The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material (1919) (14785052175)

Identifier: americaneducator05fost (find matches)
Title: The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Foster, Ellsworth D., ed Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin), 1846-1935
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Chicago, Ralph Durham Co.
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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Bronx are BronxPark, Van Cortlandt Park and other tracts,great portions of which are still entirely ina state of nature. In the Bronx Park are thezoological gardens and the botanical collec-tion, which are visited daily by thousandsof people. In Van Cortlandt Park golflinks, ball grounds and polo grounds affordopportunities for summer games. A de-lightful seaside resort is Pelham Bay Park,on Long Island Sound. New Yorks most impressive monument isthe bronze statue of Liberty Enlightening theWorld. In Washington Square is the mar-ble Washington Arch, completed in 1892 anderected by popular subscription at a cost of$128,000. In Central Park is a graniteobelisk known as Cleopatras Needle. Thisobelisk was hewn and inscribed by ThothmesIII, although one of its sides is also in-scribed with the victories of Rameses II, aking who lived three centuries afterward.The obelisk was presented to the city of NewYork by Ismail Pasha and was brought toAmerica at the expense of William H. Van-derbilt.
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STATUE OF LIBERTY, IN NEW YORK HARBOR The gift of the Republic of France to the people of the United States.

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