Appleton's Atlas of the United States. (Appleton and Co., New
York.)—This atlas gives us two maps of the United States—(1), Eastern ; (2), Western—and thirty-eight county maps of the States, with a descriptive text, in which are also to be found some maps of special localities and railway systems. There is no index—surely a most necessary thing—nor are the maps divided in the new way, into parts marked thus, "A, d." The text is full of information. Some of the educational statistics will be interesting :—
Population. Enrolled. Average Attendance.
Massachuaetts 1,432,183 339,174 ... 253,955 Wisconsin 1,563,423 ... 321,718 174,844 Vermont... ... 382,236 71.659 ... 49,031 South Carolina... ... 995,577 ... 178,023 ... 1,093 Virginia 1,512,565 303,343 176,469 Oregon .. ... 174.766 49,176 35,245 New York ...
... 5,082,871 ......
1,014,845 ... 611,019
Mr. Mulhall gives the statistics of England as follows :— Population. Enrolled. Average Attendance.
26,110,000 2,751,300 2,063,575
But then, these figures omit the whole of the upper and middle classes, which are included in the American figures. It will bet observed that the Oregon figures are very high.
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