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THIS work, which has evidently been successful, is of the type commonly used in German-speaking schools, and makes no special appeal to the beginner's interest in field-observation, or to the splendid object-lessons ranged around him in his native land of Switzerland. A number of Swiss illustrations are, however, inserted, and the passages on mountain-building and the Alpine lakes embody considerations raised in recent times. To a British mind the mineralogical section will seem to contain far too much in a small compass, if the course is to be gone through systematically before the pupil enters on his collegiate years. It occupies half the book, and is followed by a petrographic chapter, which similarly bears traces of having been brought somewhat hesitatingly towards modern modes of statement and classification.
Mineralogie und Geologie für schweizerische Mittelschulen.
By Dr. Hans Frey. Dritte Auflage. Pp. iv + 234. (Vienna: F. Tempsky; Leipzig: G. Freytag, 1909.) Price 2.75 marks.
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C., G. Mineralogie und Geologie für schweizerische Mittelschulen . Nature 81, 334 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/081334b0
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