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Tea and the Effects of Tea Drinking

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William Scott Tebb


William Scott Tebb gives a history of tea through 1903. He describes the origin, tea plant, harvesting, distribution, popularity and the mak…

Memoirs of a London Doll

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Richard Henry Horne


This is a fictional work written in the early 20th century. The story is narrated by Maria Poppet, a doll with a unique consciousness, offer…

INTRODUCTION

In Seen and Unseen

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Emily Katharine Bates and E. Katharine Bates


Novelist. Psychic investigator. Globe trotter. The multi-plane traveler, E. Katharine Bates, shares her phenomenal adventures on the cusp of…

TINY FEET OF CHINESE LADIES

In Wonder Stories of Travel

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E. E. Brown, Ernest Ingersoll, David Ker and Eliot McCormick


A curiously interesting collection of folkloric tales and firsthand accounts written by global travelers for 19th century periodicals; compi…

Questions and Answers

In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 18, March, 1921

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W. H. Fawcett


"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packe…

BISCUITS

In 133 Quicker Ways to Homemade with Bisquick

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Betty Crocker


This Cookbook features 133 recipes that uses Bisquick, invented by the General Mills. General Mills was started in 1866 from a single flour …

Testament

In Enough Rope

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Dorothy Parker


A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here…

Note

In Happiness: Essays on the Meaning of Life

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Carl Hilty


A series of essays based on Christian doctrines on how to attain true happiness. - Summary by Lynne T

The Vegetable Garden

In Making Home Profitable

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Kate Saint Maur


A new life in the country was another chance for Kate Saint Maur and her husband after a business failure left them in dire straits in the c…

Efficiency Records in Libraries

In Library Essays; Papers Related to the Work of Public Libraries

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Arthur Elmore Bostwick


This 1920 collection of essays gathers together 25 years of papers, articles, and presentations given by Arthur E. Bostwick. The ideas in ma…

MAXINE ELLIOTT AND PAULINE FREDERICK

In Behind the Screen

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Samuel Goldwyn


Learn about the early days of Hollywood from the eyes of Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production company. - Summary by…