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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... nearly twice as lofty as Rouen and Salisbury , the loftiest in England , and its roof seems to dis- appear in the mystery of the dim religious light . The South rose - window has an intense charm , and other windows are no less full of ...
... nearly twice as lofty as Rouen and Salisbury , the loftiest in England , and its roof seems to dis- appear in the mystery of the dim religious light . The South rose - window has an intense charm , and other windows are no less full of ...
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... nearly two hundred acres of shipping at the mouth of the Seine ; its docks are among the finest in the world , and display all the bustle of an immense trade with America , but it is one of the dreariest places in the world , as Channel ...
... nearly two hundred acres of shipping at the mouth of the Seine ; its docks are among the finest in the world , and display all the bustle of an immense trade with America , but it is one of the dreariest places in the world , as Channel ...
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... nearly 350 million square yards of barbed wire re- moved . Unfortunately for France , the area devastated was one of the richest and most thickly populated in the country , for from this one - thirteenth of her area France collected one ...
... nearly 350 million square yards of barbed wire re- moved . Unfortunately for France , the area devastated was one of the richest and most thickly populated in the country , for from this one - thirteenth of her area France collected one ...
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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