The National Series of Standard ScAool-'Boofcs. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SYSTEM. 



THE SERIES. 



/. Monteith's First Lessons in Geography, 

 II. Monteith's New Manual of Geography, 

 II. McNally's System of Geography, 



INTERMEDIATE OR ALTERNATE VOLUMES. 



I*. Monteith's Introduction to Geography, 



2*. Monteith's Physical and Political Geography, 



ACCESSORIES. 



Monteith's Wall Maps 2 sets (see page 15), 

 Monteith's Manual of Map- Drawing (Allen's System) 

 Monteith's Map-Drawing and Object-Lessons, 

 Monteith's Map-Drawing Scale, 



1, PRACTICAL OBJECT TEACHING^ The infant scholar is first Introduce^ 

 to a picture whence he may derive notions of the shape of the earth, the phenom 

 ena of day and night, the distribution of land and water, and the great natural 

 divisions, which mere words would fail entirely to convey to the untutored inind. 

 Other pictures follow on the same plan, and the child's mind is called upon to grasp 

 QO idea without the aid of a pictorial illustration. Carried on to the higher 

 books, this system culminates in Physical Geography, where such matters as 

 climates, ocean currents, the winds, peculiarities of the earth's cruet, clouds and 

 rain, are pictorially explained and rendered apparent to the most obtuse. The 

 illustrations used for this purpose belong to the highest grade of art. 



2, CLEAR, BEAUTIFUL, AND CORRECT MAPS, In the lower numbers the 

 maps avoid unnecessary detail, while respectively progressive, and affording the 

 pupil new matter for acquisition each time he approaches in the constantly en- 

 larging circle the point of coincidence with previous lessons in the more ele 

 mentary books. In tiie Physical and Political Geography the maps embrace many 

 new and striking features. One of the most effective of these is the new plan for 

 displaying on each map the relative sizes of countries not represented, thus obvi- 

 ating much confusion which has arisen from the necessity of presenting maps iq 

 tiie same atlas drawn on different scales. The maps of " McNally" have long been 

 celebrated for their superior beauty and completeness. This is the only school- 

 book in which the attempt to make a complete atlas also clear and distinct, ha 

 been successful. The map coloring throughout the eeries is also noticeable. 

 Oelic&te and subdued tints take the place of the startling glare of Inharmonious 

 colors which too frequently in such treatises dazzle the eyes, distract the atten- 

 tion, and serve to overwhelm the names of towns and the natural feature* of tb 



