Paret, Anna Parmly, [from old catalog] ed · New York and London. Harper & brothers · leaf 82
of New York and Boston.The growing interest in brasses has encouraged their im-portation, and if one has patience to barter, many artistic 65 HANDY-BOOK FOR GIRLS treasures may be obtained at very reasonable prices. Themost characteristic piece is the samovar (Fig. 7). Theseare treasured very… … Fig.? to enjoy the luxury of tea has his samovar. At all innseach visitor is supplied with one. They invariably accom-pany the traveller and the picnicker, and even the officersstarting out upon a campaign find room for a small one intheir baggage. Samovar signifies *self-boiler. It is madeof…
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