With its delightful mix ofscholarship and eccentricity,it is a must for everytwenty-first-century bookshelf.This flagship title in theBrewer's series was first publishedin 1870 to supply readerswith material that was bothentertaining and enlightening.This new edition is filled withhundreds of new facts, fromdesigner babies to New York'ssewer-dwelling alligators, andbrings back more than 200classic entries, such as magicgarters and poison detectors.