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Excerpt from First Editions of American Authors: A Manual for Book-Lovers Since it became known that for a few paltry dimes our fellow-hunter acquired that genuine prize, poignant anguish has been experienced by the rest of us, and none has suffered more than I, for though I covet not the responsibilities of a scapegoat, God knows I would cheerfully bear, instead of that man Way, the burden of shame resulting from having done a bookseller. It...

Excerpt from The Chap-Book, Vol. 9: Semi-Monthly, A Miscellany and Review of Belles Lettres, May 15, 1898 War take upon itself the duties of the ¿eeing expander. And this, it is believed, represents the tradition still prevailing in the War Depart ment. Previous to this, however, the correspondent of a Cincinnati paper informed its readers from Cold Harbor that General Meade had advised falling back after the Wilderness. General Meade, com m...

Excerpt from The Chap-Book Semi-Monthly, Vol. 7: May 15 to November 1, 1897 The Youth has now a will. It remains but to find the way. A few more discoveries in this wonder-world of his lead him to it. He has still a giant or two to cope with, having hewn his path through the virgin forests of his own country. Faust entangles him a while, but he passes on to Carlyle, where he finds more to gather. Congenial Hero Worship he grasps and devours, ...

Excerpt from The Chap-Book, Vol. 8: Semi-Monthly, November 15, to May 1, 1897 Wordsworth: The Poems of Wordsworth, edited with an Introduction by Edward Dowden, 218. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, p...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

Understanding what the consumer wants and will accept are two of the most significant hurdles faced by anyone in new product development. Whether the concern is the proper mouth-feel of a potato chip, the sense of "freshness" evoked by a chewing gum, or the weight and texture of a cosmetic, if the consumer doesn't find the product acceptable, it won't sell. Sensory evaluation testing is the process that establishes the consumer acceptability o...

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Excerpt from The Timbers of British Guiana: A Report Upon the Collection Made by the Hon. A. G. BellThe identification of wood by means of the structure is not easy, hence the minuteness of detail into which we have entered. To some this may appear redundant, but when small specimens have to be examined, the most tri¿ing detail is often of great service. On the other hand, the comparison of the structure of two specimens is very easy and convi...

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Excerpt from The America's Cup RacesChapter VIII. The mayflower-galatea race OF 1886 IX. The scotch challenger thistle and her race against volunteer X. Lord dunraven's two challenges, and the vigilant-~valkyrie II match OF 1893 XI. The defender-valkyrie III race OF 1895. Lord dunraven AT odds with the new york yacht club XII. Sir thomas lipton's first challenge XIII. The second lipton challenge. The shamrock ii-columbia race OF 1901 XIV. The ...

Excerpt from A Text-Book of Wood The object of this undertaking is to provide a class-book for advanced students and to gather in a condensed form under one title all the many scattered morsels of information about wood which are to be found in works which treat of it as a secondary matter, as in botanical works, or if it be the subject in chief, then its treatment is not suitable for class-work. Let me therefore commence by acknowledging my...

Excerpt from The Timbers of Commerce, and Their IdentificationThe material for this work was collected without any idea of publication, and was intended only for my own use. Coming into possession Of a. Business in which very many different kinds Of wood were used, and finding great difficulty in distinguishing one from another, I fell back, for lack Of any practical experience, upon my knowledge of Botany, and collected a mass Of informa tion...

Excerpt from A Guide to the Identification of the More Useful Timbers of Nigeria This brochure is the fist of a series which will, it is hoped, extend to the whole of the more useful woods of Africa. At present, however, we confine ourselves to those species only which have been sent to us by the Government of Nigeria for the purpose. Many of the woods are very widely distributed, in some cases ranging from Senegal to the Sudan and from the C...

Excerpt from A Guide to the Identification, of Our More Useful Timbers: Being a Manual for the Use of Students of ForestryThis guide aims at giving information on certain points which are not easily accessible elsewhere or have hitherto been treated in a manner unsuitable to our purpose. It is therefore assumed that the reader has sufficient knowledge of the elementary structure of wood, to follow the descriptions. Two objects are kept in View...

Excerpt from The Penalties of Taste: And Other EssaysThe struggle for existence among all liv ing things must go on. It has probably always been going on, and we need not look to see it stop. With the human family the struggle is not always for the same thing, but it is always for something, for property, shelter, warmth, for personal likes, and for manifold real and imagined joys, for phys ical existence against the enemies of the body. Each ...

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