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our objections to Mr. Page's "Introductory Text-Books" as being useful

for nothing but to give people a mere smattering of sciences which must be studied in details to be profitable. This objection does not apply to his advanced text-books. Here his clearness of state- ment and firm grasp of principles are seen to advantage, and the student cannot cross the threshold of his subject under better guidance than Mr. Page's. In these days everybody travels, and it is not too much to. say that a careful study of this book would add immensely to a traveller's pleasure by giving him fresh subjects of observation and sources of interest.