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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This comprehensive manual on early taxidermy was published in
London in 1884, and is much sought after by modern taxidermists for
its wealth of detail and historical content. The author was curator
of the Town Museum, Leicester, and considered to be one of
England's foremost taxidermists. He intended this book... "to be an
introduction to a delightful art, which must be wooed with patient
determination and loving pains until technical skill invests it
with beauty." Read Country Books has now re-published "Practical
Taxidermy" in its entirety, using the original text, woodcuts and
engravings. Its 368 pages are divided into sixteen detailed
chapters: - The Rise and Progress of Taxidermy. - Decoying and
Trapping Animals. - Necessary Tools. - Preservative Soaps, Powders,
etc. - Skinning and Preserving Birds. - Skinning and Preserving
Mammals. - Modelling of Animals by Substitution of Clay,
Composition, Plaster Casts, or Wax for Loose Stuffing. - Skinning,
Preserving, and Mounting Fish. - Skinning, Preserving and Mounting
Reptiles. - Dressing and Softening Skins or Fur as Leather. -
Relaxing and Cleaning Skins - "Making-Up" from Pieces. - Colouring
Bills and Feet of Birds, Bare Skin of Mammals, Fishes, etc. -
Making Skeletons of Animals. - Egg Collecting and Preserving. -
Cases, Mounts, Shields, Cabinets, Rockwork, Ferns, Grasses,
Sea-Weeds etc, for "Fitting-Up." - Artistic Mounting, Modelled
Foliage Screens, Lamps, Natural History Jewellery, etc. -
Collecting and Preserving Insects. - The Pictorial Arrangement of
Museums. Etc. This previously rare book will prove to be a valuable
addition to the library of all dedicated taxidermists. Many of the
earliest sporting books, particularly thosedating back to the
1800s, are now extremely scarce and very expensive. Read Country
Books are reprinting these classic works in affordable, high
quality, modern editions. These editions are republished using the
original text and artwork.
It has always been understood that the central claim of
Christianity-that Jesus born of Mary is the Son of God-is as much a
declaration of the mystery of the human as it is the mystery of
God; just as the claim that in virtue of this identity he is the
Christ who restores, and more, transforms, the created order,
intensifies the mystery of the human even further. When the age of
revolution was followed by the age of science, and the effort to
shape the environment by technology was joined by an injunction to
shape societies and economies, and class conflicts became part of
world conflicts, the question about the human emerged as a crisis
in the meaning of being human. Yet the Catholic mind, preoccupied
like every other with the crisis, has conducted its reflection
within a tradition of Christian humanism, insisting on the mystery
and the tragedy, and still the dignity, of the human. This
collection of essays by thirteen Catholic scholars of philosophy,
theology, and political thought investigates a range of topics from
human sexuality and marriage to moral freedom and responsibility in
a pluralistic society, while demonstrating that the Gospel, passed
on in an ecclesial tradition, entered into through a sacramental
tradition, remains the one radical source of confidence in the
quest for human truth.
A concise, yet engaging introduction to the field of ethics,
this volume offers a systematic study of the foundations of moral
responsibility. Montague Brown guides the reader on an examination
of a wide range of ethical positions, including relativism,
emotivism, egoism, utilitarianism, Kantian formalism, and natural
law.
Brown explains not only the history behind the development of
each position, but also the roles science, democracy, and religion
play in moral thinking today.
Students and teachers of philosophy, ethics, and religion, as
well as the general reader, will find that this book tackles the
serious issues and offers an insightful, accessible introduction to
major ethical positions and the great moral philosophers.
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical
literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles
have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades.
The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to
promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a
TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the
amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series,
tredition intends to make thousands of international literature
classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
Title: Yearly Records of Pyrgo Park, Havering-atte-Bower, in the
County of Essex, from 946 to 1888 ... Extracted and compiled by M.
Browne.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and
social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Browne, Alexander
Montagu; 1889 167 p.; 8 . 010358.f.6.
Practical Taxidermy - A Manua; of Instruction In Collecting,
Preserving, And Setting up Natural History Specimens of All Kinds,
With Accitional Instructions In Modelling And Artistic Taxidermy.
By Montague Browne, F.S.Z. Many of the earliest sporting books,
particularly those dating back to the 1800s, are now extremely
scarce and very expensive. Read Country Books are reprinting these
classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions. These
editions are republished using the original text and artwork. This
comprehensive manual on early taxidermy was published in London in
1884, and is much sought after by modern taxidermists for its
wealth of detail and historical content. The author was curator of
the Town Museum, Leicester, and considered to be one of England's
foremost taxidermists. He intended this book... "to be an
introduction to a delightful art, which must be wooed with patient
determination and loving pains until technical skill invests it
with beauty." Read Country Books has now re-published "Practical
Taxidermy" in its entirety, using the original text, woodcuts and
engravings. Its 368 pages are divided into sixteen detailed
chapters: - The Rise and Progress of Taxidermy. - Decoying and
Trapping Animals. - Necessary Tools. - Preservative Soaps, Powders,
etc. - Skinning and Preserving Birds. - Skinning and Preserving
Mammals. - Modelling of Animals by Substitution of Clay,
Composition, Plaster Casts, or Wax for Loose Stuffing. - Skinning,
Preserving, and Mounting Fish. - Skinning, Preserving and Mounting
Reptiles. - Dressing and Softening Skins or Fur as Leather. -
Relaxing and Cleaning Skins - "Making-Up" from Pieces. - Colouring
Bills and Feet of Birds, Bare Skin ofMammals, Fishes, etc. - Making
Skeletons of Animals. - Egg Collecting and Preserving. - Cases,
Mounts, Shields, Cabinets, Rockwork, Ferns, Grasses, Sea-Weeds etc,
for "Fitting-Up." - Artistic Mounting, Modelled Foliage Screens,
Lamps, Natural History Jewellery, etc. - Collecting and Preserving
Insects. - The Pictorial Arrangement of Museums. Etc. This
previously rare book will prove to be a valuable addition to the
library of all dedicated taxidermists.
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