Books published by publisher Franklin Press

PREFACE THE present volume is the outcome of a desire to preserve the numerous notes which I have made during over twenty years work at the practical and scientific study of bating. It has been my wish to complete the investigation of this important process in leather manufacture, for, as Lord Allerton has paradoxically remarked Good leather is made before the skins go into the tan liquor at all, but owing to circumstances having drawn me more and more to the commercial side of the business, I have been compelled to abandon this project...

Most of these chapters were published in the Baltimore Baptist over the signature of Sola. They are a truthful narrative of the way a lady travelled in Europe without a guide, and with little reference to guide books. This early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.