Folly Cove 01930: 249 books

This is a brief primer in Ichthyology, the study of fish, giving an overview of many species and types of fish found on our planet. Nicely illustrated.

This is an unflattering account of a visit to the island during the mid nineteenth century by an American who was not a voluntary tourist.

This piece was part of a series describing working life as it was during the 1890's. This piece shows a sailor's life on a typical merchant vessel just as the age of sail was coming to an end. Written by a man well known for his adventurous sea stories.

A mid nineteenth century parlor conversation about social aesthetics particularly in women's clothing.

This is the original article, including illustrations, that made Wild Bill Hickock, the Scout of the Plains, a household word back in 1867. This article details the Hickcock - Davis Tutt Shootout and discusses his scouting during the war. George Ward Nichols  (1831 – 1885) was a civil war colonel and writer.

A Brief look at the history of the practice of Law in New York to 1900.

A look at the vibrant summer in the always lively city of New York as the twentieth century gets underway.

An essay written and illustrated by the Blashfields on the Florentine Artist and their role in the renascence.

A short overview of Mexican superstitions: ghost stories, curses and spells written in the late nineteenth century. A Quick Read!

This short piece describes a trip to Newfoundland to lay pieces of the transatlantic cable during the mid nineteenth century. Digitally Restored illustrations.

An American visits Siberia, along the Amoor river, during the mid nineteenth century. This piece includes a description of a wedding as well as the usual cultural comments and landscape and business descriptions in a country where dogs were used to haul boats and sledges. Various tribes are encountered as this border river between Russia and China is explored. Well illustrated.

The Sea Island Hurricanes tells of the destruction and relief efforts after the devastation of the Hurricanes of 1893 on the Sea Islands between Savannah and Charleston, on the Atlantic Coast of the United States.

This article from 1859 describes Washington's home as it was during a visit by the author in 1858, when the property was still in private hands.

A short look at striper fishing in the 1880's at one of the fishing clubs around Cuttyhunk Island off the coast of Massachusetts. An interesting look at the sport and the sportsmen of the time. Illustrated.