Europe
Frank George Carpenter
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, June 10, 2012)
London. Here one chapter is devoted to the metropolis as tle commercial center of the world, aqd another to describing the visits of the little ones to the palaces and parliament and learning howE ngland is governed. Crossing the Channel from Dover to Calais, the travelers explore France in the same way, and then Belgium and theN etherlands. Silk and pottery have especial mention in France, and lace in Belgium. In Holland the little ones see the windmills, dikes, and canals; they study theD utch as an industrial nation, and among other things investigate the diamond-cutting establishments for which they are famous. Leaving Holland, the children travel among theD anes and then among theS wedes, theN orwegians and Germans. Several chapters are devoted to the German Empire, the last describing a trip up the Rhine to Switzerland and the A lps. After this there is a long journey down theD anube, through A ustria, Hungary, and the out of the way lands of theB alkan Peninsula to theB lackS ea, where a ship is at hand to take the young travelers toR ussia. They land at Odessa and go northward toP etrograd, traveling extensively in Russia in Europe. They end this part of their journey, after a sail down the Volga, in the oil lands of the Caspian Sea, and then make their way west, via the Caucasus, theB lackS ea, and theB osporus, to see something of the Turks. From Constantinople they sail for A thens and explore Greece. They travel over I taly, visiting Venice, Milan, Florence, Genoa, andR ome ;and then go toN aples, where they climb Mount Vesuvius and learn about volcanoes. They next cross theM editerranean to Spain, and from there go north toP ortugal, and home by way of London. A large part of the book is based upon the observations of the author in the countries described, and great care has been taken to make every part of it as accurate and as up to date as po(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)