Part 37 (1/2)
CONTENTS.--Geology--Form of the Great Continent--Highlands of the Great Continent--Mountain Systems of the Great Continent--Africa--American Continent--Low Lands of South America--Central America--North America--Greenland--Australia--The Ocean--Springs--European Rivers--African Rivers--Asiatic Rivers--River Systems of North America--Rivers of South America--Lakes--The Atmosphere--Vegetation--Vegetation of the Great Continent--Flora of Tropical Asia--African Flora--Australian Flora--American Vegetation--Distribution of Insects--Distribution of Fishes--Distribution of Reptiles--Distribution of Birds--Distribution of Mammalia--Distribution, Conditions and Future Prospects of the Human Race.
While reading this work we could not help thinking how interesting, as well as useful, geography as a branch of education might be made in our schools. In many of them, however, this is not accomplished. It is to be hoped that this defect will be remedied; and that in all our educational inst.i.tutions Geography will soon be taught in the proper way. Mrs. Somerville's work may, in this respect, be pointed to as a model.--_Tait's Edinburgh Magazine_, September, 1848.
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