Author: BOOK OF FUN
Title: The Comic Geography> or, World "Turned Inside Out."
Description: James Gilbert, c. 1850. 12mo. pp. 32, [2]> illustrations. Original printed boards, front cover detached. The Book of Fun> or Laugh and Learn for Boys and Girls was issued in 2 volumes, each containing five separate subjects. This is an unrecorded separate issue of one of the sections [fascicules], a whimsical look at world geography, in a series of questions and answers and comic riddles. "How is Europe divided? By petty jealousies, conflicting interests, mad monarchs, and stupid ministers." "What ocean is best for quarrelsome people? The Pacific Ocean."

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