The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 48 pages of information about The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897.

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 48 pages of information about The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897.

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1. =Foods and Beverages=, by E.A.  BEAL, M.D.  Contains reading lessons on the various kinds of Foods and their hygienic values; on Grains, Fruits, and useful Plants, with elementary botanical instruction relating thereto; and on other common subjects of interest and importance to all, old and young. 281 pages.  Cloth, 60 cents.
2. =Every-Day Occupations=, by H. WARREN CLIFFORD, S.D.  Quantities of useful facts entertainingly told, relating to work and workers.  How Leather is Tanned; How Silk is Made; The Mysteries of Glass-Making, of Cotton Manufacture, of Cloth-Making, of Ship and House Building; The Secrets of the Dyer’s Art and the Potter’s Skill—­all and more are described and explained in detail with wonderful clearness. 330 pages.  Cloth, 60 cents.
3. =Man and Materials=, by WM. G. PARKER, M.E.  Shows how man has raised himself from savagery to civilization by utilizing the raw material of the earth.  Brings for the first time the wonderful natural resources of the United States to the notice of American children.  The progress of the Metal-Working arts simply described and very attractively illustrated. 323 pages.  Cloth, 60 cents.
4. =Modern Industries and Commerce=, by ROBERT LOUIS, PH.D.  Treats of commerce and the different means of conveyance used in different eras.  Highways, Canals.  Tunnels, Railroads, and the Steam Engine are discussed in an entertaining way.  Other subjects are Paper Manufacture, Newspapers, Electric Light, Atlantic Cable, the Telephone, and the principal newer commercial applications of Electricity, etc. 329 pages.  Cloth, 60 cents.

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WOOD’S

Natural History Readers.

By the REV.  J.G.  WOOD, M.A.,

Author of “Homes without Hands,” etc.

=First Reader.= Short and simple stories about Common Domestic Animals 25 cts.

=Second Reader.= Short and simple stories about Animals of the Fields, Birds, etc. 36 cts.

=Third Reader.= Descriptive of Familiar Animals and some of their wild relations 50 cts.

=Fourth Reader.= The Monkey Tribe, the Bat Tribe, the Mole, Ox, Horse, Elephant, etc 65 cts.

=Fifth Reader.= Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, etc. 65 cts.

=Sixth Reader.= Mollusks, Crustacea, Spiders, Insects, Corals, Jelly Fish, Sponges, etc. 65 cts.

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    =WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON=
    =3 & 5 West 18th Street, — — — — NEW YORK=

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THE GREAT ROUND WORLD

NATURAL HISTORY

STORIES.

A Series of True Stories

BY

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