The Motor Car Motor cars were invented about eighty years ago, and even fifteen years ago there were not many in India. Then Indian gentlemen drove about in carriages, …
A Journey by Train Let us fancy we are travelling from Dehra Dun to Amritsar. We get down to Dehra Dun station in time to catch the 1-50 p.m. …
The Bullock-Cart In the East, things change very slowly, especially in the life of the country village. The Indian farmer today uses the same kind of ploughs and carts …
The Daily Life of an Indian Villager The Indian villager is “early to bed and early to rise”, for he goes to bed at sunset and gets up at …
India is a Country of Villages In spite of big towns like Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Delhi, and others, by far the larger part of the people of India still …
The Ganges The Ganges is the largest and most famous river in India. It rises in an ice-cave, known as Bhagirathi, in the Himalayas, and rushes as a roaring …
Travelling in the desert There are some parts of the world that get no rain, or so little that hardly any plants will grow there. Such places are great …
Flowers There are many thousands of different kinds of flowers. Though some are small and scarcely noticed, all are interesting, very many are pretty, and some are very beautiful …
Gardens for use and Pleasure Men have always made and loved gardens. The Bible story says that when God made the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, He …
The Gardener The gardener belongs to the oldest trade in the world. The Bible says that when God made the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, He put …
