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