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Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture
by Palmer CoxFrontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture written by Palmer Cox who is the author of “QUEER PEOPLE,” “THE BROWNIES,” ETC., ETC. Not only is truth stranger than fiction, but it is funnier also. Just as some men have no eye for colors, but are color blind; so some men have no eye for fun, but are fun blind. Happy is the man who can see the hum..
Secrets of Making Frozen Desserts at Home
by AnonymousSecrets of Making Frozen Desserts at Home: 150 Tested Recipes by Anonymous. Candied rose leaves, violets, and other flowers may be found in shops making a specialty of them and are decorative to any cream or ice when placed over the top or as a border around the edge of dish. Slices of angel cake or sponge cake may be placed in ice cream dishe..
Cookie 'n' Cracker Cookin'
by Jeanette Hindman ElliottCOOKIE ’N’ CRACKER COOKIN’ contains recipes that will make you the “talked about” hostess. Not because the recipes are difficult or expensive to prepare, they are gourmet masterpieces; but because they are made of just the right ingredients in exactly the proper amounts for both eye and appetite appeal. The skillful addition of a dash of spice—pinc..
Forgers and Forgeries
by W. G. ConstableThe usual idea of a forgery is of something deliberately fabricated to appear to be what it is not; something conceived in sin, and carrying the taint of illegitimacy throughout its existence. In fact, however, many things made for quite innocent and even laudable purposes have been used to deceive and to defraud, by means of misrepresentation or s..
A History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines
by Dan De QuilleA History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines: Nevada and the Great Basin Region; Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras.The central idea in the preparation of this little book has been to give, as concisely as possible, such information in regard to the silver mines of the Comstock as the visiting tourist is likely to require. In doing this it was th..
A brief guide to the Food Collection
by Henry ColeThe idea of the Food Collection (originally formed in 1857), now removed from the South Kensington Museum and arranged in the lower Gallery on the North side of the Branch Museum at Bethnal Green was suggested by Thomas Twining, Esq., of Twickenham, as part of a plan for the establishment of an Economic Museum that should comprise illustrations of ..
The Pharaohs and Their People
by E. BerkleyThe growing interest that is felt in all that concerns Egypt and its past has led me to hope that there may be many who will be glad of a book containing, in a concise and easily accessible form, the chief results of modern research and discovery in the valley of the Nile. The Manuscript of this work was submitted to Dr. Lushington, formerly Profes..
The story of my childhood
by Clara BartonThe story of my childhood is an autobiography work of Clara Barton. It was May—the cherry trees were in bloom. For the first time in three years I had been able to sit for an evening among a company of persons (invalids like myself seeking strength), trying to entertain them with some remembrances of bygone days. I see it still, the broad..