Excerpt from The War Islands: Cuba and Other Islands of the Sea
Without a knowledge of Australia and the islands of the sea, our idea of the world and its people would be very incomplete. The continent of Australia, with only a century of growth, is one of the marvels of modern times. Its peculiar physical features, its strange flora and stranger fauna, give it a distinction not enjoyed by sister continents. Used at first only as a penal station, it now ranks in civilization and modern improvements with the most progressive countries of the world. Its resources are limitless, and its possibilities boundless. Its people are enterprising and ambitious, but they are sufficiently docile and open-minded to learn valuable lessons from the experience of older civilizations.
All of the important islands and groups of islands have found a place in this book, with the exception of the British Isles and Japan, which have been ably treated in this series in connection with the continents of which they form, politically, such important parts.
It is almost needless to say that the author has availed herself of the records of the most reliable travelers and writers of recent years. Whatever is interesting, instructive, and impressive, she has endeavored to incorporate in this work.
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