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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 Franklin K. (Franklin Knowles) Young

by H. (Hezekiah) Harvey

by Edward Lasker

by George G. (George Guillaume) André

by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

by C. Harry (Cyrus Harry) Brooks

by J. S. (John Solomon) Rarey

by William H. (William Henry) Waldron

by S. Annie (Sarah Annie) Frost

by Harold Speed

by L. Emmett (Luther Emmett) Holt

by Jules Rostaing

by Charles Elmé Francatelli

by Emily Post

by Arthur Broadley

by Ingimundur Sveinsson

by Florence Nightingale

by Maria Montessori

by Bernarr Macfadden

by James Slough Zerbe

by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

by James Slough Zerbe

by Carlo Alberto Gonin

by Stephen Halsey Matteson

by Warren Hilton

by J. Spencer (John Spencer) Curwen

by J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater

by Marion Harland

by Elizabeth Douglas

by active 15th century Joannes Sulpitius Verulanus

by Albert Frederick Siepert

by William Walker Atkinson

by Sylvester Graham

by Thomas F. (Thomas Francis) Googerty

by Daniel Defoe

by Anonymous

by Hedwig Heyl

by Johannes Linnankoski

by William Broadfoot

by S. D. (Samuel Dwight) Humphrey

by Florence Nightingale

by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

by comte de Nicolas-Christiern de Thy Milly

by Chas. A. (Charles Alfred) Tyrrell

by Elias Lönnrot

by William Noyes

by Archie Seldon Milton, Otto K. Wohlers

by Annie S. Swan

by F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell

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

by Henry Warren

by Charles Hutton Gregory

by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

by E. M. Valk-Heijnsdijk

by Esther Singleton

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

by Gustav Kobbé

by Edwin Abbott Abbott

by Edwin Giles Fulton

by British Museum

by Leona A. (Leona Alford) Malek

by Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson) Murrey

by Various Authors

by Thomas George Hill

by Alessandro Bizzarri

by Charlotte Oelschlager

by Sara Cone Bryant

by George E. Walsh

by Ignaz Lehmann

by Randolph B. (Randolph Barnes) Marcy

by William Tyler Olcott

by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins

by Jacob Abbott

by Edward Prime-Stevenson

by Henry Taylor

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

by Giulia Lazzari-Turco

by Friedrich Jaennicke

by Johanna Kinkel

by Edward Payson Roe

by L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine) Langstroth

by Mary Eales

by Viktorine Schiller

by Pedro J. (Pedro Joseph) Lemos

by Joseph Bell

by Frank M. (Frank Michler) Chapman

by Lillian B. Lansdown