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 657
... travellers are to be found who comment very adversely on the American sleeping car " where men and women are herded together on shelves , under the drastic control of an official aided by negroes . " There are great European expresses ...
... travellers are to be found who comment very adversely on the American sleeping car " where men and women are herded together on shelves , under the drastic control of an official aided by negroes . " There are great European expresses ...
Page 842
... travelling the speed is calculated to upset robust nerves . Travelling by railway from Kristiania to Trondhjem one may pass by the Dovre and Rondane Mountains , and from Bergen to Kristiania the train goes along one of the most remark ...
... travelling the speed is calculated to upset robust nerves . Travelling by railway from Kristiania to Trondhjem one may pass by the Dovre and Rondane Mountains , and from Bergen to Kristiania the train goes along one of the most remark ...
Page 966
... travellers and archæologists . Nor have such great pains ever been devoted to the reconstruction of any other buried city . The results have abundantly justified every effort and every sacrifice . We can now form an excellent idea of ...
... travellers and archæologists . Nor have such great pains ever been devoted to the reconstruction of any other buried city . The results have abundantly justified every effort and every sacrifice . We can now form an excellent idea of ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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