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Automatic Needle-Makers

In The Romance of Modern Manufacture

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Charles R. Gibson


Those of us who have grown up with the results of Modern Manufacture around us are apt to miss the romance of the subject. Indeed, it is di…

A German Route to India; by Gilbert H. Grosvenor

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 11

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol XI, January to December 1900.

The Cow Story

In The Sandman: His Farm Stories

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William John Hopkins


Delightful short bedtime stories for small children. Not only are the stories entertaining, but they are educational and practical for the d…

Can We Photograph in Colours?

In The Romance of Modern Photography

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Charles R. Gibson


It is not the author's purpose in the present volume to give any instruction in the practice of photography. There are many works dealing w…

Gypsy's Family

In Dogs and Puppies

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Frances Trego Montgomery


From the author of the popular "Billie Whiskers" books, comes this short collection of stories about --- well, dogs and puppies. …

Earliest Butterflies

In Woodland Paths

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Winthrop Packard


American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods, alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat…

Kittenhood

In The Adventures of a Cat, and a Fine Cat Too!

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Alfred Elwes


Having already presented us with fascinating stories of dog and bear, Alfred Elwes gives us quite a mature account of a very fine cat. He sa…

Sir Isaac Newton

In When They Were Children: Stories of the Childhood of Famous Men and Women

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Amy Steedman


Sketches about the childhood of many famous men and women, written just for children!

Photographic Study of Stellar Spectra, Harvard College Observatory

In Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887

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Various


The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…

Purple Finch - Vesper Sparrow

In An Introduction to the Birds of Pennsylvania

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George Miksch Sutton


George Miksch Sutton was a world renowned ornithologist whose art and studies rival those of Audubon. In this volume Sutton presents brief d…

“The Village Where No One Lives”

In The Young Ice Whalers

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Winthrop Packard


Noted American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given such enchanting nature books as Wildwood Ways, White Mountain Trails, and Woodland W…

CHAPTER VI: SOLOMON’S RIVALS -JUNE

In Botany, The Story of Plant Life

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Julia Mcnair Wright


Botany, The Story of Plant Life, is a charming book explaining plant life. The author chose the format of a chapter for each month to discus…

Four Years in the Wilds of Asia

In The Romance of Modern Exploration

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Archibald Williams


It may be thought, perhaps, that exploration must be comparatively easy today. Less laborious no doubt it is in some details when Mandevill…