Reviews of books

• Published in: Scottish Geographical Magazine 1978, Vol.94 (2), p.124-128
• Main Authors: Cruickshank, James G., O'Hare, Gregory P., Ballantyne, C. K., Moir, D. G., Fenton, Alexander, Proudfoot, Bruce, Learmonth, Andrew, Kinniburgh, Ian A. G., Harrison, J.
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0036-9225
• DOI: 10.1080/00369227808736398

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Soil and vegetation systems. By Stephen T. Trudgill. 24×16, 180 pp., numerous figures, tables, glossary, bibliography and indexes. Contemporary Problems in Geography Series, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1977. Biogeography: A Study of Plants in the Ecosphere. By J. Tivy. 21.5×14, 394 pp., numerous figures, index. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1977. £3.05 (paper). Basic Biogeography. By N. Pears. 23.5×15.5, 272 pp., numerous figures, index. Longman, New York and London, 1977. £4.50 (paper). STATISTICS Inferential Statistics for Geographers. By G. B. Norcliffe. 21½×13½, 272 pp., 48 figures, references, 9 statistical tables, index. Hutchinson, London, 1977. £6.95 (£3.50 paper). CARTOGRAPHY Landmarks of Mapping. By R. V. Tooley and Charles Bricker. 39.5×27,276 pp. Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1976. £27.50. An Agricultural Atlas of Scotland. By J. T. Coppock. 25×19, 242 pp. John Donald, Edinburgh, 1976. £15.00. New Zealand in Maps. Edited A. Grant Anderson. 34×21.5, 141 pp. Hodder and Stoughton, Sevenoaks, 1977. £5.50. Planning Atlas of Andhra Pradesh. Ed. S. Manzoor Alam. Hyderabad, Government of India and of Andhra Pradesh. 45×36.5, 96 plates, 25 pp. text, tables. 1976 n.p.q. The Vegetation of Northumberland. By A. G. Lunn. 72×62.5. Scale: 1: 200,000. Six-colour printing by Tyneside Printers Ltd., Department of Geography, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1976. £1.50. Scotland: Historic Industrial Scenes. By I. Donnachie, J. Hume, and M. Moss. 23.5×18, 112 pp. Moorland Publishing Co., Hartington, 1977. £4.20. EDUCATIONAL Industry and Resources. Place and People, No. 5 by Evelyn Bell and Stewart Dunlop. 24.5×19, 76 pp. Heinemann, 1977. £1.25. The Prairies. By Stewart Dunlop. 23×20.5, 48 pp. Longmans, 1977. 85p. Future Landscapes in Britain. By Roger Thomas. 24.5×18.5, 63 pp. Cassell, 1977. £1.10.