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- A quiet dinner with Dr. Bottles - after which he reads aloud miss Babbles’s latest work
- An Odd Volume
A seated man reading a book - At School
Girls sitting on a bench at school reading - Bookcases in the library of the University of Leiden
Another device for combining desk with shelf is to be seen at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and, as these cases were set up after 1626, we have here a curious instance of a deliberate return to ancient forms. There is evidence that there once existed below the shelf a second desk, which could be drawn in and out as required, so that a reader could stand or sit as he pleased, as you will see from the next illustration. The University of Leiden in Holland adopted a modification of this design, for there the shelf is above the desk, and readers could only stand to use the books - Boy reading
- Boy reading to two girls
- Bradford's Velocipede
If any of our readers desire the luxury of a ride on a velocipede without the necessity of taking lessons, or the danger of getting a fall, they will find " Bradford's Four-Wheeled Velocipede" ready and able to afford them the pleasure. The inventor of this vehicle, Mr. C. K. Bradford, has devoted the greater part of the last five years to experiments upon the velocipede, and took out his first patent three years and a half ago. The machine, as now constructed and improved, obtained its American patent October 13th, 1868. It has since been patented in England, France, and Belgium. It is made of the best material, and finished like a gentleman's trotting wagon. It weighs but sixty-five pounds, and combines in a high degree both lightness and strength. Any man, woman or child, can learn to guide it easily with but a few moments practice. The inventor claims that it is able to maintain a speed of a mile in three minutes, and that the extraordinary time of a half mile in one minute and forty-five seconds, has been made upon a country road. It can be driven by almost any man, at the rate of a mile in four minutes, on almost any road, without greater exertion than is ordinarily used in walking. This velocipede, unlike all others, is seen to best advantage on the street. In Mr. Bradford's tasteful little curricle, the rider can sit at ease as carelessly as in a carriage, giving himself up wholly to the exhilaration of the rapid movement, and the pleasurable exercise of the muscles, which is just enough to make the machine skim over the ground, and give an enjoyable sense of power. The increase of friction, which would naturally result from the additional number of wheels, is prevented by an application of anti-friction rollers, which reduce the labor of propelling the machine to a minimum, a requisite of the highest importance to a person seeking either recreation or utility. - Children (and squirrels) reading
- Cottage Piety
- Ella Flagg Young
Boy hoeing between the cabbages as a girls reads a book - Explaining the need of a new hat
Man (reading a newspaper) looks unconvinced as his wife explains the need of a new hat - Five girls reading
- Girl and her toys reading a book
- Girl choosing a good book
Young girl deciding which book to read - Girl reading
- Girl reading a book
- Girl reading book
- Girl reading to a boy who is in bed
Girl reading to a boy who is in bed - Girl reading to boy
- I'm Reading
Little girl "reading" a newspaper - Improve your speech by reading
A family sitting around reading - Jesus in the temple, reading the Bible
- Ladies' Cheeky look while reading the newspaper
Ladies' Cheeky look while reading the newspaper - Lady Reading
- Lady reading
Lady reading - Lady reading in a hammock
- Lady Reading the Bible
Lady Reading the Bible - Lincoln Studying
Lincoln studying in bed by candlelight - Little girl sitting and reading in the garden
Little girl sitting and reading in the garden - Lord Lyndhurst
Lord Lyndhurst - Man by fire with visions in his head
- Man looking up from his reading and smiling
Man looking up from his reading and smiling - Man reading on stage
Man reading on stage - Miss Babbles, the authoress, calls and reads aloud
- Monk in Scriptorium
The Scriptorium is said to have been usually over the chapter-house. It was therefore a large apartment, capable of containing many persons, and, in fact, many persons did work together in it in a very business-like manner at the transcription of books. - Mother reading to two girls
- Our Social Club
Bunch of men all reading newspapers - Reading
- Reading
Young girl reading - Reading a book
Young boy with a bowtie Reading a book - Reading a scroll
- Reading the Will
- Seven children
- Studies in Expression
Reading the play. - The Princess and the Apple Tree
Children reading a book - Three children reading a book
Three children reading a book - Three Girls reading a book
- Two girls
Two girls knitting and reading - Two girls reading
- When you read do not bend over
- Young girl reading to old lady