There are eight pictures in color.
GEOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, AND DESCRIPTION
So geographers, in Afric maps,
With savage pictures fill their gaps,
And o'er unhabitable downs
Place elephants for want of towns.
SWIFT.
DU CHAILLU, P.B.
The Country of the Dwarfs.
Harper. 1.25
The author relates in his informal way, among many other experiences,
his encounters with the little people of Herodotus; their tiny houses,
curious customs, and uncommon shyness. This trip to Africa was begun
in 1863.
DU CHAILLU, P.B. (p. 97)
Wild Life under the Equator.
Harper. 1.25
The hunting of hippopotami and gorillas is most interestingly narrated
by the great explorer who also tells about the method employed in
catching elephants, about snake-charming, and so forth.
FINNEMORE, JOHN.
Switzerland.
Illustrated by J.H. Lewis and A.D. McCormick.
Macmillan. .75
These small books--the Peeps at Many Lands Series--"are intended to
give children a glimpse at the scenes, people, and characteristics, of
foreign countries.... A strong feature is made of the work and play of
children in the land described.
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