Lessons in Physical Geography 



By CHARLES R. DRYER, M.A., F.G.S.A. 

 Professor of Geography in the Indiana State Normal School 



Half leather, 12mo. Illustrated. 430 pages. . . Price, $1.20 



EASY AS WELL AS FULL AND ACCURATE 



One of the chief merits of this text-book is that it is simpler than 

 any other complete and accurate treatise on the subject now before the 

 public. The treatment, although specially adapted for the high school 

 course, is easily within the comprehension of pupils in the- upper grade 

 of the grammar school. 



TREATMENT BY TYPE FORMS 



The physical features of the earth are grouped according to their 

 causal relations and their functions. The characteristics of each group 

 are presented by means of a typical example which is described in unusual 

 detail, so that the pupil has a relatively minute knowledge of the type form. 



INDUCTIVE GENERALIZATIONS 



Only after the detailed discussion of a type form has given the pupil 

 a clear and vivid concept of that form are explanations and general prin- 

 ciples introduced. Generalizations developed thus inductively rest upon 

 an adequate foundation in the mind of the pupil, and hence cannot 

 appear to him mere formulae of words, as is too often the case. 



REALISTIC EXERCISES 



Throughout the book are many realistic exercises which include both 

 field and laboratory work. In the field, the student is taught to observe 

 those physiographic forces which may be acting, even on a small scale, 

 in his own immediate vicinity. Appendices (with illustrations) give full 

 instructions as to laboratory material and appliances for observation and 

 for teaching. 



SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SUBJECTS OF HUMAN INTEREST 



While due prominence is given to recent developments in the study, 

 this does not exclude any link in the chain which connects the face of the 

 earth with man. The chapters upon life contain a fuller and more 

 adequate treatment of the controls exerted by geographical conditions 

 upon plants, animals, and man than has been given in any other similar 

 book. 



MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



The book is profusely illustrated by more than 350 maps, diagrams, 

 and reproductions of photographs, but illustrations have been used only 

 where they afford real aid in the elucidation of the text. 



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