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 65
... road loses itself ; a little village , and a tall church belfry - such are the first impressions of the Belgian ... roads are low , white - washed houses with tightly shut windows and precise little gardens scan- tily stocked with ...
... road loses itself ; a little village , and a tall church belfry - such are the first impressions of the Belgian ... roads are low , white - washed houses with tightly shut windows and precise little gardens scan- tily stocked with ...
Page 114
... Roads are difficult to make in most parts of Holland , and canals still play a more im- portant part in Dutch life even ... road traffic , make the appearance of the towns very different from anything known in England . Congestion , as ...
... Roads are difficult to make in most parts of Holland , and canals still play a more im- portant part in Dutch life even ... road traffic , make the appearance of the towns very different from anything known in England . Congestion , as ...
Page 352
... Road , Chelsea , down which King Charles II used to ride to visit Nell Gwynne at Sanford Manor , which still stands in the grounds of Fulham gasworks ; the remnant of old Knights- bridge Village Green , where Brompton Road and Kensington ...
... Road , Chelsea , down which King Charles II used to ride to visit Nell Gwynne at Sanford Manor , which still stands in the grounds of Fulham gasworks ; the remnant of old Knights- bridge Village Green , where Brompton Road and Kensington ...
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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