URSU Emil-Constantin (dir.)MareMagnum
Vivian, Herbert; Jones, John H.; Mackellar, R.H.; Magnussen, Ras De S.; Lilian Agnes Oliver; et alMareMagnum
The Wide World Magazine - An Illustrated Monthly, May 1899, Vol. 3, No. 13 - Klondike Mission / Heroes of Niagara / Martyrs of Ku-Cheng
112 Pages. Features: Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part IX; Holy Week Procession in Seville (includes photos of Nazarene's in costumes similar to those of Klansmen); My Texan Elopement -John H. Jones impersonates Miss Sally Steddem; A Naturalist in Cannibal-Land - adventures of Captain H. Cayley-Webster in the cannibal islands of the South Seas (with photos of Cayley-Webster); Jinkers and Jinkering - photo-illustrated article shows how buildings are moved by horses and oxen in Western New South Wales; My Klondike Mission - Lilian Agnes Oliver of Chicago set out for the Klondike to raise money to support her invalid husband - a photo-illustrated account; Through Pygmy-Land - Part I - photo-illustrated article by Albert B. Lloyd; The Heroes of Niagara - a series of graphic narratives, each illustrated by a photo of the hero and his apparatus; "Dago" - eminent actor Kyrle Bellew relates a remarkable mining incident - with photos; The Martyrs of Ku-Cheng - photo-illustrated article on the slaughter of Christian missionaries in the interior of China and the decapitating retribution; My First Leopard - by Walter H. Bone; Round the World in a Home-Made Boat - Joshua Slocum and the 'Spray'; Wolves in a Blizzard - Mr. and Mrs. E. Howard in North-West Canada; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part II - an account of a remarkable bicycle ride across the deserts of Kara-kum and Kizil-kum by Robert L. Jefferson, F.R.G.S.; Attacked by Leeches - W. Harcourt-Bath describes a horrible jungle; Incredible photos of dozens of prisoners on treadmill in the great prison of Rangoon; Photo of dead Armenian heroes in Samsoun; and more. Average wear. Complete and intact. Few pencil markings. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
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