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Title: Highroads of Geography

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: February 21, 2004 [EBook #11218]

Language: English

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[Transcriber's Note: Descriptions of illustrations which have no
captions and of page references are found in {curly brackets}.]

[Illustration: That's where Daddy is!

(From the painting by J. Snowman.)]

THE ROYAL SCHOOL SERIES

Highroads of Geography

_Illustrated by Masterpieces of the following artists:--J.M.W. Turner,
F. Goodall, E.A. Hornel, Talbot Kelly, W. Simpson, Edgar H. Fisher, J.F.
Lewis, T.H. Liddell, Cyrus Cuneo, &c._

Introductory Book--Round the World with Father

1916

CONTENTS.

1. Good-bye to Father,

2. A Letter from France,

3. In Paris,

4. On the Way to Egypt,

5. A Letter from Egypt,

6. Children of Egypt,

7. Through the Canal,

8. Amongst the Arabs.--I.,

9. Amongst the Arabs.--II.,

10. A Letter from India,

11. In the Streets,

12. Our Indian Cousin,

13. In the Garden,

14. Indian Boys and Girls,

15. Elephants and Tigers,

16. A Letter from Burma.--I.,

17. A Letter from Burma.--II.,

18. A Letter from Ceylon,

19. A Letter from China,

20. Chinese Boys and Girls,

21. Hair, Fingers, and Toes,

22. A Letter from Japan,

23. Jap Children,

24. A Letter from Canada,

25. Children of Canada,

26. The Red Men,

27. The Eskimos.

28. Father's Last Letter,

29. Home Again,

EXERCISES,

INTRODUCTORY BOOK.

I. GOOD-BYE TO FATHER.

1. Father kissed us and said, "Good-bye, dears. Be good children, and
help mother as much as you can. The year will soon pass away. What a
merry time we will have when I come back again!"

2. Father kissed mother, and then stepped into the train. The guard blew
his whistle, and the train began to move. We waved good-bye until it was
out of sight.

[Illustration: {Children waving good-bye to their father as the train
pulls away}]

3. Then