The Birds of the BibleJazzybee Verlag, 2017 M02 6 - 308 páginas Gene Stratton-Porter, the Indiana novelist and bird lover, offers the fruits of several years' loving labor in "Birds of the Bible”, a handsome volume. The riches of bird lore that Mrs. Porter has unearthed will surprise anyone who opens the book. "Birds of the Bible " is designed for all lovers of birds in general, and lovers of Bible birds and Bible poetry in particular. It contains every reference made to birds in the Bible: describes the location, and explains the characteristics of the bird. In this book, the author, one of the most successful writers of her days, both as a naturalist and a novelist, has made her greatest effort to do something worth while for the world, having given three years to the preparation of the text. |
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... Palestine, so it is very probable that translation is correct, but they had no tree corresponding to our lordly elm. Neither climate nor soil was productive of our "skyscraper," and without question the tree to which they referred was ...
... Palestine. The ash of the Bible was a pine from which idols were made, and the precious ebony the heartwood of the date. The box was mentioned among the forest trees and was evidently larger than ours, for it was used as hard wood in ...
... Palestine. Solomon sang: 1 went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegrantes were in flower." The almond was a native fruit tree, which blossomed before leafage ...
... Palestine, and one of the most blessed of the Promised Land, was the olive tree, that yielded a great abundance of fruit and oil. It formed the foundation of the food from trees, and was most esteemed. Also its wood was finegrained, of ...
... Palestine of spending much time upon the housetops. The elevation afforded fresh air, neighboring villages could be seen, the landscape enjoyed, and the country watched for enemies. Here was a splendid place to observe the flight of ...