Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Europe


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(4.3 stars; 10 reviews)

The book tries to give its young readers a living knowledge of Europe. The author conducts tours through various parts of Europe giving a glimpse of the people and their lives and livelihoods. He includes as well information on the natural resources and physical geography of those many countries. Summary by BettyB and preface. (10 hr 44 min)

Chapitres

Preface 5:11 Lu par BettyB
Across the Atlantic to Europe 10:11 Lu par BettyB
Southern Ireland 12:12 Lu par BettyB
Central and Northern Ireland 10:37 Lu par BettyB
Glasgow and the Clyde 10:05 Lu par BettyB
The Scottish Highlands - Edinburgh 9:45 Lu par BettyB
Rural England 8:28 Lu par BettyB
Manufacturing England 16:24 Lu par BettyB
London - The Commercial Center of the World 13:19 Lu par BettyB
How England is Governed - A Visit to Parliament 13:47 Lu par BettyB
Rural France 13:35 Lu par BettyB
Commercial and Manufacturing France 14:43 Lu par BettyB
Paris - The Most Beautiful City in the World 14:34 Lu par BettyB
How France is Governed 11:25 Lu par BettyB
Belgium - The Busiest Workshop of Europe 12:31 Lu par BettyB
A Country Below the Sea 15:45 Lu par BettyB
In the Dutch Cities - Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague 16:58 Lu par BettyB
The Land of the Danes 9:28 Lu par BettyB
Where the Sun Shines at Midnight 17:45 Lu par BettyB
Travels in Norway and Sweden 14:48 Lu par BettyB
In the German Empire 12:15 Lu par BettyB
The Seaports of Germany 12:33 Lu par BettyB
Berlin 17:11 Lu par BettyB
The Emperor - How Germany is Governed 10:15 Lu par BettyB
Rural and Manufacturing Germany 15:58 Lu par BettyB
Up the Rhine to Switzerland 21:18 Lu par BettyB
Switzerland - The Alps 15:37 Lu par BettyB
The Swiss People and How They are Governed 14:08 Lu par BettyB
The Upper Danube - From Ulm to Vienna 14:26 Lu par BettyB
In the Capital of Austria-Hungary 17:01 Lu par BettyB
Hungary and the Hungarians 11:18 Lu par BettyB
On the Lower Danube from Budapest to the Black Sea 12:25 Lu par BettyB
In Odessa - General View of Russia 15:50 Lu par BettyB
The Russian Peasants - A Nation of Villages 13:38 Lu par BettyB
In St. Petersburg 14:51 Lu par BettyB
Moscow - Commercial and Manufacturing Russia 17:57 Lu par BettyB
Down the Volga to the Caspian Sea 16:07 Lu par BettyB
In Constantinople 16:28 Lu par BettyB
Among the Mohammedans 12:23 Lu par BettyB
In Modern Greece 17:19 Lu par BettyB
Venice 15:43 Lu par BettyB
Northern Italy 13:45 Lu par BettyB
Rome, the Capital of Italy 10:11 Lu par BettyB
Naples and Mount Vesuvius 16:43 Lu par BettyB
Rural Spain 13:12 Lu par BettyB
In the Cities of Spain 14:39 Lu par BettyB
The Kingdom of Portugal 9:44 Lu par BettyB

Critiques

Fascinating


(5 stars)

This book (and it's companions, which, in several other editions, cover the rest of the world) is great. Although written around 100 years ago, it still contains many interesting facts (the streetlights on London Bridge were made from seized French cannon, for example). The reader is excellent. This is a brilliant tour of Europe, covering politics, business and enterprise, customs, costumes, housing concerns, religious observations, and detailing professions which are now lost to industrialisation. Despite ostensibly being a textbook for children, there is plenty for adults to enjoy here, and plenty to learn. Thoroughly recommended to anyone interested in a snapshot in time of different cultures and peoples, and anyone who has enjoyed this should definitely check out the rest of the series.


(5 stars)

A very fascinating journey through an old, very different Europe now long gone - in the years just before the First World War would change the continent forever.