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books. The musti en rced practicali stom amilia loca illustrations. The rs endeavour of the eacher hould e to lay a solidgeographica basis, Mundedipon the pupil' own Persona experience, an no vnti some progress in his respect has been ad canae expectio mali advantageous se os a class-book. The rs book, there re, in a series os ortis intende sor effective geographica teaching, houldhe ne so the eacher fuit os suggestion an illustration to id hi in his or os ora instruction. For the pupiis, the earlies geographica lesson-book ut into theirhand shouldie ne that ili tali up thei training at the o in towhicli the ora lessons and demonstratio of the eacher have brought them. It should deal illi their own country, car ing ut the sanael in os instruction to hicli the have at ready hecome accusto med. Asterwards, class-books reatin of the countri es and continenta, os the wori asin holerandi iis planetar relations, illae reaches. Throughout suci a series of geographica class- books the in lamentalide should berio present the essentia facis in such a way as ill showthei relationshil to acti ther, and wil conve to the mini of the pupilla clea picture of the countr o Subject describe l. For instance, the physica natures illi connected With the climatolog of a colant ry, and both, ill be hown to assec the distributionis lise, hile the bear- in o ali these influences pon human histor and commercia progresswill e constanti hept in vi ew. The boundaries of pari hes and countries, the positions of towns and the diffusion o population, illhe inhed illi thei geographica explanation. Inowledge of the topograph of acountry, and of the loca nam es by hichi is expressed, wil be hown to e the necessar accom Paniment of an ad equate nowledge of the histor of the inhabitanis. In hort, it hould e constantinim to repreSent geograph notos a series os numerical tableso a stringi disconnecte facis, ut as a luminous descriptionis theearth anxiis inhabitanis, and of the causes that regulate the contrast of the cenery, climate, anxii . Messrs. AC MILLANAE O propos locissu a series os geographical class-book prepared illi his i m. The have place the edit orshi os the series in the hand of r. ARCHI BALD EI KIE. F. R. S. Di rector-Genera os the Geologica Surve os the nited iragdom, and thesollowin genti emen have at ready ex pre sed thei interest in the under-taking, and their illi Iagnes to asSis ei ther as riter Or ad visers. H. . ATES, F. R. S. Assistant Secretar of the oya Geographical Societ Author os alie Naturalis o the Rive Amazons. VA BUCHAN, M. A. F. R. S. E. Meteorologica Secreta of the ScottishMeteorologica Society.

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