print email comment close Household Cyclopedia of General Information URL: http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Household_Cyclopedia_of_General_Information/ Description: Originally published in 1881, this wonderful book was designed for frontier families who had to do it all with not much help from experts. Want to know how to bud trees, amputate a leg, prepare your beehives for winter, make Lucifers (matches), make black paint from various natural materials (peach pit black is dull)? This is the book for you. Great fun to browse. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Frontier and pioneer life Home economics -- Encyclopedias LII Database Information: Record 2121 created by Dana Evans on 06/20/1999 Last modification on 03/26/2002 Published: 06/20/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2121