The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 1Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... PARIS At first sight Paris with her population of about 3,000,000 seems very like any other great city , but we soon realise differ- ences in the peculiar clearness of the air , the extent of the great historic buildings , the glitter ...
... PARIS At first sight Paris with her population of about 3,000,000 seems very like any other great city , but we soon realise differ- ences in the peculiar clearness of the air , the extent of the great historic buildings , the glitter ...
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... Paris . And Paris has big engineering estab- lishments and still greater manufactories of motor cars . But she possesses , too , the great shops of the Rue de la Paix , the famous jewellers , the magnificent dressmakers . There is ...
... Paris . And Paris has big engineering estab- lishments and still greater manufactories of motor cars . But she possesses , too , the great shops of the Rue de la Paix , the famous jewellers , the magnificent dressmakers . There is ...
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... Paris , to the racecourses of Auteuil and Long- champs , where the Grand Prize of Paris is run , the only French race open to foreign horses , and to the Jardin d'Acclimatation ( Paris Zoo ) so depleted by the War that only about three ...
... Paris , to the racecourses of Auteuil and Long- champs , where the Grand Prize of Paris is run , the only French race open to foreign horses , and to the Jardin d'Acclimatation ( Paris Zoo ) so depleted by the War that only about three ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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Abbey Algeria amid ancient arches attracted beautiful béguinage bridge British Bruges buildings built canals capital carved Castle Cathedral centre century charm chief church coast colour crowds dance Donald McLeish Dutch England English Europe famous feet fish Flemish flowers forests France French galleries gardens Ghent Hall harbour hills Holland Holy houses huge hundred India island Italian Italy Kairwan King known lake land live London lovely magnificent mediæval modern Moorish Moors Morocco mountains Naples natives night North palace Paris peasants Photo Photochrom picturesque population province Pyrenees quaint railway remains river rock Roman Rome round ruins saints scene scenery Seville sorts South Spain Spanish sport square miles stands stone strange streets Swiss thousand tion to-day tomb tourists towers town trees Tunis Tunisia valleys vast Venice village W. H. Smith walls wild women wonderful woods Zuider Zee