An Encyclopedia of Instruction, or Apologues and Breviats on Man and Manners (Classic Reprint)

An Encyclopedia of Instruction, or Apologues and Breviats on Man and Manners (Classic Reprint)

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I. How to Live where you Like, II. The Argumentative Husband, and the Husband who Denied his Wife nothing or, A Secret worth Knowing, III. Feminine Perfections; or, the Unreasonable Bachelor, IV. How to Prosper; or, the Fatal Mistake, V. The Hermit of Utica, VI. How to be Happy VII. The Philosophical Emperor; or, an Experiment in Morals, VIII. The Man whom Nobody can Benefit, and the Man whom Nobody can Injure, IX. The Three Views of Life; or, the Young Man's Vision, the Strong Man's Facts, and the Old Man's Dream, X. A Day at Utica; or, the First House Warming, XI. The Obstacles to Success, XII. The Three fold Nature of Man, a Legend of the Oneida Indiana XIII. The Lunatic Asylum of Boresko, XIV. The Philosophical Sparrow, XV. A Genie, XVI. The Mouse' s Tail, or, How to See what is Invisible, XVII. The White Pigeon, or, the Country that was Capricnously Governed, XVIII. The Talisman, XIX, The Queen Bee, XX. Speculation and Experiment.

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ISBN: 9780666896056
Publisher: Fb&c Ltd
Imprint: Forgotten Books
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Number of pages: 410
Weight: 699g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 24mm