World Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary, Vols. I and II

Contents: Vol. I. A-K.

Vol. II. L-Z.

From the Preface: "There is more need to-day than ever before for a handy, comprehensive, and reliable Gazetteer of the World. The extraordinary changes in the means of communication, not only by sea and land but also by air and ether, have so reduced the effect of distance that the whole world lies open to our view. Almost everyday, therefore, the question arises in the home, the office, and the classrooms of our schools, "Where is that place?" The further questions are hardly less insistent, "What sort of a place is it?" and "How should its name be pronounced?".

The present volume has been compiled with the aim of providing answers to these and similar questions. No Gazetteer has ever before been produced which contains so much information in so compact and handy a form. Every care has been taken to ensure that the information is trustworthy and up-to-date and that the book will be found equally valuable in the school, the office and the Home."