The reader's guide to the Encyclopaedia Britannica : A handbook containing…

1. Articles on continents contain authoritative and original accounts of

trans-continental routes and traffic. For example the article EUROPE has a table in which the 19 chief avenues of trade are analyzed, showing the direct distance, the distance by sea and the distance by rail from point to point; another table comparing railroad developments in the various parts of Europe, and also an account of the contour of Europe from the railroad man’s point of view, discussing the mountain ranges pierced by tunnels and the passes over which lines have been carried wholly or largely in the open. [Sidenote: Six Classes of Articles]