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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…

CHAPTER X: SEARCHING FOR THE MAGIC BLOOM

In Six Years at the Russian Court

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Magaretta Eagar


From 1898 to 1904, Irish born Margaretta Eagar was the nanny to Olga (Ольга), Tatiana (Татьяна), Maria (Мария) and Anastasia (Анастасия) Nik…

Hurricanes on the Coast of Texas; by A. W. Greely

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 11

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol XI, January to December 1900.

Meat

In 101 Mexican Dishes

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May E. Southworth


Here are compiled 101 recipes for Mexican dishes including soup, fish, meat, fowl, vegetables, meat dumplings, desserts, enchiladas, tamales…

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…

Priests are men like others; the Pope and the Bishops are men: how can men be i…

In Short Answers to Common Objections Against Religion

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Louis Gaston de Segur and Louis Gaston De Segur


A neat little book of answers to a number of objections and arguments frequently urged by the opponents of the Catholic Church. It first tre…

The War of 1812 and the Removal of Jewish Disabilities in Maryland

In History of the Jews in America

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Peter Wiernik


Peter Wiernik was an influential Yiddish journalist in Chicago after immigrating from Vilna when he was twenty. He also wrote in Hebrew and…

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…

Appendix II: Bournville Works Suggestion Scheme

In The Food of the Gods: A Popular Account of Cocoa

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Brandon Head


Chocolate! Is it really the "food of the gods?" What we do know, is that the products of the cocoa trees, in one form or another…

The First Problems

In Adventures in Idealism

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Eugene Benjamin, Boris Bogen, Saul Drucker, Jacob Lipman, Solomon Lowenstein, Bernard Palitz, Joseph W. Pincus, Katharine Sabsovich and George W. Simon


Professor H. L. Sabsovich is recognized as one of the foremost figures in the field of Jewish social service. A great part of his active lif…

Mr. Bobbsey is Worried

In The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp

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Laura Lee Hope


In this 14th book in the Bobbsey Twins Series, the twins go on more adventures, including getting lost in a blizzard! (Summary by Maria Ther…

The High Court

In The Cosmic Courtship

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Julian Hawthorne


Mary Faust, a brilliant scientist, has developed a machine that can allow the conscious human soul to explore the cosmos! Her promising youn…

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

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…

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…