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 138
... sorts of unnecessary information , also of clocks with auto- matic figures including the popular cuckoo . Musical boxes have also triumphed through similar deftness , some as small as snuff boxes with little birds that jump out and sing ...
... sorts of unnecessary information , also of clocks with auto- matic figures including the popular cuckoo . Musical boxes have also triumphed through similar deftness , some as small as snuff boxes with little birds that jump out and sing ...
Page 204
... sorts of soothing pinks and purples softened by mists from the Pontine Marshes quite a good effort on the part of Nature to overtake the best water - colours . The same sort of thing may be seen on Dartmoor or from the terrace at Bel ...
... sorts of soothing pinks and purples softened by mists from the Pontine Marshes quite a good effort on the part of Nature to overtake the best water - colours . The same sort of thing may be seen on Dartmoor or from the terrace at Bel ...
Page 209
... sort of coincidence and superstition and dream is brought into play to secure a cer- tainty . Lottery gamblers belong ... sorts of systems , and tips abound everywhere . It would seem as though everybody had joined a conspiracy to compel ...
... sort of coincidence and superstition and dream is brought into play to secure a cer- tainty . Lottery gamblers belong ... sorts of systems , and tips abound everywhere . It would seem as though everybody had joined a conspiracy to compel ...
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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