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Turjanmeren maa, Petsamon historia 1920–1944, ed. Jouko Vahtola, Samuli Onnela, photo editor Veikko Aitamurto, Petsamo‐Seura r.y., Rovaniemi 1999.     

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Peter Chel?ický was one of the most interesting figures of the Hussite movement, whose distinctive views on the organisation of Christian society have been unjustly neglected in the west. He criticised the traditional division into three estates: the clergy who had pastoral duties, the knighthood who provided protection, and the peasants who produced the food. Chel?ický argued that this division was pagan in origin and should be given up by Christian communities. He rejected the tripartite division on the grounds that it was a hierarchical arrangement in which the two upper estates lived off and dominated the third estate of ‘working people’. He rejected too not only war and aggression, but also the use of force in general. He believed that no Christian should have power over another Christian, a view which led him to the repudiation of all institutionalised authority as inconsistent with the faith and the way of salvation. His influence continued well beyond his lifetime: Tolstoy, for example, was a great admirer.     

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Die Orkane des Fernen Ostens. By Professor Dr. Paul Bergholz. Max Nössler, Bremen and Shanghai, 1900. Pp. xii + 260.

The Western Rajputana States. By Lt.‐Col. Archibald Adams, L.M.S., Administrative Medical Officer in Eajputana. Junior Army and Navy Stores, Limited, York House, Eegent Street, London, 1899.

Kleines Statistisches Taschenbuch uber alle Lander der Erde. Statistische Tabelle uber alle Staaten der Erde. AVien, Pest, Leipzig : A. Hartleben's Verlag.

Vom Mittelmeer zum Persischen Golf durch den Hauran, die Syrische Wüste und Alcsopotamien. Von Dr. Max Freiherrn von Oppenheim. Zweiter Band. Berlin, 1900. Dietrich Eeimer (Ernst Vohorn). Pp. 434. Price 10 Marks.

Égypte (Guide‐Joanne). 3 vols. Maps, Plans, and Illustrations. Paris : Hachette et Cie, 1900. 20 francs.

Reisebilder aus Persien, Turkestan, und der Turkei. Von E. Kauder. Breslau : S. Schottlaender, 1900. Pp. 359.     

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The Highest Andes. A Record of the first Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina and the Exploration of the surrounding Valleys. By E. A. FitzGerald. London : Methuen and Co., 1899. Pp. 390. Price 30s. net.

In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country. By A. B. Lloyd. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. Price 21s. net.

The Redemption of Egypt. By W. Basil Worsfold, M.A. London : George Allen, 1899. Pp. 333. Price 25s. net.

Alaska and the Klondike. By Angelo Heilprin, F.R.G.S., F.G.S.A. London : C. Arthur Pearson, Limited, 1899. Pp. 315. Price 7s. 6d.

Tunisia and the Modern Barbary Pirates. By Herbert Vivian, M.A., author of Servia, The Poor Man's Paradise, etc. etc. Illustrated with Photographs and a Map. London : C. Arthur Pearson, Limited, 1899. Pp. xvi + 341. Price 15s.

In a Corner of Asia. By Hugh Clifford. ("The Over‐Seas Library.”) London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. Pp. 279. Price 1s. 6d.

Admiral Phillip. By Louis Becke and Walter Jeffert. ("The Builders of Greater Britain” Series.) London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. Pp. xx + 336. Price 5s.

Von Kap zum Nil. Eeise‐Erinnerungen aus Sü'd‐, Ost‐ und Nordafrika. With Illustrations. By Dr. Karl Dove. 2nd edition. Berlin : Allgemeiner Verein für Deutsche Litteratur, 1898. Pp. 319.

Die Republik San Marino. Eine Studie. Von Carl Amico. Augsburg : A. Himmer, 1899. Pp. 159.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. By David Livingstone, M.D. With Notes by Frederick Stanley Arnot. London : John Murray, 1899. Pp. xiv + 447. Price 5s.

Cities and Sights of Spain. A Handbook for Tourists. By E. Main. London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. Pp. 214.

Hazell's Annual for 1900: a Cyclopædic Record of Men and Topics of the Day. Edited by W. Palmer, B.A. (Lond.). London : Hazell, Watson, and Viney, 1900. Pp. 702.

