Identifier: fromeveryl00grosscenesrich (find matches)
Title: Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustracions picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of gazetteers, atlases, and books descriptive of foreign countries and natural history
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966 National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Subjects: Views Physical anthropology
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National geographic society
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Scattered here and there through the northern parts of Korea are these little Devil Houses, erected for heathen worship. The picture represents the spirits who rule over the destiny of the population of Yeng Byen City. The bags of corn and beans are offerings brought by devotees.
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BOYS OF HEATHEN SCHOOL. KOREAThey use sand boxes in place of slates. In the study of Chinese characters, they makethe character in the sand with a stick, then shuffle box and make another character.— Pholohii David E. Hahn. NAflQNAL-GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY m
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