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WorceSter'S Geographical Works.
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No. I, Cornhill. Bosroy
For sale clso By WILLIAM HYDE,
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For sale clso By WILLIAM HYDE,
.Hjddle-Slree, Portland
SECOND AND IMPROVED ErIrIoS OF
Worcester'S Elements Of Geography,
ANCIENT AND MODERN, WITH An ATLAS.
Geography, 324 pages i9mo.
RTUDERN ATLAS 9 maps, VIZ ofthe World,
wi North 4nericd, Uniitd States, Souh finer
, ica, Europe, France Germany, Netherlands S,oit.
serlGnd, &c. Great Britain and Ireland Asia. aud
africa,
ANCIENT ATLAS. 5 maps. viz. of the Roman
Empire, Hdty, Greece, Asia Minor, and Palestine,
or Holy Land.
ANCIENT AND MODERN ATLAS, IL maps.
Cooured.
This work hes heen resolved with high appro-
bauon, aud has heea adopted by various leges
aud respectable Literary Seminsrics, ia prefer
ence 60 AL others. In addition 10 the names e &
given, il has been recommended by the Pannrlist
and the Christian Spectator, by P e,Ideut Day
aud P,of. Kiusley, Of Vale College. by Prof. Nd
ans, &c Brown University, and various other
literary aud scientific gentlemen.
RECOMMENDATION
The Corporation Of the University in Gam.
bridge hcing If opinion thar Mr. Worcester's
" Elements Of Geographic is work Of pc.
rulier merit. an elementary system, have adoy-
led II As the book "a ne used IN the exanInatIo
of candidates for admission Into that seminary.
j. 4. KIRKLAND, President
Fror Rcni .4j5o', III. 2. rriac.pal Of PLiH-rs
IcoIsalg. Gna Hosea Hiiaretb, 4. " Professor Of
Mathematics.
Philips Academy, Exeter, Dec. t8, 1922.
Dir. Worcester.
SIR Having made considerable use of vour
Y" Elements of Geography" in our course Of in.
structon, We are fully satisfied that il j, highly
valuable work. and worthy of extensive patros-
age. Ii has been adopted as Classic in our
academy, inPrete'ence TO any other work OF The
kind with which we are at present acquainted.
Yours respectfully,
BENZ. ABBOT.
Hos. HILDRE1H.
From CAPT. Partridge Principal Of he american
Literary, Scientific and Jfiaary .1cadtny, Nor
lcicb, VI.
DEAR SrR--I have examined with care, your
Elements Of Geography and Atlas. and have
great pleasure 10 assuring you, Of the high eSti-
nation 10 which hold both he plan and execu.
ton Of the work. | conceive il to be in every
respect we'll adapted for an elementary academic
course, and have consequently adopted il in my
Scientific aud Literary Academy.
A. PARTRIDGE.
From IKE Rev j. Emerson, duther Of he EUangel-
real PrinRler.
Having particularly examined and used vi
Worcestei'S Typographical works, am decidedly
Of opinions that il several respects they are supe-
rior, and on the whole tsuch superi or. 10 any
other works Of the kind with which | am &C
quainted JOSEPH EMERSON.
From The master Offhe Latin School, f.be Eng
Gsh Classical School, and he Mathematical School
in Boston.
RosToN. Dec. 90. 1899.
We having used Worce,ter's Atlas and Ele-
meats OF Geography teaching, think the work
highly deserving the patronage OF the public. Ii
contains great variety Of Information, well ar
rauged and brought down to the present state Of
the world. We think il may be perfectly depend.
ed on for correctness and accuracy a. its materi-
ais seem uniformly 20 have been drawn from the
oest sources. The present edition is rendered
particularly valuable by some improvements in
the arrangement, and BY the addition of al ex-
ce!!ent map of the Of Europe, not TO be
found n any other School Atlas with which we
are acquainted. y. a. GOULD,
GEO. B. EMERSON
WARREN COLBURN.
Eriracf Of a letter from NE Rec jonathan Cogs-
ueH, Of Saco.
I have never seen anv Geography I so highly
approve a. yoUrs. 1t contains a vast fuaA OF in
formation ~ a very small compass.
March ~ 1928