Statistical Year‐Booh of Canada for 1898. Issued by the Department of Agriculture. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1899. Pp. 606.

Aarbog for Dansh Kulturhistorie. Udgiven af Poul Bjerge. København : Lehmann og Stage, 1899. Pp. 192. Price 2 Kr.

Illustrated Guide for Tourists to the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and Darjeeling. 1896. Pp. 46.

Nedbøriagttagelser i Norge. Udgivet af det Norske Meteorologiske Institut. Aargang 1, ii. og iii., 1895 Juli, 1897 December. Kristiania : W. C. Fabricius og Sønner, 1899.     

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In Western India: Recollections of my Early Missionary Life. By the Rev. J. Murray Mitchell, M.A., LL.D. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1899. Pp. 405. Price 5s.

British Africa. With four Maps. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., Ltd., 1899. Pp. 400 +Appendix, pp. xiii. Price 6s.

Bihar. By Stanley Lane‐Poole, M. A., Professor of Arabic at Trinity College, Dublin. ("Rulers of India.”) Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1899. Pp. 206. Price 2s. 6d.

Tirol. Von Max Haushofer. Schweiz. Von J. C. Heer. Land und Leute, herausgegeben von A. Scob'el, Nos. IV. and V. Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen und Klasing, 1899. Pp. 198 and 192. Price M. 4 each.

Nederlandsch Indie onder het Begentschap von Koningin Emma, 1890–1898. Batavia: G. Kolff and Co., 1898. Pp. xvi + 351.

From the Alps to the Andes. Being the Autobiography of a Mountain Guide. By Mattias Zurbriggen. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. Pp. 269. Price 10s. Gd. net.

Two Women in Klondike. By Mart E. Hitciicock. New York and London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. Pp. 485. Price 12s. 6d.

In India. By G. W. Steevens, author of With Kitchener to Khartum, Egypt in‐1898, The Land of the Dollar, The Conquering Turk, etc. Crown 8vo. Pp. vi + 365. With a Map. London and Edinburgh : William Blackwood and Sons, 1899. Price 6s.

Our Island Empire. A Handbook of Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands. By Charles Morris. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co. Pp. 488.

A Class‐Booh of Modern Geography. With Examination Questions, Notes, and Index. By William Hughes, F.R.G.S., late Professor of Geography in King's College, London. London: George Philip and Son, 1898. Pp. xvi + 472. Price 3s. 6d.     

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Facts and Fancies about Java. By Augusta de Wit. London : Luzac and Co., 1900. Pp. 259. Price 7s. 6d. net.

A Guide to Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc. By Edward Whymper.

A Guide to Zermatt and the Matterhorn. By Edward Whymper. London : John Murray. Fourth Annual Edition, 1900. Price 3s. net each.

Murray's Handbook for Ireland. Fifth Edition. Revised and Edited by John Cooke, M.A. With Maps and Plans. Pp. 516. Price 9s.

Murray's Handbook for Central Italy. Twelfth Edition. Rewritten by the Rev: Herbert H. Jeaffreson, M.A. With Maps and Plans. Pp. 313. Price 9s. London : John Murray, 1900.

The Rise of the Russian Empire. By Hector H. Munro. London : Grant Richards. Pp. viii + 334. Price 10s. 6d.

The Teaching of Geography in Switzerland and Northern Italy. Being the Report presented to the Court of the University of Wales on a visit to Switzerland and North Italy in 1898, as Gilchrist Travelling Student, by Joan Berenice Reynolds, B.A. London : C. J. Clay and Sons, 1899. Pp. xii + 112.

The “Contour” Road‐Book of England—Western Division, including Wales. By Harry R. G. Inglis. With 500 Maps and Plans. London and Edinburgh : Gall and Inglis. India paper edition, 3s. 6d. net.

Year‐Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland. Compiled from Official Sources. London : Charles Griffin and Co., Limited, 1900. Pp. viii + 292.

Illustrated Guide to the Vale of Yarrow. By James M. Menzies. Paisley and London : Alexander Gardner, 1900. Pp. 108.

Viajes de Fray Francisco Menendez a Nahuelhuapi. Publicados i comentados por Francisco Fonck. Valparaiso : Carlos F. Niemeyer, 1900. Pp. xix + 528.

