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A learned dissertation on dumpling; its dignity, antiquity, and excellence. With a word upon pudding. And many other other useful discoveries, of great benefit to the publick. 1726.. Digitized from IA40310411-21 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_richard-plantagenet-a-le_hull-thomas_1774_0 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_original-poems-on-vario_cowper-frances-maria_1792 .

A learned dissertation on dumpling; its dignity, antiquity, and excellence. With a word upon pudding. ... To which is added, Namby pamby; a panegyric on the new versification address'd to A- P- Esq. 1726.. Digitized from IA40316207-56 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_moral-reflections-and-ma_la-rochefoucauld-frano_1746 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_the-island-princess-or-_motteux-peter-anthony_1736 .

A learned dissertation on dumpling; its dignity, antiquity, and excellence. With a word upon pudding. And many other useful discoveries, of great benefit to the publick. To which is added, Namby pamby; a panegyric on the new versification address'd to A- P- Esq. 1726.. Digitized from IA40310408-50 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-collection-of-poems-m_1789_2 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_the-seasons-by-james-th_thomson-james_1775 .

Book from Project Gutenberg: A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727) Library of Congress Classification: PR

A learned dissertation on dumpling: its dignity, antiquity, and excellence. With a word upon pudding. ... To which is added, Namby pamby: a panegyric on the new versification, address'd to A- P- Esq. 1727.. Digitized from IA40316207-12 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_leader-haughs-and-yarrow_burne-nicol_1793 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-miscellany-of-rhimes-_least-the-lowest-of-the_1782 .

A learned dissertation on dumpling; its dignity, antiquity, and excellence. With a word upon pudding. ... 1726.. Digitized from IA40313602-31 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_poetical-excursions-in-t_1777 .

A learned dissertation on dumpling; its dignity, antiquity, and excellence. With a word upon pudding. ... 1726.. Digitized from IA40313602-31 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_poetical-excursions-in-t_1777 .

1Mollie's Prince

By Rosa Nouchette Carey

Mr. Ward is a failing artist. His two daughters, Mollie and Waveney, are very close. However when the financial situation becomes insufferable, and Waveney has to enter service, the sisters have to part for the first time. The book tells both stories in a realistic and engaging way. It gives us, the readers, insight into every aspect of the sisters' lives from managing a household to going out with friends to treating servants and, of course, their love for each other. - Summary by Stav Nisser

2Doctor Luttrell's First Patient

By Rosa Nouchette Carey

Doctor Markus Luttrell and his new wife Olivia, a former governess, are trying to start building their nest. Problems arise when doctor Luttrell cannot find work and Olivia has to take care of the house. The financial problems make their marriage more and more difficult. They make ends meet before their rich neighbor needs doctor Luttrell. Would they be able to come up in the world? Would they be happy? - Summary by Stav Nisser.

A series of stories by Rosa Nouchette Carey who was a popular English novelist, whose works reflected the wholesome values of her time. They often contained the grit and realism of the day. Carey often wrote about the domestic fiction of the period, which she was presumed to have had personal acquaintance with such as - families making do on small means, coming to terms with bereavement and new responsibilities, moving into a new neighbourhood or a different house and allegiances, frictions and jealousies among members of a large family. - Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson

4Herb of Grace

By Rosa Nouchette Carey

Malcolm Herrick has it all: he is a lawyer, he has no financial problems, and he has wonderful friends and even an adopted sister. He is a dutiful boy to his mother. He is a loving friend. But he wanted something else. He wanted to be a poet or an artist. He wanted a country home with more freedom. A home where he could really feel at home. He wanted someone to nurture and love him. Now, he wants Elizabeth Templeton, his best friend's sister. This book is about taking some of what you have, getting some of what you want, and fulfilling a few dreams. - Summary by Stav Nisser.

5Heriot's Choice

By Rosa Nouchette Carey

Mildred wants to start her full life at the age of 28. She is looking forward to it until her brother asks her to come help in his home and care for his children. She has to take the role of "Aunt Milly," the almost happy and contented care taker. She meets Heriot, a woman doctor, who has her own ward. It remains for you to see how these women would influence each other. The book examines the role of a woman in society, and asks who is the strong woman? Is she the feminist or the ordinary? Would she be happy? - Summary by Stav Nisser.

An epic tale of romantic and societal confrontation, as two families become far more intimately entangled than they could have previously imagined. - Summary by The Reader

Thrill Book was a short-lived genre fiction precursor to Weird Tales featuring some of the same talent like Greye La Spina, Seabury Quinn, Clark Ashton Smith and Francis Stevens but with a somewhat broader scope that included crime and spy stories, westerns and adventure tales in addition to the sci-fi, fantasy and horror that Weird Tales was known for. In this first issue, marvel at the short story debut of noted Woman of Weird Fiction Greye La Spina! Thrill to the opening part of the lost race jungle adventure serial "In the Shadows of Race"! Sink into the curious doppelgänger tale "The Man Who Met Himself"! Be amazed at the mysterious and mystical tale of an ancient Egyptian curio in "The Jeweled Ibis"! All this and more! - Summary by Ben Tucker

Escape into another exciting issue of the influential pulp magazine The Thrill Book! In this issue, beware the "Vengeance of Vishnu", an exotic mystery! Feel your blood chill to the ghost story "The Unseen Seventh"! Cast off for adventure in the sea stories "This Way Out" and "The Sargasso Sea"! Gaze in awe to the weird experiment in soul transference of "The Borderland Bridge"! Also in this issue is the second part of the World War I spy thriller "Strasbourg Rose"! All this and more await you! - Summary by Ben Tucker

9Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens

By William Carey

William Carey was discouraged by the lack of interest in foreign missions among the church and wrote this book in an attempt to wake up the church to the importance of missions. He shows the Biblical basis for missions, traces the history of missions, demonstrates the needs around the world, considers the obstacles to missions, and lays out a practical strategy for how missions could look. - Summary by Aletheia Charis