[PDR] Still Booking on De Quincey’s Mail-Coach

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    STILL BOOKING ON DE QUINCEY’S MAIL-COACH


*Robin Jarvis looks at Thomas de Quincey’s essay “The English 
Mail-Coach, or the Glory of Motion” and how its meditation on technology 
and society is just as relevant today as when first published in 1849. *
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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/02/20/still-booking-on-de-quinceys-mail-coach/>

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Endless Amusement, a collection of nearly 400 entertaining experiments 
in various branches of science, including acoustics, arithmetic, 
chemistry, electricity, hydraulics, hydrostatics, magnetism, mechanics, 
optics, wonders of the air pump, all the popular tricks and changes of 
the cards. Read More » 
<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/02/19/endless-amusement-1820/>



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        SLOVAK FOLK SONGS (1928/30)

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    Slovak folk songs from Adele Keshelak and Michael Tokarick

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Valentine's Day Special - A small selection of hearts through the 
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Beautiful 17th century book showing various emblems with mottos 
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themselves described only in German. Some highlights include a floating 
stone and a lion being suspended over an empty throne. Read More » 
<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/02/13/emblems-ancient-and-modern-1699/>


JEHAN COUSIN’S /LIVRE DE POURTRAITURE/ (1608)


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    Selected images from a 1608 edition of /Livre de Pourtraiture/ by
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    was often compared to his contemporary, Albrecht Dürer.

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    <http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/02/11/jehan-cousins-livre-de-pourtraiture-1608/>


    HORSE DRAWN FIRE ENGINES (1896)

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Four horse drawn fire engines roar up a snow-covered Newark, New Jersey, 
street while spectators watch from the sidelines. Until the mid-19th 
century most fire engines were maneuvered by men, but the introduction 
of horse-drawn fire engines considerably improved the response time to 
incidents.

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/02/08/horse-drawn-fire-engines-1896/>


    CROATIAN TALES OF LONG AGO (1922)

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A seminal collection of short stories by the acclaimed children’s author 
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Matica Hrvatska publishing house. The collection is considered her 
masterpiece.

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/02/07/croatian-tales-of-long-ago-1922/>




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