Sarah Hutchins Killikelly's Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life: Designed as a Manual of General Information is essentially a collection of "Did you knows?" and interesting tidbits about various popular topics, including books, works of art and historical events, and was intended to serve as an informative and inspiring text for young people engaged in serious studies. The book opens with a series of nearly three hundred questions, each of which corresponds to a specific reading within the book. The author instructs the reader to refer to this table of questions prior to reading any article in the collection, as the book is designed upon a question and answer format. Hutchins poses a question, and then an answer is provided in a brief article. For example, the question is posed, "What gave rise to the custom of casting a shoe after a bride?" There is then a brief article that explains the origin of this custom, providing the historical context for this popular custom. The entire book proceeds this way, with most of the nearly three hundred articles registering at one or two pages. Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life: Designed as a Manual of General Information is a light hearted read that will appeal to lovers of trivia and miscellany. Killikelly has surveyed a wide range of topics for inclusion in this book, and most of the articles are both illuminating and entertaining. This may not be a book often read cover to cover, but perhaps one you will pick up when you have several minutes to spare and desire a little light reading. As a source of trivia information and enlightening entertainment, Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life is a success. The book is an entertaining and worthwhile read for anybody. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.