A set of 10 undated volumes and a dictionary. "In these pages you will travel to the countries of the world ... you will go with the daring pioneers and adventurers who first opened up new lands ... The wonders of the heavens are explained; there are the enthralling stories of how great industries have grown and so made possible the building of mighty ships, of locomotives and motor cars, and of aeroplanes ... You will read, too, how the familiar things of everyday life are made ... The myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome are re-told as well as the story of the earliest civilisations ...".