William F Strickland

Originally published in 1922. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the origin...

Excerpt from Catholic Missions in Southern India to 1865In looking at the Map of the World, there is something astonishing in the consideration that the small spots called the British Islands should contain a people whose influence is felt all over the universe, and whose empire and possessions exte...

Excerpt from A Manual of Biblical Literature, Vol. 1To say that the work, which is here presented, is a compilation, would be superfluous; as that will be perfectly obvious to every Biblical student, who may consult its pages. All that the author claims as original, with few exceptions, is the selec...

The images of Malcolm X will be the first major photographic work on Malcolm X's life. Drawing on literally dozens of sources, many of them little known, this book presents over 150 photographs of Malcolm, ranging from his life on the streets of Boston and New York, to his life within the nation of ...

Excerpt from Reports, Specifications, and Estimates of Public Works in the United States of AmericaThe Philadelphia Gas Works represented in Plates I. to XIII. were constructed in the year 1835, under the direction and superintendence of Samuel V. Merrick, Esq., Engineer.The plan was matured after a...

Excerpt from The Jesuit in India: Addressed to All Who Are Interested in the Foreign MissionsThe Writer has spent four years on the Madura Mission in Southern India, and here describes the past history, the present state, and future prospects of this promising field of Evangelical labour.By letters ...

Excerpt from The Light of the TempleThe present work is a history of the Divine manifestation, embracing the more prominent historic associations connected with the various manifestations by which the true idea of Jehovah and his worship were progressively developed to the world.It contains the most...

Excerpt from William Strickland, the First Native American Architect and EngineerDunlap, in his History of the Arts of Design, gave eleven lines to William Strickland, and three lines to his brother George. It should be said in defense of Dunlap, however, that he confesses his letters of inquiry to ...