It is said that when Victoria, late queen of England, had read Alice in Wonderland she was so pleased that she asked for more of the author’s books. They brought her a treatise on logarithms by the Rev. C. L. Dodgson….

In an academical discussion held at Oxford he once published three rules to be followed in debate. This is one of the three: “Let it be granted that any one may speak at any length on a subject at any distance from that subject.”

From: Stories of Authors, British and American, by Edwin Watts Chubb, 1910.

The Gold Trail, by Harold Bindloss. Published 1910.

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Palmistry for All, Containing New Information on the Study of the Hand Never Before Published. By Cheiro. Published 1916. ©1910.

This book is still in print, but you can have an early edition — for free!

Thanks to Christine D. for post-processing this project!

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The Boston Terrier and All About It, by Edward Axtell. 1910.

I post-processed this one, and because I did, I’m going to share a picture with you:

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Round the World in Seven Days, by Herbert Strang. From the Project Comments:

Lieutenant Charles Thesiger Smith flies a teeny aeroplane around the world. Meets natives who attack (repeatedly).

This is the first book I’ve “fostered” to another PPer. I like PPing, but my stack is just getting too tall. Thanks to Sankar Viswanathan for doing the Post-Processing of this book! And thanks to Bill for making the illustrations so pretty.