The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee has a long heralded tradition of assisting farmers and growers through it’s Agricultural Extension Service. The following bulletin entitled Grape Growing in Tennessee discusses the Muscadine variety of grapes among others. Muscadine grapes are often found growing wild in Tennessee. On my grandfather’s West Tennessee […] 
Model of San Felipe Reprinted from FineModelShips.com with the kind permission of Dr. Michael Czytko The SAN FELIPE is one of the most favoured ships among the ship model builders. The model is elegant, very beautifully designed, and makes a decorative piece of art to be displayed at home or in […] 
H. M. Scarth, Rector of Wrington By the death of Mr. Scarth on the 5th of April, at Tangier, where he had gone for his health’s sake, the familiar form of an old and much valued Member of the Institute has passed away. Harry Mengden Scarth was bron at Staindrop in Durham, […] 
A Lecture Delivered at the Guildhall, March 2, 1853 by Rev. H.M. Scarth, M.A., Rector of Bathwick. To understand the ancient history of the country in which we live, to know something of the arts and manners of the people who have preceded us, to ascertain what we owe to […] 
The arsenicals (compounds which contain the heavy metal element arsenic, As) have a long history of use in man – with both benevolent and malevolent intent. The name ‘arsenic’ is derived from the Greek word ‘arsenikon’ which means ‘potent’”. As early as 2000 BC, arsenic trioxide, obtained from smelting copper, was used […] 
Over the years I have observed a decline in manners amongst young men as a general principle and though there is not one particular thing that may be asserted as the causal reason for this, one might speculate… Self-awareness and being aware of one’s surroundings in social interactions […] 
PAINTER-WORK, in the building trade. When work is painted one or both of two distinct ends is achieved, namely the preservation and the coloration of the material painted. The compounds used for painting—taking the word as meaning a thin protective or decorative coat—are very numerous, including oil-paint of many kinds, distemper, whitewash, […] 
IT requires a far search to gather up examples of furniture really representative in this kind, and thus to gain a point of view for a prospect into the more ideal where furniture no longer is bought to look expensively useless in a boudoir, but serves everyday and commonplace need, such as […] 
DECORATED or “sumptuous” furniture is not merely furniture that is expensive to buy, but that which has been elaborated with much thought, knowledge, and skill. Such furniture cannot be cheap, certainly, but the real cost of it is sometimes borne by the artist who produces rather than by the man who may […] 
THE sense of a consecutive tradition has so completely faded out of English art that it has become difficult to realise the meaning of tradition, or the possibility of its ever again reviving; and this state of things is not improved by the fact that it is due to uncertainty of purpose, […] 
THE transient tenure that most of us have in our dwellings, and the absorbing nature of the struggle that most of us have to make to win the necessary provisions of life, prevent our encouraging the manufacture of well-wrought furniture. We mean to outgrow our houses—our lease expires after […] 
UNITED STATES PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION ACT TITLE I – PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION OFFICE Chapter Section 1. Organization and Publications . 1 2. Legal Provisions as to the Plant Variety Protection Office . 21 3. Plant Variety Protection Fees . 31 CHAPTER 1.-ORGANIZATION AND PUBLICATIONS Section 1. Establishment.2 There is […] 
The Kalmar War From The Historian’s History of the World (In 25 Volumes) by Henry Smith William L.L.D. – Vol. XVI.(Scandinavia) Pg. 308-310 The northern part of the Scandinavian peninsula, as already noticed, had been peopled from the remotest times by nomadic tribes called Finns or Cwenas by the Norwegians and Lapps […] 
From Wikipedia: Stoke Park – the original house Stoke park was the first English country house to display a Palladian plan: a central house with balancing pavilions linked by colonnades or screen walls. Palladio was the 16th-century Italian architect on whose work the design was based. The Paladian style became […] 
BOOKS CONDEMNED TO BE BURNT. By JAMES ANSON FARRER,
LONDON ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW 1892 ———- WHEN did books first come to be burnt in England by the common hangman, and what was […] 
STORE MANAGEMENT—THE SHIRK. THE shirk is a well-known specimen of the genus homo. His habitat is offices, stores, business establishments of all kinds. His habits are familiar to us, but a few words on the subject will not be amiss. The shirk usually displays activity when the boss is around, […] 
ORIGIN OF THE APOTHECARY. The origin of the apothecary in England dates much further back than one would suppose from what your correspondent, “A Barrister-at-Law,” says about it. It is true he speaks only of apothecaries as a distinct branch of the medical profession, but long before Henry VIII’s time […] 
NAPOLEON’S PHARMACISTS. Of the making of books about Napoleon there is no end, and the centenary of his death (May 5) is not likely to pass without adding to the number, but a volume on Napoleon”s pharmacists still awaits treatment by the student in this field of historical research. There […] 
