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A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding - Containing full instructions in the different branches of forwarding, gilding, and finishing. Also, the art of marbling book-edges and paper.SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF BOOKBINDING. The earliest records of Bookbinding that exist prove that the art...

No Man's Land: A History of El Camino RealThere are two ways to write the history of an area. First, the actual-fact-data way, which gives dates, important events and the names of the leaders. But this does not fully explain the reasons for their...

The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea - Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian GulfIn the...

The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, February 1885President, Lewis Miller, Akron, Ohio. Chancellor, J. H. Vincent, D.D., New Haven, Conn. Counselors, The Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D.; the Rev. J. M. Gibson, D.D.; Bishop H. W. Warren, D.D.; Prof. W. C. Wilkinson, D.D.; Edward Everett Hale. Office...

Bramble Brae Title: Bramble Brae Author: Robert Bridges Release Date: July 5, 2017 [EBook #55052] Language: English Credits: Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The...

Rock Blasting - A Practical Treatise on the Means Employed in Blasting Rocks for Industrial PurposesDuring the past decade, numerous and great changes have taken place in the system followed and the methods adopted for blasting rocks in industrial operations. The introduction of the...

Kotiinpaluu ja muita novellejaAapo seisoi puutarhassa lapioonsa nojaten ja seurasi vihren lehvistn takaa, kuinka elm hersi isossa valkeassa talossa. Kepe savu nousi keittin piipusta, hn kuuli kahvikuppien ja tarjotinten kilin ja nki rullakaihtimien lehahtavan yls kuin taikavoimalla, niin nopeasti se kvi. Ikkunoita avattiin, ja...

The Poems of Madison Cawein, Volume 1 (of 5) - Lyrics and old world idyllsIn her ecstasy a lovely devil Page 303 Accolon of Gaul [307] [329] "But when the queen, La beale Isoude heard these tidings shee made such sorrow that shee was...

The Retreat from Mons - By one who shared in it When, some few months ago, you honoured me by your acceptance of this dedication I had in mind to make a single volume which should trace the course of the War during the...

The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 1 (of 7)Engraved by C. E. Wagstaff.DANTE ALIGHIERI.From a Print by Raffaelle Morghen, after a Picture by Tofanelli.Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East. While...

First PrinciplesThis volume is the first of a series described in a prospectus originally distributed in March, 1860. Of that prospectus, the annexed is a reprint. Mr. Herbert Spencer proposes to issue in periodical parts a connected series of works which he has for...

All about BatterseaLondon, after the lapse of centuries, has been compared to an old ship that has been repaired and rebuilt till not one of its original timbers can be found; so marvellous are the changes and transmutations which have come over the "town...

En sommarsaga från Finland1. En skillsmssa. 2. En frnvarande presenteras fr lsaren. 3. P frhoppningarnes kyrkogrd. 4. Litet politik. 5. Finska paralleler. 6. En helsning frn Finland. 7. Om fennomanskor och fennomaner. 8. demarkens lif. 9. Inkognito resande. 10. En "administrativ tjensteman". 11. fverraskningar....

Airiselän tukinajossa: Kuvaus Lapin rajoiltaJrvi oli jo vahvassa jss. Pounikot ja jnkt olivat kylmettyneet hevosen kantaviksi, niin ett kivelin asukaskin psi liikkumaan. Tn syksyn nytti pehmeillekin maille tulevan luja pohja, kun ennen lumen tuiskuamista piti nin kovia ja pitkllisi pakkasia. Oli jo ollut kaksi...

Tar-Heel Tales in Vernacular VerseThe author of this little volume, in presenting it for the amusement of the reader, and the criticism of his co-laborers on the press, feels it proper that he should state the circumstances of its production. While serving as a...

Algeria and TunisAlgiers is such a city of contrasts, of dark memories and present prosperity, of Christian slavery and Christian rule, brilliant sun and tropical rain, of wide modern streets and networks of narrow alleys, with the slow dignity of movement of the old...

The Nursery "Alice"(ADDRESSED TO ANY MOTHER.) I have reason to believe that Alices Adventures in Wonderland has been read by some hundreds of English Children, aged from Five to Fifteen: also by Children, aged from Fifteen to Twenty-five: yet again by Children, aged from...

The Man Who Found Himself (Uncle Simon)King Charles Street lies in Westminster; you turn a corner and find yourself in Charles Street as one might turn a corner and find oneself in History. The cheap, the nasty, and the new vanish, and fine old...

De Sobremesa; crónicas, Segunda Parte (de 5)El seor ministro de la Gobernacin ha propuesto el mejor remedio para evitar conflictos en la Plaza de Toros; que el pblico se abstenga de asistir las corridas si tanto le disgustan. El remedio es excelente, pero ya...

Arsène Lupin taistelussa Sherlock Holmesta vastaan * * * * * Tutkintatuomari ihmetteli miten yksinkertaisia keinoja oli kytetty. Sill aikaa, kun Suzanne oli poissa ja palvelijatar ostoksilla, tuli tavallisella virkamerkill varustettu kaupunginpalvelija naapurit nkivt hnet pysytti krryns puutarhan eteen ja soitti kaksi kertaa. Naapurit,...