COMPENDIUM OF Not in t ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOGRAPHY, FOR THE USE OF ETON SCHOOL; BY THE LATE AARON ARROWSMITH, M.A. A NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION, BY Charles Grenfell THE REV. C. G. NICOLAY, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, PUBLISHED BY E. P. WILLIAMS, AT THE ETON WAREHOUSE, 5 BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS TO BE HAD ALSO OF MESSRS. WHITTAKER & CO., AVE MARIA LANE Mism PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION. THE form which the present Edition of the "Eton Compendium of Geography" has assumed, is due on the one hand to the familiarity which the portions of it relating to Classical and Biblical Antiquity have attained in the mind of those accustomed to its use, and on the other to the necessity for such additions as might place it on a level with the increased Geographical knowledge of the present day; with the political, military, and commercial importance of the Science itself; and consequently with the demand for instruction in it. The localization of Ancient Names, and generally that portion of the Compendium relating to Ancient Geography, has therefore been retained, though much not relating directly to the Science has been omitted, to make room for more relevant matter: and, for the same reason, the quotations, formerly given at length, are now only referred to. The Tables, whether Geographical or Statistical, in the former Edition, have also for the most part been retained, and others added for the sake of comparison; excepting in the case of those relating to the height of mountains, length of rivers, &c. which will usually be found corrected in the text, and more fully in the "Introduction to Physical Geography," now preparing for the use of Eton School. This Work is intended to supersede the first two Chapters of the former Edition of the Compendium, which, while entering largely into astronomical science, omitted many things essential to a comprehensive and practical geographical knowledge. vi The additions to the original work relate chiefly to Modern geographical knowledge, especially of such portions of the surface of the Earth as are of more direct interest to Englishmen, as integral parts of the British empire. It is presumed, that while that has been retained which gained for the Compendium a high character among Scholars, the additions made will supply the wants of Students, whether in general education, or for special application to military or civil purposes. To meet the requirements of the Compendium in its present form, four Modern Maps are to be added immediately to the Eton Comparative Atlas: these will be followed by others in due course; until both scientifically and artistically the Atlas is made worthy of the College whose name it bears upon its Title-page, and of the progress of the Science of Geography up to the middle of the Nineteenth Century. KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON ; January, 1856. C. G. N. The Preface to the First Edition is added, to shew what was the original design of the Author, the Rev. AARON ARROWSMITH, in compiling the Work. |