Excerpt from The British Empire Beyond the Seas: An Introduction to World Geography
This book is intended for the use of pupils in upper and middle forms who have already a rudimentary acquaintance with world geography, and a somewhat detailed knowledge of the geography of the British Islands.
As that extensive and heterogeneous area which we call the British Empire contains types of practically all known varieties of climate, surface, and modes of land utilisation, those who have worked through the volume will, it is hoped, have acquired a tolerably wide knowledge of the general subject. Further, such lacunae as exist can be filled by the teacher, where time permits, by following up the suggestions made incidentally in the course of the present volume, as to the conditions existing in the parts of the world not treated here.
The limitation of the geographical syllabus, during certain years, to territories under British control or influence has been strongly urged from many quarters recently on utilitarian grounds, and has also been, not without justice, criticised for educational reasons. The fact remains, however, that within the limits of the time usually available, it is impossible to treat world geography as a whole in any detail, and the writer is of opinion that to permit pupils to leave school with no knowledge of detail save in the case of our own islands, is to miss a very large part of the value of the subject.
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