Barkham Burrough
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共 239 题- BARKHAM
- BURROUGHS' ENCYCLOPAEDIA
- OF
- ASTOUNDING FACTS
- AND
- USEFUL INFORMATION
- For Melba Conner
- 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 TO COOK FISH, 106
- HOW TO CHOOSE AND COOK GAME, 108
- HOW TO MAKE ICE CREAMS, WATER ICES AND JELLIES, 109
- HOW TO SELECT AND COOK MEATS, 111
- HOW TO MAKE PIES, 113
- HOW TO MAKE PRESERVES, 114
- HOW TO BOIL, BAKE AND STEAM PUDDINGS, 116
- HOW TO PUT UP PICKLES AND MAKE CATSUPS, 119
- HOW TO ROAST, BROIL OR BOIL POULTRY, 121
- SAUCES FOR MEATS AND FISH, 121
- HOW TO MAKE SOUPS AND BROTH, 123
- HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES, 125
- HOW TO CALCULATE, 128
- 20,000 THINGS WORTH KNOWING (20,000 ITEMS), 130
- HOW POOR BOYS BECOME SUCCESSFUL MEN.
- THE ART OF PENMANSHIP
- MATERIALS USED IN WRITING.
- PENS.
- INK.
- PAPER.
- STUDY WITH PRACTICE.
- SHADING.
- UNIFORMITY.
- SLANT OF WRITING.
- LEGIBILITY.
- FINISH.
- POSITION OF THE HAND AND PEN
- RAPIDITY.
- BEAUTY.
- MOVEMENT.
- MOVEMENT EXERCISES.
- PRINCIPLES IN WRITING.
- FIGURES.
- COPIES FOR PRACTICE
- ORNAMENTAL PENMANSHIP
- HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS LETTER
- THE STRUCTURE OF A BUSINESS LETTER.
- PAPER AND ENVELOPE.
- THE HEADING.
- MARGIN.
- ADDRESS.
- BODY OF THE LETTER.
- OR,
- COMPLIMENTARY CLOSING AND SIGNATURE.
- ADDRESSING THE ENVELOPE.
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- FOLDING A LETTER.
- THE LITERATURE OF A LETTER.
- ARRANGEMENT OF ITEMS.
- BREVITY.
- STYLE.
- ORDERING GOODS.
- SENDING MONEY BY LETTER.
- INSTRUCTIONS.
- A DUNNING LETTER.
- LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION.
- FORM OF A LETTER ORDERING GOODS.
- ORDERING GOODS AND ENCLOSING PRICE.
- DESIRING TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT.
- LETTER OF CREDIT.
- INCLOSING AN INVOICE.
- LETTER OF INTRODUCTION.
- INCLOSING REMITTANCE.
- INCLOSING DRAFT FOR ACCEPTANCE.
- INCLOSING A STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT.
- A DUNNING LETTER.
- AN APPLICATION FOR A SITUATION IN BUSINESS.
- ASKING PERMISSION TO REFER TO A PERSON.
- INQUIRING AS TO BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
- LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION.
- NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF A PARTNERSHIP.
- RECOMMENDING A SUCCESSOR IN BUSINESS.
- TO THE PUBLIC:
- ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
- HONESTY.
- INDUSTRY.
- MEMORY.
- PROMPTNESS.
- EXECUTIVE ABILITY.
- PERSEVERANCE.
- CIVILITY.
- INTEGRITY.
- ECONOMY.
- GETTING A SITUATION.
- DETECTING COUNTERFEIT MONEY
- DEVICES AND FRAUDS.
- COUNTERFEIT AND GENUINE WORK.
- LATHE WORK.
- GEOMETRICAL LATHE.
- RULING ENGINE WORK.
- VIGNETTES.
- SOLID PRINT.
- BANK-NOTE PAPER.
- COUNTERFEIT SIGNATURES.
- ALTERED BANK-NOTES.
- COMPARING AND EXAMINING NOTES.
- PIECING, ETC.
- HOW TO ADVERTISE
- NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.
- CIRCULARS.
- CHARTS, CALENDARS, ETC.
- LETTERS.
- DRUMMERS AND AGENTS.
- HOW TO WRITE AN ADVERTISEMENT.
- HOW TO BE HANDSOME
- SOME OF THE SECRETS OF BEAUTY.
- HIGH-HEELED BOOTS.
- HOW TO APPEAR GRACEFUL IN WALKING.
- MULTUM IN PARVO
- HISTORY OF THE BIBLES OF THE WORLD.
- PRECIOUS STONES.
- ARRANGED ACCORDING TO COLOR AND IN ORDER OF HARDINESS.
