undated in book; WorldCat.org dates this as 1900s; with illustrations by Marcus Stone; George Routledge and Sons publishers, New York; hardbound; pages are generally good condition with light ageing and tight binding; front decorative board and spine are good with very minor edge bumping; back board appears to have some minor moisture exposure at some time - with some minor moisture spots; no dust jacket.
 
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If you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The little neighbouring islands, which are so small upon the Map as to be mere dots, are chiefly little bits of Scotland, --broken off, I dare say, in the course of a great length of time, by the power of the restless water...