considered as the greatest biography written in the modern biography genre. Johnson was described as the most distinguished man of letters in English history. James Boswell, the author of this biography was an Scottish Lawyer and his surname went on to get his ..