Treasures of science, history and literature

Instructive, amusing, practical, for the study and the fireside. Comprising curiosities of human life; the maintenance and recovery of health; facts and wonders of the bible; curiosities of the calendar; varieties of religious belief; secret societies and temperance organizations; curiosities of swindling; home amusements; etiquette condensed; curiosities of literature; the United States of America; general reference tables; and assumed names in literature

Embellished throughout with choice and appropriate gems of poetry. By Moses Folsom. (Edited by J. D. O'connor.) Illustrated with suitable cuts and twelve full-page engravings