Circling the globe in stories of travel : a grand panorama of history in story and picture with charming descriptions and historical accounts of all countries

Date:

1896.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH C5775 T54 1896 LOCAL

Publisher:

International

Physical Description:

320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:

Section on Egypt (Chapter III) by Henry Hartshorne; the rest probably written or at least edited by the copyright holder, W. E. Scull. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

International Publishing Company edition, c 1896 by W.E. Scull; 'written by eminent authors who have visited the places'; not specifically a children's book; probably sold by subscription to families; just one chapter on 'Our Own Country'; natives of Australia are portrayed as cannibals, p. 284; front cover and spine illustrations and design printed in black and white on red cloth, titles stamped in gold and black

Subjects:

Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels, and Voyages and travels