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 73
Page 721
... Houses Japanese houses are the simplest things imaginable . Apart from the thatched or tiled roof and the wooden posts which support it , practically the whole is of paper . In the daytime , the entire front slides back in its grooves ...
... Houses Japanese houses are the simplest things imaginable . Apart from the thatched or tiled roof and the wooden posts which support it , practically the whole is of paper . In the daytime , the entire front slides back in its grooves ...
Page 722
... house . The principal diet of the Japanese is fish , rice and vege- tables ; the use of flour has greatly increased ; milk , butter and cheese are of no account . The exteriors of the houses are as delightful as the interiors , for the ...
... house . The principal diet of the Japanese is fish , rice and vege- tables ; the use of flour has greatly increased ; milk , butter and cheese are of no account . The exteriors of the houses are as delightful as the interiors , for the ...
Page 729
... house for some years without payment , and she has a vast repertory of dances , each with its prescribed steps and gestures , the symbolic interpretation of some legend or another . The chaya are tea- houses , dance - houses , houses of ...
... house for some years without payment , and she has a vast repertory of dances , each with its prescribed steps and gestures , the symbolic interpretation of some legend or another . The chaya are tea- houses , dance - houses , houses of ...
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 mediƦval 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