CHEERY SMILE OF THE MAN WITH THE SCYTHE

Through the long years he has cherished one ambition—to have a plot of ground which he might call his own. The ambition is now realized; and with a light heart the Lettish peasant shoulders his tools and makes for the fields, there to set about his task with a will, content in the knowledge that the reward of his labours will be reaped by his son and his son's son

ON THE PREMISES OF A LATVIAN PEASANT PROPRIETOR

In the fine open face of this Lettish farmer something may be read of his life-long struggle with the oppression which he countered with all the force of an energetic and vigorous nature. Despite former harsh conditions of life, the Letts' love for their native country has remained unshaken, and their songs are full of endless assurances of affection couched in simple, touching terms

Photos, Press Section, Latvian Foreign Office, Riga

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PEOPLES OF ALL NATIONS: THEIR LIFE TODAY AND THE STORY OF THEIR PAST BY OUR FOREMOST WRITERS OF TRAVEL, ANTHROPOLOGY & HISTORY (in 7 volumes), editor J. A. Hammerton, published by the Educational Book Co., London, 1920. Subsequently published as both a 7 volume set (1922) and subscription series (1922–1923) by the Amalgamated Press, London.
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