This preface, though placed at the beginning, as a preface must be, should be read at the end of the book. I have received a large amount of correspon …
Brightly written; there is not a dull or unnecessary line from beginning to end. The amount of information is surprising, and it is sure to be popular …
I confess that when first I made acquaintance with Charles Strickland I never for a moment discerned that there was in him anything out of the ordinar …
It has been related to me, O happy King, said Shahrazád, that there was a certain merchant who had great wealth, and traded extensively with surroundi …
To be successful in woodwork construction the possession of two secrets is essential—to know the right joint to use, and to know how to make that join …
During the last years of his life, Professor Morgan had devoted much time and energy to the preparation of a translation of Vitruvius, which he propos …
THE Germans interpret their new national colours—black, red, and white—by the saying, "Durch Nacht und Blut zur licht." ("Through night and blood to l …
The history of ropes and knots is so dim and ancient that really little is known of their origin. That earliest man used cordage of some kind and by h …
THE son of Cretheus, Æson, bequeathed the kingdom of Thessaly to his brother Pelias, to keep for Jason, his son, whom he had sent to be taught by Chir …