21, by Frank Crane. Published 1930, ©1918, 1917.

A short book of advice to young men, told in the form “If I were Twenty-One, I would…”

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The experiment of free government is not one which can be tried once for all. Every generation must try it for itself. As each new generation starts up to the responsibilities of manhood, there is, as it were, a new launch of Liberty, and its voyage of experiment begins afresh.

Robert C. Winthrop, Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1852, p. 163. Noted in Lord Acton, A Lecture on the Study of History Delivered at Cambridge, June 11, 1895. London: MacMillian and Co., 1911.

Nights in London, by Thomas Burke. Published 1918.

A charming view of pre-WWI London.

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Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge, by Alexander Philip. Published 1915.

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Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State, edited by Grace R. Clifton. Published 1913.

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German Science Reader: An Introduction to Scientific German, for Students of Physics, Chemistry and Engineering, by Charles F. Kroeh. Published 1907.

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How to Write Clearly, by Edwin Abbott. Published 1883.

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The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to some Other Matters of Interest to Those who would Speak and Write with Propriety, by Alfred Ayres [pseud. Thomas Embly Osmun]. Published 1887.

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