Methods and aids in geography, for the use of teachers and normal schools . been so. Twohundred years ago Comenius made the first pictorial text-book, which was called Orbis Pictus, and which for onehundred years was a favorite with old and young in illustrations, however, were very inferior. Years rolledon, but no second Comenius appeared. Art confined itselfto Madonnas, instead of trying to help students understandtheir stupid text-books. A very rare and costly geography,called the Geographical Grammar, published in 1754,does not contain a single picture, but it has many fine maps
Methods and aids in geography, for the use of teachers and normal schools . been so. Twohundred years ago Comenius made the first pictorial text-book, which was called Orbis Pictus, and which for onehundred years was a favorite with old and young in illustrations, however, were very inferior. Years rolledon, but no second Comenius appeared. Art confined itselfto Madonnas, instead of trying to help students understandtheir stupid text-books. A very rare and costly geography,called the Geographical Grammar, published in 1754,does not contain a single picture, but it has many fine maps KINDS OF PICTURES 125 and much red type. Forty years ago pictures began to beused; but what simple works they were, can be learned byexamining an edition of Mitchells Geography, publishedin 1848. The great contrast between the illustrations nowgiven in text-books, and those employed forty years ago,is vividly shown by the pictures given in Figs. 18 and fifteen years ago pictures were quite sparingly used,and the quality was poor. During the last ten years there.
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