The book tries to give its young readers a living knowledge of Europe. The author conducts tours through various parts of Europe giving a glimpse of the people and their lives and livelihoods. He includes as well information on the natural resources and physical geography of those many countries. Summary by BettyB and preface.
Chapters
1 Preface 5 min 2 Across the Atlantic to Europe 10 min 3 Southern Ireland 12 min 4 Central and Northern Ireland 11 min 5 Glasgow and the Clyde 10 min 6 The Scottish Highlands - Edinburgh 10 min 7 Rural England 8 min 8 Manufacturing England 16 min 9 London - The Commercial Center of the World 13 min 10 How England is Governed - A Visit to Parliament 14 min 11 Rural France 14 min 12 Commercial and Manufacturing France 15 min 13 Paris - The Most Beautiful City in the World 15 min 14 How France is Governed 11 min 15 Belgium - The Busiest Workshop of Europe 13 min 16 A Country Below the Sea 16 min 17 In the Dutch Cities - Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague 17 min 18 The Land of the Danes 9 min 19 Where the Sun Shines at Midnight 18 min 20 Travels in Norway and Sweden 15 min 21 In the German Empire 12 min 22 The Seaports of Germany 13 min 23 Berlin 17 min 24 The Emperor - How Germany is Governed 10 min 25 Rural and Manufacturing Germany 16 min 26 Up the Rhine to Switzerland 21 min 27 Switzerland - The Alps 16 min 28 The Swiss People and How They are Governed 14 min 29 The Upper Danube - From Ulm to Vienna 14 min 30 In the Capital of Austria-Hungary 17 min 31 Hungary and the Hungarians 11 min 32 On the Lower Danube from Budapest to the Black Sea 12 min 33 In Odessa - General View of Russia 16 min 34 The Russian Peasants - A Nation of Villages 14 min 35 In St. Petersburg 15 min 36 Moscow - Commercial and Manufacturing Russia 18 min 37 Down the Volga to the Caspian Sea 16 min 38 In Constantinople 16 min 39 Among the Mohammedans 12 min 40 In Modern Greece 17 min 41 Venice 16 min 42 Northern Italy 14 min 43 Rome, the Capital of Italy 10 min 44 Naples and Mount Vesuvius 17 min 45 Rural Spain 13 min 46 In the Cities of Spain 15 min 47 The Kingdom of Portugal 10 min
