The home library of entertainment instruction and amusement
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.12.4
- Call Number
- 032 MEE
- Author
- Meek, Thomas Sheppard
- Place of Publication
- St. Louis
- Publisher
- N.D. Thompson Pub. Co
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 544 p. [80] leaves of plates ; front., ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper"
"Mr. Shei__" [written in blue ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Readers and speakers--1870-
- Notes
- Contents: Book I. Fireside gems from our popular poets -- Book II. The model speaker and reciter -- Book III. Games, amusements and sports -- Book IV. The songs we love to sing -- Book V. The home book of etiquette -- Book VI. Wonderful and remarkable things and facts -- Book VII. Biography anecdote of the great
- "richly embellished with over 100 duograph and half-tone engravings"
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Hand book of Corliss steam engines : describing in a comprehensive manner the erection of engines, the adjustment of the Corliss valve gear, and the care and management of Corliss steam engines.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.19.1
- Call Number
- 621.1 SHI
- Edition
- 3rd. ed.
- Author
- Shillitto, F. W.
- Place of Publication
- Bridgeport, Conn.
- Publisher
- American Industrial
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Physical Description
- 224 p. port., illus. 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "W.R.Benson. Penetang. Ont. aug 4-66"
"W.R.Benson Nelean. B.L"
"aug. 03 / October 1953 ----- / m---------- / ------- / -----"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Steam-engines
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author's given name : Shillitto, F. W. (Frank William)
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Elementary English composition
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.56.2
- Call Number
- 428 SYK Ver. 2 Copy 1
- Author
- Sykes, Frederick Henry, 1863-1917
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Copp, Clark Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Physical Description
- xiv, 227 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "21" [handwritten in black ink on front pastedown]
"Harold Butler
Lampson St School" [handwritten in black ink on front pastedown]
"Omit pp 110
mem. stories. l, p, c, b, sent
c, c r, f.c, ; t; f.r.c" [handwritten in black ink on t.p.]
"35¢" [handwritten in black ink on t.p.]
"_ Butler [E?]" [handwritten in faded black ink on back pastedown]
Colour painting of flower [rose?] on back endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Composition and exercises
- English language--Grammar
- English language--Study and teaching
- Notes
- "Authorized by the Education Department of Ontario" --cover.
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Elementary English composition
Cancer of the uterus : a clinical monograph on its diagnosis and treatment, with the after-results in seventy-three cases treated by radical operation
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.65
- Call Number
- 616.9946 LEW
- Author
- Lewers, Arthur H. N., 1857-1934
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- H. K. Lewis
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Physical Description
- v-xiii, 328 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover:
pasted in label, yellow/natural paper with black ink, some handwriting in black ink]
"McGill University"
"Montreal"
"Faculty of Medicine"
"Prize"
"awarded to"
"Mr. E.H. Funk" [name handwritten in black ink]
"for best examination in"
"subjects of 2nd year 1906-7"
"T.G. Roddick L.L.D. Dean" [presenter, handrwitten in black ink]
inside back cover, lower left corner:
"JOSEPH FORTIER,"
"BINDER"
"Cor. Notre Dame and St. Peter"
"MONTREAL" [small printed label pasted in, black ink on pink paper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Uterus--Cancer
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "With 51 original illustrations and 3 colored plates."
- Author full name: Lewers, Arthur H. N. (Arthur Hamilton Nicholson).
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Elementary English composition
Embroidery lessons with colored studies, 1903 : latest and most complete book on the subject of silk embroidery and popular fancy work
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.38.11
- Call Number
- 746.4 BRA
- Place of Publication
- New London, Conn.
- Publisher
- The Brainerd & Armstrong Co.
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Physical Description
- 109 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Embroidery
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Christianity -- what is it? : five lectures on Dr. Harnack's "wesen des christentums"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.33.60
- Call Number
- 270 MAS
- Author
- Mason, Arthur James, 1851-1928
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Series
- The church historical society ; LXVI
- Inscription
- "Presented by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Not to be Given Away" [stamp in purple on title page]
"Bought at secondhand store for 50 cents" [handwritten in pencil on title page]
"Please return to Albert Henkea Rm. 11 Hut 29 Acadia Camp, UBC" [handwritten in pencil and blue ink on prefatory note page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christianity
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- object was found in the Jesse Love farmhouse when moved to the Museum.
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates: Mason, Arthur James, 1851-1928
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The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England : together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches ; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons
The letters of Queen Victoria : a selection from her Makesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861, published by the authority of His Majesty the King, vol. ii, 1844-1853
Britain's King and Queen : the story of their lives , with sixty-eight illustrations
The golden house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.38.13
- Call Number
- 823.8 BAK
- Author
- Baker, Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker), 1824-1906
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 188, [4] p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "LOCHEE / Boys' & Girls' Religious Association / AWARDED TO / Lizzie Howie / FOR REGULAR ATTENDANCE / AT / SABBATH MORNING SERVICE, / VICTORIA HALL, HIGH STREET. / LOCHEE / December 19-" on preprinted paper pasted inside front cover, name only handwritten
"W 8m" in black ink inside front cover, crossed out
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
- Juvenile fiction
- Notes
- Pseudonym of Baker, Sarah Schoonmaker, 1824-1906 also known as Aunt Friendly
- List of illustrations doesn't match actual locations of illustrations in book
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Maxims and instructions for the boiler room: useful to engineers, firemen & mechanics, relating to steam generators, pumps, appliances, steam heating, practical plumbing, etc
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.60.3
- Call Number
- 621.1 HAW
- Author
- Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Theo Audel
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 331 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Steam-boilers
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author's given name and dates: Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928
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Wellcome's excerpta therapeutica
Principles of home decoration with practical examples
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.1251.1
- Call Number
- 747 WHE
- Author
- Wheeler, Candace, 1827-1923
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Doubleday Page & Company, Inc.
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- v, 227 p. plates
- Inscription
- "Property of R. MacMaster" [hand written black ink on inside cover]
"To Mrs. Hughes and Daughters with affection for the stranger's welcome, Isabel Bevien" [hand written in grey ink on inside front leaf]
"VI" [written in grey ink on top right corner of title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Interior decoration
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Capital : a critical analysis of capitalist production
The story of the Bible for boys and girls
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3911.1
- Call Number
- 220 HUR
- Author
- Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, 1843-1930
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- viii, 238 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible history
- Notes
- "Giving in connected form the principal facts of the Bible, the lives and adventures of its heroes, wih the most remarkable and interesting scenes in its history. Collected and retold in simple Bible language for children." -- title page
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Aiming higher : or, perseverance and faithfulness triumphant
History of the United States : from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902, volume II
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.21
- Call Number
- 973 AND v.2
- Author
- Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-1917
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 352 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Alex M___" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- United States
- United States--History
- Notes
- "with 500 illustrations and maps" --T.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Andrews, E. Benjamin (Elisha Benjamin), 1844-1917
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History of the United States : from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902, volume III
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.22
- Call Number
- 973 AND v.3
- Author
- Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-1917
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 365 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Alex M___[Moss]" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- United States
- United States--History
- Notes
- "with 500 illustrations and maps" --T.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Andrews, E. Benjamin (Elisha Benjamin), 1844-1917
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