Bepler's Handy Manual of Knowledge and Useful Information

PREFACE In isuing this voIume the author aims to produce, in a clear and practical manner, a book of useful information for persons in all walks of life, and especially for those whose time is, limited. Often when seeing such information as is here presented in a handy form valuable time is wasted looking through books, papers, etc. The public will not once see the advantage of having before them, arranged under proper beads and compiled from authentic source with the strictest accuracy, data such as tables of weights, measures, etc., important events, and in fact a vast amount of general and practical information.............