The Booklist, Volume 10

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Page 81 - Brief sketches of seventy women, 'who in all ages, all lands and in all womanly occupations have won fame and put their imprint on the world's history.
Page 386 - Definite directions for the planning, arranging and equipping of the modern labor-saving kitchen.
Page 217 - Hall (HR). THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE NEAR EAST FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS Illustrated.
Page 70 - A guide to collecting and preparing specimens, with descriptions of the life, habits and haunts of birds, insects, plants, etc.
Page 228 - So in these papers, it may be hoped, western readers will have an opportunity of coming into touch with the ancient spirit of India as revealed in our sacred texts and manifested in the life of to-day.
Page 197 - Story of a Spanish household, told in a most interesting way, with bits of history and art and customs of people skilfully woven in. 916 Bicknell, LM How a little girl went to Africa. Lothrop $i Experiences of the little daughter of an American missionary among Zulus, related by herself in simple, interesting style.
Page 139 - Houghton. $3 Description of the picturesque and interesting country and people of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains. ALA 13—21461/3 1606. Muir, John. My first summer in the Sierras. Houghton. $2.50 Revision of a diary kept in 1869. 11—14183/3 1607. - • Our national parks. Houghton. $1.75 Written by a genuine lover of nature who knows more about the forests and streams, the mountains and glaciers, the flowers...
Page 309 - ME This practical volume has been written with special reference to the requirements of the non-technical reader desiring easily understood, explanatory matter, relating to all types of automobile ignition, starting and lighting systems. It can be understood by anyone, even without electrical knowledge, because elementary electrical principles are considered before any attempt is made to discuss features of the various systems. These basic principles are clearly...
Page 10 - The Records of the Federal Convention" (3 vols. Yale University Press, 1911). Yet Professor Farrand characterizes his book thus: "Xor is this book intended to be a complete history. It is a brief presentation of the author's personal interpretation of what took place in the federal convention. It is merely a sketch in outline, the details of which each student must fill out according to his own needs

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