Excerpt from The Tarbell: Introductory Geography The principle, what is true of the whole is true of the parts, has governed the order of presentation. The book is inductive in the earlier parts, but mainly deductive in the later. The elementary notions founded upon experience and3 observation are introduced at the beginning. These are followed by a study of the methods of representing geographical facts. When the child becomes acquainted with the geographical facts that may be known through his own experience at his home and in its vicinity, he needs to learn how these facts are represented upon maps, in order that from maps he may learn the geographical facts relating to other localities. When he can do this, he is ready to study geography from a book. At this point of his advancement the earth, represented by the globe, is presented to his view as a unity to be studied, and thereafter his study is largely a descent from the general to the particular. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.