05/09/2024
“Falcon” on the Baltic
A coasting voyage boyage in a small yacht from Hammersmith in the UK to Copenhagen and back, including various visits to places on the Baltic. – Summary by Jane Bennett [chương_files]
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In the Oregon Country
This little book does not undertake to present a comprehensive account of our westernmost States, or even of the Oregon Country. It is intended simply to suggest a few of the many attractions which may be encountered here and there along the Pacific, the references to which are woven together with threads of personal reminiscence pertaining to characteristic phases of the western life of to-day. For the stranger it may possess some measure of information; it should at least induce him to tarry in the region sufficiently long to secure an impression of the byways as well as of the highways. For the man to whom Oregon, California, or Washington stands for home, these pages may contain an echo of interest—for we are apt to enjoy most sympathetic accounts of the things we love best. But for visitor or resident, or one who reads of a country he may not see, the chief mission of these chapters is to chronicle something of their author’s enthusiasm for the land they concern, to hint of the pleasurable possibilities of its out-of-doors, and, mayhap, to offer a glimpse of the new West of to-day in the preparation for its greater to-morrow. (from the Author’s Preface) – [chương_files]
05/09/2024
National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 – 06. June 1898
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, June 1898, the Philippines Number. It includes the following articles: The Philippine Islands, by F. F. Hilder Notes on Some Primitive Philippine Tribes, by Dean C. Worcester Commerce of the Philippine Islands, by John Hyde The Disposition of the Philippines, by Charles E. Howe [chương_files]
05/09/2024
National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 – 04. April 1898
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, April 1898, the Klondike Number. It includes the following articles: The Northwest Passes to the Yukon, by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore Overland Routes to the Klondike, by Hamlin Garland The Future of the Yukon Gold Fields, by William H. Dall Notes on the Wild Fowl and Game Animals of Alaska, by E. W. Nelson Climatic Conditions of Alaska, by A. W. Greely A Yukon Pioneer, Mike Lebarge, by William H. Dall Alaska and its Mineral Resources, by Samuel Franklin Emmons The Civil Government of Alaska, by George C. Perkins Some of the Conditions and Possibilities of Agriculture in Alaska, by Walter H. Evans The Metlakatla Mission in Danger, by William H. Dall Agriculture in the Yukon Valley, by Sheldon Jackson On Eskimo Geographic Names Ending in miut, by John Murdoch Geographic Literature [chương_files]
05/09/2024
From Bangkok to Bombay (Siam, French Indo-China, Burma and Hindustan)
Another entry in Carpenter’s geographical reader series with information on the peoples, cultures, and everyday life of this Asian area. – Summary by BettyB [chương_files]
05/09/2024
Exeter
Exeter, county town of Devon, is one of England’s most historic cities with remains of the Roman occupation and medieval times still on view. Exeter cathedral, founded in 1050 and completed 400 years later, has the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in the country. This short book in Blackie & Sons’ Beautiful England series details the history of the city and it many sites of interest, with chapters on the city, the cathedral and the River Exe. Readers who can access the printed version of the book on Internet Archive, may enjoy looking at E. W Haslehursts’ 12 colour illustrations while listening to this audiobook. – Summary by Phil Benson [chương_files]
05/09/2024
National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 – 07. July 1898
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, July 1898, the N.E.A. Number. It includes the following articles: American Geographic Education, by W J McGee Origin of the Physical Features of the United States, by G. K. Gilbert Geographic Development of the District of Columbia, by W J McGee The Historical Development of the National Capital, by Marcus Baker Geographic Work of the General Government, by Henry Gannett The Geologic Atlas of the United States, by W J McGee The Topographic Atlas of the United States, by W J McGee [chương_files]
05/09/2024
Canada and Newfoundland
Another entry in Carpenter’s series of World Travels focusing on Canada and Newfoundland. (Summary by Betty B) [chương_files]
05/09/2024
National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 – 03. March 1898
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, the March Number. It includes the following articles: Dwellings of the Saga-time in Iceland, Greenland, and Vineland, by Cornelia Horsford Completion of the La Boca Dock Two Hundred Miles up the Kuskokwim, by Charles Hallock The Mt St Elias Expedition of Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore The Origin of the French Canadians The Height of Mt Rainier, by Richard U. Goode Geographic Work by the Bureau of American Ethnology, by W. J. McGee A Relic of the Lewis and Clarke Expedition, by Cyrus C. Babb An Interesting Rumor Concerning Andree, by John Hyde Geographic Names in West Greenland, by Ralph S. Tarr [chương_files]
05/09/2024
National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 – 02. February 1898
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, the February Number. It includes the following articles: Gardiner Greene Hubbard, by Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, D. D. Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Memorial Meeting Geographic Literature Miscellanea [chương_files]