The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 11, March 17, 1898, page 29 by Various Authors
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ld seem to be in no way connected with it, it is undoubtedly true that the explorations should continue on scientific lines until no part of the globe which can be reached is unknown to man.
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Among the many features which contribute to the general excellence of the book a few may be briefly mentioned as follows:
=More and better Illustrations and Maps than have ever appeared in any text-book on the subject.
Carefully selected lists of books for supplementary reading.
Suggestive questions for pupils to discuss.
Introductory chapter of hints to teachers, illuminating the author's method of treatment.
Notes throughout the text explanatory of general statements.
Special stress laid upon the industrial and social development, with a lucid presentation of the powerful influence exerted by routes and modes of travel, soil, and climate.
Prominence given to the characteristics of our great national leaders.
Emphasis of the importance of the West and South in our national development.
Pupils are led throughout to form high ideals of social duty.=
=TO THE TEACHER.= (Extract.)
The Recitation.--The purposes of the recitation should include more than a test of memory; they should include a comparison and discussion of facts acquired in the preparation of the lesson. At the beginning of the recitation a topic should be named and the pupil required to recite upon it without question or comment from the teacher. Such a method, if persisted in, will inevitably develop fluency and readiness of expression. The best work lies in helping the pupil to get definite ideas and then to give these ideas clear expression in well connected sentences.
=TO THE PUPIL.= (Specimen.)
1. What complaints did we make against England about searching American vessels and impres