EducT 248.54.550 1862, Nov. 18. Gift of "Richand Green Parker, te ry. of Cambridge. 1978 EXTRACTS FROM RECOMMENDATIONS Edus 7248,59,15 OF THE YOUTH'S MANUAL OF GEOGRAPHY. Ar a regular meeting of the Public School Society of the city of New It is better adapted than any other Primary Geography now in use in this city: it has become a favorite book with the teachers. JOSEPH MCKEEN, City Superintendent Common Schools, N. Y. This book is altogether in advance of any other now in use. The questions are DAVID PATTERSON, Principal Ward School No. 3. ASA SMITH, แ 33. 66 11. "37. 26. I can, from twenty years' experience in the Common Schools of New York, say, that it is decidedly the best work for children I have ever seen. It is written by a teacher who well understands the wants of the teachers and scholars WILLIAM H. REUCK, Principal Ward School No. 7. 66 84. The best evidence a teacher can give of his appreciation of a school-book, is to introduce it in his school, which I have done. The high opinion of its excellence, which I formed from the examination of it, is fully confirmed by its practical use. It is the best Primary Geography which has ever come to my notice. M. J. O'DONNELL, Principal Ward School No. 5. I prefer and use it because-Being the production of an experienced and successful teacher, it is better adapted to the purposes of instruction-It is more carefully prepared, therefore more correct-The scholars improve faster, and learn more thoroughly with it than with any other I have used. ARTHUR MURPHY, Principal Ward School No. 16. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. PREFACE. WITHOUT speaking disparagingly of the plan or arrangement of the Primary Geographies now in use, the writer has long thought, though they well serve the purposes of readingbooks for the amusement of children during a leisure hour, that one in a form more suitable for a text-book was very desirable; therefore, after conferring with some of his fellowteachers respecting the plan of one that might be productive of more good to the scholar, and of greater satisfaction to the teacher, than are those now in use, he has, in accordance with their views, arranged this little work, which, having undergone a thorough examination and revision in the manuscript form by a number of the Profession, and differing in many respects from any that has yet been presented, is now submitted to teachers generally, with the hope that it will meet with their favorable consideration. The following are a few of its characteristics: First, after the Definitions, are introduced Exercises on the Maps, here adopting the plan so successful in teaching the Languages, namely, the frequent and varied repetition of important Facts and Principles; and following, is the Historical and Descriptive matter catechetically arranged, and so blended with the preceding local questions, as to fix strongly upon the youthful mind the connection of fact and event with the place of occurrence. The part treating of Astronomy gives a general view of the whole Solar System, dwelling more at length upon parts relat ing to the Sun, Earth, and Moon. A knowledge of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution of the United States having been too long neglected in our schools, a copy of the former and a synopsis of the latter are here introduced. NEW YORK, May, 1853. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION. THE Publishers of the YOUTH'S MANUAL OF GEOGRAPHY take this opportunity to express their gratification at the unprecedented sale of this much approved work. Although it has been published but a few months, it is already introduced into nearly all the Ward Schools of the city of New York, and is gaining a rapid circulation in many of the Union Schools of this and other states. A new Map has been introduced, which more clearly illustrates the position of America with respect to the Pacific, Asia, and Australia. Several new and interesting designs have been substituted in the place of others, together with a few additional questions on the Maps, and some minor corrections in typography. Special care will be taken in keeping the Maps and text up with the times. NEW YORK, December, 1853. MANUAL OF GEOGRAPHY. . DEFINITIONS. LESSON I. Question. What is Geography? Answer. Geography is a description of the surface of the earth. Q. What is the Earth? A. The Earth is a great globe or ball, composed of land and water. 2. What is the surface of the Earth? A. The outside part. Q. How much of the Earth's surface consists of land? Q. How much of the Earth's surface consists of water? m LESSON II. DIVISIONS OF THE LAND. Q. What are the natural divisions of the Land? A. Continents, Islands, Peninsulas, Isthmuses, Capes, and Mountains. Q. What is a Continent? A. A Continent is the largest natural division of the land. Q. How many Continents are there? A. There are two Continents: the Eastern and the Western. Q. What are the grand divisions of the Eastern Continent? Q. What are the grand divisions of the Western Continent? Q. What is an Island? LESSON III A. A portion of land entirely surrounded by water. Q. What is a Peninsula ? A. A portion of land almost surrounded by water. Q. What is an Isthmus ? A. A neck joining two bodies of land. Q. What is a Cape? A. A point of land extending into the water. Q. If the Cape be high and rocky, what is it called? LESSON IV. Q. What is a Mountain? A. A vast elevation of land. Q. What is a Hill? A. A small elevation of land. * a'she-a. |