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Title: This Giddy Globe

Author: Oliver Herford

Release Date: July 14, 2008 [EBook #26053]

Language: English

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THIS GIDDY GLOBE

OLIVER HERFORD

[Illustration: PETER SIMPLE, F.T.G.
K. Mosely, Sculp.]

THIS
GIDDY GLOBE

BY

PETER SIMPLE, F.T.G.
FELLOW OF THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE

EDITED AND ILLUSTRATED BY
OLIVER HERFORD, V. D. W. A.

[_"Very delightful wit and artist."_
_--Woodrow Wilson_]

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1919,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO
PRESIDENT WILSON
[_With all his faults he quotes me still._]

PREFACE

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[_The Preface, which is strictly private and concerns only ourselves
and the Reader, has been removed to another part of the book._]

The Author makes due Acknowledgment to Charles Scribner's Sons for the
use of certain verses, and to Miss Cecilia Loftus for her series of
Perfect Day Pictures.

CONTENTS

PART I: WHY IS THE GLOBE

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE CREATION 15
PREFACE 19
II A LONG JUMP 20
III THE GIDDY GLOBE 23
IV THE USE OF THE GLOBE 25
V THE EQUATOR 28
VI THE EARTH'S CRUST 30
VII THE TEMPERATURE OF THE GLOBE 32
VIII THE AGE OF THE GLOBE 35
IX THE FACE OF THE GLOBE 38
X CLIMATE AND WEATHER 44
XI LAND AND WATER 4