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    Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s *Plain Home Talk* (1896 edition)
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    Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s Plain Home Talk (1896 edition)

    The Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly’s *Glimpses of the Future* (1888)
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    The Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly’s Glimpses of the Future (1888)

    Perpetual Movement: Francis Picabia’s *391* Review (1917–1924)
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    Perpetual Movement: Francis Picabia’s 391 Review (1917–1924)

    True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s *Thirty Years a Detective* (1884)
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    True Crime: Allan Pinkerton’s Thirty Years a Detective (1884)

    *Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs* (1869)
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    Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs (1869)

    Sabine Baring-Gould’s *Book of Were-Wolves* (1865)
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    Sabine Baring-Gould’s Book of Were-Wolves (1865)

    Luigi Cornaro’s *Sure and Certain Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life* (1722 edition)
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    Luigi Cornaro’s Sure and Certain Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life (1722 edition)

    “A Truer and Deeper Knowledge”: Anna Maria van Schurman’s *The Learned Maid* (1659)
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    “A Truer and Deeper Knowledge”: Anna Maria van Schurman’s The Learned Maid (1659)

    Mayday, Mayday: *Capital and Labor* (1907)
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    Mayday, Mayday: Capital and Labor (1907)

    The Age of Impoliteness: *Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners* (1774 edition)
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    The Age of Impoliteness: Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners (1774 edition)

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster
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    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster

    In the Mind of Marie: A Haunting Encounter in the Gardens of Versailles (1913)
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    In the Mind of Marie: A Haunting Encounter in the Gardens of Versailles (1913)

    “Though Silent, I Speak”: *A Book of Sundial Mottoes* (1903)
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    Death, Design & Typography, Wisdom

    “Though Silent, I Speak”: A Book of Sundial Mottoes (1903)

    Many-Colored Misdirection: *Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom* (1909)
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    Many-Colored Misdirection: Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (1909)

    *Frost Flowers on the Windows* (1899)
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    Frost Flowers on the Windows (1899)

    Trimalchio in Newburyport: Timothy Dexter’s *A Pickle for the Knowing Ones* (1848)
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    Judith Sargent Murray’s *On the Equality of the Sexes* (1790)
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    Judith Sargent Murray’s On the Equality of the Sexes (1790)

    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate
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    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate

    Imaging Inscape: *The Human Soul* (1913)
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    Imaging Inscape: The Human Soul (1913)

    Aspirated Aspirations: Alfred Leach’s *The Letter H* (1880)
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    Aspirated Aspirations: Alfred Leach’s The Letter H (1880)

    Seeking Enlightenment: Denis Diderot’s *Letter on the Blind* (1749)
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    Seeking Enlightenment: Denis Diderot’s Letter on the Blind (1749)

    On *Sprezzatura*: Baldassare Castiglione’s *The Book of the Courtier* (1903 edition)
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    On Sprezzatura: Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier (1903 edition)

    The Universe as Pictured in Milton’s Paradise Lost (1915)
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    The Universe as Pictured in Milton’s Paradise Lost (1915)

    Thomas Wright’s An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750)
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    Thomas Wright’s An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750)

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