LESSONS IN PHYSICAL 

 GEOGRAPHY 



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

 of Geography, Indiana State Normal School 



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SIMPLICITY and accuracy constitute two of the chief 

 merits of this text-book. Moreover, much of the gene- 

 ralization, which is the bane of all text-books, has been 

 avoided. The physical features of the earth are grouped 

 according to their causal relations and the functions which they 

 perform in the world economy. The characteristics of each 

 group are presented by means of a typical example, which is 

 described in unusual detail. Many realistic exercises are in- 

 troduced to direct the student how to study the thing itself, 

 whenever practicable, or some experimental or pictorial repre- 

 sentation of it. These exercises include both field and labora- 

 tory work, and should be made fundamental rather than 

 supplemental. 



^ The order of general topics is the Planet Earth, the Land, 

 the Sea, the Atmosphere, and Life, and each topic is treated 

 with such fiiUness that it enables the teacher who has not 

 had a special course in geography to teach the subject in- 

 telligently. At intervals throughout the book there are in- 

 troduced discussions of the consequences which follow the 

 conditions described, and chapters upon Life, containing a full 

 treatment of the controls exerted by geographical conditions 

 upon plants, animals, and men. 



^ The book is eminently readable. The style is less formal 

 and dogmatic than is usual in a scientific text-book, and 

 approaches that which a teacher uses in conversation. The 

 appendix contains directions for laboratory exercises, full in- 

 formation in regard to the best material for the equipment of 

 a geographical laboratory, and a reference list of the available 

 literature upon the subject. The book is profusely illustrated. 



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