*Six busy days it took in all* *To make a World and plan its jail,* *The seventh, SOMEONE said 'twas good* *And rested, should you think he could?* *Knowing what the result would be* *There would have been no rest for me!* - Claire Beecher Kummer. It takes much longer to write a Geography than, according to Moses, it took to create the World which it is the Geographer's business to describe; and since the Critic has been added to the list of created beings, it is no longer the fashion for the Author to pass judgment on his own work.