INTERAMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL READERSA Central American JourneyByROGER W. BABSONHereis a geographical reader for grade five or six, dealing with a perfectly new field, being a children’s book based on the big adventure of big business in the Central American export field.The family of an American business man accompany him on a tour of Central America. They have many friends there and see not only the customs and scenery of the country but the way in which people live in their homes. Moreover, they see how our foreign trade should be handled to bring about closer relations with our country and theirs, and learn many picturesque and more or less amusing facts about the mistakes which have been made.While the interest of the book lies primarily in the things the children see and hear and do, rather than in any definite plot, there is plenty of incident, as they visit a gold mine, cacao, coffee, and banana plantations, a balsam forest, and Indian villages; they travel in unfrequented regions and experience two earthquakes.The two Carroll children, boy and girl, have become intimate with a little Central American girl, daughter of a professor in one of the universities, and have learned Spanish from her. The practical advantages of a knowledge of Spanish are brought out in the course of the story.The tendency of the book is to give American children not only an interest in this picturesque region, but the right view of its people.A part of the educational value is derived from the fact that without much direct instruction, the importance of accuracy, correct information, system, and practical experience, and ability, in foreign trade, is shown.The illustrations from photographs are of great value. The drawings add to the attractiveness of the volume.The author is the famous statistician, who has visited this country often, and who writes as entertainingly and informingly as he does for the readers of his books and magazine articles.Cloth.1x + 219pages.Price $1.40.WORLD BOOK COMPANYYonkers-on-Hudson, New York2126 Prairie Avenue, Chicago
INTERAMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL READERS
A Central American Journey
ByROGER W. BABSON
Hereis a geographical reader for grade five or six, dealing with a perfectly new field, being a children’s book based on the big adventure of big business in the Central American export field.The family of an American business man accompany him on a tour of Central America. They have many friends there and see not only the customs and scenery of the country but the way in which people live in their homes. Moreover, they see how our foreign trade should be handled to bring about closer relations with our country and theirs, and learn many picturesque and more or less amusing facts about the mistakes which have been made.While the interest of the book lies primarily in the things the children see and hear and do, rather than in any definite plot, there is plenty of incident, as they visit a gold mine, cacao, coffee, and banana plantations, a balsam forest, and Indian villages; they travel in unfrequented regions and experience two earthquakes.The two Carroll children, boy and girl, have become intimate with a little Central American girl, daughter of a professor in one of the universities, and have learned Spanish from her. The practical advantages of a knowledge of Spanish are brought out in the course of the story.The tendency of the book is to give American children not only an interest in this picturesque region, but the right view of its people.A part of the educational value is derived from the fact that without much direct instruction, the importance of accuracy, correct information, system, and practical experience, and ability, in foreign trade, is shown.The illustrations from photographs are of great value. The drawings add to the attractiveness of the volume.The author is the famous statistician, who has visited this country often, and who writes as entertainingly and informingly as he does for the readers of his books and magazine articles.
Hereis a geographical reader for grade five or six, dealing with a perfectly new field, being a children’s book based on the big adventure of big business in the Central American export field.
The family of an American business man accompany him on a tour of Central America. They have many friends there and see not only the customs and scenery of the country but the way in which people live in their homes. Moreover, they see how our foreign trade should be handled to bring about closer relations with our country and theirs, and learn many picturesque and more or less amusing facts about the mistakes which have been made.
While the interest of the book lies primarily in the things the children see and hear and do, rather than in any definite plot, there is plenty of incident, as they visit a gold mine, cacao, coffee, and banana plantations, a balsam forest, and Indian villages; they travel in unfrequented regions and experience two earthquakes.
The two Carroll children, boy and girl, have become intimate with a little Central American girl, daughter of a professor in one of the universities, and have learned Spanish from her. The practical advantages of a knowledge of Spanish are brought out in the course of the story.
The tendency of the book is to give American children not only an interest in this picturesque region, but the right view of its people.
A part of the educational value is derived from the fact that without much direct instruction, the importance of accuracy, correct information, system, and practical experience, and ability, in foreign trade, is shown.
The illustrations from photographs are of great value. The drawings add to the attractiveness of the volume.
The author is the famous statistician, who has visited this country often, and who writes as entertainingly and informingly as he does for the readers of his books and magazine articles.
Cloth.1x + 219pages.Price $1.40.
WORLD BOOK COMPANY
Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York2126 Prairie Avenue, Chicago