226 Oyrus C. Babb—Geographie Notes... 
President Hubbard called a meeting of certain geographers to 
meet Major J. W. Powell and Professor W. M. Davis of Harvard 
University and listen to their views upon this subject. 
The teacher of geography in this country at the present time 
has great difficulty in finding information on their subject, 
especially comprehensive accounts of their home geography, 
outside of their text-books. A certain amount may be found 
in reports of geological surveys, state and national, and in scien- 
tific journals, but they are generally written in such a technical 
style that little benefit can be derived from them. 
From a suggestion made by Professor Richard Lehmann at 
the second German Geographical Congress at Halle in 1882 a 
central commission for the scientific geographic study of Ger- 
many was formed. Various publications have appeared under 
the direction of this commission, including a guide to geographic 
study and a bibliography of ements literature. The more 
important of their results are included, however, in the special 
yolumes on investigation of German geography and ethnology, 
now reaching seven volumes.* 
Our Society will somewhat modify the German plan in that 
the monographs will be prepared more especially for the teachers 
of our public schools. It is also the intention of introducing 
into the series a large number of maps, diagrams and illustra- 
tions. Arrangements have been consummated with the Ameri- 
can Book Company of New York to publish this series and to 
bring it to the attention of the school teachers of this country. 
The plan involves the preparation of material for a physio- 
graphic description of the country by districts. The following 
are some of the subjects and authors proposed : 
The elements of physiography, by Major J. W. Powell, director 
of the Bureau of American Ethnology ; The tidal marshes and 
beaches of the Atlantic coast, by N. S. Shaler, professor of geol- 
ogy, Harvard University ; Niagara falls and its history, by G. K, 
Gilbert, United States Geological Survey ; The New England hills, 
by W. M. Davis, professor of physical geography, Harvard Univer- 
sity ; The southern Appalachian system, by Bailey Willis, United 
States Geological Survey ; Mount Shasta, by J.S. Diller, United 
States Geological Survey; The lake region of the northwest, by 
Professor I. C. Russell, University of Michigan. 
Among other proposed subjects are the flood plains of the Mis- 
* Forschung en zur deutschen Landes-und Volkskunde. 
