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| CONTENTS:- Vol.1: I. The Chinese empire: 1. China: past and present. 2. The Chinese people. 3. The middle Kingdom. 4. Productions. 5. Chinese dependencies: i. Tibet. ii. Chinese Turkestan. iii. Mongolia. iv. Manchuria. II. Korea. III. Japan: 1. Old and new. 2. The Japanese empire. 3. Japanese life. IV. Russian Asia: 1. Siberia and its industries. 2. The Siberian provinces: i. The Amur Government. ii. Central Siberia. iii. West Siberia. iv. The steppes. V. Russian Central Asia: 1. Transcaspia. 2. The protected Khanates. 3. Russian Turkestan. 4. The Pamirs. VI. The British Empire in Asia: India: 1. Hindostan. 2. Inhabitants of India. 3. Political divisions and administration. 4. Indian cities. 5. Productions and natural resources. 6. Animal life. Ceylon. VII. Geographical and commercial survey: 1. The Chinese empire. 2. Korea. 3. The Japanese empire. 4. Asiatic Russia. 5. The Indian empire. 6. Ceylon. Vol.2: I. The Eastern Peninsula: 1. Burma. 2. Indo-China. 3. Divisions of Indo-China: i. Annam. ii. Tongking. iii. Cochin China. iv. Cambodia and the Mekong. v. Siam. 4. The Malay promontory. II. The eastern archipelago: 1. General characteristics. 2. Java. 3. Sumatra. 4. Borneo. 5. The Philippines. 6. Celebes and the Moluccas. 7. The lesser Sunda Islands. III. Afghanistan and Beloochistan: 1. Afghanistan. 2. Beloochistan. IV. Persia: 1. Iran and its people. 2. Provinces and cities. V. Asia minor and its borderlands: 1. Turkey in Asia. 2. Transcaucasia. 3. Armenia and Kurdistan. 4. Mesopotamia. 5. Anatolia. 6. Syria and Palestine. VI. Arabia: 1. The people. 2. The country. VII. Geographical and commercial survey: 1. French Indo-China. 2. Siam. 3. The straits settlements and dependencies. 4. Dutch east Indies. 5. British Borneo. 6. The Philippines. 7. Afghanisan. 8. Persia. 9. Caucasia. 10. Asiatic Turkey. 11. Asia. Vol.3: I. Africa. Introduction. II. The nile lands: 1. Egypt. 2. The Egyptian nile. 3. Nubia and the upper nile. III. Abyssinia and its borderlands: 1. Galla land. 2. Somali-land. IV. The Barbary states: 1. El moghreb. 2. Tripoli. 3. Tunisia. 4. Algeria. 5. Morocco. 6. The Atlantic Islands. III. The Sahara. IV. The Soudan region: 1. Lake Chad and Nigeria. 2. The upper Niger and Senegambia. 3. The Guinea coast. V. Central Africa: 1. The equatorial forests. 2. The Congo coast. 3. The Congo basin. 4. The Zanzibar coast-British and German East Africa. 5. Uganda and the nile reservoirs. 6. The southern Lakeland, and British central Africa. VI. South Africa: 1. White man’s Africa. 2. Zambesia. 3. Rhodesia and its borderlands. 4. Natal. 5. The Transvaal and orange lands. 6. The cape colony. VII. Geographical and commercial survey: 1. Africa. 2. Egypt. 3. Algeria. 4. Tunis. 5. British west Africa. 6. British east Africa. 7. British central Africa. 8. Cape colony. Natal. Vol.4: I. Oceania. II. Madagascar and adjacent archipelagos: 1. The mascarene group. III. Australia: 1. Natural history. 2. The commonwealth. 3. New South Wales. 4. Victoria. 5. South Australia. 6. Western Australia. 7. Queensland. 8. Tasmania. 9. Resources. IV. New Zealand: 1. The North Island. 2. The middle or South Island. 3. Outlying Islands. V. Melanesia: 1. New Guinea. 2. The Bismarck Islands. 3. The Solomon Islands. 4. Santa Cruz and the New Hebrides. 5. New Caledonia. VI. Micronesia. VII. The Fijian archipelago. VIII. Polynesia: 1. Tcnga. 2. Samoa. 3. Tahiti and the society Islands. 4. The low archipelago and the Marquesas. IX. Hawaii. X. The Antarctic Ocean. XI. Geographical and commercial survey: 1. Oceania. 2. The commonwealth of Australia. 