Classical biography: exhibiting alphabetically the proper names, with a short account of the several deities, heros, and other persons mentioned in the ancient classic authors; and a more particular description of the most distinguished characters among the Romans; the whole being interspersed with occasional explanations of words and phrases. Designed chiefly to contribute to the illustration of the Latin classics.

Mode of access: Internet.

The craftsman, and freemason's guide, containing a delineation of the rituals of freemasonry, with the emblems and explanations so arranged as greatly to facilitate in acquiring a knowledge of the rites and ceremonies of the several degrees, from Entered apprentice to that of Select master, and the order of priesthood.

With music.

An index to the works of Shakspere giving references, by topics, to notable passages and significant expressions; brief histories of the plays; geographical names, and historical incidents; mention of all characters, and sketches of important ones; together with explanations of allusions and obscure and obsolete words and phrases,

Mode of access: Internet.

Burrowes' throrough-base primer, containing explanations and examples of the rudiments of harmony; with fifty exercises.

Mode of access: Internet.

Proposed revised federal grain standards, including explanations /

Caption title.

Universal dictionary of the English language; a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the English language together with condensed explanations of fifty thousand important subjects and an exhaustive encyclopaedia of all the arts and sciences profusely illustrated,

According to Brit. mus. Catalogue, first published in London in 1879 under the title The encyclopaedic dictionary.

The Rosicrucians, their rites and mysteries; with chapters on the ancient fire- and serpent-worshipers, and explanations of the mystic symbols represented in the monuments and talismans of the primeval philosophers.

Mode of access: Internet.

An abridgement of Murray's grammar ; to which is added a set of lessons, containing examples, explanations, rules, and questions, suited to the several parts of speech and forms of the English language /

Shaw & Shoemaker

Religious emblems: being a series of emblematic engravings, with written explanations, miscellaneous observations and religious reflections ...

"The drawings and the engravings of the cuts were for the most part executed by ... [J.W. Barber]"

Book-keeping by single and double-entry : with an appendix containing explanations of mercantile terms and transactions /

From the Celtic Collection of Rev. Alexander Maclean Sinclair.

Cataloging rules, with explanations and illustrations,

A revision of the preliminary edition published by The New York state library in 1914 as Library school bulletin 36. Based on The A.L.A. catalog rules.