Gordon Stables
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This book contains vintage guide to cycling for pleasure, with interesting cycling anecdotes, chapters on health benefit, tips on choosing a bicycle, information on appropriate attire, and much more. Although old, "Rota Vitae" constitutes a timeless recourse for anyone with an interest in cycling, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk.
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Excerpt: "There is no more beautiful bay than that of Methlin on all the wild west shores of Scotland; there is no quainter or more old-fashioned little town than the fishing village that clusters around its shores, its wee little whitewashed cottages half hidden in the green of waving elders and drooping silver birch trees. Behind the village is a wealth of woodland, stretching for miles away up the valley, between hills so high that at sunrise they...
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Excerpt: "There is a glamour and romance about war that appeals to the heart of every young man worthy of the name in these islands. This is as it should be. We are a nation of sailors, it is true, but many a blood-red field can bear witness that we are soldiers also, when we have the right man to lead us. A weapon, however, that is left too long in its scabbard is apt to rust therein. This was the state in which we found the British sword when the...
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Excerpt: "When my own boy and girls, who call me "Daddy," read any of my books at home-and I am proud to say they all do-a question almost invariably asked is: "But do tell us, is it all true?" I answer as best I can. Now, no tale in the world is ever "all true": it would not be a story if it were, would it? Nevertheless I have knocked about all over the world so much, and made so many notes and observations, that I have my imagination to fall back...
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Excerpt: ""Is it a man, or is it a young Polar bear standing on end?" Had any one seen that strange figure, shuffling slowly to and fro on the snow-clad Polar ice on this bitterly cold morning late in winter, he might have been excused for asking himself that question. All around was a scene of desolation such as can only be witnessed in Arctic seas at this season of the year. Desolation? Yes; but beautiful desolation-a desolation that held one spellbound...
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A story of the domestic cat.
Everything you need to know about the domestic cat.
Disciver a complete book about the Domestic cat !
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In regard to the origin of the domestic cat, naturalists have squabbled and fought for centuries, and the best thing possible, I think, is for every man steadfastly to retain his own opinion, then everybody is sure to be right. For myself, I really cannot see that it would either assist us in breeding better...