While sorting through the old books at the Horticultural Center, I picked up a musty old tome which I thought was a history of gardening. It turned out to be a book about alchemy and the construction of various types of stills. Most chapters focus on use of plants by the Puritans of New England ...
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I have in my hands this small fabulous book from 1835 titled "The Young Reader", so well rubbed in all the right ways that it is an artifact of sculptural elegance. The content is as fascinating as it's current presentation. When I look through early readers such as this one, I don't have to wonder ...
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The full story is behind the cut. Here you go. I typed it as it was. (Hopefully) Note: emblematical, eyeing and under tone ? The Sagacious Goose Many persons seem to think that a goose is a bird that has neither wit nor wisdom. They laugh at the poor ...
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Two cats, having stolen some cheese, could not agree about dividing their prize. In order, therefore, to settle the dispute, they went to court, to try the case before Mr. Justice Monkey. His honor readily consented to hear the cause, and producing a balance, put a part of the cheese into each scale. "Let me ...
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