[The Preface, which is strictly private and concerns only ourselves and the Reader, has been removed to another part of the book.]

The Author makes due Acknowledgment to Charles Scribner’s Sons for the use of certain verses, and to Miss Cecilia Loftus for her series of Perfect Day Pictures.

CONTENTS

PART I: WHY IS THE GLOBE
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I [The Creation] 15
[Preface] 19
II [A Long Jump] 20
III [The Giddy Globe] 23
IV [The Use of the Globe] 25
V [The Equator] 28
VI [The Earth’s Crust] 30
VII [The Temperature of the Globe] 32
VIII [The Age of the Globe] 35
IX [The Face of the Globe] 38
X [Climate and Weather] 44
XI [Land and Water] 47
XII [The Discovery of the World] 51
XIII [The Habitable Globe] 52
XIV [The Tenants] 54
XV [Race] 56
XVI [Governments of the Globe] 58
XVII [The Morals of the Giddy Globe] 61
PART II: THE COUNTRIES OF THE EARTH
XVIII [The Poles] 65
XIX [America] 70
XX [Boston] 75
XXI [The United States] 78
XXII [Canada] 83
XXIII [Great Britain] 86
XXIV [Scotland] 90
XXV [Ireland] 92
XXVI [Wales] 96
PART III: FOREIGN COUNTRIES
XXVII [South America] 101
XXVIII [Holland] 103
XXIX [Belgium] 106
XXX [France] 109
XXXI [Germany] 111
XXXII [Switzerland] 112
XXXIII [Monaco] 113
XXXIV [Turkey] 114
XXXV [Russia] 117
XXXVI [Norway and Sweden] 119
XXXVII [Africa] 122
XXXVIII [Arabia] 126
XXXIX [Australia] 129
XL [China] 131
XLI [Japan] 133
XLII [Egypt, India, Italy, Spain, Greece, Etc.] 134
[Epilogue] 136
[Appendix] 137