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    *A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words* (1860)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Language, Victorian

    A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (1860)

    George Washington Williams’ *History of the Negro Race in America* (1882–83)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, War

    George Washington Williams’ History of the Negro Race in America (1882–83)

    A Distinct Phenomenon in Itself: C. V. Raman’s Discovery of Why the Sea is Blue (1921)
    Books / 
    Natural World, Science & Medicine

    A Distinct Phenomenon in Itself: C. V. Raman’s Discovery of Why the Sea is Blue (1921)

    “Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

    “Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)

    In the Mind of Marie: A Haunting Encounter in the Gardens of Versailles (1913)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

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

    Eyewitness Accounts of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
    Books / 
    Stories, Death

    Eyewitness Accounts of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

    *Indian Sign Talk* (1893)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Language

    Indian Sign Talk (1893)

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

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

    Blights of the Bookish: *An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons* (1768)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Work

    Blights of the Bookish: An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons (1768)

    *Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship* (1890)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship (1890)

    Law and Ordure: *Scatalogic Rites of All Nations* (1891)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Food, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Law and Ordure: Scatalogic Rites of All Nations (1891)

    Many-Colored Misdirection: *Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom* (1909)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

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

    *A Treatise Concerning the Properties and Effects of Coffee* (1792)
    Books / 
    Drugs, Food, Science & Medicine

    A Treatise Concerning the Properties and Effects of Coffee (1792)

    *Frost Flowers on the Windows* (1899)
    Books / 
    Natural World, Strange Phenomena, Ghosts & Occult

    Frost Flowers on the Windows (1899)

    The Book of Bread (1903)
    Books / 
    Food

    The Book of Bread (1903)

    *Shadows from the Walls of Death* (1874)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine, Victorian, Death

    Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874)

    Black Bibliography: Daniel Murray’s *Preliminary List* (1900)
    Books / 
    People, The Arts

    Black Bibliography: Daniel Murray’s Preliminary List (1900)

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)
    Books / 
    Natural World, Science & Medicine

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine, Victorian

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)

    Agnes Giberne’s *The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars* (1898)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Space

    Agnes Giberne’s The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars (1898)

    *Shores of the Polar Sea* (1878)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    Shores of the Polar Sea (1878)

    The Discarnates: *Thomas Carlyle in the Spirit-World* (1920)
    Books / 
    Death, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    The Discarnates: Thomas Carlyle in the Spirit-World (1920)

    Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies (1757–95)
    Books / 
    Sex

    Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies (1757–95)

    “A Sword was Seen in the Sky”: *A True and Wonderful Narrative* (1763)
    Books / 
    Strange Phenomena, Politics

    “A Sword was Seen in the Sky”: A True and Wonderful Narrative (1763)

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