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Bate-Fenton House
The Bate-Fenton House (or Bate's House) is a prominent heritage example of Canadian Victorian architecture situated on Embassy Row in Sandy Hill, Ottawa near Strathcona Park. It was described as the "homestead property" of the influential Bate family. History Hermine Gerald was one of eleven children of the entrepreneur and head of the Ottawa Improvement Commission, Henry Newell Bate. Henry Newell had previously built a house, "elaborate even for its time, sparing no decorative detail" at 318 Fraser St in 1875, and the nearby Bate Island at the Champlain Bridge was named for him. Gerald noted the approximate costs of his intended construction in the 1893 Ottawa Journal as an initial $15,000, with a 24x35 "addition" costing $3,500, and a two-storey 48x22 horse stable costing $3000. Construction began on the house in 1894 and was completed in 1895 by Major Hermine Gerald Bate, who had previously been living at 216 Chapel St. While Gerald, a veteran of the Fenian Raids and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bates House (other)
Bates House may refer to: ;in Canada *Bate-Fenton House, Sandy Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, also called ''Bate's House'' ;in the United States *Daisy Bates House, Little Rock, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * Sherman Bates House, Hardy, Arkansas, NRHP-listed * Sherman and Merlene Bates House, Hardy, Arkansas, NRHP-listed in Sharp County, Arkansas * Bates-Hendricks House, Indianapolis, Indiana, NRHP-listed * Elbert-Bates House, Albia, Iowa, NRHP-listed in Monroe County, Iowa * Bates House (Bedford, Kentucky), NRHP-listed * Bates Log House, Lexington, Kentucky, NRHP-listed * David Back Log House and Farm, Letcher County, Kentucky, NRHP-listed * Levin Bates House, Buechel, LaFayette County, Kentucky, NRHP-listed * Judge Bates House, Houston, Mississippi, NRHP-listed * Bates-Geers House, near Plato, Missouri, NRHP-listed in Texas County, Missouri *Cyrus Bates House, Henderson, Jefferson County, New York, NRHP-listed in Jefferson County, New York * Rufus an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa Citizen
The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the ''Citizen'' in 1851. The newspaper's original motto, which has recently been returned to the editorial page, was ''Fair play and Day-Light''. The paper has been through a number of owners. In 1846, Harris sold the paper to John Bell (journalist), John Bell and Henry J. Friel. Robert Bell (1821-73), Robert Bell bought the paper in 1849. In 1877, Charles Herbert Mackintosh, the editor under Robert Bell, became publisher. In 1879, it became one of several papers owned by the Southam Newspapers, Southam family. It remained under Southam until the chain was purchased by Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. In 2000, Black sold most of his Canadian holdings, including the flagship National Post to CanWest Global. The editorial view of the ''Citizen'' has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bed And Breakfast
Bed and breakfast (typically shortened to B&B or BnB) is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. Bed and breakfasts are often private family homes and typically have between four and eleven rooms, with six being the average. In addition, a B&B usually has the hosts living in the house. ''Bed and breakfast'' is also used to describe the level of catering included in a hotel's room prices, as opposed to room only, half-board or full-board. International differences China In China, expatriates have remodelled traditional structures in quiet picturesque rural areas and opened a few rustic boutique hotels with minimum amenities. Most patrons are foreign tourists but they are growing in popularity among Chinese domestic tourists. India In India, the government is promoting the concept of bed & breakfast. The government is doing this to increase tourism, especially keeping in view of the demand for hotels during the 2010 Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morning Star (Haggard Novel)
''Morning Star'' is a historical novel with fantasy elements by H Rider Haggard, set in Ancient Egypt. The novel is set some time after the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt (around 1500-1200 BCE). It focuses on the titular heroine, named Neter-Tua ("Morning Star"). Reception The Australian newspaper ''The World's News'' described ''Morning Star'' as "a very exciting and cleverly constructed romance". Roger Lancelyn Green praised ''Morning Star'' as "one of the best re-creations of Ancient Egypt ever written."Green, Roger Lancelyn. ''Tales of Ancient Egypt.'' Bodley Head, London, 1967 (pg. 15) E. F. Bleiler described ''Morning Star'' as "well-structured, but with a vein of cruelty in the excursion of the wholly-other into human life." References External linksComplete novel at Project Gutenberg *https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2722/2722-h/2722-h.htm Novels by H. Rider Haggard Novels set in ancient Egypt 1910 British novels 1910 fantasy novels {{1910s-hist-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Maracot Deep
''The Maracot Deep'' is a short 1929 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle about the discovery of a sunken city of Atlantis by a team of explorers led by Professor Maracot. He is accompanied by Cyrus Headley, a young research zoologist and Bill Scanlan, an expert mechanic working with an iron works in Philadelphia who is in charge of the construction of the submersible which the team takes to the bottom of the Atlantic. The novel first appeared in 1928 as a serial in ''The Saturday Evening Post''. It also appeared as a serial in ''The Strand Magazine'' from October 1927 to February 1928. In 1929, it was followed by a sequel, ''The Lord of the Dark Face'', beginning with the April issue of ''The Strand''. The same year, the novel was published in ''The Maracot Deep and Other Stories'' from John Murray (publishing house), John Murray in London, and was released in the U.S. by Doubleday Books of New York. Plot The novel revolves around the legend of Atlantis, mentioned as an ancient city or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Island Of Captain Sparrow
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Mastered Time
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Famous Fantastic Mysteries
''Famous Fantastic Mysteries'' was an American science fiction and fantasy pulp magazine published from 1939 to 1953. The editor was Mary Gnaedinger. It was launched by the Munsey Company as a way to reprint the many science fiction and fantasy stories which had appeared over the preceding decades in Munsey magazines such as '' Argosy''. From its first issue, dated September/October 1939, ''Famous Fantastic Mysteries'' was an immediate success. Less than a year later, a companion magazine, ''Fantastic Novels'', was launched. Frequently reprinted authors included George Allan England, A. Merritt, and Austin Hall; the artwork was also a major reason for the success of the magazine, with artists such as Virgil Finlay and Lawrence Stevens contributing some of their best work. In late 1942, Popular Publications acquired the title from Munsey, and ''Famous Fantastic Mysteries'' stopped reprinting short stories from the earlier magazines. It continued to reprint longer works, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tank Warfare
Armoured warfare or armored warfare (mechanized forces, armoured forces or armored forces) (American English; see spelling differences), is the use of armored fighting vehicles in modern warfare. It is a major component of modern methods of war. The premise of armoured warfare rests on the ability of troops to penetrate conventional defensive lines through use of manoeuvre by armoured units. Much of the application of armoured warfare depends on the use of tanks and related vehicles used by other supporting arms such as infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled artillery, and other combat vehicles, as well as mounted combat engineers and other support units. The doctrine of armoured warfare was developed to break the static nature of World War I trench warfare on the Western Front, and return to the 19th century school of thought that advocated manoeuvre and decisive battle outcomes in military strategy. World War I Modern armoured warfare began during the First World W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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