Show AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY instances of tha lenorn nce ol 01 foreigners concerning it the confusion which foreigners make of well illustrated by a german poem which appeared several years ago youths companion the poet with utter unconcern about locations and distances makes such amusing blunders that its literary value is entirely lost the argument is something as follows under a palm tree on the shore of lake erie the hiro is devoured by an alligator the heroine hearing of his fate rushes from her home in the everglades of florida on the banks of lake superior captures the alligator extracts the heros body and buries it with magnificent pomp in greenwood in the city of new york in the state of st louis another german who really wished to know the geography of this country fell into the mistake so common with europeans of not appreciating the rather large scale on which nature has dealt with us in the matter of area of land and water near concord mass is walden pond the little body of water near which lived alone in a hut for about two years nis most famous book is entitled balaen Wa laen it purports to be an account of his life in the hut and ranks with the masterpieces of american literature not long ago a german professor engaged in studies of america received from washington a large map of the continent soon afterward in writing to an eminent american professor and historian the german scholar said he had looked all over the map without finding walden pond this seemed to him an amazing omission |