3. New Zealand. Vol.5: I. South America: 1. Introduction. II. Chile: 1. Central Chile. 2. The desert zone. 3. The archipelago coast. III. The Argentine Republic: 1. Buenos Ayres. 2. Patagonia. 3. The Pampas. 4. The mountain provinces. 5. The river-lands. IV. Uruguay and Paraguay: 1. Uruguay. 2. Paraguay. V. The INCA lands: 1. Bolivia. 2. Peru. 3. Ecuador. VI. The Spanish main: 1. Colombia. 2. Venezuela. III. Brazil: 1. The sea-board states. 2. The Amazon basin. IV. Guiana: 1. French Guiana. 2. Dutch Guiana. 3. British Guiana. V. Central America: 1. Panama. 2. Costa Rica. 3. Nicaragua. 4. Honduras. 5. Salvador. 6. Guatemala. 7. British Honduras. 8. Yucatan. VI. Mexico: 1. Resources and progress. 2. States and cities. VII. The West Indian Islands: 1. Trinidad. 2. The Caribbee Islands. 3. Porto Rico. 4. Hispaniola (San Domingo and Hayti). 5. Jamaica. 6. Cuba. 7. The Bahamas and Bermudas. VIII. Geographical and commercial survey. IX. Latin America and the West Indies: 1. Area and population. 2. Races and religions. 3. Principal towns. 4. Climate. 5. Mountains, & c. 6. Rivers and lakes. 7. Productions. 8. Currency, weights, and measures. 9. Finance. 10. Commerce. 11. Shipping. 12. Principal ports. 13. Railways and telegraphs. Vol.6: North America: 1. Introduction. II. United states: 1. The country. 2. The cities. 3. The people. III. Canada: 1. Newfoundland. 2. The maritime provinces. 3. Quebec. 4. Ontario. 5. Manitoba. 6. The North-West provinces. 7. British Columbia. 8. The Northern wilds. IV. Arctic America: 1. The Polar region. 2. Alaska. 3. Greenland and Iceland. V. Europe: 1. Introduction. 2. Russia. 3. Scandinavia. VI. Europe (Continued): 1. The German empire. 2. The Austrian empire. 3. The Balkan Peninsula. 4. Italy. 5. Switzerland. 6. The low countries. 7. Spain and Portugal. 8. France. 9. The British isles. VII. Geographical and commercial survey: 1. Area and population. 2. The Principal languages of Europe. 3. Religion. 4. Towns. 5. Physical structure. 6. Rivers. 7. Lakes. 8. Mineral production. 9. Agriculture. 10. Manufacturing industries. 11. Finance. 12. Commerce. 13. Shipping. 14. Seaports. 15. Navy. 16. Army. 17. Communications. 18. Currency. 19. Weights and measures. |
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| The main design in these volumes is to present a panorama of the world in the early 20 Century. Its various lands and peoples are surveyed in turn, and their characteristics pictured on a scale not always, indeed, proportionate to their relative importance, since about China, for instance, an English reader naturally desires more information than as to the state of his own country. The author has tried to include geographical, political, ethnological and social features, with glances at scenery and at natural history, without, however, going much into scientific questions that cannot be handled to advantage in such a work. History, also, must be but lightly touched on in pages dealing with that time, yet sometimes sketches of past events seem not out of place, especially they can be thrown into the form of footnotes. A large amount of statistical and commercial facts, partly set forth in tabular form and party exhibited by means of diagrams or other devices that appeal to the eye., is placed apart at the end of each volume for the benefit of readers who seek such solid information. A full index is given with the last volume. The author has done his best to go to the latest and most trust-worthy sources of information, and ventured occasionally to quote lively passages of personal description and experience that, placed as foot-notes, go to illustrate the text. |
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