Excerpt from Principles of Human Geography
In the revised edition of this book large parts Of Chapter II have been rewritten as have certain sections of Chapters IV, VII, X, and XIII. Minor alterations have been made in many other chapters and new problems have in some cases been added. The following persons have helped materially iii the revision by critical reading of the entire book or of parts of it dealing with their specialties. Their kindness is gratefully acknowledged: G. G. Chisholm, Professor of Geography, University Of Edinburgh; William Morris Davis, Pro fossor of Geography, Harvard University; Roland 1\i. Harper, Alabama (ecological Survey; W. J. Humphreys, Professor of Meteor ological Physics, United States Weather Bureau; Adolph Knopf, Associate Professor of Petrology, Yale University; D. H. Markham, Professor of Geography, University of Arkansas; H. A. Mariner, U. S. (joast and (icodctic Survey; Stephen S. Visher, Assistant Professor of Geography, Indiana University, and A. E. Waller, Professor of Botany, Ohio State University.
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