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Appleton's Physical Geography. (Appleton and Co., New York.) —This is

a somewhat new departure in atlases. It is a collection of physiographical maps of the United States and the world in general, containing some very fine relief maps, and interspersed with numerous details, geological, paleontological, physiographical, ethnological, climatic, natural, historical, and botanical. Thus there is formed what is really a unique whole. The geology and natural phenomena are a welcome and useful addition to any atlas ; but here we have all the details above-mentioned illus- trated in the clearest manner by beautiful charts and diagrams. It is, in fact, one of the most complete atlases we have seen, and its plan, if new, is equally good and instructive.