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Information on the "Boswell Papers," by James Boswell, is presented. These papers are considered to be one of the most important literary finds of the 20th century. The bulk of the material acquired by Yale University in 1949 is in two series including "research edition," and "trade edition." Some of the letters include: "Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763" and "Boswell, The Great Biographer, 1789-1795."

Information about the novel "The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft," by George Gissing is presented. The novel is a reflection on human condition and sufferings. The plot of the novel is discussed.

Information about the novel "Pickwick Papers," by Charles Dickens is presented. The book is made up of letters and manuscripts. The book was first published serially under the pseudonym Boz. The book is said to be one of the author's most quoted ones. It has the author's well-known characters and caricatures including Mrs. Bardell and Weller.

Information on "The Biglow Papers," a book of poems and prose sketches by James Russell Lowell is presented. The first series is concerned with the Mexican War; the second treats the Civil War. The poems are written in dialect, while the accompanying prose remains in standard English.

Information on " The Aspern Papers," a novel by Henry James, is presented. The storyline of the novel is discussed. The characters of the novel are also discussed.

A list of encyclopedia entries related to American literature that starts with letter 'M is presented. Hamilton Wright Mabie, an editor and essayist "McArone Papers," satires of war correspondence contributed by George Arnold. Mary McCarthy, a novelist, short-story writer and critic.

Chapter 7 of the book "Treasures in Your Attic" is presented. The chapter looks at the antiques and collectibles that can be found in the bathroom. It cites a variety of rubber duckies, rubber bed warmers, and hot-water bottles as valuable collectibles that can be found in the bathroom. In addition, this chapter highlights the value of condom tins and paper and cardboard condom containers made in the 1910 to 1950 era.

The article offers information on the coins and paper money used of the Confederate States of America. It mentions the currency issued by the Department of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase. It presents the pattern of the Confederate coinage since 1870s. Moreover, it features the coin collection of Benjamin F. Taylor, Scott Mason and Thomas L. Elder.

This article presents information on several documents about homosexuality, heterosexuality and transgenderism. In an essay titled Smashing: Women's Relationships Before the Fall, Nancy Sahli argued that after about 1875 in the U.S. intense, passionate, loving intimacies between women were increasingly discredited. Sahli attributed this discrediting to two causes: a new feminist ideology which placed more value on the intellect than on emotion and sensibility and the rise of professional scientific, medical, psychiatric and social scientific communities. The act called sodomy in 1881 in Missouri was a case of forcible male-male anal intercourse but no distinction was made between this coerced act and a consensual one. In a paper delivered to the American Beurological Association, Doctor William A. Hamond, former surgeon-general of the U.S. Army, traced the history of the ancient idea of a disease which caused the loss of the physiological and moral attributes of man. The subjects also clothed themselves like women , adopting the manners, customs and occupations of the female sex. Herodotus and Hippocrates had claimed this disease prevailed among the Scythians. The essential point in the Disease of the Scythians and in the related condition of the mujerados was that the mental alienation influencing men to dress and act like women.

The article discusses the issue of the intake of hazardous chemicals into the human diet. Probably no person is immune to contact with this spreading contamination unless he lives in the most isolated situation imaginable. Lulled by the soft sell and the hidden persuader, the average citizen is seldom aware of the deadly materials with which he is surrounding himself; indeed, he may not realize he is using them at all. Gardening is now firmly linked with the super poisons. Every hardware store, garden-supply shop, and supermarket has rows of insecticides for every conceivable horticultural situation. To find a diet free from DDT and related chemicals, it seems one must go to a remote and primitive land, still lacking the amenities of civilization. Such a land appears to exist, at least marginally, on the far Arctic shores of Alaska--although even there one may see the approaching shadow. The files of the Food and Drug Administration contain records of a disturbing number of such violations. The system by which the Food and Drug Administration establishes maximum permissible limits of contamination, called "tolerances," has obvious defects. Under the conditions prevailing it provides mere paper security and promotes a completely unjustified impression that safe limits have been established and are being adhered to.