Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: R.G., Golledge, H. Couclelis, P. Gould (editors) A Ground for Common Search, Santa Barbara E.W. Soja Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory Bill McGibben The End of Nature G.J.R. Linge, and G.A. van der Knaap, (editors) Labour, Environment and Industrial Change Sophie Watson Accommodating Inequality D.I. Smith and J.W. Handmer (editors) Flood Insurance and Relief in Australia G.J. Symen, B.J. Shaw, D.M. Fenton and W.S. Mueller (editors) The Planning and Evaluation of Hallmark Events M. Hordern Mariners are Warned! John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. O.H.K. Spate The Pacific since Magellan Allen J. and White J.P., 1988: “The Lapita homeland: some new data and an interpretation” Campbell I.C., 1990; A History of the Pacific Islands Pacific Islands, Journal of the Polynesian Society Spate, O.H.K., 1978: The Pacific as an Artefact, In N. Gunson, (ed.), The Changing Pacific: Essays in Honour of HE Maude Spate, O.H.K., 1983: The Pacific since Magellan: Il. Monopolists and Freebooters J.A. Kesby and K.J. Frawley The Forest Record in Australian Local and Regional History: An Annotated Bibliography Panbiogeography Special Issue New Zealand Journal of Zoology Jim Falk and Andrew Brownlow The Greenhouse Challenge: What's to be done?     

BOOKS RECEIVED

Agricultural geography by P. Laut An historical introduction to the economic geography of Great Britain by Wilfred Smith The world's villages edited by T.O. Newnham Southwest Pacific by K.B. Cumberland Atlas of Australian Soils (C.S.I.R.O. in association with Melbourne Major soil groups of New Guinea and their distribution by H.A. Haantjens, J.J. Reynders, W.L.P.J. Mouthaan and F.A. van Baren Capitalism, primitive and modern. Some aspects of Total economic growth by T. Scarlett Epstein Proceedings of the Fifth New Zealand Geography Conference, Auckland, August, 1967 The blockfields of northeastern Tasmania by N. Caine Population geography by M.G.A. Wilson Of islands and men. Studies in Pacific history by H.E. Maude Maps and their makers by G.R. Crone Landforms of cold climates by J.L. Davies Pacific market-places edited by H.C. Brookfield The draining of the Fens by H.C. Darby Fitzroy Region, Queensland: Resources series prepared by and available from Departmentof National Development, Canberra: Australia, New Zealand and the South-west Pacific by J.H. Holmes The farthest coast edited by C.C. Macknight Atlas of Australian Resources, Second series, 1962 continuing, prepared and distributed by the Department of National Development, Canberra. Map sheet accompanied by booklet commentary. The Mediterranean valleys. Geological changes in historical times by C. Vita-Finzi Landscape studies by J.H. Shaw and F.G. Kirkwood Longmans Australian Geographies edited by G.H. Lawton     

Reviews

Books reviewed: J.E. Hobbs, J.A. Lindesay and H.A. Bridgman (eds) Climates of the Southern Continents: Present, Past and Future K. Dodds Geopolitics in Antarctica: Views from the Southern Oceanic Rim H.D. Foster, D.C. Lai and N. Zhou (eds) The Dragon’s Head: Shanghai, China’s Emerging Megacity R. Hall and J.D. Holloway (eds) Biogeography and Geological Evolution of SE Asia A.J. Conacher and M. Sala (eds) Land Degradation in Mediterranean Environments of the World: Nature and Extent, Causes and Solutions G. Tansey and J. D’Silva (eds), The Meat Business Devouring a Hungry Planet J.B. Kirkpatrick A Continent Transformed: Human Impact on the Natural Vegetation of Australia J.S. Duncan and D.J. Gregory (eds) Writes of Passage: Reading Travel Writing R. Le Heron, L. Murphy, P. Forer and M. Goldstone (eds) Explorations in Human Geography: Encountering Place J. Overton and R. Scheyvens (eds) Strategies for Sustainable Development: Experiences from the Pacific R. Harding and E. Fisher (eds) Perspectives on the Precautionary Principle E. Darier (ed.) Discourses of the Environment S. Body‐Gendrot The Social Control of Cities? A Comparative Perspective M.J. Dear The Postmodern Urban Condition     

