It’s actually quite a lovely day here in Boston: sunny and bright but this poem should bring on some Halloween cheer anyway!
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It’s actually quite a lovely day here in Boston: sunny and bright but this poem should bring on some Halloween cheer anyway!
Forgot to stock in candy for Halloween? Or got snacking a little early and need to fill in the gaps? We have candy recipes for you! You just need some sugar, water, perhaps a few cooking implements, some flavors — and if you really get on a roll, maybe a little scaffolding!
Learn the basics from The confectioner (1880).
Wondering how to make your Halloween party really memorable this year? Try making Pepper’s ghost! You can find detailed instructions in John H. Pepper’s The true history of the ghost (1890):
Among other things, September is National Potato Month and we are prepared.
Need recipe ideas? There are hundreds (really!) in Potato cookery (1907):
If you’re in the US, you may be like us and just coming into the last day of the long Labor Day weekend. Lots of folks choose this weekend for a “last” beach trip, anticipating the arrival of colder weather and academic schedules. Maybe you’ve been to your local beach this weekend or are planning to spend today there: if so, we’ve got some titles for you to take along!
Philip Gosse’s 1845 publication The ocean, printed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (London, England), was designed to tell the student everything they could want to know about an ocean, any ocean. Gosse starts with “The Shores of Britain” and works his way through the the seas of the world, wrapping up with “The Indian Ocean.” Along the way, Gosse illustrates his text with a variety of images, alerting readers to things they might see on their visit:
Remedies for the wrongs of women, Associate Institution for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women (1844).
Did you know that the Wellcome Library is making available a treasure trove of public health information in the Medical Officer of Health reports? There are thousands of reports from the nineteenth through the twentieth centuries covering a wide geographic area across the United Kingdom.
Are you thinking about going out for the Boston Marathon next year? Perhaps when there’s better weather? Then let us suggest a few titles for you.
And, of course, all the rest of our titles related to exercise!
…we offer you The Life Story of a Fowl (1908).