Walks in the City of Canton
Walks in the City of Canton

Author: John Henry Gray

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781230447131

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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. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER FIFTH. OUR THIRD WALK. Ushing's Porcelain Shop.--Banks.--Silk Thread Shop.--Painting Upon Copper.--Crape Shawl Store.--A Water Street.--Looking Glass Street.--Chinese Restaurant.--Gold Beaters.--Sandal Wood Market.--Bronze Foundry.--Calico Printers.--Silk Embroiderers.--Manufacturers of Gold and Silver Thread.-- Jade Stone Street .--Wesleyan Chapel.--Manufacturers of Horn Lanterns.--Drum Shop.--Ivory and Sandal Wood Carvers.-- French Cathedral.--Chinese Working Jewellers.--Saddlers.-- Chinese Furniture Shops.--Picture Shops.--Furriers' Shops. --Musical Instruments.--Gate of Virtue.--Shops in which Birds arc sold.--Monumental Arches.--Naam-Hoi's Prison.-- Five Genii Templo.--Confucian Temple.--Temple in Honour of Virtuous Women.--Mohammedan Mosque.--Prophetic Stone. --A Largo Tnuist Temple called Ucn-Miu-Koon.--KwongHow-Tsze Monastery.--Flowery Pagoda.--Buddhist Nunnery. --Kwantai Mia.--Tauist Monastery called Sam-Uen-Koou. --The Heights, --Koon-Yam-Shan.--Five Storied Pagoda.-- Dragon King's Temple, &c, &c, &c. We commenced our Third Walk by visiting Wji DEGREES& DEGREESfWi Ushing's Chinaware store. This establishment, which is situated in the street called DEGREEST DEGREES DEGREES San-Tau'-Laan, contains a very large collection of modern porcelain vases. Dinner, dessert, breakfast, tea, and toilet services of various patterns can, also, hero, be obtained. It appeared to us, however, that the prices, which Ushing requires for his porcelain, arc higher than those, which, for similar articles, are, by Pohing, demanded. Ushing has, also, for sale, carved black wood tables, and chairs. For such articles of furniture, he, also, charges high prices. On leaving Ushing's shop, we passed through the street called DEGREES ijig Chong-MdKai, or "Ha

Walks in the City of Canton - Primary Source Edition
Walks in the City of Canton - Primary Source Edition

Author: John Henry Gray

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2014-01-29

Total Pages: 770

ISBN-13: 9781293557020

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Walk of Ages
Walk of Ages

Author: Jim Reisler

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2015-02

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0803286422

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On his seventieth birthday in 1909, a slim man with a shock of white hair, a walrus mustache, and a spring in his step faced west from Park Row in Manhattan and started walking. By the time Edward Payson Weston was finished, he was in San Francisco, having trekked 3,895 miles in 104 days. Weston's first epic walk across America transcended sport. He was "everyman" in a stirring battle against the elements and exhaustion, tramping along at the pace of someone decades younger. Having long been America's greatest pedestrian, he was attempting the most ambitious and physically taxing walk of his career. He walked most of the way alone when the car that he hired to follow him kept breaking down, and he often had to rest without adequate food or shelter. That Weston made it is one of the truly great but forgotten sports feats of all time. Thanks in large part to his daily dispatches of his travails--from blizzards to intense heat, rutted roads, bad shoes, and illness--Weston's trek became a wonder of the ages and attracted international headlines to the sport called "pedestrianism." Aided by long-buried archival information, colorful biographical details, and Weston's diary entries, Walk of Ages is more than a book about a man going for a walk. It is an epic tale of beating the odds and a penetrating look at a vanished time in America.

Walking Baltimore
Walking Baltimore

Author: Evan Balkan

Publisher: Wilderness Press

Published: 2013-02-26

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0899977014

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Presents a collection of thirty-three self-guided walking tours of Baltimore highlighting cultural attractions, historical sites, museums, monuments, religious institutions, outdoor acitivies, shopping, and restaurants for each route.