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The Wide World Magazine True Stories of Adventure July 1925 Vol LV No. 327: The Jogi's Curse / Two Years in Borneo / Forbidden Nepal

1925 · 346H5250 — New York: The International News Company 1925. Book. Illus. by Somerfield T.; Drigin Serge; Sutcliffe Norman; Holloway Cyril; Cameron John; Hiley F.E.; De Walton John; Inns Kenneth. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi priest and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer H.W. Millard G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith a young soldier in the American Army stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners customs and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. The International News Company Paperback