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London, -and a night in June. London, swart and grim, semi-shrouded in a warm close mist of mingled human breath and acrid vapour steaming up from the clammy crowded streets, -London, with a million twinkling lights gleaming sharp upon its native blackness, and looking, to a dreamer's eye, like some gigantic Fortress, built line upon line and tower upon tower, -with huge ramparts raised about it frowningly as though in self-defence against Heaven. Around and above it the deep sky swept in a ring of sable blue, wherein thousands of stars were visible, encamped after the fashion of a mighty army, with sentinel planets taking their turns of duty in the watching of a rebellious world. A sulphureous wave of heat half asphyxiated the swarms of people who were hurrying to and fro in that restless undetermined way which is such a predominating feature of what is called a London "season," and the general impression of the weather was, to one and all, conveyed in a sense of discomfort and oppression, with a vague struggling expectancy of approaching thunder. Few raised their eyes beyond the thick warm haze which hung low on the sooty chimney-pots, and trailed sleepily along in the arid, dusty parks. Those who by chance looked higher, saw that the skies above the city were divinely calm and clear, and that not a cloud betokened so much as the shadow of a sto

A comprehensive and fascinating volume which traces the chronological development of furniture design from the work of Inigo Jones in the 16th century to the work of Sheraton in the early 19th century. Illustrated with 3,500 drawings (some engravings reproduced from the pattern books of the great designers, and others specially drawn by the author) of such once-common household items as Chippendale and Hogarth chairs, dials, cisterns, windows, clocks, cabinets, tables, bedsteads, chests, and screens. This is a wonderful reference book for both the dealer and the collector. Originally published in 1908.Thomas Arthur Strange is also the author of An Historical Guide to French Interiors, Furniture, Decoration, Woodwork and Allied Arts.

Melville Davisson Post created his famous character, Randolph Mason, in 1894. Mason was a highly skilled and unscrupulous lawyer who used the law to defeat the ends of justice. Generally in the stories in this book he shows the villain how to circumvent the law.Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930) was a lawyer, political insider, and candidate for President of the United States (Democrat, 1924). He was one of the really great writers of the detective short story and is ranked in the same class as Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Originally published in 1876, this practical guide to gilding and silvering also includes picture framing, picture repairing, and recipes for a variety of stains and finishes. There are sections about gilding on wood and glass for signs.