THE TARR and McMURRY 



GEOGRAPHIES 



BY 



RALPH S. TARR, B.S., F.G.S.A. and FRANK M. McMURRY, Ph.D. 



Cornell University 



Teachers' College, Columbia University 



THK series of Geographies by Professors Tarr and McMurry is perhaps the only series of recent 

 years to contain a new method of presentation. These geographies differ from previously published books 

 on the same subject, in the following particulars : 



First— Causal Treatment. This is a careful arrangement of the subject matter in accordance with its 

 relation to cause and effect. The fact is recognized by the best teachers that physiographic conditions usually 

 determine the location of human industries, the development of transportation routes, the situation of cities, 

 etc. Beginning then with the physical features, most of the other geographic facts touching a certain locality 

 arrange themselves as links in a causal chain and are then easily taught in proper relation with one another, 

 for they approach the form of a narrative rather than that of a mere list of assertions as in the older text books. 



Second— Type Study is well illustrated in the study of our own country. The old method of treatment by 

 States, with its multiplicity of topics, is abandoned, and a comparatively small number of topics are treated, but 

 each subject is dealt with at some length. The authors 1 reasons for this innovation are : that boundary lines 

 between the States are for the most part arbitrary and mark no important differences in physiography, indus- 

 try or customs ; that in a treatment by States there is much repetition of the same kind of facts to the confusion 

 of the pupils. To avoid the waste of space and the lack of perspective of the old method, the new presentation 

 is by groups of States and by the typical industries that characterize them. More space can thus be given to 

 each important subject, and the many details necessary for a clear impression are associated as parts of one 

 story. For instance, lumbering, fishing, etc., receive their most detailed treatment in connection with New 

 England ; coal and iron mining and the attendant manufactures are discussed in connection with the Middle 

 Atlantic States ; gold mining and irrigation naturally are included under the Western States. 



Other new artd attractive features of this series might be named : as the final summary at the close 

 of the entire subject, the new and convenient form, the use of home geography, the suggestions and bibliogra- 

 phies for the use of teachers, the frequent reviews, etc. 



THE THREE BOOK SERIES 



Book I — (4th and 5th 3»ears) Home 



Geography and the Earth as a Whole 60 Cts. 



Book II —(6th year) North America 75 Cts. 



Book HI — (/tli and 8th years) Europe 



and Other Continents 75 Cts. 



THE FIVE BOOK SERIES 



Part I — \4tl1 year) Home Geography 40 Cts. 



Part II — (5th year) The Earth as a 



Whole 40 Cts. 



Part III— (6th year) North America .75 Cts. 



Part IV— (7th year) Europe, South 



America, Etc 50 Cts. 



Part V — (8th year) Asia and Africa, 

 with Review of North America and 

 Local Supplement 50 Cts. 



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