The complete library of universal knowledge : ten great books in one volume : the culmination of centuries of human effort showing the newest conditions of industry, commerce, invention, science, art, literature, philosophy, etc., etc. : including also self-instruction in bookkeeping, computation, correspondence, points of law and legal forms, penmanship and shorthand supplemented by review questions for students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1467
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3697.1
- Call Number
- 031 CAR
- Contributor
- Cary, Ferdinand Ellsworth, 1848-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- C.F. Beezley
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Physical Description
- 702 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contains: Modern inventions and discoveries--Wonders of industrial progress--A Vivid array of facts concerning diferent nations--A Thousand things worth knowing--Solid food for sound minds--Facts for the curious--Self-instruction in bookkeeping--Commercial arithmetic and ready reckoner--Law without a lawyer--Self instruction in letter writing--Spelling and punctuation--Self instruction in modern writing--Self instruction in short-hand writing--One hundred ways to make money
- review questions for students are in the back
- Contributor's given name and contribution: Cary, Ferdinand Ellsworth (editor)
Practical grocer : a manual and guide for the grocer, the provision merchant and allied trades
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2423
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Simmonds, W. H.
- Publication Date
- 1904
- Call Number
- 641.4 SIM
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.253.1
- Call Number
- 641.4 SIM
- Author
- Simmonds, W. H.
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Publisher
- Gresham Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 9, 272, 8 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "3 N + 1.00" -- handwritten in pencil on first page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Grocery trade
- Food
- Notes
- "By W. H. Simmonds. F.J.I. with contributions by specialists trade experts and members of the trades." -- title page.
- "Volume one." -- title page.
- "The practical grocer will be completed in four super-royal 8vo volumes, bound in cloth." -- on leaf.
- Includes index.
Practical points in nursing for nurses in private practice, with an appendix containing rules for feeding the sick; recipes for invalid foods and beverages; weights and measures; dose list; and a full glossary of medical terms and nursing treatment
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1471
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3702.1
- Call Number
- 610 STO
- Edition
- 3rd ed. rev.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- London
- Publisher
- W. B. Saunders Co.
- Publication Date
- 1909
- Physical Description
- 466 p.: ill
- Inscription
- "Let all thy converse be sincere / Thy conscious as the noon day clear. / He that helpeth himself is greater than / he that taketh a city" -handwritten in ink inside back cover "I cut [&] probe where a 8 go / enjoying every quiver / gold can come, loves can go / but still cut on for ever" -handwritten in pencil inside back cover. True Loves a gift which God has given / To man alone beneath the heaven / It is the secret sympathy / The silver link, the silken tie / Which heart to heart [&] mind to mind / in body [&] in soul can bind" -handwritten in pencil inside back cover.
- Notes
- Author's given name : Stoney, Emily M. A. (Emily Marjory Armstrong)