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A BIBLIOGRAPHY is always a difficult work to compile satisfactorily, and it becomes an even more delicate undertaking when an eclectic method is followed. The “Bibliotheca Geographica,” which Herr Otto Baschin edits for the Berlin Gesellschaft für Erdkunde, is an example of the comprehensive type of bibliography, and Dr. Mill's little book admirably represents the type which aims at being serviceable rather than complete. Of the direct value of the book to teachers of geography, and indirectly to the science of geography, there can be no question: what surprises us is that Dr. Mill should have had the temerity to prepare it. Few people care to publish lists of what they consider to be the best books on any particular subject; and those who do commit themselves are often afterwards visited writh mild regret. The author of this book, however, occupies an exceptional position for knowing what geographical works are in existence, and his lists of books show that he has made his selections carefully and with a mind free from prejudice. The volumes are classified under seventeen different headings, and dealt with in as many sections. A chapter on the principles of geography forms a suitable introduction to the more practical part of the work.
Hints to Teachers and Students on the Choice of Geographical Books for Reference and Reading; with Classified Lists.
By Hugh Robert Mill Pp. 142. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897.)
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Hints to Teachers and Students on the Choice of Geographical Books for Reference and Reading; with Classified Lists. Nature 57, 172 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/057172a0
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