作者簡介
 
維吉爾．希利爾（Virgil Mores Hillyer）
 
美國傑出教育家，畢生從事中小學教育，酷愛歷史和藝術，喜歡旅行。出生於麻州韋茅斯鎮。哈佛大學教育系畢業後，在紐約的白朗寧學校教了兩年書，隨後遷往巴爾地摩，擔任卡爾維特學校的第一任校長。希利爾創建的小學函授教育系統，即「卡爾維特學校體系」，惠及世界各地的政府雇員、領事、軍官和傳教士的子女。

• 1 The World Through a Spy-Glass
• 2 The World Is Round, for I’ve Been Round It
• 3 The Inside of the World
• 4 The Endless Parade
• 5 The 13 Club
6 Next-door Neighbors
7 The War-God’s Country
8 So Near and Yet so Far
9 Pirate Seas
10 North South America
11 Rubber and Coffee Land
12 Silver Land and Sliver Land
13 The Bridge Across the Ocean
14 The Land of the Angles
15 The Land of the Angles (continued)
16 The Land of the Angles (continued)
17 Parlez-vous Français?
18 Parlez-vous Français? (continued)
19 The Land Below the Sea
20 Castles in Spain
21 Castles in Spain (continued)
22 The Boot Top
23 The Gates of Paradise and the Dome of Heaven
24 The Dead and Alive City
25 A Pile of Ashes a Mile High
26 The Land of the Gods
27 The Land in the Sky
28 “Made in Germany”
29 The Great Danes
30 Fish, Fiords, Falls, and Forests
31 Fish, Fiords, Falls, and Forests (continued)
32 Where the Sun Shines all Night
33 The Bear
34 The Bread-Basket
35 The “ia” Countries
36 The Land of the New Moon
37 The Ship of the Desert
38 A “Once-was” Country
39 A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey
40 The “Exact Spots”
41 The Garden of Eden
42 The Land of Bedtime Stories
43 The Lion and the Sun
44 Opposite-Feet
45 Opposite-Feet (continued)
46 The White Elephant
47 Where the Thermometer Freezes Up
48 A Giant Sea-Serpent
49 Picture Post-Cards
50 Dragon Land
51 Dragon Land (continued)
52 Man-Made Mountains
53 Robber Lands and Desert Sands
54 Afraid of the Dark
55 Zoo Land
56 The End of the Rainbow
57 Fortune Island
58 Cannibal Islands
59 Journey’s End