Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 332
n the case is locked. Two doors may be opened at the sametime and come in contact so as to break the glass, &c. After all, books are re-quired for use, not for ornament, and if handled carefully will last for more thanone generation even without the protection of a glass case. Mr. Perkins… … 286 Artistic Howes. CHAPTER XXVII. Collecting—Popularity of Porcelain—Varieties of Porcelain—European Pottery-Asiatic Porcelain—Glass—Venetian Glass—Bronzes—Antiques—Parian Statuary. 432. COLLECTING. Man is undoubtedly a collecting animal.With some the passion shows itself under the form of…
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