BOOK NOTES

Fire Insurance Plans in the National Map Collection, by Robert J. Hayward Atlas of Kentucky, edited by P.P. Karan and Cotton Mather Readings in Rural Settlement Geography, edited by R.L. Singh and K. N. Singh Farmers on the Road, by Michael D. Sublett (isbn 963-05-0673-4). Vol. 6: Finnish Farming: Typology and Economics, by Uuno Varjo regional studies Italy, Switzerland and Austria, by Henry Rees The Moselle, by Jean Cermakian Urban Sweden: Changes in the Distribution of Population -the 1960'sin Focus, by Thomas Falk Europe 2000, edited by Peter Hall Skellig: Island Outpost of Europe, by Des Lavelle The Landscapes of Iceland: Types and Regions, by H. Preusser The Coast of England and Wales in Pictures, by J. A. Steers Geography of the U.S.S.R., 3rd edition, by Paul E. Lydolph Regional Landscapes of the United States and Canada, by Stephen S. Birdsall and John W. Florin Urban Japan: Its Foundations and Growth, by David Kornhauser Changing South-east Asian Cities: Readings on Urbanization, edited by Y.M. Yeung and C.P. Lo Modern Physical Geography, by Arthur N. Strahler and Alan H. Strahler , John Wiley Geography and Man's Environment, by Arthur N. Strahler and Alan H. Strahler Geomorphology from the Earth, by Karl W. Butzer Earth Science, by F. Martin Brown and Whyne Bailey Earth, by Frank Press and Raymond Siever Earthquakes: A Primer, by Bruce A. Bolt Earth Materials and Earth Processes: An Introduction, by Lynn S. Fichter and George T. Farmer , Jr . Geology in Environmental Planning, by Arthur D. Howard and Irwin Remson Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations, by David F. Mc Carthy Continents Adrift and Continents Aground, readings from Scientific American, with introductions by J. Tuzo Wilson The New View of the Earth: Moving Continents and Moving Oceans, by Seiya Uyeda The North American City, by Maurice H. Yeates and Barry J. Garner The Study of Urban Geography, by Harold Carter Cities, Space and Behavior: The Elements of Urban Geography, by Leslie J. King and Reginald G. Golledge Geography and Development: A World Regional Approach, by Don R. Hoy Geography and Inequality, by B.E. Coates , R.J. Johnston , and P.L. Knox Introducing Cultural Geography, by J.E. Spencer and W.L. Thomas Human Geography: Culture, Society and Space, by Harm J. de Blij An Invitation to Geography, by David A. Lanegran and Risa Palm Geography: Regions and Concepts, by Harm J. de Blij Human Geography: A Welfare Approach, by David M. Smith     

Reviews

Books reviewed: D.C. Mercer ‘A Question of Balance’: Natural Resources Conflict Issues in Australia K. Dodds Geopolitics in Antarctica: Views from the Southern Oceanic Rim S.H. Preston Demography: Measuring and Modelling Population Processes A.S. Goudie The Human Impact on the Natural Environment R.J. Morley Origin and Evolution of Tropical Rainforests D.P. Drew and H. Holtzl Karst Hydrogeology and Human Activities. Impacts, Consequences and Implications K. O’Connor (ed.) Housing and Jobs in Cities and Regions: Research in Honour of Chris Maher S. Schech and J. Haggis Culture and Development: A Critical Introduction M. Watts, R.J. Johnston, D. Gregory and G Pratt (eds) The Dictionary of Human Geography J. Dargavel and B. Libbis (eds) Australia’s Ever‐Changing Forests IV: Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Australian Forest History S.O. Brizga and B.L. Finlayson (eds) River Management: The Australasian Experience D. Mitchell Cultural Geography: A Critical Introduction Arthur Conacher and Jeanette Conacher Environmental Planning and Management in Australia A. Wirthmann, translated by D. Busche Geomorphology of the Tropics     

