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PROF. EDWARDS has forsaken the general sequence of parts in the study of the elements of geometry as propounded by Euclid, and has given us a book almost on a new plan. It must have been felt by most people, when in their early school-days they commenced to read Euclid's Elements, that much of the first few pages was almost unintelligible; and while no one would take exception to the rigidity of the methods there used, yet it would be exceedingly difficult for the average beginner to comprehend many of the definitions from the text alone without further viva voce explanation.
Elements of Geometry.
By Prof. George C. Edwards. Pp. vii + 293. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1895.)
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Elements of Geometry. Nature 53, 339 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053339a0
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