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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Page 129
... attractive place , the capital of the tulip country and a blaze of colour in the spring - time . Like every- thing else in Holland , the rows of plants are painfully geometri- cal , but on the edges of the canals there are great blazing ...
... attractive place , the capital of the tulip country and a blaze of colour in the spring - time . Like every- thing else in Holland , the rows of plants are painfully geometri- cal , but on the edges of the canals there are great blazing ...
Page 138
... attractive with white crimped collars , lace aprons and butterfly - wing head - dresses . game . A man stands with a long wooden pole. A TYPICAL SWISS CHALET . ON THE WAY TO MASS . SKI - JORING IN THE ENGADINE . AN OPEN -
... attractive with white crimped collars , lace aprons and butterfly - wing head - dresses . game . A man stands with a long wooden pole. A TYPICAL SWISS CHALET . ON THE WAY TO MASS . SKI - JORING IN THE ENGADINE . AN OPEN -
Page 456
... attractive little city , with wide elm - shaded streets and a comfortable old - world air not often to be found in hustling , thriving twentieth - century Canada . Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island , in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ...
... attractive little city , with wide elm - shaded streets and a comfortable old - world air not often to be found in hustling , thriving twentieth - century Canada . Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island , in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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