iv PREFACE.

This book is not a-condensed edition of the larger book of the series. Primary
Geography rests on a basis of its own. Only the leading topics of the science are here
treated. These are clothed with stories of people, plants, animals, natural scenery, ete.

A Manual of Methods, containing suggestions for teachers, accompanies this series
of books.

Pictures. — The pictures are true to nature. With but few exceptions they were
engraved directly from photographs.

The pictures supplement the text. A glance at pages 13 and 17 will show how they
afford teachers an opportunity to lead far beyond the text.

The pictures present typical forms. In place of mere definitions, or word-shells, the
text and pictures bring pupils face to face with nature in its variety. See pages 10 and 11.

The pictures are works of art. Tt is thought that they are superior to any ever before
placed in a schoolbook.

Acknowledgments.— In the treatment of types of natural features, as well as in
criticism of other parts of the work, Professor W. M. Davis, Harvard University, has given
very valuable assistance.

The author desires to express his gratitude to Mr. Justin H. Smith, of Boston. Some
of the leading features of this book embody his original thought.

The relief maps were modeled under the supervision of the author, by Miss Gertrude
Beatrice Wright, of the Normal Art School, Boston.

The Industrial Maps of the United States were drawn by Mr. Henry Gannett, Chief
Topographer of the United States Geological Survey.

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‘Boston, May, 1894.