Reviews of books

EUROPE

Island Going—to the Remoter Isles, chiefly Uninhabited, off the North‐West Corner of Scotland. By Robert Atkinson. 8 1/2 × 5 1/2. Pp. 384. 7 figs. 47 plates. End‐paper maps. London: William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd., 1949. 16s.

The Cairngorms on Foot and Ski. By V. A. Firsoff. 8 1/2 × 5 1/2. Pp. 279. 49 photographs. Line drawings by the author. Map. London: Robert Hale Ltd., 1949. 15s.

Cumberland and Westmorland. By Norman Nicholson. 8 1/2 × 5 1/2. Pp. x+250. 49 illustrations. Map. [The County Books.] London: Robert Hale Ltd., 1949. 15s.

Norfolk. By R. H. Mottram, 9×7. Drawings by Kenneth Rowntree. 55 photographs. 2 maps. [Vision of England.] London: Paul Elek (Publishers) Ltd., 1948. 9s 6d.

’Twixt Foyle and Swilly. By Harry Percival Swan, P.C., F.R.S.A.I., M.R.I.A. 8 1/2 × 5 1/2. Pp. xix+247. 155 illustrations. Sketch map. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis and Co. Ltd., 1949. 10s 6d.

A History of Denmark. By John Danstrup. Translated into English by Verner Lindberg. 8×5. Pp. 195. 4 maps. Copenhagen: Wivel, 1948. Kr. 12.50.

Rome and its Environs. 7 1/4 × 4 3/4. Pp. x+84. 19 photographs. Map. [Les Guides bleus, English series.] Paris: Éditions Nagel, 1950. 250 fr.

ASIA

Guide to 14 Asiatic Languages. By Andrew Boyd. 7 1/2 × 5. Pp. x+262. London: The Pilot Press Ltd., 1947. 9s 6d.

AFRICA

Perspectivas económicas de Angola. By A. C. Valdez Thomaz dos Santos. 9×6. Pp. 235. 3 figs. 28 photographs. Lisbon: Agência Geral das Colónias, 1949.

AMERICA

History of the Buccaneers of America. By James Burney, F.R.S.” Introduction by Malcolm Barnes. 8 1/2 × 5 1/2. Pp. xvi+382. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Reprinted (1912) from the edition of 1816. Second impression, 1949. 18s.

OCEANIA

Tell the White Man: The Life Story of an Aboriginal Lubra. By H. E. Thonemann. 8 1/4 × 5 1/2. Pp. 190. 29 illustrations. End‐paper sketch maps. London and Sydney: William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd., 1949. 12s 6d.

The Coral Sea. By Alan Villiers. 8 1/2 × 5 1/2. Pp.291. 37 plates. Maps by Stephen J. Voorhies. [Oceans of the World, 3.] London: Museum Press Ltd., 1949. 18s.

POLAR REGIONS

A Camera in Antarctica. By Alfred Saunders, f.i.b.p., f.r.p.s. 10 × 7 1/2. Pp. 160. 72 photographs by the author. End‐paper maps. London: Winchester Publications Ltd., 1950. 21s.

That Frozen Land: The Story of a Year in the Antarctic. By David James. 8 1/2 × 5 1/2. Pp. 204. 30 illustrations. 2 maps. 1 plan. London: The Falcon Press Ltd., 1949. 12s 6d.

BIOGRAPHY

A Labrador Doctor. The Autobiography of Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, K.C.M.G., M.D.(Oxon.), F.R.C.S. Introduction by Sir Henry Richards, C.B., LL.D. 9×6. Pp.350. Portrait. End‐paper maps. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1948. 15s.

Nikolai Mikhailovich Przheval'skii. By N. M. Karataev. 8 1/2 × 5 3/4. Pp.284. Frontispiece. Map. [Nauchno ‐ Populyarnaya Seriya.] Moscow and Leningrad: Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 1948. 15 roubles.

EDUCATIONAL

Physical Geography. By Philip Lake. Revised and enlarged by J. A. Steers, G. Manley, and W. V. Lewis. Edited by J. A. Steers. 8 1/2 × 5 1/2. Pp. xxviii+410. 204 figs. 24 plates. 7 maps. Cambridge: University Press. Second edition, 1949. 15s.

