The Common School Geography

Excerpt from The Common School Geography This geography, is a small book, beeause it con tains little or nothing that is perishable. Enough that is permanent may be found to engage the at tention of the most intelligent child during the portion of school days allotted to geography; and, with this basis, he is prepared to read and relish books of voyages, travels history, biography, 66c. 65c. The great, natural features of the globe, its continents, islands, peninsulas, mountains, oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, &c., are all' worthy 'of being learned. The boundaries of the nations, too, though often artificial, are sufficiently permanent to be learned, and so is the locationiof cities and towns. 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.

Excerpt from The Common School Geography Lest the diminutive size of this Geography, compared with many others, should induce any one to think that it contains less than it ought, it is necessary to say a few words in explanation. In teaching any science, it is important to separate it as far as possible from every other science: but, inattention to this natural rule has so increased the size of our school geographies, that they have almost ceased to be useful. Thus the author of one popular text-book says, Most authors have extended the subject beyond its proper limits;" and he complains of "the introduction of extraneous matter into geographies," and yet he devotes about one third of his book to astronomy, meteorology, mineralogy, geology, and the statistics of religion, commerce, population, &c. &c. Another popular author tells us that his geography was first published in 1819. After two editions it was stereotyped or permanently fixed. Soon it was necessary to rewrite it entirely. After two editions, it was stereotyped or fixed again, and so, he adds, "it may be expected to remain, till a considerable change shall become desirable." 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.