Things not generally known
Subtitle: a popular hand-book of facts not readily accessible in literature, history, and science.
By: Edited by David A. Wells. New York, D. Appleton, 1857.
Contributors: Wells, David Ames, 1828-1898, ed.
Publisher: Gale Research Co.
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.
Description: A very informal philanthopists handbook, almost like an almanac covering the answers to what would be trivial persuit questions from the era it was published, based on the authors own knowledge and research and reasoning of the times.  It starts of with very open minded ideas for the time, such as the possibility of people living on other celestial bodies, including the sun!