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Excerpt from The Lure of the CameraIf the reader is asked to make long ¿ights, as from Scotland to Italy, then back, across the At lantic, to New England, and thence overland to Wyoming and Arizona, he must remember that ramblers take no account of distance or direction. In this case they must take no account of time, for these rambles are but the chance happen ings that have occurred at intervals in a period of more than a dozen years.About t...

Excerpt from George Eliot Scenes and People in Her NovelsEach wrote of life as it is, and particularly of that with which he was the most familiar. Dickens's favorite theme low In the great city of London, Thackeray's, the higher social stratum. Sir Walter gave us a vivid picture of Scotland such as no one else ever attempted, while George Eliot pre ferred the rural life of the lviidlands of Eng land. Here she was thoroughly at home. The daugh...

Excerpt from The Life of William McKinley, Vol. 1Secretary to the President, was associated with him more intimately than any other man, kept a close lookout for biographical material. With a thorough ness and care seldom if ever equaled, he treasured all the official and private correspondence, documents of every description, memoranda in the President's handwriting, drafts of speeches and messages, re ports of telephone conversations, photog...

Excerpt from The Life of William McKinley, Vol. 2The second reason for making haste Slowly was a Change of administration in Spain that gave birth to a new hope of final adjustment without war. On the 8th of August, 1897, Sefior Canovas del Castillo, the strong-armed autocrat of Spain, was assassinated by an anarchist. It was his blind obstinacy, assisted by the fierce vindictiveness of his emissary, Weyler, that had brought the Cuban situatio...

On the first day of May, 1911, we began our exploration of the 'Scott Country.' I say we, because I was accompanied by the companion of a much longer journey, of which that year was the twenty-fifth milestone. Whether from reasons of sentiment resulting from the near approach of our silver anniversary, or because of more prosaic geographical considerations, we began at the place where Walter Scott discovered that he would be likely to see more...

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Excerpt from George Eliot Scenes and People in Her Novels Each wrote of life as it is, and particularly of that with which he was the most familiar. Dickens's favorite theme was_low lifi the great city of London, Thackeray's, the higher social stratum. Sir Walter gave us a vivid picture of Scotland such as no one else ever attempted, while George Eliot pre ferred the rural life of the 1\'iidlands of Eng land. Here she was thoroughly at home. ...

Excerpt from The Life of William McKinley, Vol. 2The second reason for making haste Slowly was a Change of administration in Spain that gave birth to a new hope of final adjustment without war. On the 8th of August, 1897, Sefior Canovas del Castillo, the strong-armed autocrat of Spain, was assassinated by an anarchist. It was his blind obstinacy, assisted by the fierce vindictiveness of his emissary, Weyler, that had brought the Cuban situatio...

Excerpt from The Lure of the Camera People who are in a hurry, and those who in traveling seek to do the largest number of places in the shortest number of days, are advised not to travel with an amateur photographer. Not only must he have leisure to find and study his subjects, but he is likely to wander away from the well-worn paths and use up his time in mak ing inquiries, in a fashion quite exasperating to the tourist absorbed in his itin...

Excerpt from The Country of Sir Walter Scott But our constant purpose was to do more than this. With the help of the camera we sought to catch some thing of the spirit of the scenery and to bring it home with us, in the hope that those who have never seen the 'scott Country' might at least have a few glimpses of it, and that those who have seen all or a part of it, might find in these views a pleasant reminder of what must have been a happy e...

Excerpt from The Life of William McKinley, Vol. 1Secretary to the President, was associated with him more intimately than any other man, kept a close lookout for biographical material. With a thorough ness and care seldom if ever equaled, he treasured all the official and private correspondence, documents of every description, memoranda in the President's handwriting, drafts of speeches and messages, re ports of telephone conversations, photog...

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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1914 Original Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Subjects: Voyages and travels Photography Photography / General Photography / Techniques / Equipment Photography / Techniques / General Photography / Techniques / Digital Travel / General Travel / Essays