BOOKS RECEIVED

Physical geography by W.J. Jonas and B.P. Sheedy The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt edited by M. Aurousseau A cruise in a Queensland labour vessel to the South Seas by W.E. Giles, edited by D. Scarr Australian-New Zealand defence co-operation edited by T.B. Millar The Paracas Papers, Vol 1, No.2, Reconnaissance Report by A.K. Craig and N.P. Psuty Man and the land, second edition by G.F. Carter A geography of Wales by H.J. Savory China: evolution of a revolution 1959-66 by J.D. Simmonds Exploiting our economic potential edited by R. Shearer Geography and regional administration by T.W. Freeman Case studies in Australasian geography edited by R.S. Coggins Struggle for the Snowy, The background of the Snowy Mountains Scheme by L. Wigmore Fitzroy Region, Queensland: Resources series prepared by and available from Department of National Development, Meteorology and climatology of New Zealand. A bibliography complied by C.J. Sparrow and T.R. Healy The geography of state policies by J.R.V. Prescott Acadia The geography of early Nova Scotia to 1760 by A.H. Clark     

Notes and News

FESTSKRIFT TILLEGNAD EDVARD WESTERMARCK. I anledning av Hans Femtivårsdag Den 20 November 1912. Helsingfors: J. Simelii Arvinjars Boktryikeriaktiebolag, 1912. 8vo, pp. vii + 304. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

LAOGRAPHIA: The organ of the Greek Anthropological Society; Vol. iii.–Vol. iv. 1–2, 1911–13. Athens: P. A. Sakellarios. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

DRACHEN UND DRACHENKÄMPFER. Von GÉZA RÓHEIM. (An off-print, with enlargements, from Jung-Ungarn, 1911.) Berlin, 1912. 4to, pp. 56. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

[GREEK POPULAR SONGS ON ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.] Reprinted from Laographia, vol. iv. By N. G. POLITES. Athens, 1913. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

DESPRE CIMIUTURI. By G. PASCU. Part I., Philological Study. Jasi, 1909. 8vo, pp. xi + 276. Part II, Folkloric Study. Bucharesti, 1911. 4to, pp. 220. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

HAUSA FOLK-LORE CUSTOMS, PROVERBS, ETC. By R. SUTHERLAND-RATTRAY. Preface by R. R. MARETT. 2 vols. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1913. 8vo, pp. xxiv. + 327, 315. 30s. n. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

HAUSA SUPERSTITIONS AND CUSTOMS. An Introduction to the Folk-Lore, and the Folk. By Major A. J. N. TREMEARNE. John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, 1913. 8vo., pp. xv + 548. Map + 41 pi. + 200 text figs. 21s. n. Reviewed by J. H. Weeks.

MYTHS OF THE MODOCS. By JEREMIAH CURTIN. Sampson. Low, Marston, &; Co., 1913. Cr. 8vo, pp. viii + 389. 12s. 6d. n. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.     

The first Italian geographical congress

EUROPE.

A Geography of Ireland. By O. J. R. Howarth. The Oxford Geographies Edited by A. J. Herbertson. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1911. Price 2s. 6d.

The Place‐Names of Berkshire. By the Rev. Walter R. Skeat. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1911. Price 2s. net.

Nooks and Corners of Yorkshire. By J. S. Fletcher. With a Map. London: Eveleigh Nash, 1911. Price 2s. 6d. net.

ASIA.

The Story of Korea. By Joseph H. Longford, late His Majesty's Consul at Nagasaki; Professor of Japanese, King's College, London; Barrister‐at‐law, Middle Temple; Author of “The Story of Old Japan.” With Thirty‐three Illustrations and Three Maps. London and Leipsic: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. Price 10s. 6d. net.

AFRICA.

The Opening‐up of Africa. By Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. Home University Library of Modern Knowledge. London: Williams and Norgate. Price 1s. net.

“Yakusu” The Very Heart of Africa. Being some Account of the Protestant Mission at Stanley Falls, Upper Congo. By H. Sutton Smith, Baptist Missionary Society. London and Edinburgh: Marshall Brothers, Limited, 1911. Price 6s.

GENERAL.

British Plants: Their Biology and Geology. By J. F. Bevis, B.A., B.Sc., and H. J. Jeffrey, A.R.C.Sc. London: Alston Rivers, 1911. Price 4s. 6d. net.     

