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Excerpt from Guatemala, the Land of the Quetzal: A SketchBelief in the increasing importance of Central America, both geographically and politically, has led the writer of the following pages to collect for his own use and print for the use of others, notes made during three journeys in Guatemala and Honduras. He does not pretend to offer a monograph on Guatemala, nor to add to the general knowledge of Central America, but remembering the lack...

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Excerpt from The Capture of Louisburg in 1745Ou the other hand, by the possession of these places Great Britain could defeat the ambitious designs of France, protect her own colonies, and secure her trade against the constant depredations of the enemy.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. Forgo...

Excerpt from A Handbook for Visitors to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural HistoryVisitors will deposit all sticks and umbrellas in the rack provided near the entrance. Gentlemen will remove their hats while in the building. Japanese must leave their wooden shoes in the porch.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis bo...

Excerpt from Old Hawaiian Carvings: Found in a Cave on the Island of HawaiiTo one familiar with these caves the vestibule, as it may be called, is the least interesting portion, it is a tunnel of varying Size and irregular section, Often shrink ing to a passage hardly large enough to admit a man's body, then expanding into a hall of considerable height, and with numerous ramifications, some small as rat holes, others of a size to admit a horse...

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History, Vol. 1IN selecting the Stone Implements of the Ancient Hawaiians for the subject of the next chapter of what I had some years since intended should be a history of Hawaii, or rather of the Hawaiians before the advent of other and very different racial in¿uences, it may be fair to explain to my readers almost at the Start, my method in this fra...

Excerpt from An Address Delivered Before the Inhabitants of Grafton: On the First Centennial Anniversary of That Town, April 29, 1835The Lightoappearing more and more to the perfect Day, &c., P. 29. I Strength out of W'eakneu, &c., P. 8. T See Appendix, A.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. F...

Excerpt from Notes on the Volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands: With a History of Their Various EruptionsFifteen miles from Kauai is the Island of Niihau, which is different in many respects from other islands of the group. It is twenty miles long by five wide, and consists of two portions, the mountain region, and the plain which meets this on three sides, the latter so low as to be almost invisible from Kauai. The mountain is not much channelle...

Excerpt from Cast Catalogue of Antique Sculpture: With an Introduction to the Study of OrnamentMore diligence might doubtless have increased the number of casts priced, but nearly all the principal catalogues have been consulted, and from them the casts most desirable obtained. To these prices should be added from fifty to one hunared and fifty per cent for packing and freight, varying according to size.The Introduction to the Study of Ornamen...

Excerpt from Cast Catalogue of Antique Sculpture: With an Introduction to the Study of OrnamentMore diligence might doubtless have increased the number of casts priced, but nearly all the principal catalogues have been consulted, and from them the casts most desirable obtained. To these prices should be added from fifty to one hunared and fifty per cent for packing and freight, varying according to size.The Introduction to the Study of Ornamen...

Excerpt from Additional Notes on Hawaiian Feather WorkWhen I published the introduc'tory essay of this volume, on Hawaiian Feather Work, I hoped that it would interest some one to point out specimens of that work that had not fallen under the author's notice. That hope has been filled to a certain extent and herewith I offer the additions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at...

Excerpt from The Story of McLean County and Its SchoolsGardens and orchards furnish fresh vegetables and fruit to many homes during the summer months, and, in addition, food for winter is canned or stored by freezing. Fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as staples, can be pur chased the year around. Contrast this with the monotonous diet of early settlers, particularly during the winter months. Instead of hunting for deer, turkey, and other g...

Excerpt from The Story of McLean County and Its SchoolsGardens and orchards furnish fresh vegetables and fruit to many homes during the summer months, and, in addition, food for winter is canned or stored by freezing. Fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as staples, can be pur chased the year around. Contrast this with the monotonous diet of early settlers, particularly during the winter months. Instead of hunting for deer, turkey, and other g...

Excerpt from Additional Notes on Hawaiian Feather WorkWhen I published the introduc'tory essay of this volume, on Hawaiian Feather Work, I hoped that it would interest some one to point out specimens of that work that had not fallen under the author's notice. That hope has been filled to a certain extent and herewith I offer the additions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at...

Excerpt from Additional Notes on Hawaiian Feather Work: Second SupplementSee the plate in the Atlas of Cook's Last Voyage. 2cook's Third Voyage, 1785. Second edition, p. (331.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 Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work...

Excerpt from Additional Notes on Hawaiian Feather Work: Second SupplementSee the plate in the Atlas of Cook's Last Voyage. 2cook's Third Voyage, 1785. Second edition, p. (331.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 Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work...

Excerpt from An Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean: A Handbook to the Chart on the Walls of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural HistoryThis course appeared convenient, if not necessary, for those who had the arrangement of the Museum in Charge that there should be no confusion or variation in the nomenclature of localities.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and cla...

Excerpt from Ka Hana Kapa, Vol. 3: The Making of Bark-Cloth in HawaiiIn the light of our present knowledge of things Polynesian we cannot read again the fascinating pages of Cook's observations without wonder at the general accuracy of his accounts of what he saw, and we must acknowledge the debt we owe to him and the scientific men who were with him on his three voyages. The Forsters, Banks, Sparrman, Solander and others, and we must not forg...