A Collection of Fashionable English Words (1887)
Japanese woodcuts from a series by Kamekichi Tsunajima titled “Ryūkō eigo zukushi”, showing images of animals, activities and objects each with their Japanese…more
Japanese woodcuts from a series by Kamekichi Tsunajima titled “Ryūkō eigo zukushi”, showing images of animals, activities and objects each with their Japanese…more
Illustrated by George Cruikshank among others, a collection of word, number, and picture puzzles in the form of enigmas, conundrums, acrostics, and a series of incr…more
Diagrams showing the postures of the mouth when demonstrating proper elocution, from a 19th-century book dedicated to elocution….more
A satirical dictionary written by American journalist and author Ambrose Bierce (1842-ca.1914), a man whose savage wit apparently earned him the nickname “Bitter Bi…more
A series of diagrams illustrating the proper gestures to adopt when public speaking, using a section from Milton’s Paradise Lost, in which Satan, expelled from Hea…more
Intricately rhymed and beautifully illustrated alphabet book on the world of late 19th century celebrity….more
Original acrostics on all the states and presidents of the United States, and various other subjects, religious, political, and personal ; illustrated with portrait…more
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