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Londinium, Architecture and the Crafts
by W. R. LethabyIt is curious that Roman buildings and crafts in Britain have hardly been studied as part of the story of our national art. The subject has been neglected by architects and left aside for antiquaries. Yet when this story is fully written, it will appear how important it is as history, and how suggestive in the fields of practice. This provincial Ro..
Raw Material
by Dorothy Canfield FisherRaw Material is a collection of short stories written by Dorothy Canfield Fisher.Raw MaterialUncle Giles“What Goes Up...”Old Man WarnerThe Ideas of M. BrodardFairfax HunterProfessor Paul Meyer“While All the Gods...”Scylla and CharybdisArt AtmosphereColonel ShaysA Great LoveSupply and DemandUncle EllisGod’s CountryInheritanceThirty Years After“..
The Cosmic Junkman
by Rog PhillipsThe black eyes glanced down. The long-fingered hand began to retrieve the cards, then paused. Vilbis' almost classic features darkened with anger. With an effort he became calm. A secret inner amusement made little lights in his eyes as he looked up at his two captors again."You know," Bill Ford said thoughtfully, "sometimes I think you must have s..
At the North of Bearcamp Water
by Frank BollesDuring nearly the whole of the forenoon of July 3, 1892, a soft rain had been falling. It had begun in the night to the discomfiture of the whippoorwills, but not to the extinguishment of their voices. It continued until nearly noon, when the wind shifted from east to west, patches of blue sky appeared, and ever and anon gleams of sunlight fell upo..
Babies Are Such Fun to Dress
by American Thread CompanyWith Pink and No. 4 needles cast on, 86 (92) sts. Work in K 1, P 1 ribbing for 5 rows inc 28 (28) sts evenly spaced in last row of ribbing—114 (120) sts. Change to No. 6 needles, and work in pattern same as sweater for 3¼ inches ending with 4th pattern row. 1st DEC ROW: Working in pattern * K 2 tog, K 17 (18), repeat from * across row—6 sts dec. 2n..
Bulkies [Sweaters to Knit and Crochet]
by American Thread CompanyBlock all pieces. Using the pieces as patterns, cut lining for Sleeves and Jacket Fronts, leaving a ¾″ seam allowance all around. Cut lining for Back, allowing 2″ for a 1″ back pleat and ¾″ seam allowance all around. Cut bonding material exact size of Sleeves, Fronts and Back. Trim ¼″ away on all edges. Tack edges of bonding securely all around to ..
How to Get Married, Although a Woman
by Irene W. HarttIt is natural for girls to wish to marry. The desire to do so is not to be condemned, but rather applauded, for it is Heaven-born. The Creator implanted it in the human heart, man and woman alike. God made man for woman and woman for man. He did not intend that they should live apart from each other. When He said, “It is not good for man to be alon..
Roses - or, a Monograph of the Genus Rosa by active 1799-1828
by Henry Cranke AndrewsTHE Rose, for matchless beauty famed, (although by botanists so disregarded) has been the Painter’s study and the Poet’s theme, for ages past, and will no doubt for ages yet to come; long after many a curious Nondescript shall in a dusty hortus siccus sleep, unnoticed and unknown.The intention of the author in the delineation of this unrivalled tri..