Excerpt from Introduction to the Manual of Geography: Designed for Junior Classes in Public and Private Schools The National Geographical Series heretofore consisted of three grades of text-books, viz.: First Lessons in Geography, the Manual, and McNally's System of Geography. After two years of the most gratifying success of the Manual, it was deemed advisable to introduce large and newly engraved maps and illustrations, together with many important additions to the Map Exercises;, the whole resulting in a work larger, more advanced, and, consequently, more expensive, than the book in its original form. Hence, the space between the First Lessons and the Manual was increased to such an extent as to warrant the use of an intermediate work, as an Introduction to the Manual. This book, while it possesses an advantage in an economical point of view, renders an easier gradation from the First Lessons to the Manual; thus affording greater facility and satisfaction to both teacher and pupil. To render the grades still easier, and the series more comprehensive, a Physical and Intermediate Geography has been recently published. 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.