Project Gutenberg 2015-08-25 Public domain in the USA. 128 Various Verschillende Various, Various Chambers, Robert 1802 1871 Chambers, R. (Robert) Chambers, William 1800 1883 Chambers, W. (William) Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 717, September 22, 1877 Produced by Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 717, September" is a periodical publication featuring essays and articles on diverse topics, including literature, science, and societal issues, which likely reflects the intellectual climate of the late 19th century. This edition opens with an exploration of burial eccentricities, presenting a range of quirky and sometimes humorous practices surrounding death and burial across different cultures and historical periods. At the start of this issue, the author discusses various unusual burial practices, such as Mr. Wilkinson's iron coffin and the eccentricities of individuals like the Rev. John Pomeroy who opted for granite coffins. The narrative captures the whimsy and idiosyncratic nature of human customs in dealing with death, showcasing anecdotes of people who took personal control over their funerary arrangements, from using coffins as storage for tools to being buried standing up. The opening sets a tone of curiosity and amusement as it delves into how diverse cultural approaches can shape the concept of burial. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Periodicals AP Text Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Other Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Journalism/Media/Writing 134471 2025-06-20T05:12:53.631219 text/html 111035 2024-10-24T17:55:22 text/html 286950 2025-06-20T05:12:56.555239 application/epub+zip 287732 2025-06-20T05:12:54.240201 application/epub+zip 117157 2025-06-20T05:12:53.884174 application/epub+zip 357013 2025-06-20T05:12:58.576197 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343272 2025-06-20T05:12:56.237179 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162348 2022-09-22T14:07:14.305863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122015 2023-09-21T12:23:42.215272 text/plain 102058 2024-10-24T17:55:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16659 2025-06-20T05:12:58.734162 application/rdf+xml 26342 2025-06-20T05:12:53.969195 image/jpeg 2727 2025-06-20T05:12:53.927181 image/jpeg 262983 2025-06-20T05:12:53.652215 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia