New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-20

THE COMPREHENSIVE ATLAS AND GEOGRAPHY.
tainine 80 Maps. TIE descriptive lcitcrprc-s by
JAMES BRYCE, NJ 4, Ii D., ~ILu,MF COLLIER,
IL D.. and LEOSTAHD SCHMITL, IL. ID. Folio. New
York &. J.. Putnam's Sons.
As ito title indicates. this work purports
70 Civ. an encyclopedia view Of the earth and all
tie peoples thereof. That it succeeds III so doing is
undeniatle; hut the absence IF n date from the
title page suggests doubt TO the preclS" era IL
the worlds history o which view is given. Closer
examination proves tins doubt to be wcll-groundcd,
for the maps and otterpess bear inherent evidence
of not having been brought down to the test date.
The former do net correctly indicate the changes
made Ia ths boundaries Of AAatic Turkey at the
close of the war of ls77-'7S; nor is any innmaton
gwen Of the location or existence Of Leadyllle,
Princeton and other important p aces In the United
States To Rhode Island is gwen only one capital.
while Connecticut is allowed to retain two Gcor-
Cia's capital j. said to he Miledgcyillc; and Flor
ida's Atlanta. New-MeXico is erected into state,
and Alaska is made an organized Territory, with
the seat Of Government at Sitka. There ar other
similar and equally ucNcu>able errors. The letter
press, comprising 1916 pages is replcte with valu-
able information, but gives no more recent census
of the United states than that If 1870 H. these
respects the work is sappointing.
In Others il proves ennnent!y satisfactory.
The one-hundred pages on Modern Geo
grapby. by James Bryce. A. NJ, Ii. d.,
describe sixty large. wel-enTayed maps,
and give in concise form accounts Of the topo-
Craphy physical features, history politics, social
and industrial conditions and statistics. etc all the
countries of the globe The last four of these maps
give a number Of small and Out-of-thr-way places,
snch as Heligoland. Aden ST. Helena, the Aermu-
das Barbados etc, Oh an unusually large scale.
Then follow ten pages and sixteen maps OF histOr-
cal geoprsphy showing the changes wrought IN the
poltcal divisions of the world OF various important
enochs This portion OF the work was prepared 10y
william F. Collier LII D., and with the following
fourteen pages and fourteen mans, prepared by
Lombard Schmitz, Ii. D., iliustrating the geog-
raohy and history of classical times, forms perhaps
the most interesting and valuable feature OF the
volume The remainder of the work is ta4en up by
eight railway maps Of Europe. four ASTRONOMICAL
charts and twenty maps and chaIt6 illustrating
physical geography thirty-two pages of ctterpress
on physical geography, with numerous illustrations;
and finally. thiTty-elght closely printed pages OF
index giving the latitude and longitude OF all
places indicated Oh the modern, historical and clas
steal maps The work is well printed and well
bonnd. and will be found of value volume of
reference, although. for evident reasons lis worth
will be greater to Europeans than to Americans,
and TO students OF ancient than OF modern history.
THE FIRST BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE by FnEpEmcK
SG CInsIt school Of science south Kensngton i6mo
ID 1870 &. r Putnani's SONS
This little book presents, after simple ana thor
ongb fashion, various details concerning the ordi-
nary surroundings and conditions Of life. They are
Intended 10 give 10 children an exact knowledge Of
such matters as the building Of their houses and
The constituents Of their food and clothing, etc.
Uousehod material of all sorts Is carefully de-
scrjbed. and if manufactured, the processes are
L. y..PEl ia ma en