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.
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
05:11 - Chapter 2
Across the Atlantic to Europe
10:11 - Chapter 3
Southern Ireland
12:12 - Chapter 4
Central and Northern Ireland
10:37 - Chapter 5
Glasgow and the Clyde
10:05 - Chapter 6
The Scottish Highlands - Edinburgh
09:45 - Chapter 7
Rural England
08:28 - Chapter 8
Manufacturing England
16:24 - Chapter 9
London - The Commercial Center of the World
13:19 - Chapter 10
How England is Governed - A Visit to Parliament
13:47 - Chapter 11
Rural France
13:35 - Chapter 12
Commercial and Manufacturing France
14:43 - Chapter 13
Paris - The Most Beautiful City in the World
14:34 - Chapter 14
How France is Governed
11:25 - Chapter 15
Belgium - The Busiest Workshop of Europe
12:31 - Chapter 16
A Country Below the Sea
15:45 - Chapter 17
In the Dutch Cities - Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague
16:58 - Chapter 18
The Land of the Danes
09:28 - Chapter 19
Where the Sun Shines at Midnight
17:45 - Chapter 20
Travels in Norway and Sweden
14:48 - Chapter 21
In the German Empire
12:15 - Chapter 22
The Seaports of Germany
12:33 - Chapter 23
Berlin
17:11 - Chapter 24
The Emperor - How Germany is Governed
10:15 - Chapter 25
Rural and Manufacturing Germany
15:58 - Chapter 26
Up the Rhine to Switzerland
21:18 - Chapter 27
Switzerland - The Alps
15:37 - Chapter 28
The Swiss People and How They are Governed
14:08 - Chapter 29
The Upper Danube - From Ulm to Vienna
14:26 - Chapter 30
In the Capital of Austria-Hungary
17:01 - Chapter 31
Hungary and the Hungarians
11:18 - Chapter 32
On the Lower Danube from Budapest to the Black Sea
12:25 - Chapter 33
In Odessa - General View of Russia
15:50 - Chapter 34
The Russian Peasants - A Nation of Villages
13:38 - Chapter 35
In St. Petersburg
14:51 - Chapter 36
Moscow - Commercial and Manufacturing Russia
17:57 - Chapter 37
Down the Volga to the Caspian Sea
16:07 - Chapter 38
In Constantinople
16:28 - Chapter 39
Among the Mohammedans
12:23 - Chapter 40
In Modern Greece
17:19 - Chapter 41
Venice
15:43 - Chapter 42
Northern Italy
13:45 - Chapter 43
Rome, the Capital of Italy
10:11 - Chapter 44
Naples and Mount Vesuvius
16:43 - Chapter 45
Rural Spain
13:12 - Chapter 46
In the Cities of Spain
14:39 - Chapter 47
The Kingdom of Portugal
09:44