Search Results

Bonnie Butterscotch Cake, Triple-Tier Party Cake

In 10 Cakes Husbands Like Best: From Spry's Recipe Round-up

Read by marisad6


Lever Brothers


Cakes and more cakes! All of these ten recipes promote the use of Homogenized Spry Shortening. From Chocolate Rapture Cake to Hawaiian Lei…

Of Dyeing as an Art

In Arts and Crafts Essays (Version 2)

Read by marisad6


Arts And Crafts Exhibition Society


The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society was active from the late 1880s until the outbreak of WWI. It was influential in the development of th…

Man's Loyal Companion

In The Grizzly, Our Greatest Wild Animal

Read by marisad6


Enos A. Mills


During the past thirty years I have had numerous experiences with the grizzly bear in various sections of his territory. The material in th…

Using Nuts in Main Dishes

In Nuts in Family Meals: A Guide for Consumers

Read by marisad6


United States Department Of Agriculture


This is Home and Garden Bulletin Number 176 Prepared by the Science and Education Administration of the United States Agricultural Research …

All In

In Bucking the Tiger

Read by marisad6


Achmed Abdullah


A group of down-and-outers decide on the ultimate gamble: they will bankroll one of themselves, chosen by lot, to live well for a year. Then…

How Eames Spent the Evening

In The Three Taps: A Detective Story Without a Moral

Read by marisad6


Ronald Knox


If it was murder, how did the murderer get through a door and leave it locked on the inside? If suicide, how did the dead man turn off the g…

Puddings

In Faster Ways to Favorite Dishes With the New Minute Tapioca

Read by marisad6


Minute Tapioca Co.


The Instant Tapioca Company started in 1894 in Orange, Massachusetts, quickly became a staple of American desserts. Eventually the company …

How Astrology Decides Your Destiny

In Everybody's Book of Luck

Read by marisad6


William James Mcglothlin


The book of luck or, a guide to your success, fortune, future, palmistry, astrology, etc . is an engrossing compendium of legends, myths and…

The Blue-Headed Wagtail

In A Chapter on Birds

Read by marisad6


Richard Bowdler Sharpe


A short book about birds that are rare in England, but may visit from time to time.

Birds of a Morning

In Florida Trails

Read by marisad6


Winthrop Packard


American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given us such accounts as Wild Pastures, Wood Wanderings, and White Mountain Trails now he takes …

Part 1

In The True History of The Ghost; And All About Metempsychosis

Read by marisad6


John Henry Pepper


This work portrays the true history of the illusionary tactic known as "Pepper's Ghost." This is a method of projecting an actor …

Chapters 12 to 21

In Death

Read by marisad6


Maurice Maeterlinck


"The more we dread it, the more dreadful it becomes..." Death by Maurice Maeterlinck explores the cultural and societal fear of de…

Vegetables and Salads

In A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House

Read by marisad6


Jessie Conrad


This book of British recipes and cooking advice was compiled by Jessie Conrad, wife of celebrated author Joseph Conrad (Lord Jim, Heart of D…

Recollections of the Alhambra

In Chronicles of Wolfert's Roost and Other Papers

Read by marisad6


Washington Irving


This collection from renowned author Washington Irving (famed for his haunting tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the fantastical le…

From the Minutes to The Dutiful Son

In Fantastic Fables

Read by marisad6


Ambrose Bierce


A collection of 245 short funny fables - Summary by Inkell