Views In Africa

About this eBook

Author

Badlam, Anna B., 1855-1947

Title

The World and Its People, Book VII: Views in Africa

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Africa -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

35245

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35245

Release Date

February 12, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE
2. 2.YOUNG FOLKS' LIBRARY — FOR SCHOOL AND HOME. — EDITED BY — LARKIN DUNTON, LL.D., — HEAD MASTER OF THE BOSTON NORMAL SCHOOL. — Volume XI. — THE
3. 3.YOUNG FOLKS' LIBRARY , — Edited by LARKIN DUNTON, LL.D., — HEAD MASTER OF THE BOSTON NORMAL SCHOOL. — Stories of Child Life. — The World and its People.
4. 4.ANNA B. BADLAM, — AUTHOR OF "STORIES OF CHILD LIFE."
5. 5.PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT.
6. 6.PREFACE.
7. 7.CONTENTS.
8. 8.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
9. 9.PART ONE. — GLIMPSES OF THE DARK CONTINENT.
10. 10.CHAPTER I. — A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW.
11. 11.CHAPTER II. — SOME PHYSICAL FEATURES.
12. 12.CHAPTER III. — THE OASES OF THE DESERT.
13. 13.CHAPTER IV. — MORE PHYSICAL FEATURES.
14. 14.CHAPTER V. — FEATURES, ANCIENT AND MODERN.
15. 15.CHAPTER VI. — THE RIVERS OF AFRICA.
16. 16.CHAPTER VII. — THE NILE, THE MOST ANCIENT OF RIVERS.
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII. — THE NIGER, THE RIVER OF THE WEST.
18. 18.CHAPTER IX. — THE ZAMBESI, THE RIVER OF SOUTHEAST AFRICA.
19. 19.CHAPTER X. — A VIEW OF VICTORIA FALLS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XI. — ANOTHER VIEW OF THE ZAMBESI.
21. 21.CHAPTER XII. — THE DESERTS OF SOUTH AFRICA.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIII. — GLIMPSES OF RIVERS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIV. — THE CONGO RIVER.
24. 24.CHAPTER XV. — THE PEOPLE OF THE CONGO RIVER BASIN.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVI. — VIEWS OF THE CONGO BASIN.
26. 26.CHAPTER XVII. — MORE VIEWS OF THE CONGO REGION.
27. 27.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE CONGO FREE STATE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XIX. — THE LAKE REGION OF AFRICA.
29. 29.CHAPTER XX. — "THE LAND OF THE MOON."
30. 30.CHAPTER XXI. — VIEWS OF LAKE TANGANYIKA.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXII. — SOME VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIII — THE MARCH TOWARDS VICTORIA NYANZA.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIV. — VIEW OF THE NILE AT LAKE VICTORIA NYANZA.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXV. — THE APPROACH TO LAKE ALBERT NYANZA.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVI. — A VIEW OF LAKE ALBERT NYANZA.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXVII. — FROM LAKE ALBERT TO MURCHISON FALLS.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXVIII. — MOUNTAINS OF AFRICA.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXIX. — SOME PECULIAR FEATURES OF AFRICAN SOIL.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXX. — THE MINERALS OF AFRICA.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXI. — THE DIAMOND FIELDS.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXII. — GLIMPSES OF SOUTH AFRICA.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIII. — NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIV. — A VIEW OF CAPE COLONY.
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXV. — ANNEXATIONS TO CAPE COLONY.
