Chapter I: Front Matter

THIS GIDDY GLOBE

OLIVER HERFORD

THIS GIDDY GLOBE

BY

PETER SIMPLE, F.T.G. FELLOW OF THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE

EDITED AND ILLUSTRATED BY OLIVER HERFORD, V. D. W. A.

[_"Very delightful wit and artist."_
_--Woodrow Wilson_]

NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO PRESIDENT WILSON [_With all his faults he quotes me still._]

PREFACE

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[_The Preface, which is strictly private and concerns only ourselves and the Reader, has been removed to another part of the book._]

The Author makes due Acknowledgment to Charles Scribner's Sons for the use of certain verses, and to Miss Cecilia Loftus for her series of Perfect Day Pictures.

CONTENTS

PART I: WHY IS THE GLOBE

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE CREATION 15
PREFACE 19
II A LONG JUMP 20
III THE GIDDY GLOBE 23
IV THE USE OF THE GLOBE 25
V THE EQUATOR 28
VI THE EARTH'S CRUST 30
VII THE TEMPERATURE OF THE GLOBE 32
VIII THE AGE OF THE GLOBE 35
IX THE FACE OF THE GLOBE 38
X CLIMATE AND WEATHER 44
XI LAND AND WATER 47
XII THE DISCOVERY OF THE WORLD 51
XIII THE HABITABLE GLOBE 52
XIV THE TENANTS 54
XV RACE 56
XVI GOVERNMENTS OF THE GLOBE 58
XVII THE MORALS OF THE GIDDY GLOBE 61

PART II: THE COUNTRIES OF THE EARTH

XVIII THE POLES 65
XIX AMERICA 70
XX BOSTON 75
XXI THE UNITED STATES 78
XXII CANADA 83
XXIII GREAT BRITAIN 86
XXIV SCOTLAND 90
XXV IRELAND 92
XXVI WALES 96

PART III: FOREIGN COUNTRIES

XXVII SOUTH AMERICA 101
XXVIII HOLLAND 103
XXIX BELGIUM 106
XXX FRANCE 109
XXXI GERMANY 111
XXXII SWITZERLAND 112
XXXIII MONACO 113
XXXIV TURKEY 114
XXXV RUSSIA 117
XXXVI NORWAY AND SWEDEN 119
XXXVII AFRICA 122
XXXVIII ARABIA 126
XXXIX AUSTRALIA 129
XL CHINA 131
XLI JAPAN 133
XLII EGYPT, INDIA, ITALY, SPAIN,
GREECE, ETC. 134
EPILOGUE 136
APPENDIX 137

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