Modern mnemotechny, or, How to acquire a good memory : comprising the principles of the art, and its application to the world's important facts : embracing history, chronology, geography, biography of eminent persons, presidents and sovereigns, remarkable battles, treaties of peace, population, distances, inventions, improvements, etc. etc., of all ages and nations : including all the battles and principal events of the late Civil War : also, Biblical facts and rules for arranging, delivering, and reporting speeches, sermons, etc. : with a mnemotechnic dictionary, containing most of the words in common use, such as will be of great benefit to the student and general reader
Boyd, Asa Shinn, b. 1828?; Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC