Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea)
(1742-1807) A Mohawk who held a colonel's commission from the King. After the revolution he returned…
Walter Besant
(1836-1901) British novelist and social reformer who wrote The Children of Gideon, Conditions of Men…
John Lamb
(1768-1835) He was an astrologer who was killed because people believed he had dealings with demons
Cobra
When irritated, the neck of a cobra swells at the same time it raises the front part of its body vertically,…
English Barauch
An English Barauch is a four-wheeled carriage with a falling top, and two seats inside, holding 4 persons…
Stylized Dog
You see this dog dragging along a rope which he holds in his mouth, because he does not have hands (Hooker,…
Dormouse
When a dormouse holds a nut to make a hole in it, he holds it between his two forepaws like hands.
Visual Illusion: Perspective
Who is the biggest? The policeman, most people would say. But the policeman is really the smallest,…
Horn
A tube bent into a spiral (for convenience in holding) comparatively narrow near the mouthpiece, and…
Hungarian Cembalo
Or the Zimbalon, whose strings vibrates under the percussion of two supple hammers which the player…
The Fox and the Grapes
Hungry fox eyes grapes just out of reach. "People very often pretend to dislike things that they are…
