Excerpt from Hill's Souvenir Guide to Chicago and the World's Fair Journey is in contemplation, which may take the traveler a long distance, possibly half-way or entirely around the world. Before starting, it is desirable to know where the tourist is going, what will be seen, and the features of interest on the way to the destination. This involves a knowledge of geography in general, and leads to an examination of the surface of the world, known in the group of planets as the earth; which, held in position in space through the law of gravitation, has been proven by human observation and experience to be spherical in form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.