Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Europe

Frank G. Carpenter (1855 - 1924)

The book tries to give its young readers a living knowledge of Europe. The author conducts tours through various parts of Europe giving a glimpse of the people and their lives and livelihoods. He includes as well information on the natural resources and physical geography of those many countries. Summary by BettyB and preface.

Genre(s): Reference, Travel & Geography

Language: English

Group: Carpenter's Geographical Readers

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface BettyB
00:05:11
Play 01 Across the Atlantic to Europe BettyB
00:10:11
Play 02 Southern Ireland BettyB
00:12:12
Play 03 Central and Northern Ireland BettyB
00:10:37
Play 04 Glasgow and the Clyde BettyB
00:10:05
Play 05 The Scottish Highlands - Edinburgh BettyB
00:09:45
Play 06 Rural England BettyB
00:08:28
Play 07 Manufacturing England BettyB
00:16:24
Play 08 London - The Commercial Center of the World BettyB
00:13:19
Play 09 How England is Governed - A Visit to Parliament BettyB
00:13:47
Play 10 Rural France BettyB
00:13:35
Play 11 Commercial and Manufacturing France BettyB
00:14:43
Play 12 Paris - The Most Beautiful City in the World BettyB
00:14:34
Play 13 How France is Governed BettyB
00:11:25
Play 14 Belgium - The Busiest Workshop of Europe BettyB
00:12:31
Play 15 A Country Below the Sea BettyB
00:15:45
Play 16 In the Dutch Cities - Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague BettyB
00:16:58
Play 17 The Land of the Danes BettyB
00:09:28
Play 18 Where the Sun Shines at Midnight BettyB
00:17:45
Play 19 Travels in Norway and Sweden BettyB
00:14:48
Play 20 In the German Empire BettyB
00:12:15
Play 21 The Seaports of Germany BettyB
00:12:33
Play 22 Berlin BettyB
00:17:11
Play 23 The Emperor - How Germany is Governed BettyB
00:10:15
Play 24 Rural and Manufacturing Germany BettyB
00:15:58
Play 25 Up the Rhine to Switzerland BettyB
00:21:18
Play 26 Switzerland - The Alps BettyB
00:15:37
Play 27 The Swiss People and How They are Governed BettyB
00:14:08
Play 28 The Upper Danube - From Ulm to Vienna BettyB
00:14:26
Play 29 In the Capital of Austria-Hungary BettyB
00:17:01
Play 30 Hungary and the Hungarians BettyB
00:11:18
Play 31 On the Lower Danube from Budapest to the Black Sea BettyB
00:12:25
Play 32 In Odessa - General View of Russia BettyB
00:15:50
Play 33 The Russian Peasants - A Nation of Villages BettyB
00:13:38
Play 34 In St. Petersburg BettyB
00:14:51
Play 35 Moscow - Commercial and Manufacturing Russia BettyB
00:17:57
Play 36 Down the Volga to the Caspian Sea BettyB
00:16:07
Play 37 In Constantinople BettyB
00:16:28
Play 38 Among the Mohammedans BettyB
00:12:23
Play 39 In Modern Greece BettyB
00:17:19
Play 40 Venice BettyB
00:15:43
Play 41 Northern Italy BettyB
00:13:45
Play 42 Rome, the Capital of Italy BettyB
00:10:11
Play 43 Naples and Mount Vesuvius BettyB
00:16:43
Play 44 Rural Spain BettyB
00:13:12
Play 45 In the Cities of Spain BettyB
00:14:39
Play 46 The Kingdom of Portugal BettyB
00:09:44