Pursuit of the simiacine leads to a moonlit discovery
Victor Durnovo and Jack Meredith push a perilous expedition into Africa in search of the simiacine. After gruelling marches and tensions, they reach a moonlit plateau where Durnovo confirms the find, collapsing with ecstasy as the plant is revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osccard
Oscard
Durnovo
Jack
Marie
Jack Meredith
Behie
Msala
Victor Durnovo
Meredith
Victor Durnovce
Joseph
The Victorian English Country Life Voice
The London Outlook notes that in Victorian England the rural world colored speech and daily life. It cites how nature dominated popular perception and even birds and animals carried personified names like the hen called Dame Partie, echoing medieval terms such as Pertolette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Chaucer
Pertolette
London Outlook
The Praying Wheel of Tibet Described by Traveler
A traveler describes a Tibetan praying wheel: a barrel eight inches long containing 1,400 thin leaves with printed prayers on both sides. Each revolution spins 28,000 prayers, credited to the worshiper in the world to come by a single finger touch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibet
Intelligent horse Birthday proves puzzle solving by listening
Mrs Wadham Petre of Maidavale England describes her bay hunter Birthday a fifteen hand horse with a floor trap door and a five inch speaking tube to the stable. The animal opens doors with his nose answers calls by tone and can identify approaching visitors by footsteps. The owner notes his thirty distinct calls and superior ear to a watchdog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birthday
Dogs as battlefield aids for Sanitary Corps proposed
European attention to using dogs for war time rescue grows as Dr Bichelonne and Capt Tolet urge France to adopt canine troops to locate wounded after battles. Historical examples from the Boer War and Cha-Ho show dogs finding soldiers, with nations in Europe already forming training clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bichelonne
Tolet
Cha- Ho
Far East
Dresden
Colone
Cobourg
Aix-la-chapelle
Neuwied
Holland
Sweden
Italy
France
Rezonville-Gravelotte
Blind Men Get Lost In Fog In London
A foggy spell leaves birds silent and disoriented and a blind man wandering a London district. The man, who regularly travels from a suburb with notes and parcels, said fog alters the sound of the ground and caused his misdirection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Exchange
Bense
London
Afghanistan's Rich Mineral Dreams Spotted by Prospectors
The region is described as a potential world class mining district with rubies lapis lazuli marble iron copper antimony sulphur and various salts. Coal deposits are believed extensive near iron mines, signaling vast future mining prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afghanistan
Sunken Cities and Legends of Lost Towns
A summary of ancient legends about submerged towns including Stavoren at the Zuider Zee and Tiefengruben near Kranichfeld. It notes historic loss of Stavoren in the thirteenth century due to sand and the Zuider Zee, reports on underwater roofs and bells, mentions will o wisps and marsh gas, then references numerous towns swallowed by landslides and floods with “Old Hans” the North Sea blamed for many losses since the eleventh century. adds tales of devilfish claimed to cause sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stavoren
German Ocean
Scientific American
Staveren
Zuider Zee
Zuyder Zee
Tiefengruben
Kranichfeld
Thuringia
Germany
North Sea
The Selfishness of Bachelors in Gibbon’s View
George Harvey in North American Review critiques Gibbon’s late life attitudes toward marriage. He notes Gibbon’s youthful romance with Susanne Curchod and his later cautious bachelor stance. The piece recalls how self interest shaped choices and domestic expectations for men past forty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbon
Deyverdun
Lausanne
Susanne Curchod
Necker
Mme. de Stael
George Harvey
North American Review
Smallest Republics San Marino and Andorra
San Marino in central Italy has existed as an independent state since the fifth century. Andorra, in the Pyrenees, gained independence under Charlemagne around 778. Both are described as the two smallest republics in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marino
Italy
Andorra
Pyrenees
Oregon Timber Supply Might Last 150 Years
A dispatch estimates Oregon's timber, if harvested at current rates with no new growth, would endure about 150 years. It also suggests enough timber exists to build a solid fifty foot high fence around the entire United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Gordon
Victor Durnovo
Jocelyn
Durnovo
Gordon
England
Durnove
Meredith
Oregon
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Seton Merriman
Seden's Corner
Othe
Efiuwud
Joss
Africa
Joce
Maurice
Durmovo
Guy Oscard
Victor Durnevo
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!