Orangia. A Geographical Reader of the Orange River Colony [review-book]

1908 Bulletin of the American Geographical Society  
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more » ... ntent at http://about.jstor.org/participate--jstor/individuals/early-journal--content. JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not--for--profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. Book Notices. 187 prevades all the chapters. The book is by no means a record of life work on the sea, but rather a description of selected incidents in a career, accompanied by interesting information and reflections. The titles of the eight chapters are: L'Ame du Marin, Mes debuts, Mon premier equipage, Un Cyclone, A la Chasse, Le dernier Voyage scientifique de l'Hirondelle, La Mort d'un Cachalot, Croisiere dans les regions arctiques. Das Weib, in Anthropologischer Betrachtung. Von Dr. Oskar Schultze. 64 pp and ii Illustrations. A. Stuber's Verlag (C. Kabitzsch), Wtirzburg, I906. (Price, M. 2.20.) Dr. Schultze is Professor of Anatomy in the University of Wurzburg. The book contains three lectures which he delivered in the University. They are a physical study of woman, the investigation including throughout a comparison of the physical characteristics of both sexes. Reise nach Panama, Peru, Chile mit Feuerland, Argentinien, Paraguay, Uruguay und Brasilien. Von Richard Freiherr von und zu Eisenstein. 380 pp., 310 Illustrations, 7 Maps, 3 Plans, Io Meteorological Tables and a Route Map. Kommissionsverlag von Karl Gerolds Sohn, Vienna, I906. The author made a tour around the world with a more serious purpose in view than that of the ordinary tourist. His journey was a leisurely one, and he collected a large amount of data relating to the trade policies and the cultural, political, social, and industrial conditions of the various' nations. He was also interested in the more striking phenomena of nature and the most conspicuous human achievements. His book is filled with facts and handsomely illustrated by numerous photographs. It is the latest of the series in which he describes his world journey. Landeskunde des Britischen Nordamerika. Von Prof. Dr. A. Oppel. I54 pp., 13 Illustrations, I Map; and Index. G. J. G6schen'sche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig, I906. (Price, 80 pf.) Like the other works in the G6schen collection dealing with geography, this book is a model in its concise and well-ordered arrangement of geographical facts. It bases geography upon geology, and presents the subject to. the general reader in a way that does not 'sacrifice the scientific value of the treatment. After a general discussion of British North America in its geographical conditions, exploration, government, settlement and industrial development, the country is considered in detail, for which purpose it is divided into the six regions of the Atlantic, the St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes, the Prairies, the Cordilleras, and the Arctic. The physical map shows elevations and sea depths in six tints. Orangia.-A Geographical Reader of the Orange River Colony. By W. S. Johnson. vi and 66 pp., half-tone Illustrations, Diagrams, and Map. Longmans, Green, & Co., London, I906. (Price, Is. 6d.) This reader was prepared for school children in the Orange River Colony. Soils and rocks, vegetation, mountains, rivers, and climate are described and the causes which produced them are treated. The approved methods of so doing are employed. Here is an example: In Europe most towns are placed along the banks of rivers, but the first settlers in the Orange River Colony found that Book Notices. 187 prevades all the chapters. The book is by no means a record of life work on the sea, but rather a description of selected incidents in a career, accompanied by interesting information and reflections. The titles of the eight chapters are: L'Ame du Marin, Mes debuts, Mon premier equipage, Un Cyclone, A la Chasse, Le dernier Voyage scientifique de l'Hirondelle, La Mort d'un Cachalot, Croisiere dans les regions arctiques. Das Weib, in Anthropologischer Betrachtung. Von Dr. Oskar Schultze. 64 pp and ii Illustrations. A. Stuber's Verlag (C. Kabitzsch), Wtirzburg, I906. (Price, M. 2.20.) Dr. Schultze is Professor of Anatomy in the University of Wurzburg. The book contains three lectures which he delivered in the University. They are a physical study of woman, the investigation including throughout a comparison of the physical characteristics of both sexes. Orangia.-A Geographical Reader of the Orange River Colony. By W. S. Johnson. vi and 66 pp., half-tone Illustrations, Diagrams, and Map. Longmans, Green, & Co., London, I906. (Price, Is. 6d.) This reader was prepared for school children in the Orange River Colony. Soils and rocks, vegetation, mountains, rivers, and climate are described and the causes which produced them are treated. The approved methods of so doing are employed. Here is an example: In Europe most towns are placed along the banks of rivers, but the first settlers in the Orange River Colony found that
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