Out of Doors in the Holy Land and Related Travel Books
A literary review surveys travel and art books on Palestine and Egypt, Northern Italy churches, Roman villas, Old Edinburgh, the Tower of London, English gardens, Ramona country, and Pacific Coast highways. It praises van Dyke and Hichens for atmosphere, Gouerin’s color drawings, and Johnson’s intimate portraits, noting strong illustrations and approachable prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Land
Hensions
Charles Scribner's Sons
Robert Or
Jules Guerin
Italy
Byrd Francis Pumpus
Boston
L. C. Page & Co
Elizabeth W. Champner
Soc
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Edinburgh
Scotland
Ww. Watkeys
Frederick
Tower OF London
John Fullegrove
Arthur Poyser
The
Macmillan Company
England
Beatrice Parsons
T. Cook
Ramona
Geor Wharton James
Little, Brown & Co
Pacific Coast
S Clifton Johnson
the Maccmillan Company
van Dyke
Palestine
von Pyke
Robert Hichens
Egypt
Hichens
Pyramids
Jules Gouerin
Francis Miltoun
France
Spain
T. F. Bumpus
Catherels
Bumpus
Champney
John Fulleylove
Gardens
E. T. Cook
Cook
Miss Parsons
Waxwell Farm
Moor Park
James
Clifton Johnson
Grand Canyon
Arizona
California
Ruwenzori expedition memoir by the Abruzzi party
A detailed account of the 1906 Ruwenzori ascent led by Duke of the Abruzzi, with Filippo de Filippi compiling notes. It describes the route through misty forests, the Bakonjes porters, the six-peak massif, and how the range feeds the Nile, illustrated by Cay Sella photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruwenzori
Luigi Amedeo of
Savoy
Abruzzi
Fill de Filippi
E. P. Dutton & Co
Stanley
Equatorial Africa
Royal Geographical Society
Duke of
the Abruzzi
Margherita Peak
Italy
Cav
Filippo de Filippi
Ruwenzorl
Ruwenzori Range
Equator
Cay
Vittorio Sella
Holiday Books for Boys and Girls Ages Six to Twelve
A survey of seasonal children's books highlighting animal stories and natural history titles. Notable works include Kellogg's Insect Stories and Knight's Animals of the World with forty color plates. Other selections cover dogs, wolves, cats, legends, and moral tales aimed at young readers with engaging illustrations and approachable text.
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
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
L. C. Page & Co
Edith A. Sawyer
Robert J. Crombie & Co
Frank Sittig
Sara B. Kennedy
Moffat, Yard & Co
Edith O. Harrison
A. C. McClurg & Co
Jasmine S. van Dresser
Paul Elder & Co
W. T. van Dresser
Millicent and
Bertha Sowerby
Dutfield & Co
Margaret Morgan
Kitty Tipsy-Toe
B. W. Dodge & Co
Puss
Carro F. Warren
Polly Primrose
Co. M. Clark Publishing
Wee Winkles
E. P. Dutton & Co
Thomas Cartwright
Christendom
Sigurd
Dragon Slayer
Asgard
Midda Usgard
Wodl
Lok
Greece
Rome
Rip van Winkle
Frederick A. Stokes
Maria L. Kirk
Rip
Harper & Bros
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
Garden Company
The Church Poem by John Galsworthy in The London Nation
A verse fragment laments coastal faith and maritime fate. The speaker pledges steadfast guardianship, calling to sea roaming sons and addressing mortality, eternity, and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Galsworthy
London Nation
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Judean Highlands
Estine
Joshua
Hiel
Antony
Cleopatra
Herod
Rahab
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Seriche
Frederick W. Watkeys Hias
Auld Reekie
Mr. Watkeys
Nile
Mfe
Holiday Books
Sidney
Anna Chapin Ray
Princess Wisla
Sophie Swett
Journal of Education
Pearis
Mary W. Tileston
New York Times
Katharine Ruth Ellis
Hartford Times
Rover
Lily F. Wesselhoeft
Irma
Helen Leah Reed
Boston Transcript
Persis
Putnam’s Treasure
Myra Sawyer Hamlin
Boston Journal
Johnson
the Watchman
Little, Brown & Company
Krehbiel’s
OPERA
the Tribune
New York
Metropolitan
Manhattan
Henry Holt and Company
W. 33Rd St
Zona Gale
Pelleas and
Etarre
Public Ledger
F. M. Crawford
Crawford
E. Vi Lucasconi
Argonaut
London
James Morgan
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Major
Tom Andy Bill
Chicago Tribune
John R. Spears
New England
Argonauta
Bemerton
Tilus
Elizabeth D. Hanscom
Smith College
E. V. Lucas
E V. Lucas
Lucas
NEW Illustrated Books
Ella Higginson
Alaska
Percival Lowell
Mars
Chicago Evening Post
John P. Jones
D. D
India
John Wright
America
John Graham Brooks
United States
A. C. Coolidge
Harvard University
N. Y. Sun
A. Lawrence Lowell
Lowell
James Bryce
American Commonwealth
Josiah Boyce
Harvard Universty
Boston Daily Advertiser
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
M. Andre Tardieu
New York Sun
Titus
the Macmillan Company
5Th Ave
Arthur Stanwood
Pier
Boston Globe
Daniel Detes
Defoe
Milwwaukee Free Press
Josephine Preston Peabody
Stevenson
Whitcomb Riley
Springfield Republican
Elizabeth Shippen Greem
Abbie Farwell Brow
Philadelphia Press
Maude Barrows
Dutton
Kate Douglas Wiggit
Watson
Clara Louise Burnham
Noah’s Ark
E. Boyd Smith
Nation
N. Y
Balbanca
M. E. M. Davis
New Orleans
Chicago
E Herald
Rebecca
Kate Douglas
Wiggie
F.C. Yohn
Charles Egbert Craddock
Louis Globe-Democrat
Eva March Tappa
Miss Tappan
Eva March Tappan
Philadelphia
Paul Revere
Houghton Mifflin CO
Dow Kne
H. W. Longfellow
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