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    How to Be a Novelist, 1901

    Most authors indulge in little eccentricities when working…

    How to Have Beautiful Arms, 1896

    Beautiful arms are a powerful weapon in the armory of beauty…

    How to Make Turnip Wine, 1796

    To make Turnip Wine. Take a good many turnips, pare, slice, and put them in a cyder-press…

    How to Entertain a Lady, 1883

    On all occasions when a number of people convene together, whether indoors or out…

    How to Disclose Your Relationship Status, 1890

    How to Grow Facial Hair, 1658

    Amongst those things that will make ones beard grow, and are easy to be had…

    How to Cure a Nosebleed, 1561

    Beat egges shales to pouder and syft them through a linnen cloth and blewe them into his nose…

    How to Prevent Pregnancy, c. 1260

    A weasel placed on a scorpion bite helps greatly…

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