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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.

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.

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.

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 "Boston News-Letter" is presented. It was the first newspaper published in the American colonies with a long life by John Campbell on April 24, 1704. The paper ran until 1776.

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."

A profile of Pierre Boulez, a French composer of extremely complex, pointillistic music, is presented. He was born in 1925. He is widely recognized for his work "Le Marteau sans maitre." He was a poineer in experiments with electronic music. He has authored several papers on musical theory.

A definition of the term "broadside ballads," is presented. It refers to popular songs and poems. written in doggerel. The compositions were printed in black letter on a single sheet of paper, decorated with woodcuts. They were sold for a penny or two on the streets corners of England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Their subject matter was taken from political events, battles or wars, executions, domestic quarrels and births.

A profile of Nikolay Ivanovich Bukharin, a Russian Communist leader and editor is presented. He is reputed as a leader in the Bolshevik movement in which he joined in1906. He coedited the publication "Pravda" and became the editor of the revolutionary paper "Novy mir." He was expelled from the party and later reinstated.

Information about Serjeant Buzfuz, a character in "Pickwick Papers," by Charles Dickens is presented. Detailed information on his role as an able orator in the work is presented.

A profile of U.S. historian William Byrd is presented. Byrd was from Virginia and was also a scholar, explorer and member of the Royal Society of London. Some of his best-known works are "The History of the Dividing Line," "A Journey to the Land of Eden," and "A Progress to the Mines." All these are compiled in a collection of his papers, known as "The Westover Manuscripts," which was first published in 1841.

A definition of the term "cartoon," is presented. It refers to a picture on a cardboard or heavy paper, which is a full-size preliminary sketch, mostly colored. It is stated that in modern usage, a cartoon is also considered a satiric or humorous drawing or a type of motion picture, wherein the frames are drawings and not photographs. It is noted that the British magazine "Punch," was the first one that published cartoons the first satirical drawings.

Information on the legend "Gotham, wise men of Fools," is presented. According to the legend the men of Gotham pretended to act fool to avoid the passage of King John through Gotham, England. A nursery rhyme based on the tale is also presented. New York City was named as Gotham by Washington Irving in his "Salmagundi Papers".

A profile of Oliver Wendell Holmes, a jurist of the U.S., is presented. He was the son of a physician. In 1902 he was appointed in the U.S. Supreme court. "The Common Law," and "Collected Legal Papers," are two of his books.

Information on Kelmscott Press Inc. is presented. It was established by William Morris in 1891. The press is a co-operative publishing and printing enterprise, which is known for its beauty of paper, binding and typography in the books it published.

A profile of American poet, editor, critic, and diplomat James Russell Lowell is presented. Lowell got training for the law, but he switched over to journalism. "The Pioneer" a short-lived magazine was founded by him. He came to the notice of the literary world after the publication of "The Biglow Papers." His long poem "The Vision of Sir Launfal" was very popular among schoolchildren.

A profile of Dolley Madison, wife of former U.S. president James Madison, is presented. She got married to the president in 1794. When the British burned Washington in 1814, she saved many official papers and a portrait of former U.S. President George Washington from the White House in Washington D.C. She became a social leader in Washington after the death of Madison.

A profile of Jean Paul Marat, a Swiss-born French politician and physician, is presented. He published the paper "L'Ami du peuple," during French revolution wherein he advocated for a republican form of government.

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 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.

A profile of the English poet and novelist Stevie Smith is presented. He was born in 1902. Smith wrote her first novel "Novel on Yellow Paper" at the suggestion of a publisher who rejected her verse. Some of her literary works include "The Holiday" and "A Good Time Was Had by All." She won the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1969.

Information on the Stamp Act, a revenue act, is presented. It is also known as Grenville's Stamp Act. Passed by the English Parliament in 1765, this act required that all legal documents, newspapers, almanacs and commercial papers in the American colonies to carry stamps showing that a tax had been paid on them. The act was abolished in 1766 following protests led by political leaders Samuel Adams and James Otis.

Information on "Tracts for the Times," a series of ninety papers on theological and liturgical subjects, is presented. It is also known as the Oxford Tracts. They consist of extracts from 17th-century High Church divines and church fathers.

Information on the novel "Treasure Island," by Robert Stevenson is presented. The story is told by Jim Hawkins, a young boy who learns of the whereabouts of a buried treasure from the papers of an old sailor staying at his mother's inn.

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.

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.

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.