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Title: First Lessons In Geography

Author: James Monteith

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SERIES.--NO. 1.

FIRST LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY;

Or, Introduction to "Youth's Manual of Geography."

By JAMES MONTEITH

1856

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SERIES.

No. 1.--MONTEITH'S FIRST LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY, for Beginners.

No. 2.--MONTEITH'S YOUTH'S MANUAL OF GEOGRAPHY, for Junior
and Intermediate Classes.

No. 3.--McNALLY'S SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY, for Advanced Classes in
Schools, Academies, and Seminaries.

* * * * *

The above Books, which are written by Practical Teachers, constitute the
most complete GEOGRAPHICAL SCHOOL SERIES extant; and they are so adapted
to each other, that the learner advances from one to the other with
satisfaction and success.

A.S. BARNES & CO.

PREFACE

It is evident, that to secure a complete system of teaching Geography in
our Schools, there should be at least three grades of Text-books; namely,
INTRODUCTORY, INTERMEDIATE, and ADVANCED. As the necessity for a Geography
more introductory in its character th