Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-11-28


II sbi:. PHILADELPHIA and Baltimore fup.rEne
FLOUR, f.om new Whe4t
100 bblS. ship Bread.
Nov. "a
Nes0 GEOGRAPHY for SeboOls.
10 dollars per doz dol ar Jungle copy
OR faIe at ISAAC ADAMS BooksToaa.
GEOGRAPHY;
Or a dej1iption Of The n arid, in three parts.
Pan, '-GeographicAi Osthography. DIVIDED
and accented
Pa'tz-A Grammar of Geography, to be com
mitted 10 memory.
Part s--A Description of the Earth, Maoners
and Gu toms Of the inhsbitan ants Manufactures,
Commerce, Government, natural and artificial
Curiosities.
To be read in classes. AesOmponisd sv,tb hiia,
To which j. added--An cay method OF con-
structipg Maps, illustrated by piase.-For the use
of schools and academies.
BY DANIEL ADAM A M
Author of the Scholars Arithmetic, &c.
also,
ATLAS to Adams Geography for the u(e of
Schoo, Is and Academies. con aiming The following
Mzps
The We,H Sop,b Ars,ieo,
N''ib hms,ies, Es'tr.
M~.1.sI..s, %.i.,
PREFACE
Geography can be succei.tuily Guided only by
the uie of Maps. The natural and ARTIFICIAL d,
vlicns of the earth, the coutls. of ,ivers and che
relative poflion of cities and towns, are meohAn-
zeal IN their nature as much as the letters Of
the alphabet /; and any attempt to communicate
Knowledge Of theie OF jects by verbal deicnptions
on y, without ,he ue OF maPs or an atf,ela be,
10 as aoinrd, As would be an adempt to learn
hid TO write, by ve bal d ALTERATIONS on he fha,e,
OF the teveral letter without exhibi leg copy
of Them before hin,
Hence the neatise here preferted to the public
is accompanied with an ATLAS, between which
and the book here is AT intimate relation, l. Is
from the Atlas that ne ooundarie If eountres, the
couites aud the GU cts of rivers. aud geuersly the
Il u alton ri towns &c. are intended 90 be .arnt;
che oan,es IT which, III the book. are pEiutea 10
hahc Character, as Handing admonition 40 the
pupil. whenever they occur TO eoniuii his maps; =
all which may be ieen explained more AT large IN
note tags 2s.
The book lie exhibited in three difiinet Parts
and ye, io' mhng one connecied whole. which pc
culss feature every iniiructoI, it is preiumed will
with p esue recognize
In he fT fa,sthe pupil acquires the fpeiIing and
the pronunciation Of 'he names Of ,ho,e Kingdoms
eountr'es mountains, rivers seas lakes ifands, &c.
winch ~ the Two succeeding pArIs are more partc-
ulasiy 10 eagsse his attention.
The 'sssnd pert con s'ns the principles of Geog
raphy, IN the mef plain, coa,i.e, and natural AN
guage, much on the plan OF Coz psMIra aud Guy,
and IS thai part aeSignssfO bs committed 10 rsmsy
The 'b"s PAT is further iiinsration OF The ZANE
sublsct together with particu ar accoun, of the
climate, sol, productions manufacturer, commerce,
mAnners eussoms, religion, government. curlohtie.
&c OF all she principal kingdoms aud hates in the
known world. dngned FIR feaaigg ia P'ivate, or by
siais0 seb2ois
This distinction between what is to be learnt
by heart, aud what is designed for reading only,
made by the second and third paris, it is presumed
will meet the appreciation OF every teacher, more
especially Vt those Who have been perpleisd with
The difficulty of selecting for their pupils the por
tions TO lee committed to memory.
The Directions for the Construction of Maps
at the elose Of the volume, are SO plain and easy,
and the exercise 10 ttelf 40 importa every flu
Gen, OF Geography that they ought not TO be
neglected.
Ii i, well known that publications Of this nature
are merely compilations from approved authorities.
whether the plan, which is in f9me messue rerr
and the general execution of the des,gn, pre.eut
any material impr ovements On former pr oduc ions
| OF tins ma ure, is now unlimited 10 lhe decihou Of
an enlightened pubic Nev "A
| Csme into the incloiu of the iuhicriber red
~ HORaE, with white frpe in his face, Lpht