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COMMERCIAL geography, dealing as it does with the facts that affect manufactures, commerce, and agriculture, ought to be widely studied in a nation having such pronounced shopkeeping proclivities as the English. It is right and proper that those who are to be the custodians of our trade in future should know something about the manner in which physical and political surroundings affect industry and commerce, and about the conditions of success in the various industrial branches. Prof. Gonner treats these matters in a way likely to impress students. His manual is divided into three parts, the respective subjects of which are (1) commercial geography and its principles; (2) the geography of the chief products and others; (3) countries, their agriculture, industries, and commerce. Trustworthy statistics are plentifully distributed throughout the book, and they serve to give an idea of the relative importance of different countries as regards different commodities, as well as being useful for reference. Of course, no student would be expected to commit these tabular statements to memory. If the main facts contained in this volume are grasped by students intended for commercial careers, British commerce will undoubtedly be benefited.
Commercial Geography.
By E. C. K. Gonner Pp. 200. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1894.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 51, 30 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051030c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/051030c0