Reviews/Comptes rendus

Canadians in Conversation about the Future, by Cathy Starrs Images of Canadian Futures: The Role of Conservation and Renewable Energy, by W.R. Derrick Sewell and Harold D. Foster The River Barons: Montreal Businessmen and the Growth of Industry and Transportation, by Gerald J.J. Tulchinsky Imperial Russia in Frontier America: The Changing Geography of Supply of Russian America, 1784-1867, by James R. Gibson Gateway to Siberian Resources (The BAM), by Theodore Shabad and Victor L. Mote Seaport Dynamics, by Louis E. Cellineri The World Trade System: Some Enquiries into Its Spatial Structure, by R.J. Johnston Urban Fields: A Geometry of Movement for Regional Science, by S. Angel and G.M. Hyman Amazon Jungle: Green Hell to Red Desert?, by R.J.A. Goodland and H.S. Irwin Road Investment Programming for Developing Countries: An Indonesian Example, by Yusuf Ahmed , Patrick O'Sullivan , Sujono , and Derek Wilson     

Reviews

P.J. Rimmer (ed.)Pacific Rim Development: Integration and Globalisation in the Asia-Pacific Economy I.H. Burnley, P.A. Murphy and R.H. Fagan Immigration and Australian Cities A. Deville and R. Harding Applying the Precautionary Principle B. O'Neil, J. Raftery and K. Round (eds) Playford's South Australia Essays on the History of South Australia, 1933–1968 G. Seddon Landprints: Reflections on Place and Landscape E.K. Webb Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: J.M. Powell Plains of Promise, Rivers of Destiny: Water Management in the Development of Queensland 1824–1990 J.W. Handmer, A.H.J. Dorcey and D.I. Smith (eds) Negotiating Water: Conflict Resolution in Australian Water Management Norman Mackay and David Eastburn (ed.) The Murray Australian Defence Force Academy. Canberra D.J. Mulvaney (ed). The Humanities and the Australian Environment William J. Lines Taming the Great South Land Melbourne J.B. Kirkpatrick (ed) Tasmanian Native Bush: a Management Handbook Brotchie, J., Batty, M., Hall., and Newtown, P. Cities of the 21 st Century: New Technologies and Spatial Systems Kay J. Anderson Vancouver's Chinatown: Racial Discourse in Canada, 1875–1980 Daniel W. Bromley. Environment and Economy: Property Rights and Public Policy Wetlands: A Threarened Landscape Learmonth, Andrew Disease Ecology     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: John Singe The Torres Strait. People and History L.M. Allen, J.C. Altman and E. Owen (with assistance from W.S. Arthur) Aborigines in the Economy: A Select Annotated Bibliography of Policy-Relevant Research 1985–90 J. C. Altman (editor) Aboriginal Employment Equify by the Year 2000 Peter Jackson Maps of Meaning: An Introduction to Cultural Geography Andrew Goudie The Human Impact on the Natural Environmenr H. Bridgman Global Air Pollution: Problems for the 1990s P.E.V. Charman and B.W. Murphy (Eds.) Soils—Their Properties and Management: A Soil Conservation Handbook for New South Wales K. Pye and H. Tsoar Aeolian Sand and Sand Dunes     

Reviews Of Books

Book reviewed in this article: History and Imagination: Essays in Honour of H. R. Trevor-Roper. Edited by Hugh Lloyd-Jones Studies in Irish History Presented to R. Dudley Edwards. Edited by Art Cosgrove and Donal McCartney. Dublin: University College. (Distributed in Great Britain by Colin Smythe Ltd., Gerrards Cross.)1979. [ix], 253 pp. IR £12.00. Ireland under the Union: Varieties of Tension. Essays in Honour of T. W. Moody. Edited by F. S. L. Lyons and R. A. J. Hawkins. Plantation to Partition: Essays in Ulster History in Honour of J. L. McCracken. Edited by Peter Roebuck Documents Illustrating the Crisis of 1297-98 in England. Edited by Michael Prestwich. The Crown and Local Communities in England and France in the Fifteenth Century. Edited by J. R. L. Highfield and Robin Jeffs. The Public Career of Sir Thomas More. By J. A. Guy. Brighton The House of Lords in the Parliaments of Edward VI and Mary I: An Institutional Study. By Michael A. R. Graves. Cambridge Proceedings in the Parliaments of Elizabeth I: Volume I: 1558–1581. Edited by T. E. Hartley. Queen Elizabeth and the Making of Policy 1572–1588. By Wallace T. MacCaffrey. Commonwealth to Protectorate. By Austin Woolrych. The Declaration of Rights 1689. By Lois G. Schwoerer. London Politics 1713–1717: Minutes of a Whig Club 1714–1717, edited by H. Horwitz The Dynamics of Change: The Crisis of the 1750s and English Party Systems. By J. C. D. Clark. The Parliamentary Agents: A History. By D. L. Rydz. Holland House. By Leslie Mitchell. Gladstone: Church, State and Tractarianism. A Study of His Religious Ideas and Attitudes 1809–1859. By Perry Butler. Lord Ripon 1827–1909: A Political Biography. By Anthony Denholm. Lord Randolph Churchill: A Political Life. By R. F. Foster. Edward Carson. By A. T. Q. Stewart. Property and Politics 1870–1914: Landownership, Law, Ideology and Urban Development in England. By Avner Offer. The Nonconformist Conscience: Chapel and Politics 1870–1914. By D. W. Bebbington. Anthony Eden: A Biography. By David Carlton.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Papers in Urban and Regional Analysis, by A. G. Wilson . Entropy in Urban and Regional Modelling, by A. G. Wilson . New Homes and Poor People: A Study of Chains of Moves, by John B. Lansing , Charles Wade Clifton , and James N. Morgan . The Spatial Dynamics of Modernization in Sierra Leone, by J. Barry Riddell . Neighborhood, City, and Metropolis, by Robert Gutman and David Popenoe , eds. Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke in Chicago, by Gerald F. Pyle . The Study of Urban Geography, by H. Carter . Migration and Regional Development in the United States 1950–1960, by Paul J. Schwind .     

REVIEWS

Dialectic in Practical Religion. Edited by E. R. Leach. The Charter of the Land: Custom and Colonization in Fiji. By Peter France. Aboriginal Advancement to Integration—Conditions and Plans for Western Australia. H. P. Schapper. Aboriginal Settlements—A Survey of Institutional Communities in Eastern Australia. J. P. M. Long. Social Change and the Individual. By Norman Long. Ekagi—Dutch—English—Indonesian Dictionary. By J. Steltenpool. A Subgrouping of Nine Philippine Languages. By Teodoro A. Llamzon     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article The Anglo-Saxon Age c, 400-1042. [Volume III of A History of England.] By D. J. V. Fisher. (New York: Longman, 1974. Pp. x, 374. $10.50.) Islam Under the Crusaders. By Robert Jgnatius Burns, S. J. The Vision of Politics on the Eve of the Reformation: More, Machiavelli, and Seyssel. By J. H. Hexter. The City of Worcester in the Sixteenth Century. By Alan D. Dyer. Sweden's Age of Greatness, 1632-1718. Edited, with an introduction, by Michael Roberts. A History of the Swedish People: From Renaissance to Revolution, By Vilhelm Moberg. Translated from the Swedish by Paul Britten Austin. The Attack on‘Feudalism’in Eighteenth-Century France. By J. Q. C. Mackrell. Politics and Belief in Contemporary France – Emmanuel Mounier and Christian Democracy, 1932-1950. By R. William Rauch, Jr. Statesmen at War: The Strategy of Overthrow, 1798-1799. By Piers Mackesy. Revolutionary Politics in the Long Parliament. By John R. MacCormack. Chartism. By J.T. Ward. George Joachim Goschen: The Transformation of a Victorian Liberal. By Thomas J. Spinner, Jr. Between Science and Religion: The Reaction to Scientific Naturalism in Late Victorian England. By Frank Miller Turner. Engels, Manchester, and the Working Class. By Steven Marcus. The American Problem in British Diplomacy, 1841-1861. By Wilbur Devereux Jones. War Machinery and High Policy: Defence Administration in Peacetime Britain, 1902-1914. By Nicholas &Dombrain. Generalissimo Churchill. By R. W. Thompson. Sword and Pen, A Survey of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill. By Manfred Weidhorn. The Conservative Party, 1918-1970. By T. F. Lindsey and Michael Harrington. Modern Italy: A Topical History. Edited, with an introduction, by Edward R. Tannenbaum and Emiliana P. Noether. The Seizure of Power: Fascism in Italy 1919-1929. By Adrian Lyttelton. The Von Richthofen Sisters: The Triumphant and the Tragic Modes of Love, By Martin Green. New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1974. Pp. 388. $10.95.) The End of Austria-Hungary. By Leo Valiani. The Anschluss Question in the Weirnar Era: A Study of Nationalism in Germany and Austria, 1918-1932. By Stanley Suval. Hitler's Strategy, 1940-1941; The Balkan Clue. By Martin L. Van Creveld. Hitler and His Generals: The Hidden Crisis, January-June, 1938. By C. Deutsch. Hitler's War Aims. Volume II, The Establishment of the New Order. By Norman Rich. Codeword Barbarossa. By Barton Whaley. The Faithful Shepherd: A History of the New England Ministry in the Seventeenth Century. By David D. Hall. Frontier Elements in a Hudson River Village. By Carl Nordstrom. Fame and the founding Fathers. Essays by Douglass Adair. Edited and with an Introduction by H. Trevor Colbourn, A Personal Reminiscence by Caroline Robbins, and a Historiographical Essay by Robert E. Shalhope. The Loyalists in Revolutionary America, 1760-1781. By Robert McCluer Calhoon. Roots of the Republic: A New Perspective on Early American Constitutionalism. By George Dargo. Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina, From 1670 through the Stono Rebellion. By Peter H. Wood. Blacks in Bondage: Letters of American Slaves. Edited by Robert S. Starobin. The Segregation Struggle in Louisiana, 1862-1877. By Roger A. Fischer. A History of American City Government, Vols. I & II. By Ernest S. Griffith. Arming the Union, Small Arms in the Union Army. By Carl L. Davis. Free Men All: The Personal Liberty Laws of the North 1180-1861. By Thomas D. Morris. Held Captive by Indians: Selected Narratives, 1642-1836. Edited by Richard Van Der Beets. White into Red: A Study of the Assimilation of White Persons Captured by Indians. By J. Norman Heard. The American Territorial System. Edited by John Porter Bloom. Destiny Road: The Gila Trail and the Opening of the Southwest. By Odie B. Faulk Makers of American Diplomacy: From Benjamin Franklin to Henry Kissinger. Edited by Frank J. Merli and Theodore A. Wilson. Emissaries to a Revolution: Woodrow Wilson's Executive Agents in Mexico. By Larry D. Hill. American Policy and the Division of Germany: The Clash with Russia over Reparations. By Bruce Kuklick. The Cold War. By Hugh Higgins. Reflections on the Cold War: A Quarter Century of American Foreign Policy. Edited by Lynn H. Miller and Ronald W. Pruessen. The Democratic Party and the Politics of Sectionalism, 1941-1948. By Robert A. Garson. Truman, the Jewish Vote, and the Creation of Israel. By John Snetsinger, The Politics of Turmoil: Essays on Poverty, Race and the Urban Crisis. By Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven. The History of Childhood. Edited by Lloyd deMause. Albert Shaw of the “Review of Reviews”: An Intellectual Biography. By Lloyd J. Graybar. The University of Kansas: A History. By Clifford S. Griffin. Adelaide and the Country 1870-1917: Their Social and Political Relationship. By J. B. Hirst. Latin America: From Dependence to Revolution. Edited by James Petras. APRISMO: The Ideas and Doctrines of Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre. Selceted, edited, and translated by Robert J. Alexander. The Brazilian Communist Party: Conflict and Integration, 1922-1972. By Ronald H. Chilcote. Sugar Slavery: An Economic History of the British West Indies 1623-1775. By Richard B. Sheridan. Ho Chi Minh: A Biographical Introduction. By Charles Fenn.     

Climatic influences in some ancient Mediterranean religions

L'Indo‐Chine française : Étude politique, économique et administrative sur la Cochinchine, le Cambodge, l'Annam et le Tonkin. Par J.‐L. de Lanessak, etc. Avec 5 cartes. Paris : Félix Alcan, 1889. Pp. 760.

The Civilisation of Sweden in Heathen Times. By Oscar Montelius, Ph.D., Professor at the National Historical Museum, Stockholm. Translated from the second Swedish edition, revised and enlarged by the Author, by Eev. F. H. Woods, B.D., Vicar of Chalfont St. Peter. With Maps and 205 Illustrations. London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. Pp. xvi. and 214. Price 14s.

Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. Vol. xiii., 1886–87. Inverness : Northern Chronicle Office, 1888. Pp. xiv. + 372.

The Tour of Dr. Richard Pococke, Lord Bishop of Ossory, through Sutherland and Caithness in 1760, with Introduction and Notes by Daniel William Kemp. Printed at the Darien Press. Published by The Sutherland Association. Edinburgh, 1888.

