Makers of globes would confer a benefit on future generations if they would make cheap globes on which was shown, not as much as possible, but as little as possible. If the oceans were shown by a light blue tint, and continents by darker tints of another colour, and if the principal great rivers and mountain chains were shown, it would be sufficient. The names of oceans and countries, and a few great cities, noted capes, &c., are all that should appear. The globe then would serve as the index to the maps of continents, which again would serve as indexes to maps of countries. Globes as made at present are so full of detail, and are so mounted, that they are puzzling to anyone who does not understand the subject well enough to do without them, and are in most cases hindrances as much as helps to instruction.

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