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vasse, in which case the exclamation ‘ nows sommes Jinis’ was quite 
natural, s. 
3. Guyot’s Geographical Text Books; 1, Primary ; 2, Intermedi- 
ate; 3, Common School. New York, C. Scribner & Co.—These three - 
Volumes are likely to attract the attention of all who see them be- 
cause of their beautiful engravings and maps, and because of their 
clear and satisfactory typography; but these are minor merits, 
The true value of the series consists in the fact that it is prepared 
by one who is a master of the science which he treats and who is 
so a skillful and experienced teacher, well acquainted with the 
Tequirements of American schools, Such text-books are so rare in 
the educational literature of this country, and the number of “ man- 
actured ” text-books, pre by incompetent persons is so great, 
especially in elementary science, that all who are interested in the 
promotion of thorough education and the diffusion of true science 
ould welcome the appearance of new manuals which can honestly 
- Men would be much easier than it is t, whe 
ni PEP gaa sy admitted to be dispro onately defective. 
‘ % e Guyot books are the only ies which we know eta} 
wit e aspects of Nature, 
and he is soon led to discover that the physical peculiarities of the 
hes mae; countries underlie, and to some extent control national and 