Fundamentals of Economic Geography. By Nels A. Bengtson and W. van Royen. Third edition revised in collaboration with A. Espenshade and P. Meigs. 10×7. Pp. xxviii+574. Diagrams, charts, graphs, photographs, and maps. London: Constable and Company Ltd. Third edition, 1950. 42s.

An Historical and Political Geography of Europe. By N. J. G. Pounds, M.A., Ph.D. 8 × 5 1/2. Pp. 540. 163 figs. London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1947. 25s.

The Parish Church. By Patrick Thornhill. 8 1/2 × 5 1/2. Pp. 48. Illustrated. [The Get to Know Series.] London: The Pilot Press Ltd., 1948. 2s.

GENERAL

Les Fondements de la Géographie humaine. By Max. Sorre. 10 × 6 1/2. Tome II. Les fondements techniques. Deuxième partie. Les techniques de production et de transformation des matières premières. Pp. 611–1031. Figs. 36–61. Paris: Armand Colin, 1950. 1000 fr.

History. By V. Gordon Childe. 7 1/2 × 5. Pp.86. 10 illustrations. [Past and Present, Vol. 6.] London: Cobbett Press Ltd., 1947. 7s 6d.     

Reviews of books

Satire in Colonial Spanish America: Turning the New World Upside Down. By Julie Greer Johnson. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1993. Pp. xvii, 224.

La Araucana. Por Alonso De Ercilla Y Zuniga. Edición de Isaias Lerner. Madrid: Editorial Cátedra, 1993. Pp. 1026.

Diente del Parnaso (Manuscrito de la Universidad de Yale). Por Juan Del Valle Y Caviedes. Edición, introducción y notas de Luis Garcia‐Abrines Calvo, con la colaboración de SYDNEY JAIME MUIRDEN. Jaén: Diputación Provincial, 1993. Pp. 481.

Catálogo concordado de la Biblioteca ie Hernando Colón. Tomo 1, 1–400. By Tomas Marin Martinez, Jose Manuel Ruiz Asencio and Klaus Wagner. Madrid: Fundación MAPFRE América, Cabildo de la Catedral de Sevilla, 1993. Pp. 717.

The People of Quito, 1690–1810: Chan, ‘e and Unrest in the Underclass. By Martin Minchom. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, Dellplain Latin American Studies, 1994. Pp. xvii, 297.

Los encomenderos de Quito, 1534–16C 0. Origen y evolución de una élite colonial. By Javier Ortiz De La Tabla Ducasse. Sevilla: Escuela de Estudios Hispano‐Americanos, 1993. Pp. xvi, 377.

Word from New Spain: The Spiritual Au obiography of Madre María de San José (1656–1719). Critical edition and introduction by Kathleen Myers. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1993. Pp. x, 234.

Una partecita del cielo. La vida de Santa Rosa de Lima narrada por Don Gonzalo de la Maza a quien ella Ilamal a padre. Versión paleográfica de Luis Millones. Ensayos de Luis Millones y Fernando Iwasaki. Lima, Perú: Editorial Horizonte, 1993. Pp. 217.

Poema Heroyco al merecido aplauso de Soror Ivana Inés de la Crvz. De Ioseph Zatrilla Y Vico. [Barcelona, 1696]. Edición facsímile de Aureliano Tapia Mendez. Monterrey, N.L.: Talleres Gráficos de Cultura de la Ciudad de México, 1993. Pp. xi, 38.

Carta de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz a su confesor. Autodefensa espiritual. Estudios y notas de Aureliano Tapia Mendez. Monterrey, N.L.: Imprenta Madero (Ciudad de México) para Producciones al Voleo El Troquel, 1993. Pp. 253.

Reading Columbus. By Margarita Zamora. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1993. Pp. xvi, 247.     

Reviews of books

Historia, utopía y ficción de la Ciudad de los Césares. Metamorfosis de un mito. Por FERNANDO AINSA. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1992. Pp. 120.

Cultural Diffusion of Spanish Humanism in New Spain: Francisco Cervantes de Salazar's ‘Diálogo de la dignidad del hombre.’ By DIANNE M. BONO. New York: Peter Lang, 1991. Pp. 161.

