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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 Henry F. (Henry Flagg) French

by George Thornburgh

by Catharine Esther Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe

by Albert A. (Albert Allis) Hopkins

by Catherine Owen

by Edward Lasker

by Franklin K. (Franklin Knowles) Young

by H. (Hezekiah) Harvey

by J. S. (John Solomon) Rarey

by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

by George G. (George Guillaume) André

by C. Harry (Cyrus Harry) Brooks

by Horace Fletcher

by William H. (William Henry) Waldron

by Harold Speed

by S. Annie (Sarah Annie) Frost

by L. Emmett (Luther Emmett) Holt

by Bernarr Macfadden

by Joseph Bell

by Jules Rostaing

by Charles Elmé Francatelli

by Arthur Broadley

by Florence Nightingale

by Maria Montessori

by Ingimundur Sveinsson

by Emily Post

by Marion Harland

by James Slough Zerbe

by J. Parish (James Parish) Stelle, Wm. B. (William B.) Harrison

by James Slough Zerbe

by J. Spencer (John Spencer) Curwen

by Daniel Defoe

by J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater

by Walter Winans

by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

by William Walker Atkinson

by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

by Warren Hilton

by William Broadfoot

by Sylvester Graham

by Carlo Alberto Gonin

by Edward Prime-Stevenson

by Stephen Halsey Matteson

by Elizabeth Douglas

by Henry Warren

by Hedwig Heyl

by Anonymous

by Archie Seldon Milton, Otto K. Wohlers

by William T. (William Tatem) Tilden

by Various Authors

by Thomas F. (Thomas Francis) Googerty

by active 15th century Joannes Sulpitius Verulanus

by William Noyes

by Florence Nightingale

by British Museum

by Friedrich Jaennicke

by Albert Frederick Siepert

by Chas. A. (Charles Alfred) Tyrrell

by Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson) Murrey

by George E. Walsh

by Ignaz Lehmann

by comte de Nicolas-Christiern de Thy Milly

by Arnold Bennett

by Edwin Abbott Abbott

by S. D. (Samuel Dwight) Humphrey

by Leona A. (Leona Alford) Malek

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

by Randolph B. (Randolph Barnes) Marcy

by José Raúl Capablanca

by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

by L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine) Langstroth

by Viktorine Schiller

by Johannes Linnankoski

by Cecil B. Hartley

by Sara Cone Bryant

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

by Edwin Giles Fulton

by Thomas George Hill

by Charles Hutton Gregory

by Elias Lönnrot

by Gustav Kobbé

by Ivy Kellerman Reed

by Frank M. (Frank Michler) Chapman

by Esther Singleton

by Jacob Abbott

by Alessandro Bizzarri

by Annie S. Swan

by Henry Taylor

by John Ruskin

by William Tyler Olcott