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GREECE has hitherto been interesting mainly to scholars, archæologists, and lovers of art; and no doubt it is from their various points of view that the country will always be most eagerly studied. The subject, however, has also elements of attraction for students of natural science, and it is to these elements, so far as the Peloponnese is concerned, that Dr. Philippson has sought to do justice in the present work. His results have been obtained by direct personal observation, and are set forth with admirable clearness. The book is divided into two parts, the first of which is called “special,” the second “general.” In the “special” part the author deals with particular regions of the Peloponnese; in the “general” part he presents an account of the peninsula as a whole. Dr. Philippson is a careful and accomplished geologist, and has been remarkably successful not only in throwing fresh light on the geological phenomena of the country, but in showing their relation to the various orders of facts which come more especially within the province of the geographer. He has also excellent chapters on the forms and phenomena of the surface, on climate, on vegetation, on the animal world, and on the population. In dealing with the last of these subjects he has much that is valuable to say about productive industry, means o f communication, density of population, and towns, villages, and other settlements. The interest of the work is greatly increased by maps and profile-sketches.
Der Peloponnes. Versuch einer Landeskunde auf geologischer Grundlage.
Von Dr. Alfred Philippson. (Berlin: R. Friedländer and Son, 1891-1892.)
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Der Peloponnes Versuch einer Landeskunde auf geologischer Grundlage. Nature 47, 6 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/047006b0
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