Word: coasts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...said that the most noticeable feature of the geography of New England was the level upland surface, which forms all the rural part of the country. This upland slopes gradually down from a height of 1400 feet in New Hampshire to the coast line, where it sinks into the sea. Although generally level, this long stretch of land is broken by mountains, sometimes isolated and sometimes in groups, and also by valleys running toward the sea. When travelling through the valleys one does not realize how level the country really is, but from a high point of view the comparatively...
...Drake's Bay the site of the anchorage of Sir Thomas Drake on the coast of California...
...were Roman coins of gold and silver dating back to Augustus and Tiberius, even as late as the Republic, also Greek vases of wonderful work and glass vases which are not equaled by the workmanship of modern times. Graves similar to these he also has found on the Mediterranean coast...
ROSE COGHLAN AT THE HOLLIS. - Miss Rose Coghlan announces for her brief engagement at the Hollis, which begins Monday, January 21, her new play, "Princess Walanoff," by Mrs. Romualdo Pacheco. This gifted authoress has had several of her dramatic works produced with great success, particularly on the Pacific coast, where she is a more conspicuous figure in literary and art circles than in the East. Mrs. Pacheco believes she has provided Miss Coghlan with a part that is essentially suited to her brilliant comedy and emotional capabilities. The plot is described as being of intense interest, at no time involved...
...closing, Professor Shaler advised all college men to study the coast of Massachusetts from Cape Ann to Cape Cod, or even farther and he suggested that the Graduate Club should get out a little guide book of the places of interest and beauty which could be easily reached from Cambridge...