So here is a handy pocket guide.
Has a handy pocket and the base is well padded.
Oates's recent book, Butterflies, is both a handy pocket guide, and a paean to their sheer beauty, without whose presence our lives would be hugely diminished.
Continuing on the subject of food, I think there's room for a handy pocket recognition guide - much like Jane's Fighting Ships with the silhouettes, or those aircraft posters you see in World War Two films.
Village in Greenwich Village provides a bookmark printed with a recipe and a guide to weights and measures, while Picholine passes out a pamphlet with the cheese course describing six dozen cheeses, yielding a handy pocket shopping guide.
The New Yorker, February 28 , 1948P. 19 Note on the Mood of the Modern Child: A late-afternoon radio show has recently been offering "a handy pocket compass to help you find your way when your kiking or out-camping".
Designed in a handy pocket size, the book provides concise information for identifying the invertebrates, mammals, birds, turtles, fish, sharks and rays, and even floating seaweeds and common algae that live along the Atlantic coast and offshore from North Carolina to the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.
These devices are clearly explained in a section titled "The Art and Mystery of Exchange," and illustrated with the tools of the trade, including contracts, strong boxes, weighing scales and handy pocket-sized manuals for bankers and businessmen on the move.
By Ben Grauer and Brendan Gill The New Yorker, February 28 , 1948P. 19 Note on the Mood of the Modern Child: A late-afternoon radio show has recently been offering "a handy pocket compass to help you find your way when your kiking or out-camping".