It is a pity that the traditions and literature in praise of fly fishing have unconsciously hampered instead of expanded this graceful, effective sport. Many a sportsman has been anxious to share its joys, but appalled by the rapture of expression in describing its countless thrills and niceties he has been literally […] 
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The Hatha Yoga Pradipika
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Fell and Moor Terrier Club circa later 1990s
Salmon Caviar
Cup of Tea? To be or not to be
The Sinking of the Laconia
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Simon Mann – The Mercenary
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The Beaufort Hunt – 1914
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Here’s Many a Year to You
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Arsenic and Old Lace
Professional Cleaning an Antique Rug
Scotland: Rome’s Final Frontier
Proper Wines to Serve with Food
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Storing Drinking Water in Copper Vessels for Microbial Purification
Electroplating 101
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U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act – Full Text
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Museum of Science and Industry Model Train – Chicago
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The First Pineapple Grown in England
Proper Book Handling and Cleaning
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The Public Attitude Towards Speculation
Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Memoranda on Painting – December 1755
Mortlake Tapestries of Chatsworth
Muscadine Jelly
Mocking Bird Food
The Printing of the King James Bible 1611
A History of Fowling – Ravens and Jays
Pickled Eels
Italian Tart Recipe
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The Legacy of Felix de Weldon
The Famous Kilkenny Hunt – 1930
Bess of Hardwick: Four Times a Lady
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Mr. Bert Gripton, a Great Terrierman
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Antibiotic Properties of Jungle Soil
Scottish Myths and Legends
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Books Condemned to be Burnt
Making Chocolate From Tree to Treat
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Thomas Jefferson’s Garden Book
New Orleans Street Bands
Classic Restoration of a Spring Tied Upholstered Chair
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A Video of Upmost Importance for the Sharp Young Man Seeking Success in Life
Antibiotic Properties of Jungle Soil
Proper Wines to Serve with Food
Fox Hunting Season Opens 1935 – Heythrop Country at Lower Swell, near Stow-in-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
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King James I, Witch-Hunter
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Gallileo’s 1611 Sunspot Drawings Sequenced
The Human Seasons
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Protecting Rare Books: How to Build a Silverfish Trap
The Charge of the Light Brigade
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The Last Surfer in California
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
Artist Methods
Historical Uses of Arsenic
Books of Use to the International Art Collector
The Restoration of Rosa Bonheurs Horse Fair
Old Time Recipes for Homemade Wines, Cordials, and Liqueurs
Bleak City
Dame Edith Sitwell
Preserving Iron and Steel Surfaces with Paint
Salmon Caviar
A Jar of Baseball Dreams
The Relation of Chemistry to the progress of Wine Making, Brewing, and Distilling
Copper Kills Covid-19 and the Sun is Your Friend
A Cure for Distemper in Dogs
Storing Drinking Water in Copper Vessels for Microbial Purification
Travels by Narrowboat
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Stock Exchange Specialist
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The New Testament – Limited Edition of 1611 KJV of the Holy Bible
Period Furniture Identification
Banana Propagation
Glimpses from the Chase
Cup of Tea? To be or not to be
Great Indian Pine Hornbill
Indian Summer
Clairvoyance – Methods of Development
The Character of a Happy Life
Pickled Eels
Museum of Science and Industry Model Train – Chicago
Italian Tart Recipe
Cocillana Syrup Compound
Scotland: Rome’s Final Frontier
Patek Phillipe Service and Maintenance
Rabbits and Badgers – Blue Terrier Trials 1923
The Birdman of St. James Park
American Farming Circa 1954
Seeds for Rootstocks of Fruit and Nut Trees
The Fowling Piece – Part I
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika
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Unarmed Combat – Imperial War Museum Archives
Spem In Alium performed by The Tallis Scholars
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How to Make Money – Banking & Insurance – Part I
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Congo River Boat Ride
The Snipe
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On Bernini’s Bust of a Stewart King
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The Printing of the King James Bible 1611
Cleaning Watch Chains
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