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 |
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... side by side with the tele- phone , we find savages communicating by drum signals from hill to hill . Very often they wear leggings covered with sleigh - bells and perform to the accompaniment of a choir of children . Some- times they ...
... side by side with the tele- phone , we find savages communicating by drum signals from hill to hill . Very often they wear leggings covered with sleigh - bells and perform to the accompaniment of a choir of children . Some- times they ...
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... side of the picture of a city like Shang- hai . It has another side . This city with a teeming population of over one and a half millions can boast of many fine buildings , especially in the streets of the British and French settlements ...
... side of the picture of a city like Shang- hai . It has another side . This city with a teeming population of over one and a half millions can boast of many fine buildings , especially in the streets of the British and French settlements ...
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... side by side with those of the Kingdom of Saxony , and the latter with the troops of the southern States of Bavaria , Württemberg and Baden . At the conclusion of the war , on January 18 , 1871 , William , King of Prussia , was ...
... side by side with those of the Kingdom of Saxony , and the latter with the troops of the southern States of Bavaria , Württemberg and Baden . At the conclusion of the war , on January 18 , 1871 , William , King of Prussia , was ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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