Describes origins of folk festivals and the manner in which they are celebrated in European countries. Includes May Day, Whitsuntide Festivals and Midsummer Harvest Festivals, and stresses the importance of sports in their celebration.
Describes the life cycle of the knobbed whelk, identifies different types of shells and their usefulness to man, and gives suggestions for building a shell collection.
In the Massachusetts Bay Colony's bustling seaport city, young Paul Revere saw about him the heart of Colonial America. Here is Boston as he and other early patriots knew it.