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Description: Population, 2,907,000. Paris, the capital of the French Republic, is a very beautiful city, with broad boulevards and numerous buildings of unusual interest. In its great museums are many of the world's most precious works of art. This city is located on the Seine and is in the midst of a rich agricultural country. It is also on the highway of travel from the Mediterranean countries northward through the valley of the Saone-Rhone system and down the valley of the Seine. Paris is an important railroad center and is also a port for the smaller ocean-going vessels. Many different industries were established here because it was easy to bring in raw material and to distribute manufactured foods from this center.

Description: Population, 1,511,045. Moscow is now the capital of Soviet Russia and is much more centrally located than Leningrad. It is on one of the tributaries of the Volga and in the midst of forests which have furnished an abundance of fuel and building materials. Rivers have made it possible to bring to this center raw material, such as flax and grains from the agricultural districts. Coal is obtained a little south of the city, and Moscow has become a manufacturing center. Cotton, linen, and woolen goods are made here. This city is also an important trading center and one from which machinery is distributed to the great farming regions of Russia.

Description: Berlin, the capital of Germany, is located on a tributary of the Elbe. This is a city of imposing buildings, broad streets and promenades, and beautiful gardens. Many industries have been established here, and manufactured products can be carried by cannals to the Oder and thence to Stettin or down the Elbe to Hamburg. The railroads of Germany, which are owned by the government, radiate in all directions from Berlin, and this city has become the greatest railroad center of the country. The population of the city with its suburbs was 4,114,000 in 1925.

Description: Population, 1,034,000. Glasgow is located on the Clyde River, in the lowlands of Scotland, near rich coal and iron fields. It is in the midst of one of the greatest ship-building regions in the world. As a commercial center Glasgow ranks first in Scotland and second in the United Kingdom. Since the Clyde has been deepened Glasgow has become a great modern port, and it is also an important center for railroad traffic.

Description: All the large cities of Russia are on the rivers or on the coast. Leningrad is built largely on piles in a swampy region at the mouth of the Neva River. It is a city with magnificent buildings. Leningrad now has a population of 1,067,328.

Description: Population, 1,811,500. Beunos Aires, the capital of the republic, is now the largest city in South America. About one fifth of the entirepopulation of Argentina live in this city. Like Chicago, Buenos Aires is built on flat land, and yet, like Chicago, Buenos Aires had the advantage of a wonderful system of parks and playgrounds. There are seventy-two parks in Buenos Aires, and they are being improved and enlarged every year. The harbor at Buenos Aires was not satisfactory, and on account of this fact a great deal of dredging has been done to deepen the water. A very excellent system of docks extend for miles along the water front. The Plata River is a shallow estuary and not like a real river. The land sank and the sea water came into the mouth of the river, just as it did when Chesapeake Bay was made. British and German people have invested large amounts of money in Buenos Aires and throughout Argentina. Many of the storekeepers are foreigners; some are Spanish, others Portuguese, others Italian. Spanish is the language most commonly spoken; Buenos Aires is, in fact, the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world,--larger than any city in Spain.

Description: Population, 1,422,000. Rio de Janeiro, the capital with over a million people, is the second largest in South America. Buenos Aires is the largest. Rio is located on the most beautiful harbor in the world, where the largest vessels may anchor safely. This is a place where the land sank and let the ocean waters come in. Over a hundred little islands in the harbor are hills or low mountains with only their tops out of water. The city of Rio de Janeiro is built on narrow plains between the hills. In the older part, which is the business district, the streets are narrow. In the newer part there are wide avenues bordered by rows of beautiful palms, feathery bamboos, and tree ferns. The homes in this part of the city are modern, and many of them are set in gardens of flowering tropical plants.

Description: London, the seat of the British government, is located at the head of the estuary of the Thames. It is one of the most interesting cities in the world. Its location was first determined by some high ground on the banks of the Thames, where a bridge could be built across the river. Modern London has grown up around this bridge. The city is far inland and is surrounded by plains. Easy means of transportation has been one of the great natural advantages of its location, and it has become a railroad and manufacturing center. Its position on the eastern side of the islands is a natural advantage, for the commerce with the countries of western Europe, naturally comes to this port. The river is lined for miles with docks, and yet there are not places enough for the vessels that are in this port at one time. London was for many years the largest city in the world but was displaced by New York when the latter consolidated with adjacent cities. Now London again ranks first with a total population of 7,476,168.

Description: This picture gives a glimpse of only the business section of the magnificent "city of palaces"--Mexico City, the capital of the republic. It is located in a Federal District, similar to our District of Columbia. The population of the District is nearly a million of which the city proper claims 633,000. This city was the capital of the Montezumas and probably had a population in 1531, when taken by the Spanairds as large as at present. It contains noteworthy structures of ancient days as well as beautiful modern buildings. Its cathedrals, its museums, its floating gardens, are of profound interest to travellers and scholars.

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