Out of Doors in the Holy Land and Other Travel Books
A review essay highlighting Henry van Dyke’s Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit on Palestine, Robert Hichens Egypt and Its Monuments, and The Cathedral Series by Francis Miltoun. It surveys Roman villas, Northern Italy churches, Edinburgh’s Old Town, the Tower of London, Gardens of England, Ramona country, Pacific Coast highways, and related illustrated travel books, noting author aims, artistry, and reader appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Land
Henry Dyke
van Charles Scribner's Sons
Robert Wor
Jules Guerin
Ee Tvo
Italy
Francis Pumpus
Boston
L. C. Page & Co
Elizabeth W._ Champney
Soo
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Edinburgh
Kingdom of
Scotland
Frederick W. Watkeys
Tower
The
Macmillan Company
Ramona
Ane Wherton James
Little, Brown & Co
Pacific Coast
Clifton
Jan Cam- Johnson, Co
van Dyke
Palestine
Robert Hichens
Egypt
Hichens
Pyramids
Francis Miltoun
France
England
Spain
T. F. Bumpus
Bumpus
Verona
Vincenza
Tower of London
John Fulleglove
Arthur Poyser
Gardens
Beatrice Parsons
E. T. Cook
Cook
Miss Parsons
Waxwell Farm
Moor Park
James
Clifton Johnson
Grand Canyon
Arizona
California
Ruwenzori Expedition Narrative by Duke of the Abruzzi
A review of the Durbin edition detailing Duke Luigi Amedeo of Savoy's 1906 Ruwenzori ascent. It notes the ascent to Margherita Peak, cinematic Cay Vittorio Sella photographs, and Filippo de Filippi's journals shaping a full narrative. The work portrays harsh forests, porters’ fortitude, and the mountains’ climatic role feeding the Nile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruwenzori
Luigi Amedeo of
Savoy
Abruzzi
Er de Filippi
H. R. H the
Duke of
E. P. Dutton & Co
Stanley
Equatorial Africa
Royal Geographical Society
Duke of the
Ruwenzoril Range
Equator
Cay
Vittorio Sella
Holiday Books for Young Readers in Strong Animal Lore
A holiday guide highlights children's titles suited for six to twelve year olds, emphasizing animal life stories. Featured works include Kellogg's Insect Stories, Knight's Animals of the World with color plates, Bryson’s Tan and Teckle, Hawk’s Black Brain, Rover the Farm Dog, The Good Wolf, Old Man Coyote, The April Fool Twins, Barbara and the Five Little Purrs, The Spring Cleaning, The Christmas Makers Club, In the Open, Good Night Stories, Told in a Little Boy's Pocket, The Flaming Sword, The Little Brown Hen Hears the Song of the Nightingale, The Bumbletoes, Little Adventures of Kitty Tipsy Toe, Little Polly Primrose and Her Friends, Little Ned Happy and Flora, Wee Winkles at the Mountains, One for Woodl and One for Lok, The Child's Rip Van Winkle, Mr Wind and Madame Rain, Story Book Friends, The Jimpy Stories, When Mother Lets Us Cook, Home Occupations for Boys and Girls. The collection covers adaptations, legends, color illustrations, and practical guides for young readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Q. Kellogg
Henry Holt & Co
Charles R. Knight
Frederick R. Stokes Company
Tudor Jenks
Tan and Teckle
Fleming H. Revell Company
Charles Lee Bryson
Clarence Hawk
George W Jacobs & Co
Coyote
T. Y. Crowell & Co
Clara Kern Bayliss
Elizabeth Weston Timlow
E. & Dutton & Co
Elizabeth Lincoln Gould
Barbara
H. M. Caldwell Company
Mme. Purr
Purr
Josephine Bruce
Crosspatch
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The
Century Company
Harrison Cady
Robert J. Crombie & Co
Frank Sittig
Sara B. Kennedy
Moffat, Yard & Co
Edith O. Harrison
A. C. McClure & Co
Jasmine S. van Dresser
Paul Elder & Co
W. T. van Dresser
Millicent and
Bertha Sowerby
Dufffield & Co
Margaret Morgan
Kitty Tipsy-Toe
B. W. Dodge & Co
Puss
Carro F. Warren
Polly Primrose
Do. M. Clark Publishing Company
Ned Happy
Flora
Harper & Bros
Gertrude Smith
Henrietta A. Adams
Gabrielle E. Jackson
Wee Winkles
E. P. Dutton & Co
Thomas Cartwright
Christendom
Sigurd
the Dragon Slayer
Asgard
Midgard
Wodl
Lok
Greece
Rome
Rip van Winkle
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Maria L. Kirk
Rip
Paul de Musset
Mr. Wind
Madame Rain
Emily Makepeace
Clara Murray
Little, Brown & Co
E. P. Dutton Company
H. G. Parsons
Constance Johnson
George W. Jacobs Company
Bertha Johnston
Fanny Chapin
Here I Stand Fast Against the Rebellious Sea
A poem excerpt by John Galsworthy from The London Nation depicts steadfast resolve against the sea. The speaker urges wind and tide to heed, calls to sons at sea, and vows to stand fast before eternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Galsworthy
London Nation
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Jericho
Lower
Jordan
Judean
Estine
Joshua
Hiel
Bethelite
Antony
Cleopatra
Herod
Rahab
Zaccheus
Jerusalem
Mr. Watkeys
Nile
Holiday Books
Sidney
Anna Chapin Ray
Princess Wisla
Sophie Swett
Journal of Education
Mary W. Tileston
New York Times
Katharine Ruth Ellis
Hartford Times
Rover
Lily F. Wesselhoeft
Pittsburg
Irma
Helen Leah Reed
Boston Transcript
Persis
Putnam’s Treasure
Myra Sawyer Hamlin
Boston Journal
Johnson
the Watchman
Little, Brown & Company
Hoston
Krehbiel’s
OPERA
the Tribune
New York
Metropolitan
Manhattan
Henry Holt and Company
W. 33Rd St
Zona Gale
Pelleas and
Etarre
F. M. Crawford
Rubyrth
LE. V. Lucascitar
Charles Major
Tom Andy Bill
Chicago Tribune
John R. Spears
New England Whalers
Argonaut
Bemerton
Tilus
Titus
Elizabeth D. Hanscom
Smith College
E. V. Lucas
E V. Lucas
Mr. Lucas
NEW Illustrated Books
Ella Higginson
Alaska
Percival Lowell
Mars
Mars and Its Canals
Chicago Evening Post
John P. Jones
D. C
India
Providence Journal
John Wright
America
John Graham Brooks
United States
A. C. Coolidge
Harvard University
N. Y
James Bryce
Josiah Boyce
Herverd
Boston Daily Advertiser
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
M. Andre Tardieu
New York Sun
John Trowbridge
Boston Globe
Mad Anthony
Philadelphia Telegraph
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Arthur Stanwood Pier
Ilas Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
Defoe
E. T. Tomlinson
Millwaukee Free Press
Josephine Preston Peabody
Stevenson
Whitcomb Riley
Springfield Republican
Elizabeth Shippen
Greem
Abbie Farwell Brown
Philadelphia Press
Maude Barrows
Kate Douglas Wiggis
Vetter
Clara Louise Burnham
Noah’s Ark
E. Boyd Smith
Nation
Balbanca
M. E. M. Davis
New Orleans
Carcag Record Herald
Rebecca
Kate
Eva March
Paul Revere
Houghton Mifflin CO
H. W. Longfellow
Bestea
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