Word: inland
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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From India, Professor Moore went to Hong Kong, China, by way of Colombo and Singapore. He was in China for over four months, during which time he travelled more than 10,000 miles within the limits of the Empire. His journeys led him as far inland as Hankou, 780 miles up the valley of the Yangtse River, and through the large province of Fukien. In following out his commission Professor Moore visited every station of the American Board in the Chinese Empire besides many more conducted by other societies, British and American, of all denominations...
...England. Professor Woodworth will show by means of stereopticon views how geologists have been able to determine the position of the vanished ice-sheet at various stages of its retreat across Eastern Massachusetts. The various topographical features of glacial origin will be pointed out, and the relations of inland towns and harbors to the control exerted by local glacial deposits will be indicated. The lecture will be open to the public...
...Howard Taylor, of the China Inland Mission, visited the University yesterday and was in the afternoon at Brooks House in consultation with men interested in foreign mission work...
...school" southern gentleman. "One of the Crowd," by Richard Inglis, is another character sketch: it seems a little improbable and is not vivid. "Tramping with a Botanist;" describes and mildly caricatures, with a good deal of humor, the adventures and character of an exploring botanist. "The March Inland," by Albert de Roode, written in the form of extracts from a diary, vividly describes the scenes in the American lines about Santiago; one gets a real glimpse of the experience the army went through in Cuba. "McGullop's Slide," a character sketch with rather a skilful climax, and "Mrs. Johnson...