Peoples of All Nations : Their Life Today and Story of Their Past (14 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I. Abyssinia to Azerbaijan: Editorial. Plan of the work. Gallery of contributors. Publisher\'s note. 1. Abyssinia/Herbert Vivian and Lord Edward Gleichen. 2. Afghanistan/Thomas Holdich and R.W. Frazer. 3. Albania/M. Edith Durham and H.T. Montague Bell. 4. Algeria/A. Mac Callum Scott and Rachel Humphreys. 5. Andorra/Edward Wright. 6. Annam/Gabrielle Vassal and Edward Wright. 7. Arabia/Hamilton Fyfe and D.G. Hogarth. 8. Argentina/J.A. Hammerton and W.A. Hirst. 9. Armenia/Noel Buxton and F.C. Conybeare. 10. Australia/Frank Fox, Northcote W. Thomas and Evans Lewin. 11. Austria/Hamilton Fyfe and Geoffrey Drage. 12. Azerbaijan/Hamilton Fyfe.

Vol. II. Belgium to British Empire in America: 1. Belgium/Hamilton Fyfe and Emile Cammaerts. 2. Belgian Congo/Demetrius C. Boulger. 3. Bhutan/Thomas Hodich. 4. Bokhara/Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah. 5. Bolivia/J.A. Hammerton and C.R. Enock. 6. Brazil/Hamilton Fyfe and George Edmundson. 7. Spirit of the British Empire/Sidney Low. 8. British Empire in Africa: i. The African and his country/Frederick Lugard. ii. The lands and peoples/Hamilton Fyfe. iii. Manners and customs/Northcote W. Thomas. iv. Historical/H.H. Johnston. 9. British Empire in America: v. Isles and Islanders/A.E. Aspinall. vi. Historical/A.D. Innes.

Vol. III. British Empire in Asia to Canada: I. British Empire in Asia: 1. People and places in the Gulf of Aden/H.F. Jacob. 2. The jungle folk of British Borneo/Charles Hose. 3. Hongkong: an eastern link of empire/H.B. Morse. 4. The polyglot life of the straits settlements/Frank Swettenham. 5. The Malay States and their tropic life/Frank Swettenham. 6. Planting outposts of empire in the eastern seas/Demetrius C. Boulger. II. British Empire in Australasia: 1. Island life in the strange South Seas/Basil Thomson. 2. How South Sea Islanders came under the flag/A.D. Innes. III. British Empire in Europe: 1. Today and yesterday in the channel islands/Edith F. Carey. 2. Gibraltar: the western gate of empire/C.W.J. Orr. 3. Malta and the Maltese/J.L. Myres. 4. Cyprus: Greek and Turk as British subjects/C.W.J. Orr. IV. Bulgaria/H. Charles Woods and Reginald Rankin. V. Burma/George Scott and E.H. Parker. VI. Cambodia/Mme. Gabrielle Vassal. VII. Canada/Frederich J. Niven and A.G. Bradley.

Vol. IV. Ceylon to Dahomey: 1. Ceylon/G.E. Milton and A.D. Innes. 2. Chile/J.A. Hammerton, H. Hesketh Prichard and W.H. Koebel. 3. China/Arthur Corbett-Smith and Lionel Giles. 4. Colombia/J.A. Hammerton and F. Loraine Petre. 5. Costa Rica/Hamilton Fyfe and Percy F. Martin. 6. Cuba/Richard Crule and Percy F. Martin. 7. Czechoslovakia/Walter Jerrold and C. Townley-Fullam. 8. Dahomey/Frank R. Cana.

Vol. V. Danzig to England: 1. Danzig/Herbert Vivian. 2. Denmark/Shaw Desmond and J.A. Brendon. 3. Ecuador/Hamilton Fyfe and C.R. Enoch. 4. Egypt/Arthur Weigall, R.S. Gwatkin-Williams and W.F. Flinders Petrie. 5. England/Hamilton Fyfe and A.D. Innes.

Vol. VI. Esthonia to France: 1. Esthonia/Florence Farmborough. 2. Finland/H.A. Milton and A. MacCallum Scott. 3. Flume/Herbert Vivian. 4. Formosa/J.H. Longford. 5. The spirit of France/J.E.C. Badley. 6. France/Hamilton Fyfe, Winifred Stephens, Gabrielle Vassal and Edward Wright.

Vol. VII. Georgia to Iceland: 1. Georgia/Henry W. Nevinson. 2. Germany/William Harbutt Dawson. 3. Greece/Hamilton Fyfe and A.D Innes. 4. Guatemala/F.H. Hamilton and Percy F. Martin. 5. Haiti/H. Hesketh Prichard and Percy F. Martin. 6. Hawaii/Richard Curle. 7. Hejaz/Edmund Candler and D.G. Hogarth. 8. Honduras/Percy F. Martin. 9. Hungary/F.H. Hamilton and A.D. Innes. 10. Iceland/R. Pape Cowl.