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXVI. — ANOTHER VIEW OF CAPE COLONY.
46. 46.CHAPTER XXXVII. — NATAL.
47. 47.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — KAFFRARIA, OR KAFFIRLAND.
48. 48.CHAPTER XXXIX. — KAFFIR TRAITS AND CUSTOMS.
49. 49.CHAPTER XL. — HOTTENTOT CUSTOMS.
50. 50.CHAPTER XLI. — ORANGE FREE STATE.
51. 51.CHAPTER XLII. — THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC.
52. 52.CHAPTER XLIII. — OVER THE DRACHENBERG MOUNTAINS.
53. 53.CHAPTER XLIV. — VIEWS OF THE BOERS.
54. 54.CHAPTER XLV. — OTHER SECTIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA.
55. 55.CHAPTER XLVI. — RETROSPECTIVE VIEWS.
56. 56.PART TWO. — BROADER VIEWS OF THE CONTINENT.
57. 57.CHAPTER XLVII. — VIEWS OF WESTERN AFRICA.
58. 58.CHAPTER XLVIII. — UPPER GUINEA.
59. 59.CHAPTER XLIX. — LOWER GUINEA.
60. 60.CHAPTER L. — THE CLIMATE OF AFRICA.
61. 61.CHAPTER LI. — THE VEGETATION OF AFRICA. — THE ARAB TO THE PALM — Bayard Taylor.
62. 62.CHAPTER LII. — VARIETIES OF VEGETATION.
63. 63.CHAPTER LIII. — VIEWS OF ANIMAL LIFE.
64. 64.CHAPTER LIV. — THE ANTELOPE FAMILY.
65. 65.CHAPTER LV. — SOME OF THE RUMINANTS.
66. 66.CHAPTER LVI. — VIEWS OF ELEPHANTS.
67. 67.CHAPTER LVII. — VIEWS OF THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.
68. 68.CHAPTER LVIII. — VIEWS OF THE RHINOCEROS.
69. 69.CHAPTER LIX. — LION HUNTING. — THE LION'S RIDE.
70. 70.CHAPTER LX. — INCIDENTAL VIEWS OF ANIMAL LIFE.
71. 71.CHAPTER LXI. — BIRD LIFE IN AFRICA.
72. 72.CHAPTER LXII. — THE OSTRICH IN A WILD STATE.
73. 73.CHAPTER LXIII. — OSTRICH FARMING AT CAPE COLONY.
74. 74.CHAPTER LXIV. — VIEWS OF AN OSTRICH FARM.
75. 75.CHAPTER LXV. — VIEWS IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA.
76. 76.CHAPTER LXVI. — CROCODILES.
77. 77.CHAPTER LXVII. — ANTS OF AFRICA.
78. 78.CHAPTER LXVIII. — THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA.
79. 79.CHAPTER LXIX. — PEN PORTRAITS.
80. 80.CHAPTER LXX. — VIEWS FROM LIVINGSTONE.
81. 81.CHAPTER LXXI. — VIEWS FROM ANDERSSON.
82. 82.CHAPTER LXXII — NEW VIEWS OF NATIVES.
83. 83.CHAPTER LXXIII. — MORE VIEWS FROM LIVINGSTONE.
84. 84.CHAPTER LXXIV. — CURIOUS MODES.
85. 85.CHAPTER LXXV. — THE EMPIRE OF MOROCCO.
86. 86.CHAPTER LXXVI. — INTO ALGERIA.
87. 87.CHAPTER LXXVII. — THE STATE OF TUNIS.
88. 88.CHAPTER LXXVIII. — THE PROVINCE OF TRIPOLI.
89. 89.CHAPTER LXXIX. — FEZZAN.
90. 90.CHAPTER LXXX. — THE PORT OF EGYPT.
91. 91.CHAPTER LXXXI. — THE NILE DELTA AND THE SUEZ CANAL.
92. 92.CHAPTER LXXXII. — CAIRO, THE GREATEST CITY IN AFRICA.
93. 93.CHAPTER LXXXIII. — EDUCATION IN CAIRO.
94. 94.CHAPTER LXXXIV. — GIZEH AND ITS PYRAMIDS.
95. 95.CHAPTER LXXXV. — HELIOPOLIS, THEBES, AND KARNAC. — THE END.
96. 96.INDEX. — Part I. — Part II.
97. 97.STEPPING STONES TO LITERATURE — By Sarah Louise Arnold , Supervisor of Schools, Boston, Mass. — and — Charles B. Gilbert , Superintendent of Schools, Newark, N. J. — ATTRACTIVE AND INSTRUCTIVE SCHOOL READING. — STEPPING STONES TO LITERATURE.—Arnold-Gilbert. — THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE.—Dunton. — GEOGRAPHICAL READERS. — THE LAND OF SONG.—Shute-Dunton. — THE NORMAL COURSE IN READING.—Todd-Powell. — THE RATIONAL METHOD IN READING.—Ward-Warner.
98. 98.STEPPING STONES TO LITERATURE — By Sarah Louise Arnold , Supervisor of Schools, Boston, Mass. — and — Charles B. Gilbert , Superintendent of Schools, Newark, N. J.

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