Originally published in 1881 The Household Cyclopedia of Useful and Domestic Arts was compiled from various contributors by Dr, Hartshorne as a means of distilling the most useful skills, knowledge, instructions, and recipes of his time. While there are many books on homesteading, prepping, and survival that provide similar information, few contain the completeness of the current work. They are further biased being written from the perspective of a technological age, while this book was written in a time before the light bulb and so uses technology that is practical and efficient according to the resources available to people of that time. Hard copies of this work are rare and fragile.
By re-printing in hard copy allows people to easily store a copy in their homes that will be available when needed.