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(1) MR WALLIS rightly begins his elementary general geography with a note about pictures, plans and maps, and establishes a connection between them so as to show the pupil how certain features appear (for instance) on a photograph and on a map respectively, and how a map is for some purposes a clearer representation than a picture if rightly interpreted. The book generally is on a regional basis, and the usual connection is established between climatic and other phy cal conditions, economic and natural products, and the life of man. The whole is clear and simple, and not overloaded with detail. There are some good maps among the illustrations.
(1) A First Book of General Geography.
B. C. Wallis. Pp. viii + 151. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1912.) Price is. 6d. (First Books of Science.)
(2) Maps: How they are made; how to read them.
Prof. H. N. Dickson. Pp. 66. (London: G. W. Bacon and Co., Ltd, 1912.) Price 6d.
(3) Black's Modern Guide to Harrogate.
Edited Gordon Home. Pp. 128 + 12 coloured plates. (London: A. and C. Black, 1912.) Price 1s.
(4) Les Alpes de Provence: Guide du Touriste, du Naturaliste et de l'Archéologue.
G Tardieu. Pp. vi + 310. (Paris: Masson et Cie., 1912.) Price 4.50 francs.
(5) Regional Geography: the World.
J. B. Reynolds. Pp. vii+360. (London: A. and C. Black, 1912.) Price 3s. 6d.
(6) Libya Italica: Terreni ed Acque, Vita e Colture della Nuova Colonia
P. Vinassa de Regny. Pp. xv + 214. (Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1913.) Price 7.50 lire.
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(1) A First Book of General Geography (2) Maps: How they are made; how to read them (3) Black's Modern Guide to Harrogate (4) Les Alpes de Provence: Guide du Touriste, du Naturaliste et de l'Archéologue (5) Regional Geography: the World (6) Libya Italica: Terreni ed Acque, Vita e Colture della Nuova Colonia. Nature 90, 329–330 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/090329a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/090329a0