Natural Elementary Geography

Excerpt from Natural Elementary Geography This book develops the subject upon a definite and natural plan, and in harmony with approved principles of teaching. Each lesson, while complete in itself, paves the way to the following lesson. The pupil is led from that which is perfectly familiar and within easy range Of his Observation, to form correct ideas of things that are remote and strange; and not until such notions have been formed are these things named or defined. Generalizations are demanded only after the materials for their formation have been studied. The pupil's own country is presented early in the treatment, and then all other countries are studied in their relations to it. The subject is treated simply and sensibly. The book keeps well within the range Of the pupil's comprehension, but never descends to baby talk or other artificial means to hold his attention. The pupil is required to work rather than the teacher, and at the same time the book excites the interest Of both pupil and teacher and stimulates them University College, Toronto. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Natural Elementary Geography It demands work from the pupil, rather than from the teacher, while it stimulates independent thought and excites the interest of both. The body of the text abounds in questions that inspire thought, and, at the end of the treatment of each grand division, carefully prepared exercises lead to the correlation and comparison of the parts of the subject already studied, and form a cumulative review and synthesis of the pupil's work. It provides material for the concentration, or "correlation," of studies. The text exemplifies the fundamental laws of composition, and may be used in language work. The topics at the end of each lesson outline a few paragraphs in which the pupil can reproduce in his own words the main thought of the lesson. It recognizes the value of map drawing and sand modeling in elementary geography, and introduces them in such manner that they shall be properly used as means to an end, and not as ends in themselves. The relief maps contain the names of the features represented, and require no "key maps" or other accessories to adapt them for practical use. The maps of coordinate divisions of the land are drawn on the same scale, so that relative areas are accurately depicted and may be directly compared. Thus, a single scale serves for all the maps of the grand divisions; a single, but larger, scale for the maps of the United States and Europe; and a single, but still larger, scale for the sectional maps of the United States, with the exception of that of the Northeastern States, which is drawn on twice the scale of the others. The pictures, most of which have been reproduced from photographs, are of simple subjects within the comprehension of young pupils, and they have been arranged upon the pages in such manner and in such numbers that they serve a really useful purpose in illustrating the text. The author takes pleasure in acknowledging his indebtedness to Miss Louise Connolly of the Washington (D.C.) public schools, for the active assistance she has rendered in perfecting and adapting his manuscript. Her intimate acquaintance with the work of the schoolroom, as well as with geographical literature, has been of the utmost value; and to her untiring efforts the merits of the book are due in no slight degree. Acknowledgments are also due to Miss Mathilde Coffin of Detroit and Miss Carl L. Garrison of Washington, for assistance in the revision of manuscript and proof, and to Colonel Francis W. Parker of the Chicago Normal School, and Mr. Frank O. Payne of Glen Cove, N.Y., for valuable suggestions and advice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.