- HOW TO MEASURE CORN IN THE CRIB.
- HOME DRESSMAKING.
- A WOMAN'S SKIRTS.
- TO MAKE THE SLEEVES.
- DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA.
- HOW TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL GOLD.
- HOW TO TELL ANY PERSON'S AGE.
- WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE COSTS.
- BUSINESS LAW.
- ITEMS WORTH REMEMBERING.
- REMARKABLE CALCULATIONS REGARDING THE SUN.
- HOW TO DISTINGUISH GOOD MEAT FROM BAD MEAT.
- RAILROADS IN FINLAND.
- COMPARATIVE SIZE OF THE ARK AND THE GREAT EASTERN.
- FINGER NAILS AS AN INDICATION OF CHARACTER.
- DANGERS OF CELLULOID.
- ODD FACTS ABOUT SHOES.
- TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE VELOCITIES OF VARIOUS BODIES.
- QUANTITY OF OIL REQUIRED FOR DIFFERENT COLORS.
- PAINTING.
- RAPID PROCESS OF MARKING GOODS AT ANY DESIRED PER CENT. PROFIT.
- THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
- HEAT AND COLD.
- QUANTITY OF SEED TO AN ACRE.
- SOLUBLE GLASS FOR FLOORS.
- DURABILITY OF A HORSE.
- COMPARATIVE COST OF FREIGHT BY WATER AND RAIL.
- HINTS TO YOUNG HOUSEWIVES.
- SUPERSTITIONS REGARDING BABIES.
- While
- And
- SECRET ART OF CATCHING FISH.
- TO CATCH FISH.
- CERTAIN CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS.
- LADIES' STAMPING POWDER.
- SALARIES OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS, PER ANNUM.
- CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS.
- BEFORE CHRIST.
- AFTER CHRIST.
- INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT OUR BODIES.
- RULES FOR SPELLING.
- THE USE OF CAPITALS.
- TWENTY CHOICE COURSE DINNER MENUS.
- TERMS USED IN MEDICINE.
- RULES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH.
- SECESSION AND READMISSION OF REBEL STATES.--
- HOUSEHOLD RECIPES
- MISCELLANEOUS.
- HOW TO DESTROY HOUSEHOLD PESTS
- ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES
- AND HOW TO MEET THEM
- FAINTING.--Lay the person who has fainted in a current of air, or in
- THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN
- CURE FOR DANDRUFF.--Good mild soap is one of the safest remedies, and
- LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS
- MASTERPIECES OF ELOQUENCE
- AT HIS BROTHER'S GRAVE.
- AT THE GRAVE OF A CHILD.
- SUNDRY BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST.
- PHYSICIANS' DIGESTION TABLE.
- THEMES FOR DEBATE.
- THEMES FOR DEBATE.
- COOKERY RECIPES
- HOW TO COOK FISH OF DIFFERENT KINDS
- HOW TO CHOOSE AND COOK GAME
- HOW TO MAKE ICE CREAMS WATER-ICE AND JELLIES
- HOW TO SELECT AND COOK MEATS
- HOW TO PUT UP PICKLES AND MAKE CATSUPS
- SAUCES FOR MEATS, FISH, ETC.
- HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES
- HOW TO CALCULATE.
- ADDITION.
- SHORT METHODS OF MULTIPLICATION.
- TABLE.
- FRACTIONS.
- TO REDUCE A FRACTION TO ITS SIMPLEST FORM.
- TO ADD FRACTIONS.
- TO SUBTRACT FRACTIONS.
- TO MULTIPLY FRACTIONS.
- TO DIVIDE FRACTIONS.
- TO MULTIPLY MIXED NUMBERS.
- TO CHANGE COMMON FRACTIONS TO DECIMALS.
- TWENTY THOUSAND THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
- RELATIVE HARDNESS OF WOODS.
- SUSTAINING POWER OF ICE.
- THE EXPANSIVE POWER OF WATER.
- THICKNESS; SAFE HEIGHT; LENGTH.
- BLUNDERS AND ABSURDITIES IN ART.
- A STOPPAGE OF THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.
- WONDERS OF MINUTE WORKMANSHIP.
- CURIOUS DISSECTION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.
- SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BOOKS, CHAPTERS, VERSES, WORDS, LETTERS, ETC.
- OLD TESTAMENT.
- NEW TESTAMENT.
- REMARKABLE INSCRIPTION.
- CURIOUS CALCULATIONS.
- CONSUMPTION OF AIR IN ACTIVITY AND REPOSE.
- THE VALUE OF LABOR.
- INTEREST OF MONEY.
- WONDERS OF SCIENCE.