Excerpt from Elements of Geography, Exhibited Historically, From the Creation to the End of the World: On a New Plan The present state of the world, and the pros pacts opening before us, render a knowledge of Geography a necessary part of a good education. The fact, that school-books, for teaching this sci ence, have, within a few years, become nume rous, beyond all former example, shows that such is the universal opinion. In this eventful period Of the world, when changes and improvements pf, the most important kind, are every Where multiplying with a rapidity altogether astonish ing; twhen many are running to and fro through the earth, and knowledge is increasing; when missionaries of the cross are spreading the ever lasting gospel among all the nations of the earth, no wonder that every one, who is awake to be. Hold these things, should be anxious to become acquainted with every part of a-world, in which the Creator seems now to be displaying his per fections in the most conspicuous and glorious manner. 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.