Physical Geography. By Professor Ansted. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—
This volume does not profess to be more than an outline, but we must. give Professor Anted full credit for the care and completeness with which that outline has been traced. After an introduction on the plane- tary, geological, and physical relations of the earth, he gives us four- books headed, like the game from which young people derive so much amusement, "Earth," " Water," "Air," and "Fire," and another book on "Life." We can assure young people that they will find plenty of interest in Professor Ansted's way of playing at their game. He is always clear and intelligible, and the wonders to which he introduces us neod only to be understood in order to prove attractive. We think we have detected two little inaccuracies in the Professor, but they are very little ones. He says the Wettern Lake in Sweden is ten miles wide. We believe it is at least 15. He calls the Chiem See, in Bavaria, a mountain lake. It: is some distance from the mountains, and is separated from them- by- flat and marshy banks and some extent of plain. But these errors are extremely slight, and the book as a rule is accurate.
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