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Excerpt from A Little Journey to Puerto Rico: For Intermediate and Upper Grades Do you know what people mean when they speak of "Our New Possessions"? What are they? Where are they? Why are men, in the streets, in the shops, everywhere, talking about them? Why are the newspapers full of articles in regard to them? Why are our lawmakers at the capital devoting so much time and attention to them? Can you tell? Some of these things you can easi...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to Norway: For Intermediate and Upper Grades To Visit the "Land of the Midnight Sun" in any season of the year except summer would be not only to miss the midnight sun itself, but almost to see no sun at all, even in the daytime. With only four hours of dim daylight in some parts of the country, and in other parts a twilight that requires artificial lights all day long, we should find a winter visit very unsatisf...

Excerpt from Little Journeys to Russia and Austria-Hungary Russia is a country where the Ice King reigns half the year, where in winter the rivers freeze so deeply that railroads can be built on them, and sledge roads are made the full length of their shining surface, where the lakes are ploughed by huge steamers which in stead of cutting the waves bore their way through the ice, where sleighs ¿y over the slippery streets for so many months o...

Excerpt from Little Journeys to Alaska and Canada: For Intermediate and Upper Grades Ours really begins to seem like a "life on the ocean wave, " doesn't it? What long and delightful voyages we have had! Instead of going to sea for a rest, as most people do, we really have had to leave the ocean for a change. What a happy voyage that was across the Pacific to Hawaii, and then to the Philippines and wonderful Japan and China! But do you rememb...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to China: For Intermediate and Upper Grades Why should we visit what is regarded as the most unprogressive people in the world? Is there anything about China to interest or instruct us? Shall we find many things that are strange or wonderful? Let us see. China was a nation not less than 5, 000 years before the United States was born. She has a language whose alphabet consists of 25, 000 to 50, 000 characters, n...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to Ireland: For Intermediate and Upper Grades Let us now turn our steps towards that part of Europe that lies nearest to our home, beautiful, but unfortunate and neglected Ireland. It is west of the island of Great Britain. Ireland is often called the Emerald Isle, because it is green, winter and summer. If you will look at the map you will see that Ireland is as far to the north as Labrador. You remember too, t...

Excerpt from Lincoln and Washington, Vol. 20 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to Australia, for Intermediate and Upper GradesHow would you like to go on a voyage of discovery to the south pole? After all, when we would get there, we could probably see nothing but water, or great fields of ice.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten B...

Excerpt from Little Journey to England and Wales "A snug little island! A bright little, tight little island! Search the globe round, And none can be found So happy as this little island." You and I may not agree with the person who wrote this bit of verse about England, but our English ancestors believed it firmly. To them "Old England" was the most beautiful spot on earth. We can understand why America did not seem an attractive country t...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to Russia Russia is a country where the Ice King reigns half the year, where in winter the rivers freeze so deeply that railroads can be built on them and sledge roads are made the full length of their shining surface, where the lakes are ploughed by huge steamers which instead of cutting the waves bore their way through the ice, where sleighs fly over the slippery streets for so many months of the year that when...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to England, Vol. 1: London and Liverpool, For Intermediate and Upper Grades London And Liverpool. "A snug little island! A bright little, tight little island! Search the globe round, And none can be found So happy as this little island." You and I may not agree with the person who wrote this bit of verse about England, but our English ancestors believed it firmly. To them "Old England" was the most beautiful s...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to Belgium and Denmark, for Home and School, Intermediate, and Upper Grades Our journey this month will be to the "land of the wooden shoe, " the very tiniest country of all Europe. Looking on our map we find it wedged in between France, Germany, and Holland, but with its northern and northwestern coasts washed by the waters of the North Sea. Its greatest breadth east and west is one hundred and sixty miles. Its ...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to Switzerland: For Intermediate and Upper Grades Did you ever hear of the "Play Ground of Europe?" But there is one, a very delightful one, and to its charming lakes and glorious mountains many thousands of wearied people go every year, for rest and recreation. This playground is about one-third as large as the State of New York. Its name is Switzerland. It is one of the smallest and most mountainous countries ...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to Germany: For Intermediate and Upper Grades, Part I, North Germany, Part II, the RhinelandIn the practical arts and sciences it is away ahead of us all.We are going to Germany to see its sights: its cities full of imposing buildings, parks, palaces and art galleries, its curious old towns and fine old castles where great events have left their mark these thou sand years, its lovely scenery along the Rhine and Da...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to Spain and Portugal Across the Pyrenees from France lies the most romantic country of Europe. Spain is a land of music and dance, of gypsies and beggars, of beautiful darkeyed women and grave, proud men, of ruined castles and deserted palaces, and of ancient walled towns and cities dying or dead. We are warned that we shall meet with many discomforts in our tour of Spain. The questions are asked Will Americans...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to Japan: For Intermediate and Upper Grades It seems almost as if by magic, the time being so short since we left China, until we are greeted by some one shouting "Japan." We feel as though we had been wafted as by a fairy wand across the solitudes of the sea as our thoughts fly through four thousand four hundred miles of the desolate ocean. Not a reef, or harbor, or island is in our minds as we think of the wild...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to England and WalesWe have seen many of the wonders of London, its busy, crowded streets and something of the work that is being carried on in both London and Liverpool. But we have seen little of the home life of the English people. For this we will go to the country.When the London season is over, everyone who can afford to do so leaves town. Some go to their country homes, others to Brighton, or the Isle of Wi...

Excerpt from A Little Journey to Mexico, for Intermediate and Upper Grades To travelers just returned from a country where the climate is mild our March weather seems a bit disagreeable. Why not take this time, then, for a little journey to Aztec Land? - a land with a history more fascinating and wonderful than any fairy tale or romance you ever read. There we shall find June days the year round, and snow-covered mountains to use as tobogga...