Books with author William Cagney

Excerpt from Adventures in Tibet, 1901: Including the Diary of Miss. Annie R. Taylor's Remarkable Journey From Tau-Chau to Ta-Chien-Lu Through the Heart of the Forbidden LandThis gave me the opportunity of crossing the J elep La into Tibet and visiting Miss Taylor at her shop in Yatung. The moment this trip was under taken, I wanted to know a hundred things of which I was ignorant about the country and the missions besetting its borders. The subject grew with in quiry, and I felt keenly the need of a bright, readable book1 which should give a picture of the land as a Whole, and photograph the present position of the investing forces.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An introductory work for young readers on the history of writing: pre-alphabetic systems, alphabets and syllabaries, numerals, writing implements, the invention of printing, and machine writing typewriter, typesetting machines, computers . With many black and white illustrations. Dust jacket chipped, missing piece. 128 pages, with 4 additional pages of plates. large 8vo, 1963, cloth, dust jacket..

Excerpt from The Dialect of Craven, in the West-Riding of the County of York, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Copious Glossary, Illustrated by Authorities From Ancient and Scottish Writers, and Exemplified by Two Familiar DialoguesCollections of provincial dialects would often have been extremely useful; 'many words esteemed peculiar to certain counties, being remnants of the language formerly in general use. But these collections are, unfortunately, few and scanty. County histories, which have long received the most extensive encouragement, should always contain a careful compilation of this kind from certain and correct authorities. From these, digested together, the history of our language might ultimately receive important illustration.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI A DEED TO WIN THE EMPIRE E are now in a position to appreciate the narrative of Miss Taylor's journey. She trotted into the heart of Tibet, and saw with her own eyes the things we have been describing. She was the first woman traveller to enter the Forbidden Land; and no other European, with one possible, but doubtful, exception, had succeeded in getting so near to Lhasa for more than a generation. But the real spell of the story lies in the significance of the deed. Miss Taylor's journey changed the whole face of missionary interest in Tibet. It sent a thrill round the world, and is the true beginning of the new and widespread eagerness for the Christian evangelizing of the land. This apparently impregnable Gibraltar of modern missions is now invested on all sides but one, and the siege is being prosecuted with vigor by several societies, working independently of one another, but directed by a common aim and all cheered by the same not distant hope of scaling the impenetrable walls and gaining the confidence of the people. Let it not be forgotten that the Moravian mission has been "working and waiting" on the western border for nearly fifty years. Two of the earliest members of that wonderful mission, Mr. and Mrs. Ileyde, are still with us and greatly beloved. They ought to be better known for their long and faithful and unostentatious toil. When the day dawns on which the empire of Jesus Christ shall be acknowledged and established in Tibet, they and their colleagues will be honored above all the rest as having laid the foundations and labored the most. Nevertheless, for solitary splendor and sudden quickening power no deed in the whole history will rank higher than this of the lone woman who opened the closed door and...