While retail prices may have increased since Juliet Corson published her "Twenty-Five Cent Dinners For Families of Six" in 1879, what has not changed is the homemaker's interest in creating interesting, economical meals for the family. Corson, a noted teacher of cookery and advocate for the poor based her philosophy upon four ideals: 1) Utlizing every part of a food source, thus eliminating waste; 2) Serving several inexpensive dishes rather than one expensive one; 3) Using homegrown herbs and inexpensive spices to embellish dishes; and 4) Using lentils, peas, and macaroni as alternative, inexpensive sources of protein. Corson's philosophy of thrift will resonate with the modern family, while the recipes she provides will also serve the modern family with delicious, inexpensive meal ideas.

Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six is a collection of delicious and enticing meals for large families. You will enjoy reading about these dinners for every day of the week. Contents: "Johnny Cake, Cocoa, Broiled Herring, Chicken Soup with Rice, Fried Chicken and Potatoes, Tea, Broiled Kidneys, Rice Bread..."

This is a novel intended to portray a strong moral message, especially to the Baptist community of the time in America. The author Amelia Johnson was in fact a black woman, but she concealed this identity in the hope that this would give her a wider readership. The story concerns a girl called Flora, the only Hazeley daughter, who at the age of five goes to live with her Aunt, Mrs Graham, who intends to offer her a better life than her own mother could or would.

Voyage of the Paper Canoe is a biography by Bishop Nathaniel Holmes. It follows the adventurous trek of Holmes, using a wooden canoe to follow the natural and artificial connecting watercourses from Canada to Florida.

The author of "The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice," Stephen Leacock, was most famous as one of Canada's leading early 20th-century humorists. Yet, he was a professor of economics and political science at McGill University in Montreal too. In this book, he mixes his well-known humor with his deep expertise in economics and politics to examine the eternal economic and social justice questions. He addresses the problems in both systems of socialism and capitalism, pointing out the strong and weak sides of both. Although the book was printed more than a century ago, the thoughts and approaches published in it are very modern and can be used to assess today's political and economic state.

Camps and Trails in China by Roy Chapman Andrews is a firsthand account of Andrews's explorations in various, less famous regions of China. Excerpt: "CHAPTER I The Object of the Expedition The importance of the scientific exploration of Central Asia, The region which the Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition investigated, Personnel of the Expedition, Equipment, Applicants for positions upon the Expedition 1-6 CHAPTER II China in Turmoil Yuan Shi-kai, Plot to become emperor of China, The Rebellion, Our arrival in Peking, Passports for Fukien Province, Admiral von Hintze, the German Minister, En route to Shanghai, Death of Yuan Shi-kai."