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GEOGRAPHY

What are his chief works? 899.

What did he paint in the Albany Capitol? 899.

What brought Whistler into conflict with art critics? 2077.

What paintings is John La Farge famous for? 1020.

Through what discovery did he make important improvements? 1020.

What work did he publish? 1020.

Where are his most striking works? 1020.

Where was Augustus Saint Gaudens born? 1656.

What are his most important statues? 1657.

What trade did he learn? 1656.

Where is one of the most celebrated cameos? 315.

How is the value of an oriental rug determined? 1642.

How many varieties of Persian rugs are there? 1642.

What are the designs of all Mohammedan rugs? 1642.

What is pastel drawing? 551.

Why is the term watercolor drawing falling into disuse? 551.

What are wash drawings? 551.

What kind of drawing belongs to construction? 551.

What does the term freehand drawing cover? 551.

How is drawing taught in some modern art schools? 552.

What is the educational value of drawing? 552.

GEOGRAPHY

How is the word geography now used? 745.

What does physical geography deal with? 745.

What does political geography give an account of? 745.

Who were the first to spread the knowledge of distant lands? 745.

What does the History of Herodotus do? 745.

Who first used parallels? 745.

Did he believe the earth was a sphere? 745.

Who has reached the nearest point to the north pole? 745.

Do the deep-sea exploring expeditions help geography? 745.

How does geography differ from physiography? 746.

What is the real function of geography? 746.

.Who was the first great teacher of geography? 746.

What is the best definition of geography? 746.

How does geography help a child in the first grade? 746.

When should geography begin as a separate study? 746.

Why is the new geography better than the old? 746.

What one thing needs emphasis in geography teaching? 746.

What is the best set of books on geographical work? 746.

What should each classroom be supplied with? 746.

What was the ancient belief as to the shape of the earth? 573.

How do we know the earth is a sphere?" 573.

What is the earth's shape at the poles? 573.

How does the shape affect gravitation? 573.

Why is gravitation called weight? 796.

How far is the earth from the sun and moon? 573.

How far is the north pole from the south pole? 573.

What is the diameter of the equator? 573.

How many inches is one forty-millionth part of the earth's circumference? 1213.

How can the character of the interior be inferred? 573.

How often does the earth rotate on its axis? 573.

What are the poles of the earth? 1516.

What makes daylight and darkness? 573.

How is the longitude of a ship determined at sea? 1114.

What government offered $100,000 for determining the longitude of a ship at sea? 412.

From what cities is longitude reckoned in making maps? 1207.

How is latitude found at sea? 1035.

How can you find the Pole Star? 186.

How long does it take the earth to go around the sun? 573.

How is the axis of the earth inclined? 574.

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