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Forest Trees and Forest Scenery
by G. Frederick SchwarzIn the ensuing pages I have made simple inquiries into the sources of beauty and attractiveness in American forest trees and sylvan scenery. In the concluding chapter, by way of contrast, I have given a short account of the esthetic effects of the artificial forests of Europe. The system which shaped these forests and gave them their present appear..
Hawaiian Historical Legends
by W. D. WesterveltFrom mist to sunshine—from fabled gods to a constitution and legislature as a Territory of the United States—this is the outline of the stories told in the present volume. This outline is thoroughly Hawaiian in the method of presentation. The old people rehearsed stories depending upon stories told before. They cared very little for dates. This is ..
Rasputin and the Russian Revolution
by Princess Catherine RadziwillWhen the book called “Behind the Veil at the Russian Court” was published the Romanoff’s were reigning and, considering the fact that she was living in Russia at the time, the author of it, had her identity become known, would have risked being subjected to grave annoyances, and even being sent to that distant Siberia where Nicholas II is at presen..
A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth
by Dwight B. HeathAny good book must mean many things to many readers, and this journal offers more than just reflections of past glories and intimations of great tragedy. It is a primary source for American history in that critical period when a beach-head of Anglo culture was established in the New World. In this volume are the earliest accounts of the “Mayflower ..
Dead Men Tell Tales
by Harry RimmerIn an older generation, especially among the writers of the more lurid types of fiction, it was an accepted axiom that “Dead men tell no tales!” But this was before the great era of modern archeology had impressed its findings on the general public, and indeed before most of those discoveries had been made.The author is especially grateful for the ..
Inside the Russian Revolution
by Rheta Childe DorrEarly in May, 1917, I went to Russia, eager to see again, in the hour of her deliverance, a country in whose struggle for freedom I had, for a dozen years, been deeply interested. I went to Russia a socialist by conviction, an ardent sympathizer with revolution, having known personally some of the brave men and women who suffered imprisonment and e..
That Marvel—The Movie
by Edward S. Van ZileTo grasp the past progress, the present significance and the future possibilities of the motion picture; to express them with restraint and yet with clarity; and to impress the mind of any reader with the logic, as well as with the sincerity, of his viewpoint: these are a few of the qualities in this book which make it interesting and important. Mr..
Mammoth Hot Springs Area
by AnonymousThe Mammoth Terraces and Hot Springs were officially discovered by a U.S. Geological Survey party led by Dr. Ferdinand Hayden in 1871. However, some local knowledge of the Hot Spring Terraces and their activity had existed previous to that time.The Mammoth Hot Springs have interested people since the establishment of Yellowstone National Park, not ..