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![Australia Twice Traversed: Volume 2](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/1847615/australia-twice-traversed-volume-2.jpg)
Australia Twice Traversed: Volume 2
Ernest Powell Giles (1835–97) is best remembered as one of the first explorers of South Australia. Powell emigrated to Australia with his parents in 1850, settling in Adelaide. …
![Introductory Notes on Lying-In Institutions](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/9894294/introductory-notes-on-lying-in-institutions.jpg)
Introductory Notes on Lying-In Institutions
The greatest postnatal killer of the nineteenth century was puerperal fever. A vicious and usually fatal form of septicaemia, puerperal or childbed fever was known to occur in …
![Six Months among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/7818492/six-months-among-the-palm-groves-coral-reefs-and-volcanoes-of-the-sandwich-islands.jpg)
Six Months among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands
Recommended an open-air life from an early age as a cure for physical and nervous difficulties, the indefatigable Isabella Bird (1831–1904) toured the United States and Canada, …
![The Journals of John McDouall Stuart during the Years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/10974046/the-journals-of-john-mcdouall-stuart-during-the-years-1858-1859-1860-1861-and-1862.jpg)
The Journals of John McDouall Stuart during the Years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862
John McDouall Stuart (1815–66) was a surveyor and a pioneering explorer of Australia. Born in Scotland, he emigrated in 1839 to Australia where he worked in surveying and made many …
![An Account of the Nature and Medicinal Virtues of the Principal Mineral Waters of Great Britain and Ireland](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/7265204/an-account-of-the-nature-and-medicinal-virtues-of-the-principal-mineral-waters-of-great-britain-and-ireland.jpg)
An Account of the Nature and Medicinal Virtues of the Principal Mineral Waters of Great Britain and Ireland
Although he was tried for attempted murder and died in Newgate Prison, the natural philosopher and apothecary John Elliot (1747–87) published a number of significant scientific …
![A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of St John's College, Cambridge](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/7391385/a-descriptive-catalogue-of-the-manuscripts-in-the-library-of-st-johns-college-cambridge.jpg)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of St John's College, Cambridge
M. R. James (1862–1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served …
![Trinity College Library. The First 150 Years](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/7860505/trinity-college-library-the-first-150-years.jpg)
Trinity College Library. The First 150 Years
Philip Gaskell (1926–2001) acknowledges in his Preface that 'one period in the history of one college library may not seem much of a subject for a book', but, as his 1980 study …
![Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/6413243/of-the-decorative-illustration-of-books-old-and-new.jpg)
Of the decorative illustration of books old and new
Published in 1896 at the peak of his career, this work by Walter Crane (1845–1915) was developed from a series of lectures given to the Society of Arts in 1889. Although chiefly …
![Cambridge University Press, 1696–1712 2 Volume Set](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/5730657/cambridge-university-press-1696-1712-2-volume-set.jpg)
Cambridge University Press, 1696–1712 2 Volume Set
Donald Francis McKenzie (1931–1999) was one of the foremost bibliographers of the twentieth century, and his contributions to the history of the book continue to exert great …
![The Life and Times of Sir George Grey, K.C.B.](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/5458939/the-life-and-times-of-sir-george-grey-kcb.jpg)
The Life and Times of Sir George Grey, K.C.B.
Published in 1892, this two-volume biography chronicles the remarkable life and career of Sir George Grey (1812–98), the 11th premier of New Zealand. William Lee Rees (1836–1912), …
![Historical Sketch of the Progress of Pharmacy in Great Britain](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/11154415/historical-sketch-of-the-progress-of-pharmacy-in-great-britain.jpg)
Historical Sketch Of The Progress Of Pharmacy In Great Britain
The pharmacist Jacob Bell (1810–59) spent much of his career working to raise the standards and reputation of his profession. A founder in 1841 of the Pharmaceutical Society of …
![Life of William Blake](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/8251773/life-of-william-blake.jpg)
Life of William Blake
Although today William Blake (1757–1827) is recognised as a visionary poet and artist, at the time of his death he was unknown except for his presumed insanity. This highly …