Charles Whymper: 5 books

Example in this ebook   EGYPTIAN BIRDS PLINY declares that it was by watching the flight of birds in general, and of the Kite in particular, that men first conceived the idea of steering their boats and ships with a tail or rudder, for, says he, “these birds by the turning...

Example in this ebook   CHAPTER I.  GULLS AND TERNS. Amongst the many natural objects that confront the visitor to the sea, there are none more readily detected than birds. The wide waters of the ocean and its varied coast-line of cliff or sand, shingle or mud-flat,...

Example in this ebook   CHAPTER I “And now the goddess bids the birds appear, Raise all their music and salute the year.” Wyatt. “The birds sing many a lovely lay Of God’s high praise and of their sweet love-tune.” Spenser.  IF we had to distribute the Seasons...

Off to Klondyke or A Cowboy's Rush to the Gold Fields is by Gordon Stables, who knows exactly kind of adventures that the boys best like to about and that give them benefit and not harm. It relates the experiences of some English men and women, girls and boys, who have a hard time in getting to the...

PLINY declares that it was by watching the flight of birds in general, and of the Kite in particular, that men first conceived the idea of steering their boats and ships with a tail or rudder, for, says he, “these birds by the turning and steering by their tails showed in the air what was needful...