AN ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY.
By Editor
We have received a copy of "Potter's New Elementary Geography," by Miss Eliza H. Morton; and, from a careful examination of the general plan and some of the details of the work, we believe it to be an excellent thing. Miss Morton has the reputation of being a superior teacher in the science of geography; and the methods which she has used with so much success in the school-room are incorporated in this book. There is a special edition for teachers, which gives complete general outline of oral instruction, also a model oral lesson, and hints for the teaching of each lesson in the book. The teacher is not only advised to use material objects, pictures, etc., for illustrating the subject, but is told just what to employ in connection with each lesson. It seems as though with the aid of this book anyone who has any gift whatever for teaching, could take young children and get them deeply interested in geography. What is best of all is that the subject is so naturally presented that the children would not be unduly taxed, yet would be sure to remember what they learned. The book is well illustrated with really good cuts, but unfortunately the printer has ruined the effect of many of them by poor workmanship. The appearance of the book, as a whole, however, is very neat and attractive.