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THE greater part of this volume consists of four lectures which were delivered last year at the Bankers' Institute, and given in part before the Society of Arts and the College of Preceptors. An article which appeared originally in the Contemporary Review is also included. The volume is one of great interest, both theoretical and practical, and ought to be of genuine service to various classes of readers, by showing how high is the place which must properly belong to geography in any complete scheme of education. Mr. Keltie has been especially successful in indicating some of the influences which geographical facts have exerted on the movements of races and the evolution of nations. On so great a subject it was impossible for him, within narrow limits, to develop any of his ideas fully; but his suggestions are excellent, and may perhaps be worked out by some of his readers for themselves. Mr. Keltie has much to say about the bearings of geographical conditions on the development of Africa, and about the relation of geography to the commercial prosperity of the British Empire. He also discusses various problems connected with the actual and possible geographical distribution of some of the common commodities of commerce. On all these subjects he writes with freshness and lucidity, displaying a thorough grasp of the principles of geographical science Maps and diagrams, for which the author expresses his thanks to Mr. Ravenstein, add considerably to the value of the text.
Applied Geography.
By J. Scott Keltie. (London: George Philip and Son, 1890.)
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Our Book Shelf. Nature 43, 365 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/043365a0
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