Soldiers of the Virgin: The Moral Economy of a Colonial Maya Rebellion. By KEVIN GOSNER. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1992. Pp. xiv, 227.

La crisis del orden colonial. Estructura agraria y rebeliones populares de la Nueva España, 1750–1821. By ERIC VAN YOUNG. México: Alianza Editorial, 1992. Pp. 515.

Esthetic Recognition of Ancient Amerindian Art. By GEORGE KUBLER. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. Pp. xvii, 276.

Books of the Brave: Being an Account of Books and of Men in the Spanish Conquest and Settlement of the Sixteenth‐Century New World. By IRVING A. LEONARD. Introduced by ROLENA ADORNO. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. Pp. xlvii, 453.

Family and Frontier in Colonial Brazil: Santana de Parnaíba, 1580–1822. By ALIDA C. METCALF. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. Pp. xvi, 280.

Los naufragios. By ALVAR NUÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA. Edición crítica de ENRIQUE PUPO‐WALKER. Madrid: Castalia, 1992. Pp. 334.

Estudios de literatura hispanoamericana. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz y otros poetas barrocos de la colonia. By GEORGINA SABAT‐RIVERS. Barcelona: PPU, 1992. Pp. 355.

Vida i sucesos de la monja alférez. Autobiografía atribuida a Doña Catalina de Erauso. Edición, introducción y notas de RIMA DE VALLBONA. Tempe: Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona State University, 1992. Pp. 236.     

Reviews of books

EUROPE

Cornwall and the Cornish. By A. K. Hamilton Jenkin. London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1933. Price 6s.

On Foot in Sussex : A Loiterer's Notebook. By A. A. Evans. London : Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1933. Price “7s. 6d.

The Man who was Sussex. By R. Thurston Hopkins. London : Duckworth and Co. Ltd., 1933. Price 4s. 6d.

England for Everyman. By H. A. Piehler. London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1933. Price 2s. 6d.

Our Forefathers : The Gothonic Nations. Vol. II. By Gudmund SchUtte. Cambridge : At the University Press, 1933. Price 30s.

ASIA

The Physiography of Burma. By H. L. Chhibber, D.Sc, etc. London and Bombay : Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1933. Price 3rs. 8as.

Adventures in the Near East, 1918–1932. By A. Rawlinson, C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., late Lt.‐Col. R.G.A. and Commander R.N.V.R. London : Jonathan Cape, 1934. Revised Edition. Price 12s. 6d.

AFRICA

Niger: The Life of Mungo Park. By L. G. Gibbon. Edinburgh : The Porpoise Press, 1934. Price 12s. 6d.

African Intrigue. By Alfred Batson. London : Jarrolds Ltd., 1934. Price 10s. 6d.

AMERICA

Where Tempests Blow. By Michael H. Mason. London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1933. Price 18s.

AUSTRALASIA

Lasseter's Last Ride. By Ion L. Idriess. Sydney: Angus and Robertson Ltd., 1933. Price 6s.

GENERAL

A Sea‐Lover's Memories. By Thomas Washington Metcalfe. London : Faber and Faber Ltd., 1934. Price 12s. 6d. net.

The Great Migration. By J. Fitzgerald Lee. London : Skeffington and Co., 1932. Price 15s.

A Million Miles in Sail, being the story of the sea career of Captain C. C. Dixon. By J. H. McCulloch. London : Hurst and Blackett Ltd., 1934. Price 12s. 6d.

EDUCATIONAL

Economic Geography. By John McFarlane. Fourth Edition. London : Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1933. Price 10s. 6d.     

Negro problems in tropical Africa: Reviews of recent books

Changes in Scottish planning since the 1960s are discussed, especially the greater involvement of central government and increased consultation with the public. Steady pressure from the economic crisis and from technological change has limited the scope of the regions in planning though they retain a strategic role.     

New books

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

New books

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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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.     

New books

Guide de l'Immigrant à Madagascar. Publié par la Colonie avec le concours du Comité de Madagascar. Paris : Armand Colin et Cie., 1899. 3 vols. and Atlas. Pp. 409, 587, and 439 respectively. Price 40 frcs.

