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The city of domes [microform] : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition ...
- Author: Barry, John D. (John Daniel), 1866-1942
- Genre: Museums & Collections
"In the main, this volume consists of articles orginally published in the San Francisco bulletin." --Pref
A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire
- Author: Harvey Harold
- Genre: Museums & Collections
Illustrated. Formatted for the Kindle. Linked Contents.CONTENTSForenote ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT.ChapterI. — From Southampton to MaltaII. — From Malta to MarseillesIII. — From Marseilles to Armentières AT THE FRONT.ChapterIV. — Some Sample Excitements of Life in the TrenchesV. — The Lighter Side of Trench LifeVI. — The "Make" of a British TrenchVII. — The Ruse of a German SniperVIII. — Three Death TrapsIX. — German Beasts in a French ConventX. — Another Scene of Boche BrutalityXI. — The Trick that Didn't Trick usXII. — The Barred Road to CalaisSKETCHESPrivate Harold Harvey FrontispieceAboard the TransportBivouac at MaltaCasement Gardens, MaltaSergeants' MessOrdnance Department, MaltaOn the Quayhead at MarseillesQuayside, MarseillesForty Passengers in each Cattle TruckA Wash and a Wait"Doomsday Book": a French Lesson in a Cattle TruckLady Angela Forbes's Soldiers' Home at EtaplesRoad to the TrenchesMy Sketch-BookMap: La Bassée-St. JulienOutskirts of a VillageMy First Sniping-PlaceCaptured German TrenchThe Woodcutter's HutTypical Figures and Figure-Heads"Hammersmith Bridge""Dirty Dick's""Entrenching" the Piano"Seventy-Five Hotel"Chicken FarmA French Comrade-ComedianA Trench Sniper, RestingA TraverseThe Birth-Place of a SongTrench Periscope in Use"The White Farm"A German Sniper's Nest"Suicide Bridge""Suicide Signal Box"A Ghastly PromenadeThe Hole in the WallA Violated ConventWhere Germans Raped and Murdered"The Black Hole"The Black TowerWhere the Trap was Set"Golgotha"
The art of the exposition : personal impressions of the architecture, sculpture, mural decorations, color scheme & other aesthetic aspects of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
- Author: Neuhaus, Eugen, 1879-1963
- Genre: Museums & Collections
"Printed ... in May and reprinted in June nineteen hundred and fifteen"--Colophon Mounted ill. on plate leaves [1]-[32]
from sawdust to windsor castle
- Author: whimsical walker
- Genre: General
This personal memoir is from 1922 and covers the life of "Whimsical Walker" who was known as "the Druy Lane Clown".Review from Footlight Notes: "How many of you have never seen a pantomime? Not many, I imagine, for the funny business between clown and pantaloon with which all proper pantomimes still conclude has always strongly appealed to the hearts of the children. I wonder if any of you have seen Whimsical Walker, the world's most famous living clown. For some years he has been appearing regularly in the pantomime at Drury Lane Theatre.""Mr. Walker was born at sea on July 5th, 1854, and first appeared before the public at Burnley as a tiny clown who emerged from a carpet bag carried by another member of the company. In 1872 he was engaged for the famous Sanger's Circus in Westminster Bridge Road, London (as a boy ''Uncle Tim'' saw and enjoyed many shows there), where a stage performance was given in addition to the circus. Mr. Walker admits that his stage efforts were so bad that he was sacked every night, but always re-engaged because of his skill in the circus. In 1874, and important period in his career, he was engaged by Charles Hengler to appear at his circus in London, where he was christened ''Whimsical Walker,'' and for fourteen winter seasons he appeared there regularly. (''Uncle Tim'' also enjoyed himself on rare occasions at Hengler's, which stood on the sit of the present Palladium.) In America Mr. Walker appeared with other circuses, including the great Barnum and Bailey shows, and was also commissioned to purchase the famous elephant Jumbo from the Zoo at a cost of £1,000.""Jumbo was an enormous success in America, many single day's takings amounting to as much as £3,000. The cast was poured into great wooden casks and sent to a bank in New York.""In 1882 Whimsical Walker opened a theatre of his own in new York with a pantomime called Three Wishes. Its success brought temporary misfortune, for the top gallery dropped a bit when filled with people, a stampede followed, and actions for damages reduced poor Mr. Walker to the clothes he wore and a few dollars. He had to borrow money to return to Liverpool, where he was again engaged by Mr. Hengler."'On boxing Day, 1882, feeling in need of a refresher, Whimsical Walker chartered a horse at 7 a.m., and started off for a gallop. Before he had travelled far, however, the horse stumbled and fell, and the clown sustained a fractuered leg, which laid him up for five months." 'In a singularly adventurous career, this is the only serious accident he has ever suffered.""On February 20th, 1886, Whimsical Walker was honoured by a Command Performance to appear with his singing donkey before her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. In commemoration of this visit the queen presented Mr. Walker with the beautiful diamond tie-pin. "In 1904 the great clown embarked for Australia for a long tour there, but on landing at Melbourne he was cabled for by Mr. Arthur Collins, of Drury Lane Theatre, and he returned immediately. The fact is that Whimsical Walker had been appearing every season in the Drury Lane harlequnade since 1890, and the reason for his sudden recall was that, owing to the death of Herbert Campbell, and the absence of Dan Leno from the cast, Mr. Collins felt that he could not possibly do without the popular clown as well."There are 19 chapters in this volume; no illustrations are included . --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
General catalogue
- Author: newton theological institution
- Genre: Exhibition Catalogs
Cover title: The Newton Theological Institution founded 1825 incorporated 1826. General catalogue 1826-1912 Continued by Historical catalogue of the Newton Theological Institution
Folk-lore of the Holy Land. Moslem, Christian and Jewish
- Author: Hanauer, J. E. (James Edward), b. 1850
- Genre: Exhibition Catalogs
"About one-third of the matter here presented has been published in America in another version, and the chapters on animal and plant-lore were originally contributed to the Palestine exploration fund quarterly statement."--p. xviii Introduction.--Concerning the creation and divers saints and miracles.--Containing legends and anecdotes possibly founded on fact.--Stories and anecdotes illustrating social ideas, superstitions, etc