This is a continuation of the advice regarding reading which appeared in the book from the late 1800s, What Now? For Young Ladies. Apparently, women from this era were advised not only on what to read, but how to read it…
Read slowly. If physical dyspepsia is caused as much by rapid eating as by a multifarious diet, [...]
The book, What Now? For Young Ladies, was written in 1869 to give advice to women who had just graduated college but could not enter the workforce as their male counterparts did. The author is Charles F. Deems, D.D., Pastor of the “Church of the Strangers” in New York. Pastor Deems had some very specific [...]
Are you a book hoarder, like me? Do you own more books than any single human being could possibly read in one lifetime? Do you surround yourself with stacks and piles as if you were trying to build a fort in your office or bedroom? Do you read in bed, even after you fall asleep, [...]
I have in my possession a book called “The Efficient Secretary” copyright 1916. Much of the advice is still relevant today — be organized, have the proper supplies on hand, familiarize yourself with the rules of spelling an punctuation, etc.
However, in a book of advice that has outlasted the era for which it was intended, [...]
Another find from my pile of old books, this one a small, blue, cloth-bound book, about the size of my hand, called “Edison’s Handy Encyclopaedia of General Information and Universal Atlas,” original copyright 1890 and latest reprint in 1896.
What caught my attention was the section called “Qualifications for Voting in Each State of the Union,” [...]
The following is taken from an article called “Sixty Years Ago, Recollections of New England Country Life” from my copy of “New England Magazine” published in March 1892 and is a record, in poetry form, of a real event that took place in the mid 1800s.
“…the great cooperation work was the raising of buildings. After [...]
We all know that Edgar Allan Poe wrote wonderful stories and poems, but did you know he also wrote articles for the magazines of the time? One such piece, widely believed to have been written by Poe, was published in Godey’s Lady’s Book in 1846. It’s entitled “A Few Words on Etiquette” and, although appearing [...]
I collect old books and magazines and am especially interested in material from America in the early 1900s and the 1800s. I’ll be going through my collection from time to time and posting work, some of which may have been out of the public eye for decades, or possibly more than a century in some cases. Look for these [...]
