North America local history
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Stranded in ArcadyStranded in ArcadyAt the half-conscious moment of awakening Prime had a confused impression that he must have gone to bed leaving the electric lights turned on full-blast. Succeeding impressions were even more disconcerting. It seemed that he had also gone to bed with his...
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Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central AmericaDescriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central AmericaBiological exploration of Mxico and Central America has revealed the presence of a diverse fauna, elements of which have undergone speciation in separate areas within the relatively small region. Some genera of amphibians, especially Eleutherodactylus...
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Ti-Ti-Pu: A Boy of Red RiverTi-Ti-Pu: A Boy of Red River This is how it befell. Thomas Douglas, Earl of Selkirk, thought that a flourishing colony right in the midst of the rich hunting-grounds of the Hudson's Bay Company, in which he was interested, would prove no less a...
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Battle of Fort George: A paper read on March 14th, 1896Battle of Fort George: A paper read on March 14th, 1896The reproach has frequently been cast upon us that Canada has no history; it might be said of us with far more justice that we do not know our own history. The various historical...
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, MéxicoThe Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, MéxicoFor almost 30 years North American herpetologists have been making extensive collections of reptiles and amphibians in Mxico. Some parts of the country, because of their accessibility, soon became relatively well known; other regions lying off the beaten...
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The Forge in the ForestThe Forge in the Forest - Being the Narrative of the Acadian Ranger, Jean de Mer, Seigneur de Briart; and How He Crossed the Black Abbé; and of His Adventures in a Strange Fellowship Where the Five Rivers flow down to meet the swinging...
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Sketches of Aboriginal LifeSketches of Aboriginal Life - American Tableaux, No. 1The American Tableaux lay no claim to the respect and confidence, which is justly shown to authentic history; nor do they anticipate the ready favor usually accorded to high wrought romance. They are neither the one...
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A New Subspecies of the Fruit-eating Bat, Sturnira ludovici, From Western MexicoA New Subspecies of the Fruit-eating Bat, Sturnira ludovici, From Western Mexico The fruit-eating bats of the genus Sturnira are represented on the North American mainland by two species, S. lilium and S. ludovici. The former, in most areas the smaller of the two,...
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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. IIIncidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II.2. Frontispiece (Engraving 1), Map of Mani (Engraving 35), and Paintings (Engraving 50) are from the NYPL Digital Gallery which provides free and open access to over 700,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the...
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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. IIncidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I.In his "Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan," the author intimated his intention to make a more thorough exploration of the ruins of the latter country. That intention has since been carried into effect, and...
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The Canadian Curler's ManualThe Canadian Curler's Manual - Or, an account of curling, as practised in Canada: with remarks on the history of the gameThis little pamphlet has been produced at the request of the Toronto Curling Club. The original object in its publication was simply to...
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian HistoryThe Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian HistoryThis Supplement is designed to supply a double need: it furnishes an analytical index to the entire series of twenty volumes; and it affords a great deal of additional information, bearing on the subject-matter of...
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Hernando CortezHernando Cortez - Makers of HistoryThe career of Hernando Cortez is one of the most wild and adventurous recorded in the annals of fact or fiction, and yet all the prominent events in his wondrous history are well authenticated. All truth carries with itself...
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The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2)The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) - Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.I, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, regidor of the town of Santiago, in...
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The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2)The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) - Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. P. 141, l. 32, for then, read there. 165, 19, for...
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The Whelps of the WolfThe Whelps of the WolfThe solitudes of the East Coast had shaken off the grip of the long snows. A thousand streams and rivers choked with snow water from bleak Ungava hills plunged and foamed and raced into the west, seeking the salt Hudson's...
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Seeds of PineSeeds of Pine The new steel trail the railway men are laying from Edmonton leads away and away, I cannot say whither. For these many days I have had an anxious desire to follow it and the glories thereof. I am tired of this...
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Voyage of the Paper CanoeVoyage of the Paper Canoe - A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5.The author left Quebec, Dominion of Canada, July 4, 1874, with a single assistant, in a wooden canoe eighteen feet in length,...
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Northern DiamondsNorthern Diamonds This book has appeared in the Youth's Companion in the form of a serial and sequel, and my thanks are due to the proprietors of that periodical for permission to reprint. FRANK LILLIE POLLOCK It was nearly eleven o'clock at night when...
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Dorothy at Oak KnoweDorothy at Oak KnoweThese stories of an American girl by an American author have made Dorothy a household synonym for all that is fascinating. Truth and realism are stamped on every page. The interest never flags, and is ofttimes intense. No more happy choice...
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