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6o Frank Carney 
Bibliographies and digests. The quantity of matter, primarily 
or incidentally of geographic value, issued by both government and 
private presses is so great that even the teacher who is giving his 
entire time to this study depends to some extent on the reviews 
and digests appearing in journals, and in bulletins of geographical 
societies. That the instructor who is dividing his time with other 
subjects can not keep abreast in geography is apparent; further- 
more, it is the exception if this instructor, when he enters upon his 
work, is broadly acquainted with the literature. For this reason 
it seems advisable to place in his way the means of strengthening 
his preparation, and of keeping up to date. Periodical bibliog- 
raphies and reviews of the recent books and articles would stimu-. 
late this activity and insure progressiveness. Surveys could 
exercise a selective treatment in the preparation of such bibliog- 
raphies and subjects for digesting, thus eliminating the features 
less pertinent to the teachers and schools of their States. 
CONCLUSION. 
To accomplish much of this means that Surveys should employ 
geographers, or the best trained men that may be secured. Where 
this is not feasible, the cooperation and part-time assistance of 
men in teaching positions would be of advantage. 
The outlook is encouraging, particularly where Surveys are 
broadening their scope by giving attention to industrial and eco- 
nomic activities, and by directing investigation in phases of natural 
history. Regional geography is thus intensified, a work which 
should precede a well-founded systematic geography, because a 
satisfactory system presupposes a consideration of a high per- 
centage of the facts which the system would compass. 
Even the little that is being done by the least affluent of our Sur- 
veys furnishes data and opportunity for advancing better methods 
in geography. All that is needed is an amplification of work in 
few lines; an emphasis wherever the schools may be reached, both 
in instructing and inspiring the teachers and by supplementing 
the outfit of the class-room; and a correlation of data produced by 
the Survey, and, to as great an extent as is practicable, by other 
similar organizations. 
