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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…

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…

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.

On the Rocks

In The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair

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Laura Lee Hope


The Bobbsey Twins go on more exciting adventures, including Freddie and Flossie floating away in a run-away hot air balloon!This is the 15th…

Spring's Bedfellow - Read by EC

In Spring's Bedfellow

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William Morris


LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Spring's Bedfellow by William Morris.This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 2, 2023. …

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…

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…

About California's Indians

In Stories of California

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Ella M. Sexton


This is a collection of short sketches about the state of California. They cover everything from historical vignettes to stories of the flo…

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…

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 …

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…

Our Indian Conditions Favorable to Sign Language

In Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peopl…

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Garrick Mallery


A comparative study of sign language among Native American peoples as it relates to other peoples of the 19 century world. - Summary by afut…

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…

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…

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…