By SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, F.R.S., LL.D., 
Dr1rREcToR-GENERAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS OF THE UNITED 
KINGpom, 
THE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY. 
SUGGESTIONS REGARDING PRINCIPLES AND METHODS 
FOR THE USE. OF TEACHERS, 
Second Edition. Cloth. 16mo. 60 cents. 
«Since Dr. Geikie, following the suggestions of the Germans or such geographers 
as Guyot, has developed this rational doctrine in teaching geography, many writers 
and teachers have adopted the new methods, and, as yet, we know of no wiser or 
more suggestive work for teachers of geography than Dr. Geikie’s. 
“Any change in old forms or customs is looked upon askance. Even in the 
methods of teaching, reforms are slow, and should be. Our author says: ‘ Inveter- 
ate habits of use and wont are apt to blind us to the need of change, and any attempt 
to alter the existing system touches many kinds of vested interests. Even those who 
sympathize with the proposals for reform raise their hands in despair and ask where, 
amid the crowds of subjects now demanded, room is to be opened for any new topic 
or for any expansion of an old one. Without the consciousness our opinions and 
beliefs and practices undergo changes; the moment of our conversions could not be 
indicated.’ Now it seems that Dr. Geikie proposed no radical doctrine; his ‘ Sugges- 
tions’ had the face of novelty; to-day they are accepted as the most correct and 
natural from the pedagogical standpoint. ‘There is nothing radical about them. 
** Briefly, Dr. Geikie possesses the widest knowledge of geographical facts, and is 
inspired with the truest pedagogic spirit, and knows that the knowledge of facts 
counts as little unless gained in the right way, that is, by observation and induction. 
Further, to the teacher of any subject, this brief treatise on geography will be most 
suggestive in many directions. 
“The State Department of Education has prescribed this book as one of the 
studies for the teachers of this State in connection with the summer normals. A 
more excellent work could not have been recommended.” — The Virginia School 
Fournal. 
ELEMENTARY LESSONS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 
Illustrated. 18mo. $1.10. 
7. 
**The language is always simple and clear, and the descriptions of the various 
phenomena are no less vivid than interesting; the lessons are never dull, never 
wearisome, and they can scarcely fail to make the study of Physical Geography 
popular wherever they are used.” — Academy. 
Questions on the Same, for Use in Schools. 
18mo. 40 cents. 
GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
18mo. 30 cents. 
“Dr. A. Geikie is so well known by his able and lucid treatises on geology that 
those who believe in combining some instruction in that branch of science with the 
teaching of geography will welcome a work like the Elementary Geography of the 
British Isles, issued in ‘ Macmillan’s Geographical Series.’ We have rarely met 
with a school book at once so delightful and so valuable.” — Literary World. 
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