Sketches from a Tour through Holland and Germany. By J. P. Mahaffy and J. E. Rogers. London : Macmillan and Co., 1889. Pp. xv. and 271. Price 10s. 6d.

The Land of Rubens: A Companion for Visitors to Belgium. By Conrad Burken Huet. Translated from the Dutch, and edited by Albert D. Vandam. London : Sampson Low and Co., 1888. Pp. 232. Price 3s. 6d.

Switzerland: its Mountains, Valleys, Lakes, and Rivers. With 250 Illustrations. New and revised edition. London : J. S. Virtue and Co., 1889. Pp. 388. Price 15s.

A Winter in Albania. By H. A. Brown ; Illustrations by 0. H. Brown. Pp. viii. and 395. London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden, and Welsh. 1888. Price 10s. 6d.

Naples in 1888. By E. N. Rolfe and H. Ingleby. London : Trübner and Co. Price 7s. 6d, Pp. 262.

The First Ascent of the Kasaï, being some Records of Service under the Lone Star, By Chaeles Someeville Lateobe Bateman, sometime Captain and Adjutant of Gendarmerie in the Congo Free State. With 57 Illustrations and 2 Maps. London: George Philip and Son, 1889. Pp. 185. Price 21s.

The Least of all Lands : Seven Chapters on the Topography of Palestine. By William Miller, C.I.E., LL.D., Principal of the Madras Christian College, and Fellow of the University of Madras. London : Blackie and Son, 1888. Pp. 247.

The Statesman's Year‐Booh for 1889. Edited by J. Scott Keltie, Librarian to the Royal Geographical Society. Twenty‐sixth Annual Publication. London : Macmillan and Co., 1889. Price 10s. 6d.

Commercial Geography: based on the latest Researches and Statistical Returns. A complete Manual of the Countries of the World, their chief Centres of Trade and Means of Communication, their Natural Productions, Mineral Resources, Exports, Manufactures, etc. By Dr. Cael Zehden, Professor in the Handels‐Akademie of Vienna. Translated by Findlay Muiehead, M.A. London : Blackie and Son, 1889. Pp. 592.

The Colony of New Zealand: Its History, Vicissitudes, and Progress. By William Gisboene. London : E. A. Petherick and Co., 1888. Pp. 360. Price 7s. 6d.

The Northern Counties Red Book : Inverness, Northern Chronicle Office.

Durch Bosnien. Von Svetozak Boeoevio’. Wien: Buch und Kunstdruckerei “ Stegermiihl.”

The Florida of To‐day : A Guide for Tourists and Settlers. By James Wood Davidson, A.M. Pp. 254 ; with Maps and Illustrations. New York and London : D. Appleton and Co., 1889. Price 5s.

A Guide to Trinidad: A Hand‐booh for the use of Tourists and Visitors. By J. H. Collens, Port of Spain. Second edition. London: Elliot Stock, 1888. Pp. 287. Price 6s.

Making a Start in Canada : Letters from Two Young Emigrants. With an Introduction by Professor Alfred J. Church, M.A. Pp. xx. and 224. London : Seeley and Co., 1889. Price 2s. 6d.     

IV. LITERATURE REVIEW

Literature reviewed in this article: Robert Levine, Public Planning Karen Davis, National Health Insurance: Benefits, Costs, and Consequences Martha Derthick, Uncontrollable Spendinq for Social Services Grants Sar A. Levitan and Joyce K. Zickler, The Quest for a Federal Manpower Partnership Kettil Brun, Lynn Pan, and Ingemar Rexed, The Gentlemen's Club: International Control of Drugs and Alcohol Richard L. Rachin and Eugene H. Czajkoski, Drug Abuse Control Timothy H. Hannan, The Economics of Methadone Maintenance Henry J. Aaron, Who Pays the Property-Tax: A New View George F. Break and Joseph A. Pechman, Federal Tax Reform, the Impossible Dream? Robert K. Yin and Douglas Yates, Street-Level Governments: Assessing Decentralization and Urban Services David J. O'Brien, Neighborhood Organization and Interest Group Processes James Q. Wilson, Thinking about Crime W. Henry Lambright, Governinq Science and Technoloqy James L. Sundquist, Dispersing Population: What America Can Learn from Europe     

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