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Excerpt from Syria Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological, Expeditions to Syria: Geography and ItieraryThe instruments used were a prismatic compass, a twelve-inch theodolite with solar attachment, three specially selected Waltham watches, an aneroid barometer, and a boiling-point thermometer. The plan adopted in general was to keep a compass dead reckoning, assuming the pace to be an average of two and three-quarters miles pe...

Excerpt from The Story of Athens: A Record of the Life and Art of the City of the Violet Crown Read in Its Ruins and in the Lives of Great Athenians For the topography, I have used the maps of Curtius as a basis, changing them here and there in accordance with recent discoveries or with new light shed upon the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbo...

bTitle:/b Scotland's Ruined Abbeys ... With illustrations by the author.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include aroun...

Excerpt from Sardis, Vol. 2: Publication of the American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, Architecture, Part I, the Temple of ArtemisIn the Autumn of 1921 Mr. Butler completed the present study of the temple of Artemis at Sardis. He withheld the manuscript from the printer in the hope of verifying several details by further study on the site. His sudden death prevented the incorporation into the text of the results obtained by his sojourn...

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Excerpt from Sardis, Vol. 1: Publications of the American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, The Excavations, 1910 1914 The above historical considerations, taken only as applying to Sardis itself or to Lydia, are important enough, but in connexion with the geographical position of the city they become of even greater significance, especially for the solution of vexing questions as to the origin and development of Aegean, Ionian and Greek ...

Excerpt from Syria Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological, Expeditions to Syria: Geography and ItieraryThe instruments used were a prismatic compass, a twelve-inch theodolite with solar attachment, three specially selected Waltham watches, an aneroid barometer, and a boiling-point thermometer. The plan adopted in general was to keep a compass dead reckoning, assuming the pace to be an average of two and three-quarters miles pe...

Excerpt from Scotland's Ruined AbbeysThe mediaeval architecture of Scotland has been amply treated in books of more or less scientific character. Accurate descriptions of every historic edifice in the ancient realm can be found, and historical sketches are not lacking. But the material at hand dealing with this subject exists only in a form too bulky for general use. The pamphlets, on the other hand, which are to be had at the site of many of ...

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Excerpt from Princeton University Bulletin, Vol. 15: September, 1904 On the other hand it is hardly to be believed that Shakespeare got the suggestions from Lucian only through the Timon play. The Timon of Shakespeare is not the Timon of the academic production, still less is it like the Timon of the popular Elizabethan stories. In the depth and tone of his misanthropy, Lucian's Timon is the true proto type of Shakespeare's Timon. In spirit t...

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The Catskill Mountains, Pine Hill and Summit Mountain is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1883.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. ...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...