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Excerpt from Egypt Egypts - the historical land of the Pharaohs lying in the Nile Valley and the deserts, and modern Egypt - the em pire of the Khedive, which his grandfather, Ismail Pasha, so aptly said was no longer a part of Africa, but belonged to Europe. In this Egypt of the Twentieth Century there are hotels to please the most fastidious Americans and Europeans, fifteen hundred miles of railways with trains fitted with all the luxuries ...

Excerpt from Folk-Dances of Finland: Containing Sixty-Five Dances Selected, Edited and TranslatedThe Numbers in Parentheses which appear in the descriptions, refer to the measures of the music which are numbered correspondingly.Position refers to the position taken by the dancers at the beginning of the dance (not at the beginning of a separate figure in a dance).Inside Hand is the one nearest to one's own partner, the other is called the outs...

Excerpt from Introduction to Economic Statistics Nearly all the material here presented has been ao cumulated from experience in the statistical laboratory and class-room. Particular attention has been given to the requirements in respect to fundamental theory of the statistical departments of the larger banks and business houses. Some of the recently developed methods of handling business barometers have there fore been touched upon, and som...

Excerpt from Flora Lovely as apples in rain 'when pilhon he ndow1th the Queen Vise as the King who learned of the bees, Lovely as elf-craft Wise as the street. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserv...

Excerpt from The Farmer's Magazine, Vol. 23: Second Series, January to June, 1851Quantities of Grass and Clover Seed for, 413 Hedgeorows and Hedge-row Timber, 335 Hide and Skin Markets, 283 Hops, Price of, 283, 378, 472, 566 Horticulture, Calendar of, 88, 177, 272, 366, 463.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important...

Excerpt from Vedanta Philosophy: Three Lectures on Spiritual Unfoldment Yogi is one who has perfect control over him self, and who has acquired self-knowledge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserv...

Excerpt from The Well at the World's End, Vol. 1: A TaleSons, ye have long wearied me with words con cerning your longing for travel on the roads, now if ye verily wish to be gone, tell me when would ye take. Your departure if ye had your choice?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten B...

Excerpt from Guru Gobind Singh: His Life Sketch These and other incidents in which 1eligious leaders of advanced old age ¿ocked to a boy 4 was something inborn in him which made' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruc...

Excerpt from Athenian Tragedy: A Study in Popular Art A note on page 284 mentions a few of the available translations of the three tragedians. N o bibliography is attempted, the footnotes refer merely to books or arti cles from which a passage or an idea is taken, or with which I do not agree. I wish to thank especially my colleague, Mr. Jack Randall Crawford, for helpful criticism and suggestions on the earlier chapters, and my friend, Prof...

Excerpt from Causes and Cures of CrimeThroughout the volume, the author has sought to discover and portray the present status of scientific investigation upon the various topics treated, and has quoted freely from the leading authorities, sometimes with approval, sometimes for the purpose of recording a firm dissent, but always with profound respect for the great minds who have preceded him in this field of important research.About the Publish...

Excerpt from Window Gardening In the chapters on ¿owering and foliage plants, only the more common and suitable forms are discussed. Besides those enumerated, many other and rarer forms may be found which are suitable for the window gar den, but these are so little used that they have been omitted. The cultural directions given are equally applicableto the window garden and the small conservatory. It is hoped that the book will commend itsel...

Excerpt from Russia, Vol. 2 of 2 My administrative studies were begun in Novgorod. One of my reasons for spending a winter in that provincial capital was that I might study the provincial administration, and as soon as I had made the acquaintance of the leading officials I explained to them the object I had in view. With the kindly bonhomie which distinguishes the Russian educated classes, they all volunteered to give me every assistance in t...

Excerpt from The Stamp Collector: A Guide to the World's Postage StampsIn recent years, the collector has indulged, in philately with more method and science than was his former wont so that now there is a demand for information and guidance greater than has ever been evinced before. To supply these needs has been our mission in writing the pages which follow.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classi...

Excerpt from The Vedanta-SaraCarlyle says Of a man or of a nation we inquire first of all What religion they had? Answering this question is giving us the soul of the history of the man or of the nation. The thoughts they had were the parents of the actions they did their feelings were the parents of their thoughts it was the unseen and Spiritual in them that determined the outward and the actual their religion.About the PublisherForgotten Boo...

Excerpt from Rugged RhymesInto the world I send these rugged rhymes, As on an errand we send forth a child, Unpolished they, and still not rude, but mild With human sympathy, childlike, at times. No clarion note sounds here. No silver chimes Of splendid poesy. No accents wild Of a soul to grief still unreconciled. Nor here the hypocritic art of mimes. But as the tender child goes on its way And simply does the task it was to do, So wander fort...

Excerpt from Life and Teachings of Guru Nanak Lodhi dynasty were nominal occupants of the throne of this great empire but, ln reality, the country was por tioned out into territories - the possession of many Chieftains and princes - each with supreme and irres ponsible rule in his own dominions, having the most lax and inefficient governments, and at enmity with and jealous of all his neighbours. Those despotic rulers, who can appropriately b...

Excerpt from Geological Magazine, 1890, Vol. 7The geological deposits, also, in which their remains are found, have been carefully explored during the past season, and the known localities of importance examined by the writer, to ascertain what other fossils occur in them, and what were the special conditions which preserved so many relics of this unique fauna.The geological horizon of these strange reptiles is a distinct one in the Upper Cret...

Excerpt from Shakespeare's the TempestThe drawing of character is simpler than in perhaps any other of the later plays. In the case of the heroine this is a natural outcome Of her situation, but even the sophisticated Italian courtiers show little trace of any attempt to give them complexity. They are painted with detail enough to justify their parts in the action.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and c...

Excerpt from Croesus's Widow, Vol. 1 of 3: A NovelYou mistook my observation, Mr. Vyner, she said, graciously. It was the painter of this picture (and she pointed with her glasses at a picture hanging near Vyner's) that I said would never be great.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten...

Excerpt from Orissa: Containing a Brief Description of the Country, Religion, Manners and Customs, of the Hindus: An Account of the Operations of the American Freewill Baptist Mission in Northern Orissa Chapter XXII. - Summary of Results - Statistics of Indian Missions. Statistics of all Mission Societies. Appeal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.c...