Looking through our recent uploads, this cover caught my eye: 
It’s from an anonymous “synopsis” of the papers given at a May 1886 meeting of the Society of Medical Jurisprudence and State Medicine (New York State) which was held at the Academy of Medicine (now a MHL partner!) This copy of the pamphlet was given out with the “compliments of Wm M. McLaury, M.D.,” listed as one of the trustees of the Society.
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).
This is how many of us feel about Monday…
From Manuel de la boxe française et anglaise : méhode Leboucher (1882).
It’s a rather gloomy Monday here in Boston, so we decided to go with a classic exploration of, well, gloom.
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!
Learn to draw flowers this spring with James Sowerby’s A botanical drawing-book; or, an easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature (1788).
For today, since it’s supposed to snow here in Boston, why not flip through Rabindranath Tagore’s 1917 Cycle of Spring?
A novel take on spring daffodils…
Narcissine : an alkaloid from the bulb of the common daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) (1910).
