The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 87
Page 564
... become braver ; if we feast upon a missionary , whose wisdom and unselfishness have been conspicuous to us , we may become saints . This idea also in- spires head - hunting . The head being the seat of the brain , its bones possess ...
... become braver ; if we feast upon a missionary , whose wisdom and unselfishness have been conspicuous to us , we may become saints . This idea also in- spires head - hunting . The head being the seat of the brain , its bones possess ...
Page 577
... become mere tracks . Port Elizabeth , with a population of 46,000 , the second largest town in Cape Province , has been called the " Liverpool of South Africa . " It has large exports of wool and ostrich feathers . Grahamstown , a ...
... become mere tracks . Port Elizabeth , with a population of 46,000 , the second largest town in Cape Province , has been called the " Liverpool of South Africa . " It has large exports of wool and ostrich feathers . Grahamstown , a ...
Page 715
... become a modern nation or accept foreign domination . So she hastened to seek teachers from all parts of the world , threw her- self into the stream of modern inventions , set up telegraphs and telephones , built banks , warehouses ...
... become a modern nation or accept foreign domination . So she hastened to seek teachers from all parts of the world , threw her- self into the stream of modern inventions , set up telegraphs and telephones , built banks , warehouses ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
33 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agriculture American Amerindians ancient attractive Australia avenue Baghdad beautiful blue British buildings built Cairo Canal Cape Cape Colony capital Cathedral Cecil Rhodes centre century chief Chinese Church civilisation coast Colony coloured desert district East Egypt Empire Europe European famous Federal feet fish forests Frank Hurley gardens German gold Government harbour hills houses huge hundred important Indian industrial island Japan Japanese Johannesburg Khartum King known Lake land live mediæval million modern mosques mountains native negroes Nile Norway Orange Free palace palms peasants Photo Photochrom picturesque population port possesses production race railway remains Republic river rock Russia scene scenery Serbian South Africa Southern Southern Rhodesia square miles stands stone strange streets stretches Sudan temples territory thousand tion to-day tomb towers town Transvaal travellers trees tropical United valley vast village walls West wild wonderful