The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1877 |
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Page 4 - A. GOODRICH, DD, Professor in Yale College. To which are added, ' ' Walker's Key " to the Pronunciation of Classical and Scriptural Proper Names ; a Vocabulary of Modern Geographical Names ; Phrases and Quotations from the Ancient and Modern Languages ; Abbreviations used in Writing, Printing, &c.
Page 273 - BEETON'S BOOK OF HOME PETS: Showing How to Rear and Manage in Sickness and in Health— Birds, Poultry, Pigeons, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Dogs, Cats, Squirrels, Tortoises, Fancy Mice, Bees, Silkworms, Ponies, Donkeys, Goats, Inhabitants of the Aquarium, &c.
Page 1 - Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come. By JOHN BUNYAN. With a Memoir of the Author by HW DULCKEN, Ph.D., and 100 Page and other Illustrations by THOMAS DALZIEL, engraved by the Brothers DALZIEL.
Page 11 - A Boy's Life Aboard Ship, as it is Told by Himself. Full of Adventure and Daring Deeds.
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Page 273 - BEETON'S BOOK OF GARDEN MANAGEMENT. Embracing all kinds of Information connected with Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen Garden Cultivation, Orchid Houses, Bees, &c. &c. Illustrated with Coloured Plates of surpassing beauty, drawn from nature, and numerous Cuts. Half-bound, price 7*.
Page 276 - BEETON'S BOOK of POULTRY & DOMESTIC ANIMALS ; showing How to Rear and Manage in Sickness and in Health— Pigeons, Poultry, Ducks, Turkeys, Geese, Rabbits, Dogs, Cats, Squirrels, Fancy Mice, Tortoises, Bees, Silkworms, Ponies, Donkeys, Inhabitants of the Aquarium, &c. • • This Volume contains upwards of One Hundred Engravings and Five Coloured Plates from Water-Colour Drawings by HARRISON WEIR.
Page 11 - World, in Earth, Sea, and Sky. As related to his Young Friends by UNCLE JOHN. 2. Fifty Celebrated Men : Their Lives and Trials, and the Deeds that made them Famous. Illustrated with numerous Wood Engravings.
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Page 23 - Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.