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  • Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago

    Anna Forbes

    Paperback (BiblioLife, Aug. 21, 2008)
    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
  • Insulinde; Experiences of a Naturalist's wife in the Eastern Archipelago

    Anna Forbes

    Paperback (BiblioBazaar, Oct. 3, 2009)
    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.
  • Insulinde; experiences of a naturalist's wife in the Eastern Archipelago

    Anna Forbes

    Paperback (RareBooksClub.com, June 26, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... a French fashion journal, which 168 TENIMBEK BEAUTY. was hung on his wall. It represented ideal figures of ladies, in walking, riding, bathing, mountaineering, and gymnastic costumes: as far as I observed,--and I noted their manner carefully,--they saw no resemblance to human beings 'in these figures; they were as triangles or squares to them. Ah! may advancing civilisation keep such monstrosities far from the graceful Tenimber women. With head erect and chest expanded, how easy, graceful, healthy, happy they looked! Untrammelled in limb, free of foot, it was worth while to watch their every motion. As they came home in their prahus from their gardens over the strait, always just at sundown, when their figures, as they stand erect at the stern, show clearly against the ruddy light, with a powerful push of the pole, and an exquisite action of the body, sending the prahus shooting up the beach, they showed at their best, and formed a picture we never tired looking on. There is no question that the beauty of the Tenimber women is in their healthiness and natural grace of movement--not, except in a few cases, in delicacy of feature. In budding womanhood some of them look sweet,--pensive eyes and the soft brown skin make up a pleasing A PASSIONATE CHILD. 169 face; but later they get thin, and the skin becomes shrunken. They do not dye the hair as the men do, and give little time to its arrangement.. I never heard a woman sing. They may, but I did not hear even the "li-li-la "which is the spontaneous expression of exuberance and content with the man, who also frequently bursts into wild happy song. They laugh often, however, with true Papuan heartiness. And they can scold too! I once saw a woman rating her husband soundly; he, however, took...
  • Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago

    Anna Forbes

    Paperback (Wentworth Press, Feb. 20, 2019)
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
  • Insulinde; Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago

    Anna Forbes

    Paperback (Leopold Classic Library, June 3, 2016)
    Leopold is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. This means that we have checked every single page in every title, making it highly unlikely that any material imperfections – such as poor picture quality, blurred or missing text - remain. When our staff observed such imperfections in the original work, these have either been repaired, or the title has been excluded from the Leopold Classic Library catalogue. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, within the book we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience. If you would like to learn more about the Leopold Classic Library collection please visit our website at www.leopoldclassiclibrary.com
  • Witch Silver

    Anne Forbes

    Paperback (FLORIS BOOKS, Aug. 27, 2010)
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  • Insulinde; experiences of a naturalist's wife in the Eastern Archipelago

    Anna Forbes

    Hardcover (William Blackwood and Sons, March 15, 1887)
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  • Insulinde; Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago

    Anna Forbes

    Hardcover (Wentworth Press, March 11, 2019)
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
  • Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago

    Anna Forbes

    Paperback (BiblioLife, Aug. 14, 2008)
    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
  • Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago

    Anna Forbes

    Paperback (Dodo Press, Nov. 21, 2008)
    “SINCE my narrative explains itself, I have little to say here beyond accounting for a certain resemblance in these pages to the latter part of the work issued by my husband last year. After I joined him, we shared for the most part the same experiences; but we looked upon them from an entirely different standpoint. Many of my own sex who might turn from ‘A Naturalist’s Wanderings’ because of the admixture of scientific matter, may find some interest in reading my simpler account. ”