Abstract
As the author of this book points out, the scope of physiography has changed very considerably since the word was first introduced. Always intended as an introductory course of science, it has been modified from time to time with the view of better adapting it to the needs of the system of national examinations controlled by the Department of Science and Art. Last year the changes were very considerable, and new text-books of the type before us may be regarded as a natural consequence. The first six chapters deal with the subject-matter of Section I. of the revised syllabus, on which a separate examination is now held. While apparently not intended for the use of students taking this section as a distinct subject, this portion of the book may meet the needs of such, providing the detailed syllabus itself is also utilised, and the necessary experiments carefully performed. It is, however, sufficiently comprehensive for students taking the ordinary elementary stage, and has the merit, in a subject where so much ground has to be covered, of conciseness without sacrifice of clearness. The treatment of the other well-known branches of the subject follows closely the lines of the official syllabus. Though showing but few new features, the book appears likely to meet the requirements of both teachers and students.
First Stage Physiography.
By A. M. Davies Pp. viii + 238. (London: W. B. Clive 1897.)
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First Stage Physiography. Nature 56, 586 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056586b0
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