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Excerpt from Historical Geography on a Regional Basis, Vol. 1 This little volume has been written, at the invitation of the Editor, to give students a more definite idea of the inter-relation of Geography and History than they can possibly gain from the passing allusions in books entirely devoted to the one or the other subject. Of the importance of Historical Geography there can be no doubt: but there is a great deal of confusion of terms. It is often forgotten that Geography is the substantive and Historical the adjective, and it is most important to give the science its proper physical basis. Moreover, the study of it should be based upon reason and not upon memory. Kaleidoscopic political changes at rapid intervals do not require a high order of intelligence to acquire, and are merely interesting; the study of man on the earth is a far deeper matter. Moreover, the basis of treatises upon Historical Geography hitherto has been in the main chronological. That is well for the History; but it gives no sort of clue to the real physical causes of things, and so loses its value as a mental discipline. 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.