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The string of pearls, or, Sweeney Todd : the demon barber of Fleet Street
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The mystery and horrible murders of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street
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Manuscript volume of poems and letters dedicated to Elizabeth Barber
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This book was began in 1835 by Amos W. Collins, a Quaker living in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. It is a collection of letters, quotations, and poetry all dedicated to Elizabeth Barber, a friend of Collins' and probably another citizen of Hopkinton. Most of the volume is made up of blank pages.
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D.J. Barber journal
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The journal titled "Notes on Travel" covers the period from Sept. 19 to the end of December of 1859. It begins with a detailed description of the trip to New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Virginia, and North Carolina; the latter portion includes discussion of the state's economy and social customs. The largest portion of the journal describes Augusta, Union Point, and Queensborough, Ga. The journal richly details the conditions of Negro slaves and their customs, including long descriptions of a prayer meeting, a wedding, and "corn shucking;" political life, (including an account of a Democratic meeting in Augusta, the state elections and discussion of the role of the Know-Nothing party in local politics); his debates with local planters about slavery; the mores, local customs, social life, economics, education, and religious practices (Barber was a Methodist.) Also included is a short glossary of Southern terms (ff. 78-78v).
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Colorado Street, Pasadena, Cal
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View of Colorado Street (now Colorado Boulevard), in Pasadena, showing buildings, storefronts and automobiles. A streetcar is coming onto the street from a cross street, at left. Some of the businesses seen are "The Belmont," "Central Hotel," "Owl Drug Co.," a barber pole, market, and liquor store. A sign for "Route 66" is on pole at right. Flags and banners hang over the street - one says "Southern Methodist University."
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Vikram and the vampire, or, Tales of Hindu devilry
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"The Baital-Pachisi, or Twenty-five Tales of a Baital is the history of a huge Bat, Vampire, or Evil Spirit which inhabited and animated dead bodies. It is an old, and thoroughly Hindú, Legend composed in Sanskrit, and is the germ which culminated in the Arabian Nights...The story turns chiefly on a great king named Vikram, the King Arthur of the East, who in pursuance of his promise to a Jogi or Magician, brings to him the Baital (Vampire), who is hanging on a tree"--from preface, written by Isabel Burton.
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Pacific coast Shay : strong man of the woods
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In the legend of the big timber country, Paul Bunyan and Babe, his big blue ox, are credited with or blamed for deforesting the woods. Actual responsibility more rightly belongs to one Ephraim Shay, Michigan logger, and designer of the logging locomotive which bears his name. Here is the story of the Shay and its use on the West Coast in an easy-to-read style with a matchless photographic collection of this mechnical strong man of the woods--Adapted from jacket.
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