Round the Empire

For the use of Schools

by George R. Parkin

Cassell and Company, 1898, [Revised], frontispiece is fold-out map, black and white photographs, advertisement endpapers, hardcover

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, some wear  and tear to covers in general, previous owners inscription in pencil on front endpaper, some grubby finger marks on various pages, creasing and wear to fold-out frontispiece, closed tears to frontispiece, scribble in pencil on reverse frontispiece and facing (see photographs)

“…those outside these islands may learn the splendour of their source and their “home”, as well as communion with the other regions under the Crown of Great Britain; and within, English, Scottish, and Irish children may learn not to be shut in their shires, but that they are the heirs of great responsibilities and a vast inheritance.  History has marked those that made this Empire, and will mark, with equal certainty but in a different spirit, those who unmake it or allow it to dissolve.
Mr. Parkin, the author of this book, whose earnest eloquence is inspired by a single zeal, pursues the picturesque and instructive method of a tour round the British Empire.  He himself is best known as the untiring advocate of a cause which represents the high resolve to maintain Imperial unity…”