The Yangtze Valley and Beyond. By Mrs. J. F. Bishop, F.R.G.S. London : John Murray, 1899. Pp. xii + 557. Price 21s. net.

Pictures of Travel, Sport, and Adventure. By George Lacy ("The Old Pioneer"). London: C. Arthur Pearson, Limited, 1899. Price 15s. Pp.420.

The Chronology of India from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century. By C. Mabel Duff (Mrs. W. R. Rickmers). Westminster : Archibald Constable and Co., 1899. Price 15s. net.

Portuguese Nyassaland. An Account of the Discovery, Native Population, Agriculture and Mineral Resources and present Administration of the Nyassa Company, with a review of the Portuguese rule on the East Coast of Africa. By W. Basil Worsfold. Pp. 258. 2 Appendices, Index, 24 Illustrations, 2 Maps in cover. London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1899.

A White Woman in Central Africa. By Helen Caddick. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Pp. 242. Price 6s.

Historical Geography of the Holy Land. By S. R. Macphail, M.A. With 42 Illustrations, Views, and Sketches. Edinburgh : T. and T. Clark, 1899. Pp. 188. Price 6d.

The Madeira Islands. By Anthony J. Drexel Biddle. London : Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., 1900. Vol. i. pp. 324. Vol. ii. pp. 207. Price 20s. net.

Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland. A Complete Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. With numerous Illustrations and sixty Maps. Vols. v. and vi. London : Cassell and Co., Ltd.

Modern Spain, 1788–1898. By Martin A. S. Hume. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. Pp.374. Price 5s. ("The Story of the Nations Series.”)

Neu‐Guinea. Von Dr. Maximilian Krieger. Mit Beiträgen von Professor Dr. A. Freiiierrn von Danckelmann, Professor Dr. F. von Luschan, Kustos Paul Matshie, und Professor Dr. Otto Warburg. Mit Unterstützung der Kolonial‐Abteilung des Auswärtigen Amtes, der Neu‐Guinea‐Kompagnie und der Deutschen Kolonial‐Gesellschaft. Berlin : Alfred Schall. Preis : brosch.—mk. 11.50, geb. mk. 13.50.

Journals and Papers of Chauncy Maples, D.D., F.R.G.S., late Bishop of Likoma, Lake Nyasa, Africa. Edited by Ellen Maples. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. Pp. 278. Price 6s. 6d.

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

Whitaker's Naval and Military Directory and Indian Army List, 1900. London : J. Whitaker and Sons. Pp. 918. Price 5s.

Macdonald's Scottish Directory and Gazetteer, 1899–1900. Edinburgh. Pp. 1117. Edinburgh : Wm. Macdonald and Co., Ltd. Price, for Great Britain, 21s.

Vingt‐deux mois de campagne autour du monde. Journal d'un aspirant de marine. By Le Comte Henry de Menthon. Paris : E. Plon, 1900. Pp. 312 and Map.

The Story of the Nations—Modern Italy, 1748–1898. By Pietro Orsi. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Pp. 404. Price 5s.

Das Meer als Quelle der Völkergrösse; eine politisch‐geographische Studie. By Friedrich Ratzel. Leipzig : E. Oldenbourg, 1900. Pp.85. M. 1.20.

Corfon et les Corfiotes. By Dr. Arthur de Claparède. Geneva : H. Kündig, 1900. Pp. 176.

Einundwanzig Jahre in Indien—I. Theil : Borneo. By Dr. H. Breitenstein. Leipzig : Th. Grieben, 1899. Pp. 254. M. 5.50.

Assyrien und Babylonien nach den neuesten Entdeckungen. By Dr. Franz Kaulen. Fifth edition. Freiburg, i. B., 1899. Pp. 316. M. 5.

The Life of Alexander Duff, D.D., LL.D. By George Smith, C.I.E., LL.D. Fourth English edition. Eevised and abridged. London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1900. Pp. xv + 383. Price 6s.

Historical Atlas of Modern Europe. Edited by Reginald Lane Poole, M.A., Ph.D. Oxford : Clarendon Press.     

New books

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.     

New books

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.     

New books

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.     

New books

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.