Useful Knowledge: Volume 3. Animals: Or, a familiar account of the various productions of natureBingley, William
History
Useful Knowledge: Volume 3. Animals: Or, a familiar account of the various productions of nature
Bingley, William
Commercial products; Natural history; Zoology -- Popular works
"The present epitome of Geography challenges comparison either with any
of the author's former publications, or with those of others upon the
same subject, not even excepting the popular 'Grammar of Geography, by
Goldsmith.' Contrasted with the latter, it contains upwards of one-fourth
more matter, and perhaps, not less than double the real information. In
Guy we find, in addition to the usual Geographical description of
kingdoms, an abstract of their natural curiosities, animals, climate,
soil, inhabitants, religion, manners, customs, language, government,
chronology, and history. In Goldsmith we find almost nothing more than
the names of a few (and only a few) rivers, provinces, and chief towns,
without any thing to excite attention or curiosity, farther than what
appears in the outline map of a country. Goldsmith indeed merely talks
about geography, or the physical and political divisions of the globe;
Guy describes them agreeably, and presents to the reader a complete and
faithful portrait, in miniature, of the habitable world, equally
intelligible and interesting to the youth and the man."--Antijacobin
Review.
Since the first publication of this Geography in 1810, nearly 100,000
copies have been sold, and its superiority over other works of the same
kind is becoming daily more manifest--the last year's sale being double
that of any of the preceding. In this edition many improvements have been
added, the list of accepted Geographical names is greatly enlarged, much
original matter respecting the extensive Empire of TONKIN is annexed, the
book is printed in a superior style on the best paper, and the whole
forms a most perfect and highly interesting School Book.
*** THE MAPS, printed on a stout Royal Drawing Paper, and beautifully
coloured, are done up separately for the use of Teachers, price 2s.
A KEY TO GUY'S GEOGRAPHY, containing Answers to all the Questions and the
Problems on the Globes, in this Geography. Price 1s. 6d. sewed.
A CHART OF GENERAL HISTORY, Ancient and Modern. Fourth Edition corrected.
On a sheet of Columbier drawing-paper, price 7s. coloured; on canvass and
rollers, 10s. 6d.; and varnished 14s.
A Chart of this kind will greatly facilitate the student's progress, and
give him clearer ideas of the rise, duration, and fall of each kingdom
and empire, than the perusal of many volumes. It is, in short, to
History, what Maps are to Geography; and a mode of representation which
gives a kind of locality to events; and conveys not only distinct ideas
of distant events in any one country, but the relative occurrences of
different nations.
C. Baldwin, Printer,
New Bridge-Street, London.
Notes
[1] This is perfectly distinct from castor oil, which is the production of
a vegetable seed.
[2] Four inches make a hand. This is the usual mode of estimating the
height of horses.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account