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Step into a cabinet of practical magic, where every shelf promises a new skill, a sharper mind, or a more capable hand. From horsemanship and health to photography, cooking, etiquette, and the craft of writing itself, this collection turns curiosity into know-how. Open one volume, and you’re not just reading—you’re learning how to do almost anything.

by Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley) Dow

by George Thornburgh

by Catharine Esther Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe

by Franklin K. (Franklin Knowles) Young

by H. (Hezekiah) Harvey

by Albert A. (Albert Allis) Hopkins

by George G. (George Guillaume) André

by J. S. (John Solomon) Rarey

by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

by C. Harry (Cyrus Harry) Brooks

by William H. (William Henry) Waldron

by S. Annie (Sarah Annie) Frost

by Harold Speed

by L. Emmett (Luther Emmett) Holt

by Henry F. (Henry Flagg) French

by Jules Rostaing

by Charles Elmé Francatelli

by Arthur Broadley

by Florence Nightingale

by Emily Post

by Ingimundur Sveinsson

by Maria Montessori

by Bernarr Macfadden

by Carlo Alberto Gonin

by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

by Stephen Halsey Matteson

by James Slough Zerbe

by Warren Hilton

by J. Spencer (John Spencer) Curwen

by Elizabeth Douglas

by James Slough Zerbe

by Sylvester Graham

by Marion Harland

by active 15th century Joannes Sulpitius Verulanus

by Daniel Defoe

by J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater

by Thomas F. (Thomas Francis) Googerty

by Johannes Linnankoski

by William Walker Atkinson

by Albert Frederick Siepert

by S. D. (Samuel Dwight) Humphrey

by Florence Nightingale

by Chas. A. (Charles Alfred) Tyrrell

by comte de Nicolas-Christiern de Thy Milly

by Hedwig Heyl

by William Broadfoot

by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

by Charles Hutton Gregory

by Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson) Murrey

by William Noyes

by Anonymous

by Archie Seldon Milton, Otto K. Wohlers

by Edwin Giles Fulton

by Annie S. Swan

by Alessandro Bizzarri

by A. Teunisse, A. M. van der Velden

by Charlotte Oelschlager

by Johanna Kinkel

by Elias Lönnrot

by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

by Gustav Kobbé

by British Museum

by Leona A. (Leona Alford) Malek

by F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell

by Various Authors

by Thomas George Hill

by Henry Warren

by George E. Walsh

by Ignaz Lehmann

by E. M. Valk-Heijnsdijk

by Esther Singleton

by L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine) Langstroth

by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins

by Jacob Abbott

by Viktorine Schiller

by Edward Payson Roe

by Randolph B. (Randolph Barnes) Marcy

by William T. (William Temple) Hornaday, W. J. (William Jacob) Holland

by William Tyler Olcott

by Sara Cone Bryant

by Joseph Bell

by Edwin Abbott Abbott

by Henry Taylor

by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot

by Giulia Lazzari-Turco

by Friedrich Jaennicke

by John Mollard

by Edward Prime-Stevenson

by Lillian B. Lansdown

by Ernst von Otto-Kreckwitz

by Pedro J. (Pedro Joseph) Lemos

by Arnold Bennett