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The Open Polar Sea

I. I. Hayes

The reader will observe that I have not attempted, in any sense, to write a work of Science. True, the purpose of the voyage was purely a scientific one,—its chief object and aim being to explore the ..

The Story of Milk

Johan Ditlev Frederiksen

The conception of this “Story of Milk” dates many years back. In his life-long study of problems connected with dairy farming and milk industries in two of the world’s greatest dairy countries, Denmar..

Choice Recipes and Menus Using Canned Foods

Anonymous

The Home Economics Section of the American Can Company has prepared this new recipe book to help you use canned foods in a greater variety of ways. The convenient index, “What’s in Your Pantry,” is a ..

Death in Venice

Thomas Mann

Considerations of ill-health had kept him from attending school as a boy, and had compelled him to receive instruction at home. He had grown up alone, without comrades—and he was forced to realize soo..

Doily Bouquet

American Thread Company

Here is the very newest, the very smartest scheme for delightful table settings. A set of doilies with identical centers in different gay flower borders that will add a decorator’s touch to your lunch..

Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America

John Cassin

The natural history of North America has been regarded with especial interest wherever the sciences have been cultivated since the discovery of the continent. Our advantages for study have been m..

Nat, The Trapper and Indian-Fighter

Paul J. Prescott

He turned his horse toward a small clump of trees about half a mile distant, and rode rapidly forward. As he neared the grove, his former appearance of carelessness gave place to one of intense watchf..

The Seven Ages of Woman

Compton MacKenzie

On a June morning in the year 1859 Sir Richard Flower of Barton Flowers in the county of Southampton decided that the weather was propitious for his annual progress on horseback round the confines of ..