464 EEYIEWS — MODEEN GEOGEAPIIY. 



And the properties cf the colours thence arising, 



"Which none before had even suspected, he investigated thoroughly. 



An assiduous, sagacious, faithful Interpreter 



Of Xature, Antiquity, Holy Scripture, 



By his Philosophy he vindicated the Most High God in his majesty, 



By his life he exhibited the Gospel in its simplicity. 



Let mortals congratulate themselves 



That there has existed such and so great 



An honour of the human race. 

 Born, 25th Dec, 1642, Died 20 Mar., 1727. 



J. 15 C. 



Modern Geography, for the use of Schools. By Robert Anderson, 

 Head Master, and Lecturer on Geography, Normal Institution, 

 Edinburgh. London, and New York : T. Nelson & Sons. 1856. 



This constitutes one of a set of works prepared with great care, 

 as an educational series, designed— as the title expressly states — fur 

 the use of Schools. The purpose of the volume in question is fur- 

 ther denned as furnishing a work calculated to " prove serviceable 

 to the intelligent teacher, in making Geography a more intellectual, 

 and at the same time a more interesting study than it has hitherto 

 generally been in our schools." Such an object is one well deserv- 

 ing of commendation even as an attempt ; but, in this compact and 

 carefully condensed volume, the success is unquestionable. 



Many features in this work are novel and ingenious ; and when 

 we consider the very questionable character of such American works 

 as that of Morse, at present in almost universal use throughout 

 Canada, we do not regard it as the least of the various attractions 

 of this work that it is, more than almost any other we know of, a 

 British School Boole. Those will be apparent from an enumeration 

 of some of its most characteristic peculiarities. For example : 

 what may be designated as a geographical base line is adopted for 

 comparing the Latitudes of countries in the Old and New "Worlds. 

 This consists of the countries which, lying most nearly in a line 

 north and south of Britain, occupy the western shores of the Old 

 World ; and these elements of comparison are rendered still more 

 practically available by an ingenious diagram, appealing to the eye, 

 and greatly assisting the memory of the young student. Using 

 this method of geographical comparison, here are a few of the 

 results : 



Newfoundland is shown to be in the same latitude as the South 

 of England and the North of France. New Brunswick is in the 

 same latitude as the middle of Frauce ; Nova Scotia, in the same as 



