BURROUGHS' ENCYCLOPAEDIA ***
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BARKHAM
BURROUGHS' ENCYCLOPAEDIA
OF
ASTOUNDING FACTS
AND
USEFUL INFORMATION
1889
For Melba Conner
Universal Assistant and Treasure-House of Information to be Consulted on Every Question That Arises in Everyday Life by Young and Old Alike!
Including: 521 Recipes * 236 Remedies * 150 Themes for Debate * How to Be Handsome * Mother Shipton's Prophesy * The Cure for Baldness * How to Distinguish Death * PLUS 20,000 Things Worth Knowing, and Much Much More.
[Illustration: THE HIGHEST BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD.
1. An imaginary tower, 1000 feet high. 2. Cathedral at Cologne, 501 feet. 3. Pyramid of Cheops, 480 feet. 4. Strasbourg Cathedral, 468 feet. 5. St. Peter's, Rome, 457 feet. 6. Pyramid of Cephren, 454 feet. 7. St. Paul's, London, 365 feet. 8. Capitol at Washington, 287 feet. 9. Trinity Church, N.Y., 286 feet. 10. Bunker Hill Monument, 221 feet. 11. St. Marks, Philadelphia, 150 feet.]
CONTENTS
HOW POOR BOYS BECOME SUCCESSFUL MEN, 6
THE ART OF PENMANSHIP, 7
ORNAMENTAL PENMANSHIP, 18
HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS LETTER, 19
ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS IN BUSINESS, 28
DETECTING COUNTERFEIT MONEY, 32
HOW TO ADVERTISE, 37
HOW TO BE HANDSOME, 39
MULTUM IN PARVO. (110 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS), 41
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES, 71
HOW TO DESTROY HOUSEHOLD PESTS, 73
ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES (236 ITEMS), 75
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN, 83
LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, 93
MASTERPIECES OF ELOQUENCE, 94
SUNDRY BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST, 95
PHYSICIAN'S DIGESTION TABLE, 95
THEMES FOR DEBATE (150), 95
COOKERY RECIPES (521), 98
HOW TO COOK FISH, 106
HOW TO CHOOSE AND COOK GAME, 108
HOW TO MAKE ICE CREAMS, WATER ICES AND JELLIES, 109
HOW TO SELECT AND COOK MEATS, 111
HOW TO MAKE PIES, 113
HOW TO MAKE PRESERVES, 114
HOW TO BOIL, BAKE AND STEAM PUDDINGS, 116
HOW TO PUT UP PICKLES AND MAKE CATSUPS, 119
HOW TO ROAST, BROIL OR BOIL POULTRY, 121
SAUCES FOR MEATS AND FISH, 121
HOW TO MAKE SOUPS AND BROTH, 123
HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES, 125
HOW TO CALCULATE, 128
20,000 THINGS WORTH KNOWING (20,000 ITEMS), 130
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[Illustration: How Poor Boys Become Successful Men]
