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The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing

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Joseph Trienens and Joseph Triemens


Written in 1910, this "cyclopedia" is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is mo…

1001 Questions and Answers on English Grammar

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Benjamin Hathaway


A book for students interested in finding out how many things about the English language have changed, and how many have weathered the test …

Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language

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Samuel Johnson


The published dictionary was a huge book: with pages nearly 1½ feet tall and 20 inches wide, it contained 42,773 words; it also sold …

Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Europe

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Frank G. Carpenter


The book tries to give its young readers a living knowledge of Europe. The author conducts tours through various parts of Europe giving a gl…

Dwarf Fruit Trees

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Frank Albert Waugh


This book is a handbook for the home orchardist. The propagation, pruning, choice of variety, and management of dwarf fruit trees, specifica…

Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Australia and the Islands

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Frank G. Carpenter


The purpose of this book is to give the children who read it a living knowledge of Australia and the chief islands of the world, and especia…

Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe

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Charlotte Mary Yonge


Travel with Little Lucy around the globe and learn a little geography and small bits about other cultures.(Summary by Laura Caldwell)

Ontario Public School Geography

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Unknown


This Ontario Public School textbook, published in 1922, contains some fascinating facts of a world which no longer exists. It seems politica…

A Guide to Mythology

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Helen Clarke


My aim in this book on Mythology for young readers has been to give them solid knowledge on the subject, as far as it is advisable to go wit…

A Soup of Alphabets from A-Z

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Various


A collection of children's alphabet rhymes including Footsteps On the Road to Learning - a short text from 1850 which teaches children the …

Carpenter's Geographical Reader: South America

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Frank G. Carpenter


In this book the children are taken by the author upon a personally conducted tour through the most characteristic parts of the South Americ…

Instructions to Light Keepers

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United States Lighthouse Board


"Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, D.C. July 1, 1881. The following Instructions are published for the guidance of light-kee…

Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America

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Frank G. Carpenter


The purpose of this book is to give to its readers a living knowledge of some of the wonders of the country and continent in which they live…

The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 1

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Pliny the Elder and John S. White


The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of …

A Little Candy Book for a Little Girl

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Amy Lane Waterman


Join Betsey Bobbitt, a girl with an undeniable sweet tooth, as she discovers new recipes for candy and sweets to make with the reader. An en…

A Plain English Handbook: How to create clear SEC disclosure documents

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The Securities And Exchange Commission


The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Act) is intended to make it easy for the public to understand government documents. The SEC, like other feder…

Concerning Genealogies

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Frank Allaben


Written over a century ago, this comprehensive book offers insight into the methods used (still to this day, in spite of modern computers) t…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1790 - 1816)

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Thomas Jefferson


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Soup of Alphabets, Volume 003

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Various


This third "stove-top" full of Alphabet Soups --again-- runs the fullest gamut! It ranges from country scenes (Alphabets of Fruits…

Oration by Frederick Douglass Delivered on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the…

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Frederick Douglass


This is the speech given by Fredrick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington DC, April 14, 1876 alo…

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