Congrès National des Sociétes Françaises de Géographie, xix^e Session. Marseille, 1899. Pp. 538.

Atti del Terzo Congresso Geografico Italiano. Volume primo, pp. 319 ; volume secondo, pp. 671. Firenze, 1889.

Highways and Byways in Normandy. By Pearcy Dearmer, M.A. With Illustrations by Joseph Pennell. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. New York : The Macmillan Company, 1900. Price 6s.     

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Le Tour D'Asie, ij. L'Empire Du Milieu. By Marcel Monnier. Paris : Librairie Plon. Pp. 373. 1899.

A ‘Short History of the Expansion of the British Empire, 1500–1870. By W. H. Woodward. Cambridge : The University Press, 1899.

In Dwarf‐Land and Cannibal Country. A Record of Travel and Discovery in Central Africa. By A. B. Lloyd, with Introduction by the Right Hon. Sir John H. Kennaway, Bart., M.P. 14G Illustrations and Maps. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Pp. xxiv + 385. Price 6s.

Notes sur l'Inde, with 30 Illustrations. Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch. Paris, n.d.

The Civilisation of India. By Romsh C. Dutt. (The Temple Primers.) 146 pp., 16mo.

B. Bradshaw's Dictionary of Bathing‐Places, Climatic Health‐Resorts, Mineral Waters, Sea Baths, and Hydropathic Establishments. With Maps and Plans. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., Ltd., 1900. Pp. xl + 374. Price 2s. 6d.

The Natal Almanac, Directory, and Yearly Register, 1900. Pietermaritzburg : P. Davis and Sons. Pp. xxx + 928 + 371.

Maryland Weather Service. Volume I. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins Press, 1899.     

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En Afrique avec le Missionaire Coillard. Par Alfred Bertrand. Genève : Ch. Eggiman et Cie., Éditeurs.

A Geography of the British Empire, By Lionel W. Lyde, M.A., F.R.S.G.S. London : Adam and Charles Black, 1900. Price 1s.

Among the Man‐Eaters. By John Gaggin. (The Overseas Library.) London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Price 1s. 6d

A Brief History of Eastern Asia. By L. C. Hannah, M.A. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Price 7s. Gd.

The Boer States, Land and People. By A. H. Keane, late Vice‐President, Anthropological Institute. With a Map. London : Methuen and Co., 1900. Pp. xx + 307. Price 6s.

Two Years in Palestine and Syria. By Margaret Thomas. Sixteen Illustrations in colour. London : John C. Nimmo, 1900. Price 12s. Gd. net.

Das Deutsche Land, in seinen charakterischen Zilgen und seinen Beziehungen zu Geschichte und Leben der Menschen. By Professor Dr. J. Kutzen. Fourth edition, completely revised by Dr. Victor Steinecke. Breslau : Ferdinand Hirt. 1900. Pp. 587. Indices. 116 maps and illustrations: also 9 in colours. Price, 10 marks.

Instructions for the Prevention of Malarial Fever, for the use of Residents in Malarious Places. University Press of Liverpool. 1900. Second edition. Pp. 14.

Report of the Malarial Expedition of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Medical Parisitology. By Drs. Ross, Annette, and Austen. With supplementary reports. The University Press of Liverpool. 1900. Pp. 47. Addenda, 5 plates and 4 maps. Eight illustrations in text. Price, 10s. 6d.     

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Baedeker's Central Italy and Rome. With 11 Maps, 46 Plans, a Panorama of Rome, etc. Thirteenth Revised Edition. London : Dulan and Co., 1900. Pp. 454. M. 7.50.

Baedeker's Southern Italy, Sicily, etc. With 28 Maps and 19 Plans. Thirteenth Revised Edition. London : Dulan and Co., 1900. Pp. 431. M. 6.

The Baces of Man: An Outline of Anthropology and Ethnography. By J. Deniker, Sc.D. (Paris). With 176 Illustrations and 2 Maps. London : Walter Scott, Ltd., 1900. Pp. 576. Three Appendices and Index. Price 6s.

The Story of West Africa. By Mart H. Kingsley. ("The Story of the Empire Series.”) London : Horace Marshall and Son, N.D. Price 1s. 6d. Pp. 165 and Index.

