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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889, by Barkham Burroughs This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Author: Barkham Burroughs Release Date: November 19, 2004 [EBook #14091] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BURROUGHS' ENCYCLOPAEDIA *** Produced by Alicia Williams and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. 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
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