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THE idea of this series is excellent. A series of elementary geographies, each dealing with a single county, obviously ought to exist. The present volumes are all on one model, and the model is good. First a short survey of the origin of the county under notice, and of its name, is given. Its extent, relief, river-system, geology, natural history, and climate follow. Next the population and industries are dealt with; then the history of the county, its antiquities, its communications past and present, its administrative divisions ancient and modern, and the roll of famous men born within it. Finally there is an alphabetical gazetteer of the chief towns and villages (which, it may be added with regret, is the nearest approach to an index provided in the volumes). Following the text are certain diagrams showing density and other features of population, and agricultural conditions. At the beginning of each volume is a map (by Messrs. Philip) showing the relief of the land by the flat-colour contour system, and at the end another map, the same in outline, but coloured according to geological formations.
Cambridge County Geographies:—Essex.
Pp. viii+167. Kent. Pp. viii+146. Surrey. Pp. viii+151. Sussex. Pp. viii+144. By G. F. Bosworth. (Cambridge: University Press, 1909.) Price 1s. 6d. each.
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H., O. Cambridge County Geographies:—Essex . Nature 80, 305 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080305a0
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