CONTENTS.

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Arthur May Mowry
HEAT.
CHAPTER PAGE CHAPTER PAGE
I. Fire 11 V. Fuel 37
II. Indian Homes 17 VI. Coal 44
III. Colonial Homes 24 VII. Matches 51
IV. Chimneys 31
LIGHT.
I. Torches 61 V. Illuminating Gas 81
II. Candles 67 VI. Electric Lighting 85
III. Whale Oil 72 VII. Lighthouses 90
IV. Kerosene 77
FOOD.
I. Uncultivated Foods 99 IV. Implements for Harvesting 117
II. Cultivated Foods 104 V. Soil 124
III. Implements for Planting 111 VI. A Modern Dinner 131
CLOTHING.
I. Colonial Conditions 143 V. Leather 164
II. The Cotton Gin 148 VI. Needles 172
III. Cotton 153 VII. The Steam Engine 178
IV. Wool 158
TRAVEL.
I. By Land 187 V. Canals 215
II. By Water 194 VI. Railroads 223
III. Stagecoaches 200 VII. Modern Water Travel 229
IV. Steamboats 207 VIII. Modern Land Travel 235
LETTERS.
I. Language 247 V. The Telegraph

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