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In the preface to the first edition of "The Art and Practice of Typography," the author stated that he did not "anticipate again having the pleasure of producing a book as elaborate as this one," but the favor with which the volume was received made another edition advisable, and in consequence he...

In the Land of the Dragon, Two Little Chinese Sisters, The Little Highbinder, How Ah Chee found Santa Claus, The Moon Rabbit, How Santa Claus came to Suey Hip, The Easter Dream of Mun Chee, Ping Pong and Ping Yet, The Little Almond Blossom, The Christmas of Gum Ching, Ho Chin's Fourth of July, The Little Fisher-Maiden, The Finding of Sing Ho, The Slave-Girl's Thanksgiving

Earth's outer crust Geologists Time and rock units Geologic map What are rocks and minerals? Chemical elements Minerals Rocks Igneous rocks Extrusive or volcanic igneous rocks Intrusive igneous rocks Sedimentary rocks Soils Sedimentary rock materials in broken fragments Sedimentary rock materials...

Reviewing Beattie's Life of Campbell in the Quarterly in 1849, Lockhart expressed the hope that no one would ever tell Campbell's story without making due acknowledgment to 'the best stay of his declining period.' He would be a bold man who would think of doing so. As well might one expect to write...

Just when the art of weaving originated is an uncertainty, but there seems to be a consensus of opinion among archæologists in general that it was in existence earlier than the 24th century before Christ. The first people which we have been able with certainty to associate with this art were the...

"Just as if Kant had never existed, the Principle of Sufficient Reason still remains with Fichte what it was with all the Schoolmen, an œterna veritas: that is to say, just as the Gods of the ancients were still ruled over by eternal Destiny, so was the God of the Schoolmen still ruled over by these...

When we read the works of Homer, or Virgil, or Plato, or turn to the later productions of Dante, of Shakespeare, of Milton, and the host of writers and poets who have done so much to instruct and amuse us, and to make our lives good and agreeable, we are apt to look with some disappointment upon present...

Published purely for the good, and benefit of all such as take delight in that royal, and warlike sport, to which is prefixed, a short treatise, wherein cocking is proved not only ancient and honourable, but also useful, and profitable.

As the health of a family depends more upon the quality of their food than upon any other cause whatever, it is a public benefaction to give good advice upon this subject. That this advice may be most widely beneficial, it should have reference to the material and the preparation of food; and in both...

The following work is the result of six years' residence in the Peninsula, devoted to literary pursuits. It contains the fruits (be they mature or otherwise) of many excursions through Spain and Portugal, of considerable opportunities of observation, and much familiarity with localities and people,...

"BOYS AND GIRLS, AND ALL SORTS" "WHO'S WHO" NOTES AND QUERIES "IN THE ROSY SUMMER WEATHER" BOAR HUNTING "IN THE CUCKOO COPSE" COMING TO BLOWS OGRES "QUITE 'STRORDINARY FUN" "YOU'VE NEVER BEEN QUARRELLING" "TARRY THE BAKING" "LIVE PURE, SPEAK TRUTH, RIGHT WRONG" "NO, NO, IT IS NOT JUST" "A PUNITIVE...

We are so familiar with the restlessness of the sea, and with the havoc which it works on our shipping and our coasts, that we need no demonstration to convince us that waves can carry energy from one place to another. Few of us, however, realise that the energy in the sea is as nothing compared with...

Ocean Steamships - A popular account of their construction, development, management and appliances. A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move propellers or paddlewheels.

A learned mathematician of the seventeenth century, Ozanam by name, a member of the Academy of Sciences and author of several distinguished works, did not think it derogatory to his dignity to write, under the title of "Mathematical and Physical Recreations," a book designed for the amusement of youth,...