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CONTENTS

PAGE
[Foreword][5]
[Introduction][7]

PART ONE

I.[Our School][11]
II.[The Streets and Roads][17]
III.[The Buildings][22]
IV.[The Town as a Whole][31]
V.[The People][36]
VI.[Industries and Occupations][42]
VII.[Animals and Plants][46]
VIII.[Transportation and Communication][50]
IX.[Physiography of the Neighborhood][54]
X.[Direction][66]

PART TWO

I.[The Earth as a Whole][73]
II.[The Seasons][79]
III.[The Zones][82]
IV.[North America][93]
V.[Countries of North America][100]
VI.[Trips][105]

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MAPS

I.[The Western Hemisphere][74–75]
II.[The Eastern Hemisphere][74–75]
III.[The World][82]
IV.[Surface Map of North America][96]
V.[North America][100]

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FOREWORD

Once upon a time as four blind men sat by the roadside they heard the tramp of an elephant’s feet, and said one to another, “Here comes an elephant; now we shall know what he is like.” The first blind man put out his hand and touched the elephant’s broad side. The second took hold of a leg. The third grasped a tusk, and the fourth clutched the animal’s tail.

“Now do you know what an elephant looks like?” asked a friend.

“Yes,” cried the first. “The elephant is broad and flat like a barn door.”

“What!” exclaimed the second. “The elephant is big and round like the trunk of a tree.”

“Not so!” cried the third. “The elephant is hard and smooth like a polished stone.”