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by P. H. Ditchfield
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2013
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CONTENTS
PREFACE.
DETAILED CONTENTS.
BOOKS FATAL TO THEIR AUTHORS.
CHAPTER I. THEOLOGY.
CHAPTER II. FANATICS AND FREE-THINKERS.
CHAPTER III. ASTROLOGY, ALCHEMY, AND MAGIC.
CHAPTER IV. SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY.
CHAPTER V. HISTORY.
CHAPTER VI. POLITICS...
by Candace Wheeler
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
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Introductory. The Story of the Needle
I. Beginnings in the New World
II. The Crewelwork of Our Puritan Mothers
III. Samplers and a Word About Quilts
IV. Moravian Work, Portraiture, French Embroidery and Lacework
V....
by Arthur Hayden
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY NOTE
CHAPTER II SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY STYLES
CHAPTER III THE GATE-LEG TABLE
CHAPTER IV THE FARMHOUSE DRESSER
CHAPTER V THE BIBLE-BOX, THE CRADLE, THE SPINNING-WHEEL, AND...
How to Stuff Birds and Animals
A Valuable Book Giving Instruction in Collecting, Preparing, Mounting, and Preserving Birds, Animals, and Insects
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
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CHAPTER I. SKINNING, PREPARING, AND MOUNTING THE MAMMALIA, OR QUADRUPEDS.
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CHAPTER VII. RECEIPTS FOR VARIOUS ARTICLES USED IN THE PRESERVATION AND SETTING UP OF ANIMALS.
by Mary Roberts Conover
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
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Introduction
Specific Suggestions for Houses
Floors and Foundations
The Roof
Walls, Windows and Ventilation
The Door of the Poultry House
Nests and Roosts
The Run
Some Hints on Upkeep
by Bernhard Berenson
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2013
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PREFACE
THE VENETIAN PAINTERS OF THE RENAISSANCE
INDEX TO THE WORKS OF THE PRINCIPAL VENETIAN PAINTERS
INDEX OF PLACES
How to Know the Ferns
A Guide to the Names, Haunts and Habitats of Our Common Ferns
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
How to Know the Ferns
A Guide to the Names, Haunts and Habitats of Our Common Ferns
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Preface
Ferns as a Hobby
When and Where to Find Ferns
Explanation of Terms
Fertilization, Development, and Fructification...
by Wilhelm Raabe
Language: German
Release Date: January 11, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: January 11, 2014
"Wilhelm Karl Raabe (Pseudonym: Jakob Corvinus; * 8. September 1831 in Eschershausen; † 15. November 1910 in Braunschweig) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller (Erzähler). Er war ein Vertreter des poetischen Realismus, bekannt für seine gesellschaftskritischen Erzählungen, Novellen und Romane." --Wikipedia
The Ceramic Art
A Compendium of the History and Manufacture of Pottery and Porcelain
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
The Ceramic Art
A Compendium of the History and Manufacture of Pottery and Porcelain
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INTRODUCTION. Advantages of the Study.—The Lost Origin of the Art.—Ascribed to the Gods.—Legends...
by Marcus Bourne Huish
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
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ENGLISH NEEDLEWORK.— Its Practice in Past Times.—Its place amongst the Minor Arts.—Mr Ruskin’s Views as to Needlework in a Museum.—Lack of a History.—Exhibition of Samplers.—Range...
by Katherine Jewell Everts
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2013
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To the Pupil
Introduction
PART I
STUDIES IN VOCAL INTERPRETATION
Preliminary Study:—To Establish a Conscious Purpose.
Discussion:—The Relation of the Speaker to His Audience.
Material:—Direct Appeal in Prose and Verse, with...
Butterflies of the British Isles
With Accurately Coloured Figures of Every Species and Many Varieties also Drawings of Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis, and Food-plant
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Butterflies of the British Isles
With Accurately Coloured Figures of Every Species and Many Varieties also Drawings of Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis, and Food-plant
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PREFACE.
INTRODUCTORY.
THE BUTTERFLIES...
by George Brettingham Sowerby
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
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From Introduction
...After describing the nature of the science and defining its objects, we shall proceed to explain the structure of those objects, and the manner of their growth. We shall then enter...
by John James Audubon
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
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FAMILY I. VULTURINÆ. VULTURINE BIRDS,
Genus 1. Cathartes. Turkey-Vulture,
II. FALCONINÆ. FALCONINE BIRDS,
Polyborus. Caracara,
Buteo. Buzzard,
Aquila. Eagle,
Haliaetus. Sea-Eagle,
Pandion....