Our Own Islands The Oxford Geographies Vol. I. The Preliminary Geography The Oxford Geographies Vol. III. The Senior Geography The Dominion of Man Notes upon the Island of Dominica (British West Indies)

Abstract

ALTHOUGH no close comparison can be made between the two elementary reading-books in geography which Mr. Mackinder and Dr. Herbertson have given us, since the former deals with the British Isles and the latter with the whole world, yet we may note certain similarities of method. Both build up their descriptions about an imaginary journey from place to place; both endeavour to present physical and industrial geography as cause and effect; both largely use diagram-maps, partly to supplement the atlas, partly to stimulate the use of it; and both adopt, to some extent, the method of “teaching by question.” While this last innovation is a step in the right direction, it is but a hesitating step. The full advantage of this method cannot be obtained by occasional interpolations of questions or suggestions for map-study amid the descriptive matter. Such interruptions are apt to be shelved until a more convenient season that may never come. Our Own Islands. By H. J. Mackinder. Pp. xv + 298. (London: George Philip and Son, Ltd., n.d.) Price 2s. 6d. The Oxford Geographies. Vol. I. The Preliminary Geography. By A. J. Herbertson. Pp. viii + 149. (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1906.) Price 1s. 6d. The Oxford Geographies. Vol. III. The Senior Geography. By A. J. Herbertson F. D. Herbertson. Pp viii + 363. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907. price 2s. 6d. The Dominion of Man. By Ernest Protheroe. Pp. xii + 215. (London: Methuen and Co., n.d.) Price 2s. Notes upon the Island of Dominica (British West Indies). By Symington Grieve. Pp. 126. (London: A. and C. Black, 1906.) Price 2s. 6d. net.