essons of 1897, =Klemm's Relief Map of the Roman Empire=. Every scholar
who can draw should have a copy of it. Being blank, it can be beautifully
colored: waters, blue; mountains, brown; valleys, green; deserts, yellow;
cities marked with pin-holes; and the journeys of Paul can be traced upon
it."--MRS. WILBUR F. CRAFTS, _President International Union of
Primary Sabbath-School Teachers of the United States_.

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=DESCRIPTION OF THE MAPS.=

These maps are made in two forms, both with beautifully executed relief
(embossed)--the cheaper ones of plain stiff paper similar to drawing paper
(these are to be substituted for and used as outline map blanks), the
others covered with a durable waterproof surface, that can be quickly
cleaned with a damp sponge, adapted to receive a succession of markings
and cleansings. Oceans, lakes, and rivers, as well as land, appear in the
same color, white, so as to facilitate the use of the map as a
=_geographical slate_=.

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=WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON
_3 & 5 W. 18th St. ... New York City_=

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=How the United States Has Grown=

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Several years ago a modest little volume called "The Evolution of an
Empire" set forth, with a lucidity that was as remarkable as its
brevity, the beginnings and growth of Germany; its author, Mary Platt
Parmele, has since followed the same methods in treating France and
England, and now brings out a fourth volume in the noteworthy series, a
somewhat larger book, called in full, "The Evolution of an Empire: A
Brief Historical Sketch of the United States," published, as were the
others, by William Beverley Harison (New York). In an interesting
preface Mrs. Parmele boldly explains her chief intention, which is to
disclose, in so vivid a light that he who runs may read, the fundamental
causes and their resulting events which have formed and are still
shaping our life. She places the study of history upon a moral basis, as
it shows "the great lines of tendency which make for righteousness and
justice and human freedom." "To comprehend is higher than to remember,"
is her text, and she adds some valuable advice to the teacher of
children: "With the growing complexity of life and events it is becoming
an impossible task for the memory to carry the increasing burden of
details; and even