The mushroom is a highly prized article of food which can be as easily grown as many other vegetable products of the soil-and with as much pleasure and profit. Below…

In this classic work on orthopedics, William Falconer provides a detailed account of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of hip-joint disease. Drawing on his extensive experience as a surgeon, Falconer…

Bloom and Brier: Or As I Saw It, Long Ago (1870) is a novel by William Falconer. The story is set in the mid-19th century and follows the lives of…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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