Blac k's 



< l^iiV^^^fiT jSy Lands Series 



AND Clg-^ER Xc^KfS IN THK SAME SERIES 

 N -«-''' •- /l/6 Each 



RATIONS, 32 OF WHICH ARK IN COLOUR 



Quarto, 10x7^ incJies 



AN importarkfe^ure of this series is the beautiful illustrations in 

 colour, of which each volume contains 32. Many of these ha\e 

 been taken from Messrs. IMack's famous series of ' ' Colour Books, ' ' and 

 arc hardly to be distinjiuished from exquisite water-colour drawing's. 

 The volumes also contain 26 illustratious in black and white, and are 

 tastefully bound in picture boards. 



THE WORLD IN PICTURES. By C. von Wyss. 

 THE CHILDREN S WORLD. By S. Shenessev. 



Containing the same Illustrations as THE WORLD IN PICTURES, 

 but with a more 'ilementary Text. 



THE BRITISH ISLES IN PICTURES. 



15y H. L"i.i\E Barnard, M.A., B. Litt. 



THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN PICTURES. 



Hy H Clive Barnard, iM.A,, B.Litt 



HOW OTHER PEOPLE LIVE 



By H. Clive Barnard, M.A., B.Litt. 



EUROPE IN PICTURES By H. Clive Barnard, MA., B.Litt. 



/.\' THE SAME SERIES. 

 GARDENS IN THEIR SEASONS. By C. von Wvss. 

 BEASTS AND BIRDS. By C. von Wvss. 

 PICTURES OF BRITISH HISTORY. By E. L. IIoskvn, B.A. 



SOME PRESS OPINIONS 



" Every child who loves lo hear of strange scenes will revel in these pages " (" The 

 World in Pictures '). — Dundee Advertiser. 



" The underlying charm of this fascinating book for children will be found in its 

 delightful simplicity ... it should prove a valuable means of conveying to the .childish 

 imagination a delicate first impression of the beauty and wonder of our world "(" The 

 World in Pictures"). — The IVoinan Teachers World. 



" The little folk who are tempted from the gay pictu es to the attractive letterpress 

 which describes them will meet here one of those born gardeners of the seeds of knowledge, 

 who become as children themselves to open out to the little ones a glimpse of the poetry 

 of earth " (" Gardens in their Seasons '). — The Athenceuiit. 



PUBLISHED BY ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, 4 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 



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