And The Baboon Played Chess With The Emperor

A modern recreation of a Victorian scrapbook made up of cuttings from books and magazines published in the early to mid nineteenth century. You will come across such delights as <p> the artificial duck that ate, drank and quacked; <p> the tax on bachelors; <p> early attempts at ballooning; <p> the clever cat; <p> horse-racing by machinery; <p> leeches; <p> powdering the hair; <p> early steam carriages. <p> And of course the baboon playing chess with an Emperor. And much, much more. <p> If you enjoy loitering amongst literary and historic trivia, then you will love this book. <p> Read more at <p> http://lulu.wikidot.com/and-the-baboon-played-chess-with-the-emperor <p>