Baedeker, Carl

bad'ek-er, Carl (1801-1859), a Leipsic publisher. He is the originator of a celebrated series of guide books still published in his name. The various volumes describe London, Norway and Sweden, Paris, Switzerland, Central Italy, the Rhine, Lower Egypt, etc. They are printed on thin paper with flexible red binding recognizable at a glance. The traveler armed with a "Baedeker" has a mine of information relative to expense, routes of traveling, location of restaurants, hotels, walks, bridle paths, bicycle roads, plans of cities, cab fares, omnibus lines, museums, galleries, excursions, boat routes, scenery, antiquities, industries, and a thousand and one points of information that save asking questions. While indispensable to the traveler, they are most valuable volumes also for a school library.