The Story of West Africa is of extreme interest, and from Miss Kingsley's previous work one was led to expect that it would be well told, nor are we disappointed, for she has managed, with great ability, to give the history of the West

The Races of Europe: A Sociological Study. (Lowell Institute Lectures.) By William Z. Ripley, Ph.D. Accompanied by a Supplementary Bibliography of the Anthropology and Ethnology of Europe. Published by the Public Library of the City of Boston. London : Kegan Paul, 1900. Pp. 608 and Index, and 160. 222 Portrait Types, and 87 Maps and Diagrams. Price 18s. net.

Natal, the Land and its Story. A Geography and History, with Maps. By Robert Russell, Superintendent of Education, Natal. London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1899. Pp. 280 + Index ix. Price 2s. 6d. net.

Journals and Papers of Ghauncy Maples, D.D., F.R.G.S., late Bishop of Likoma, Lake Nyasa, Africa. Edited by Ellen Maples. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899.

Twelve Pioneer Missionaries. By George Smith, C.I.E., LL.D. With Portraits. Pp. 304. London, Edinburgh, and New York : Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1900. Price 7s. 6d.

Bougie, die Perle Nord‐Afrikas. Prag : Heinr. Mercy Sohn, 1899. Folio. Pp 122.     

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Lehrbuch der Geographie, von Hermann Wagner. Sechste, gänzlich umgear‐beitete Auflage von Guthe‐Wagner's “Lehrbuch der Geographie.” Erster Band—Erschienen in 4 Lieferungen, 1894–1899—Einleitung. Allgemeine Erdkunde. Hannover und Leipzig. Hahn'sche Buchhandlungen, 1900. Pp. xvi + 882.

La Traversée de l'Afrique du Zambèze au Congo Français. Par Edouard Foá. Paris: Librairie Plon. Pp. xii + 323.

Eaglehawk and Crow: A Study of the Australian Aborigines. By John Matiiew, M.A., B.D. London : David Nutt; and Melbourne : Melville, Mullen, and Slade, 1899. With Illustrations and a Linguistic Map. Pp. xvi. and 288. Price 18s. net.

Origin and Character of the British People. By Nottidge Charles Macnamara. London : Smith, Elder, and Co. 1900. Pp. 234. With 33 Illustrations. Price 6s.

La Rénovation de l'Asie. Par Pierre Leroy‐Beaulieu. Armand Colin et Cie, Editeurs. Paris, 5. Rue de Mézières, 1900.

Narrative of Cruises in the Mediterranean during the Greek War of Independence, 1822–26. By William Black, L.E.C.S.E., Surgeon H.M.S. Chanticleer. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd; London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Limited, 1900. Price 14s.

British America. ("The British Empire Series.”) London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., Limited, Paternoster House, Charing Cross Road, 1900.

Bilder aus dem Kaukasus. Neue Studien zur Kenntnis Kaukasiens. Von C. von Hahn, Professor am I. Gymnasium zu Tiflis. Leipzig : Dunckler und Humbolt, 1900. Pp. 335. Price 6 M.

Surveying and Exploring in Siam. By James McCarthy, F.R.G.S., Director‐General of the Siamese Government Surveys. London : John Murray, 1900. Pp. xii + 215. Price 10s. 6d. net.

The Value of the Waters of the Great Rivers of India. By Major‐General F. C. Cotton.

Die Insel Giglio. Prague : Heinr. Mercy Sohn, 1900. Folio. Pp. 127.

Nelson's Supplementary Reader—The Story of the North‐West and North‐East Passages. By C. G. Cash, F.R.S.G.S. London, Edinburgh, and New York : Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1899.

La Spéléologie on Science des Cavernes. Par E. A. Martel (Scientia, Mars 1900). Paris : G. Carré et C. Naud. Pp.126. Price 2 frcs.

Dent's County Guides.—I. Hampshire with the Isle of Wight. By George A. B. Dewar, John Vaughan, and others. II. Norfolk. By William A. Duff. London : J. M. Dent and Co., 1900. Price 4s. 6d. net each.

Sir Stamford Raffles. England in the Far East. By Hugh E. Egerton, M.A. ("Builders of Greater Britain” Series.) London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Pp. 290. Price 5s.

