Everybody's Pocket Companion: A Handy Reference Book
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
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A compact Victorian-era reference volume, Everybody's Pocket Companion: A Handy Reference Book by A. Mercer, M.R.S.T., presents a wide-ranging collection of practical facts, figures, and general knowledge intended for everyday use by the common reader. Designed in the tradition of the popular Victorian miscellanies, it compiles useful information spanning topics such as weights and measures, postal regulations, legal notes, household tips, and general scientific and historical data. The tone is brisk, authoritative, and thoroughly utilitarian, reflecting the era's great enthusiasm for self-improvement and accessible education. Mercer instructs and informs with the confidence of a seasoned compiler, making complex or obscure information readily digestible for a broad audience. A charming artifact of nineteenth-century print culture, it illustrates the period's belief that knowledge, neatly organized and kept close at hand, was an indispensable tool for modern life.
Author: A. Mercer, M.R.S.T.
Format: Paperback
Genre: Reference & language
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A compact Victorian-era reference volume, Everybody's Pocket Companion: A Handy Reference Book by A. Mercer, M.R.S.T., presents a wide-ranging collection of practical facts, figures, and general knowledge intended for everyday use by the common reader. Designed in the tradition of the popular Victorian miscellanies, it compiles useful information spanning topics such as weights and measures, postal regulations, legal notes, household tips, and general scientific and historical data. The tone is brisk, authoritative, and thoroughly utilitarian, reflecting the era's great enthusiasm for self-improvement and accessible education. Mercer instructs and informs with the confidence of a seasoned compiler, making complex or obscure information readily digestible for a broad audience. A charming artifact of nineteenth-century print culture, it illustrates the period's belief that knowledge, neatly organized and kept close at hand, was an indispensable tool for modern life.