The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
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THE International Geography" edited
by Hugh Robert Mil, is a treasure house
OF information which will be simply inval-
liable to students, teachers, and others In
need Of such book of reference. The
book contains articles by no less than sew
enty different authors, on the principles OF
geography and the various continents and
countries of the earth and comprises infor-
nation OF every possible description on the
physical features, inhabitants, history,
products, etc, of these countries. put into
a wonderfully compact and convenient
form The book is large, but not bulky,
ard the contents SO well arranged that the
work is really as useful within its scope
as a large encyclopedia, although Of course
it does not deal with as many subjects.
Among the authors are such men as A. j.
Baines c. s. l.; James Bryce, DR.. 4. VI.
Downing, Director of the Nautical Alma
nae; Prof. Bella Erodi, President of the
Hungarian Geographical Society; Sir II. II.
Johnston. Administrator of Uganda. end
Dr. Nansen, each OF whom writes on the
subject with which he is peculiarly quail
fed to deal. Prof. w. ". Davis, of Har-
ward University, deals with the United
States, to which less attention is given. in
to the British Empire. This, however. is
natural, since the book is intended for cir
culation in the United Kingdom.
The completeness of the information may
be partially estimated from a paragraph in
the letter sent to the contributors giving
the form in which essays on different Coun-
tries were to be written;
FiTst The general confguraiion Of the country
as a whole, including its river systems, its eli
mate; and natural resources, with very brief
outline Of the fauna and fora.
Second. The people as 10 race, history and mode
Of government.
Third Manufacturers, industries. and external
trade, laying stress on the main staples OF trade
and on the industries peculiar TO the country.
The system Of internal communications
Fourth. Political divisions considered indyid-
ually, with notices OF towns. All towns with
population OF 100000 or over must be noticed.
and all other towns which are of special i'm
portance Care should be taken i'll every case
where it is possible TO indicate in few words
the character of the site which determined the
position of the town, or the geographical condi-
tions which minister ~ its prosperity.
Fifth. A statistical table, giving the area and
population at the last two censuses OF the whole
country, in Federal countries of the constituent
States, the average value of exports and imports
for three ive-yearly periods, ten years apart, c.
G., for lS7l-'15 1Ssl-'S5 1895 the chief towns
with their population at the two last censusos.
Small but useful maps are added, al
though the illustrations are necessarily
limited. In short the work is sort of
expanded geography intended for adults,
but following much the same lines as the
ordinary school geography. In addition
to the information given, reference books
are cited, in which further information on
each subject can be found; and this will
be a feature especially valuable to the
teacher who has access to a public libra
y The work is completely indexed New
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