Khaki in South Africa. China of To‐day: The Yellow Peril. London : George Newnes, Ltd., 1900. Price 5s. each.

How to read the War News from China. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Pp. 142. Price 1s.

The Dominion of Canada: With Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska. Handbook for Travellers. By Karl Baedeker. Second revised edition. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1900. Pp. lxii + 268. Price M. 5.     

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Mongolia and the Mongols. Results of a Journey in Mongolia performed in the Years 1892–1893. By A. Pozdnieëf. Tome 2. (In Russian.) St. Petersburg: Press of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1898. Pp. xxix+ 517.

Dans la Grande Forêt de l'Afrique Centrale. By Franz Thonner. Translated from the German. Pp. x +115. With 86 Plates and 3 Maps.

The New Pacific. By Hubert Howe Bancroft. New York: 1900.

The Real Malay. By Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham, K.C.M.G. London and New York : John Lane, 1900. Price 6s.

Rajah Brooke. By Sir Spenser St. John, G.O.M.G. ("Builders of Greater Britain Series.”) London : T. Fisher Unwin, Paternoster Square, 1899. Price 5s.

A New Ride to Khiva. By Robert L. Jefferson, F.R.G.S. London : Methuen and Co., 1899. Price 6s.

Quaint Corners of Ancient Empires—Southern India, Burma, and Manila. By M. M. Shoemaker. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. Pp. 212. Price 10s. 6d. net.

Fifteen Years’ Sport and Life in the Hunting‐Grounds of Western America and British Columbia. By W. A. Baillie‐Grohman. London : Horace Cox, 1900. Pp. 403. Price 15s. net.

Narrative of a Journey in Western China. By G. E. Grum‐Grzhimailo. Vol. II.—Across the Pei‐Shan and Nan‐Shan to the Valley of the Yellow River. (In Russian.) St. Petersburg : The Imperial Russian Geographical Society, 1899. Pp. 445.

Guide to Queensland. Compiled from Official and Private Records, with the recognition of the Hon. Sir Horace Tozer, K.C.M.G. By Charles S. Rutlidge; Map and Illustrations. London : Dean and Son, 1899. Pp. 16V.

Western Australia; its Position and Prospects. By Grant Chambers. Map and Illustrations. Perth : by authority : R. Pether, Government Printer, 1899. Pp. 151.     

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The Australian Handbook, 1900. With Maps and Plans. Pp. 672. London, Melbourne, etc. : Gordon and Gotch.

Ralph Fitch, England's Pioneer to India and Burma. By J. Horton Ryley, London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. Price 10s. 6d.

In Afric's Forest and Jungle, or Six Years among the Yorubans. By the Rev. R. H. Stone. Edinburgh and London : Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier, 1900. Price 3s. 6d.

Nigeria: Our Latest Protectorate. By Charles H. Robinson, M.A. London : Horace Marshall and Son, 1900. Pp. 223. Price 5s. net.

From Cape Town to Ladysmith. By G. W. Steevens. Edited by Vernon Blackburn. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. Price 3s. 6d.

La Géographie Militaire et les nouvelles Méthodes géographiques. La Fiance du Nord‐Est. By O. Barré. Paris : Berger‐Levrault et Cie., 1899. Pp. 122.

Field Testing for Gold and Silver : a Practical Manual for Prospectors and Miners. By W. Hamilton Merritt, F.G.S. London : Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1900. Pp. viii + 144. Price 5s. net.

Paris. By Augustus J. C. Hare. Two vols. Second edition ; revised. London : George Allen, 1900. Pp. 268 and 290. Price 3s. each vel.     

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Climatic deterioration in the later middle ages was associated with an increasing frequency of marine storm surges affecting the coasts of the southern North Sea. This paper investigates the impact of storm surges upon the lands bordering the Thames estuary and tidal river between the mid-thirteenth and mid-fifteenth centuries. Land use in the coastal and riverine marshes is reviewed, and the means and costs of defence against marine flooding explored. The impact of flooding upon human use of the marshlands, upon the suburbs of medieval London and upon the Thames fisheries are all investigated. Stress is placed upon the complex interaction of economic and environmental factors in determining the response to the threat of marine flooding.