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Tea and the Effects of Tea Drinking

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William Scott Tebb


William Scott Tebb gives a history of tea through 1903. He describes the origin, tea plant, harvesting, distribution, popularity and the mak…

Efficiency Records in Libraries

In Library Essays; Papers Related to the Work of Public Libraries

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Arthur Elmore Bostwick


This 1920 collection of essays gathers together 25 years of papers, articles, and presentations given by Arthur E. Bostwick. The ideas in ma…

TINY FEET OF CHINESE LADIES

In Wonder Stories of Travel

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E. E. Brown, Ernest Ingersoll, David Ker and Eliot McCormick


A curiously interesting collection of folkloric tales and firsthand accounts written by global travelers for 19th century periodicals; compi…

The First Problems

In Adventures in Idealism

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Eugene Benjamin, Boris Bogen, Saul Drucker, Jacob Lipman, Solomon Lowenstein, Bernard Palitz, Joseph W. Pincus, Katharine Sabsovich and George W. Simon


Professor H. L. Sabsovich is recognized as one of the foremost figures in the field of Jewish social service. A great part of his active lif…

The Vegetable Garden

In Making Home Profitable

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Kate Saint Maur


A new life in the country was another chance for Kate Saint Maur and her husband after a business failure left them in dire straits in the c…

Hurricanes on the Coast of Texas; by A. W. Greely

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 11

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol XI, January to December 1900.

Mr. Bobbsey is Worried

In The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp

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Laura Lee Hope


In this 14th book in the Bobbsey Twins Series, the twins go on more adventures, including getting lost in a blizzard! (Summary by Maria Ther…

The High Court

In The Cosmic Courtship

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Julian Hawthorne


Mary Faust, a brilliant scientist, has developed a machine that can allow the conscious human soul to explore the cosmos! Her promising youn…

Our Indian Conditions Favorable to Sign Language

In Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peopl…

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Garrick Mallery


A comparative study of sign language among Native American peoples as it relates to other peoples of the 19 century world. - Summary by afut…

Note

In Happiness: Essays on the Meaning of Life

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Carl Hilty


A series of essays based on Christian doctrines on how to attain true happiness. - Summary by Lynne T

Meat

In 101 Mexican Dishes

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May E. Southworth


Here are compiled 101 recipes for Mexican dishes including soup, fish, meat, fowl, vegetables, meat dumplings, desserts, enchiladas, tamales…

Testament

In Enough Rope

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Dorothy Parker


A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here…

Spring's Bedfellow - Read by EC

In Spring's Bedfellow

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William Morris


LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Spring's Bedfellow by William Morris.This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 2, 2023. …

The War of 1812 and the Removal of Jewish Disabilities in Maryland

In History of the Jews in America

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Peter Wiernik


Peter Wiernik was an influential Yiddish journalist in Chicago after immigrating from Vilna when he was twenty. He also wrote in Hebrew and…

Questions and Answers

In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 18, March, 1921

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W. H. Fawcett


"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packe…

MAXINE ELLIOTT AND PAULINE FREDERICK

In Behind the Screen

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Samuel Goldwyn


Learn about the early days of Hollywood from the eyes of Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production company. - Summary by…

INTRODUCTION

In Seen and Unseen

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Emily Katharine Bates and E. Katharine Bates


Novelist. Psychic investigator. Globe trotter. The multi-plane traveler, E. Katharine Bates, shares her phenomenal adventures on the cusp of…