Recreation Books

Myths of China and Japan

Donald A. Mackenzie

In no country in the world are the processes of culture drifting and culture mixing made more manifest than in China. The Chinese dragon is, as Professor Elliot Smith puts it, a “composite wonder beas..

Bantu Beliefs and Magic

C. W. Hobley

In presenting this work to the public, I would like to emphasise the belief that the field is by no means exhausted; all that I have been able to do has been done amidst the insistent rush of official..

Modern Whaling and Bear-Hunting

W. G. Burn Murdoch

The publication of the above-mentioned book, and lectures by Dr Bruce and Mr Burn Murdoch, revived both at home and abroad interest in the Antarctic regions, and in 1897 the Belgica expedition followe..

The Truth about the Titanic

Archibald Gracie

As the sole survivor of all the men passengers of the Titanic stationed during the loading of six or more lifeboats with women and children on the port side of the ship, forward on the glass-sheltered..

Bantu Folk Lore

Matthew L. Hewat

The Bantu race comprises one great family extending over all Central and South Africa, South of a line drawn roughly from the Kamerun to the Pokomo River, but excluding the South West corner—Great Nam..

Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands

Duncan MacIsaac

The Gaels of Scotland cannot be accused of indifference to the rich stores of legend current among the people. From the days of the Dean of Lismore, in the late 15th century, onwards, there have not b..

Mountain Craft

Geoffrey Winthrop Young

Mountaineering, in its modern development, involves a large number of matters for arrangement which cannot be classed under the headings of technique or of specific equipment for climbing; such as met..