Vol. VIII. India to Italy: 1. India/Valentine Chirol. 2. Irak/Edmund Candler and A.D. Innes. 3. Ireland/Milton Kelly and Stephen Gwynn. 4. Italy/Hamilton Fyfe, Edward Hutton and L.J.S. Wood.

Vol. IX. Japan to Mexico: 1. Japan/Walter Weston and Joseph H. Longford. 2. Khiva/Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah. 3. Korea/F.A. McKenzie. 3. Latvia/Florence Farmborough. 4. Lebanon/Ewing. 5. Liberia/Hamilton Fyfe. 6. Liechtenstein/Edward Wright. 7. Lithuania/Florence Farmborough. 8. Luxemburg/Edward Wright. 9. Madagascar/Walter D. Marcuse. 10. Manchuria/Alexander Hosie. 11. Mexico/Hamilton Fyfe and C.R. Enock.

Vol. X. Monaco to Oman: 1. Monaco/Herbert Vivian. 2. Mongolia/Arthur de Carle Sowerby. 3. Montenegro/Alexander Devine. 4. Morocco/A. MacCallum Scott and W.B. Harris. 5. Nepal/Percy Brown. 6. The Netherlands/D.S. Meldrum, G. Edmundson and Richard Curle. 7. New Foundland/Patrick McGrath, Wilfred T. Grenfell and Lord Morris. 8. New Zealand/W. Pember Reeves and A.D. Innes. 9. Nicaragua/Hamilton Fyfe and Percy F. Martin. 10. Norway/A. MacCallum Scott and J.A. Brendon. 11. Oman/Ewing.

Vol. XI. Palestine to Rumania: 1. Palestine/Herbert Bentwich and Leonard Stein. 2. Panama/Hamilton Fyfe and Percy F. Martin. 3. Paraguay/H.F. Notley and W.H. Koebel. 4. Persia/Percy Sykes. 5. Peru/G.M. Dyott and C.R. Enock. 6. Philippine Islands/Arnold Wright. 7. Poland/Florence Farmborough and F.E. Whitton. 8. Portugal/George Young and Francis Gribble. 9. Rhodesia/C. Lestock Reid. 10. Rumania/Florence Farmborough and E.C. Davies.

Vol. XII. Russia to Sin-Kiang: 1. Russia/Hamilton Fyfe, F.A. McKenzie and Bernard Pares. 2. Salvador/Hamilton Fyfe and Percy F. Martin. 3. Samoa/Frank Fox. 4. San Marino/Melvill Allan Jamieson. 5. Santo Domingo/Percy F. Martin. 6. Scotland/Hamilton Fyfe and George Douglas. 7. Serbia/Hamilton Fyfe and Anthony Dell. 8. Slam/W.A. Graham. 9. Siberia/Julius M. Price. 10. Sin-Kiang/George McCartney.

Vol. XIII. South Africa to the Ukraine: 1. South Africa/Hamilton Fyfe and W. Basil Worsfold. 2. Spain/Hamilton Fyfe, Edward Wright and W. Francis Aitken. 3. Sweden/A. MacCallum Scott and J.A. Brendon. 4. Switzerland/Dame Katharine Furse and Francis Gribble. 5. Syria/W. Ewing and E.S. Bouchier. 6. Tasmania/Frank Fox. 7. Tibet/Francis Youghusband and E. Denison Ross. 8. Tunis/A. MacCallum Scott and Edward Wright. 9. Turkey/H.A. Milton and E. Denison Ross. 10. Turkistan/Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah. 11. The Ukraine/Florence Farmborough.

Vol. XIV. The United States to Wales: 1. The United States/Hamilton Fyfe and A.D. Innes. 2. Uruguay/L.E. Elliott and W.H. Koebel. 3. Venezuela/L.E. Elliott and W.H. Kocbel. 4. Wales/Hamilton Fyfe and A.D. Innes. 5. National Spirit in the modern world/J.A.R. Marriott. 6. Dictionary of races/Northcote W. Thomas. 7. Distribution of races/G. Elliot Smith. General index.

"This illustrated gazetteer, running into fourteen volumes, presents a detailed description of the peoples of all nations in their habits as they live. Tracing their racial origins it discusses at length their history, their manners and customs. Enriched with 111 pages of coloured photographs and 12 pages of coloured maps, it arranges the nations of world in alphabetical order." (jacket)