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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Page 587
... stands on the site of the old royal kraal , and the indaba tree , under which the ancient chiefs dispensed justice ... stand out as one of Nature's masterpieces . Photographs give a very poor idea of the size of the Falls , which are ...
... stands on the site of the old royal kraal , and the indaba tree , under which the ancient chiefs dispensed justice ... stand out as one of Nature's masterpieces . Photographs give a very poor idea of the size of the Falls , which are ...
Page 667
... stands the Metropolitan Museum of Art which houses innumerable masterpieces and treasures gathered from all lands ; and on the western side stand the great buildings of the Natural History Museum . Riverside Drive , the most delightful ...
... stands the Metropolitan Museum of Art which houses innumerable masterpieces and treasures gathered from all lands ; and on the western side stand the great buildings of the Natural History Museum . Riverside Drive , the most delightful ...
Page 874
... stands the house of Wagner , in the garden of which he was buried in 1883. Liszt and Jean Paul Richter also lived in Bay- reuth and both lie buried there . Augsburg At the confluence of the rivers Wertach and Lech , stands Augsburg ...
... stands the house of Wagner , in the garden of which he was buried in 1883. Liszt and Jean Paul Richter also lived in Bay- reuth and both lie buried there . Augsburg At the confluence of the rivers Wertach and Lech , stands Augsburg ...
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INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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