ABOUT EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA, & OCEANIA. BY PETER PARLEY, AUTHOR OF "TALES ABOUT NATURAL HISTORY," ETC. THE SEVENTH EDITION, GREATLY ENLARGED, WITH MAPS ENGRAVED WILLIAM TEGG & CO., 85, QUEEN STREET, PREFACE. THE design of this little work is to convey to young persons, under the guise of amusement, a simple idea of Geography and History. In pursuing this object, the author has enlivened his graver topics with personal adventures, and drawn an easy outline, adapted to the taste and knowledge of children. There is more difficulty and more importance than is generally supposed in this humble species of literature. The difficulty of it arises from the want of a language, at the same time copious enough to express a great variety of ideas, and simple enough for the limited comprehension of children; the importance of it lies in the powerful aid which it is capable of giving to the cause of infant education. The author has divided the work into chapters, or |