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    Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father
    Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father
    Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father
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      Highroads of Geography Introductory Book - Archive Classics

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Highroads of Geography, by Anonymous

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: Highroads of Geography

      Author: Anonymous

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

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HIGHROADS OF GEOGRAPHY ***

      Produced by Julie Barkley, Susan Woodring and PG Distributed Proofreaders

      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

      That's where Daddy is!

      (From the painting by J. Snowman.)

      CONTENTS.

      Good-bye to Father,

      A Letter from France,

      In Paris,

      On the Way to Egypt,

      A Letter from Egypt,

      Children of Egypt,

      Through the Canal,

      Amongst the Arabs.—I.,

      Amongst the Arabs.—II.,

      A Letter from India,

      In the Streets,

      Our Indian Cousin,

      In the Garden,

      Indian Boys and Girls,

      Elephants and Tigers,

      A Letter from Burma.—I.,

      A Letter from Burma.—II.,

      A Letter from Ceylon,

      A Letter from China,

      Chinese Boys and Girls,

      Hair, Fingers, and Toes,

      A Letter from Japan,

      Jap Children,

      A Letter from Canada,

      Children of Canada,

      The Red Men,

      The Eskimos,

      Father's Last Letter,

      Home Again,

      EXERCISES,

      INTRODUCTORY BOOK.

      1.  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.

      3. Then we all began to cry—even Tom, who thinks himself such a man. It was so lonely without father.

      4. Tom was the first to dry his eyes. He turned to me and said, Stop that crying. You are the eldest, and you ought to know better.

      5. He made mother take his arm, just as father used to do. Then he began to whistle, to show that he did not care a bit. All the way home he tried to make jokes.

      6. As soon as we had taken off our coats and hats, Tom called us into the sitting-room. Look here, he said: we're going to have no glum faces in this house. We must be bright and cheerful, or mother will fret. You know father wouldn't like that.

      7. We said that we would do our best. So off we went to help mother to make the beds and to dust the rooms. While we were doing this we quite forgot to be sad.

      8. After tea we went into father's room and looked at the globe. I'm going to follow father right round the world, said Tom. Please show me which way he is going. Mother did so.

      9. By this time next week, she said, we shall have the first of many long letters from father. I am sure we shall enjoy reading them. He will tell us about the far-off lands which he is going to see.

      10. That will be grand, I said. "I hope he will tell us lots about the children. I want to know what they look like, what they wear, and what games they play."

      11. Tom said he would rather not hear about children. He wanted to hear about savages and tigers and shipwrecks, and things like that.

      12. A week later the postman brought us father's first letter. How eager we were to hear it! Mother had to read it for us two or three times.

      13. Every week for many weeks the postman brought us letters from father. When he handed us a letter he used to say, I'm glad to see that your daddy is all right so far.

      14. This book is made up of father's letters from abroad. I hope you will enjoy them as much as we did.

      2.  A LETTER FROM FRANCE.

      1. MY DEAR CHILDREN,—I am writing this letter in a large seaport of the south of France. To-morrow I shall go on board the big ship which is to take me to Egypt.

      2. Let me tell you about my travels so far. The train in which I left our town took me to London. Next day another train took me to a small town on the seashore.

      The White Cliffs of Dover.

      (From the picture by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.)

      3. About twenty miles of sea lie between this town and France. At once I went on board the small steamer which was to take me across. The sea was smooth and the sun was shining.

      4. I stood on the deck looking at the white cliffs of dear old England. When I could see them no longer I found that we were not far from France.

      5. In about an hour we reached a French town which in olden days belonged to us. The steamer sailed right up to the railway station.

      6. I had something to eat, and then took my place in the train. Soon we were speeding towards Paris, the chief town of France.

      7. I looked out of the window most of the time. We ran through many meadows and cornfields. Here and there I saw rows of poplar trees between the fields.

      8. Now and then we crossed rivers with barges on them. On and on we went, past farmhouses and little villages, each with its church. The French villages look brighter than ours. I think this is because the houses are painted in gay colours.

      9. I saw many men, women, and children working in the fields. All of them wore wooden shoes. Most of the

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