The World book - organized knowledge in story and picture (1918) (14761997894)

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Title: The World book : organized knowledge in story and picture
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932 Foster, Ellsworth D Locke, George Herbert, 1870-1937
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Chicago : Hanson-Roach-Fowler
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
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ly man whocould furnish it. At their invitation Bonapartereturned to Paris, overthrew the Directory andput himself at the head of affairs. For thenext fifteen years the history of France wasthe history of Napoleon—all the threads of theRevolution had met in him. How he used hisopportunity the article on N.\poleon I makesclear. e.d.f. Consult Farmers Short History of the FrenchRevolution. A great novel which deals with thesubject is Dickens Tale of Two Cities. Related Subjects. The Revolution and his-tory of the period will be better understood byreference to the following articles.Bastille Mirabeau Emigres Napoleon I France, History Robespierre Girondists Roland de la PlatiSre Jacobins States-General Louis XVI Tuileries Marie Antoinette Versailles FRENCH SOMALILAND 2337 FRESCO FRENCH SOMALILAND, so mahIcland, aFrench possession at the entrance to the RedSea, in Northeast Africa. It covers an areaof about 5,790 square miles, and is thereforenearly as large as Rhode Island and Connec-
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FRENXH SOMALILAND ticut combined. The interior consists of aseries of dry tablelands rising to a height ofabout 4,000 feet. The rivers, dry water courseslate in the summer, become raging torrentsfor a short time during the rainy season inMay and June. In some parts the soil is fer-tile and produces good crops of millet andother grains. Exports consist chiefly of coffee,hides, ivory, gum, mother-of-pearl and smallquantities of gold. The most important indus-tries are turtle and mother-of-pearl fisheries.There is onlj one good harbor, at Jibuti, theseat of government and terminus of a railwayrunning through the colony into Abyssinia.Other towns of importance are Obok, the for-mer capital, Ambado, and Tajurah. The colony is administered by a governorsent from France, and a council of six mem-bers. The inhabitants are of mixed national-ities, including Somalis, Indians, Arabs, Abys-sinians and about 2,000 Europeans. In 1883,when there was considerable rivalrj betweenFrance and England wit

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