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The Lake‐Dwellings of Europe : being the Rhind Lectures in Arch?ology for 1888. By Robert Munro, M.A., M.D. Cassell and Co., 1890. Pp. xl. and 600.

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs. By Mrs. Bishop (Isabella L. Bird). Two volumes. London : John Murray, 1891. Price 24s.

My Mission to Abyssinia. By Gerald H. Portal, C.B., H.B.M. Agent and Consul‐General at Zanzibar. With Map and Illustrations. London : Edward Arnold, 1892. Pp. 261.

A Transatlantic Holiday; or, Notes of a Visit to the Eastern States of America. By T. Fitzpatrick, M.A. London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Co., 1891. Pp. viii + 210. Price 10s. 6d.

A Winter Cruise in Summer Seas. By Charles C. Atchison. London : Sampson Low and Co., 1891. Pp. 369. Price 16s.

Aus dem Kaukasus. Von C. Hahn. Leipzig : Verlag von Duncker und Humblot, 1892. Pp. 299. Price M. 6.

The New Era in Russia. By Charles A. de Arnaud. London : Gay and Bird. N.D. Pp. 166. Price 2s. 6d.

The Australian at Home. By Edward Kinglake. London : The Leadenhall Press. Pp. 159.

Illahun, Kahun, and Gurob, 1889–90. By W. M. Flinders‐Petrie, with Chapters by Professor Sayce, D.D., Professor Mahafft, Canon Hicks, F. Ll. Griffith, B.A., and F. C. J. Spurrell, F.G.S. London : David Nutt, 1891. Pp. 59, and Plates xxxiii.

Africa Rediviva, or the Occupation of Africa by Christian Missionaries of Europe and America. By Robert Needham Cust, LL.D. London : Elliot Stock, Pp. 118.

The Negro Question; or, Hints for the Physical Improvement of the Negro Race, with special reference to West Africa. By Joseph Benner Maxwell, M.A., B.C.L. (of Merton College, Oxford). London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. Pp.188.

Oliver &; Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository for the year 1892. Edinburgh : Oliver &; Boyd. Pp. 1195. Price 6s. 6d.

An Almanack for the year of Our Lord 1892. By Joseph Whitaker, F.S.A. London. Pp. 728.

Hazell's Annual for 1892 : A Cyclop?dic Record of Men and Topics of the Day. London : Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Ld., 1892. Pp. 726. Price 3s. 6d.

Barker's Facts and Figures for the Year 1892. Edited by Thomas P. Whittaker. London and New York : Frederick Warne and Co. Pp. 384. Price 1s.

North Wales. Part II. By M. J. Baddeley, B.A. and C. S. Ward, M.A. Third Edition, revised. “Thorough Guide Series.” London : Dulau and Co., 1891. Pp. xvi+147. Price 2s. 6d.

Lochnagar. By Alex. Inkson M'Connochie. Aberdeen: D. Wyllie &; Son. 1891. Price 1s.

Handbook to the Geology of Derbyshire. By Rev. J. Mageno Mello, M.A., F.G.S. 2d Edition. London : Bemrose and Sons, 1891. Pp. 89.     

New maps

The Ruin of the Soudan: Cause, Effect, and Remedy. A Résumé of Events—1883–1891. By Henry Russell, resident for twelve years on the Red Sea Littoral, assisted by William Gatty. With Maps and Illustrations. London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Co., 1892. Pp. 407. Price £1, 1s.

Tanganyika: eleven years in Central Africa. By Edward Coode Hore, Master Mariner. London : Edward Stanford, 1892. Pp. 306.

Life in Ancient Egypt and Assyria. From the French of G. Maspéro. London : Chapman and Hall, 1892. Pp. 376. Price 5s.

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. By Henry Barth, Ph.D., D.C.L. With full‐page Illustrations of the original Woodcut Illustrations. London, New York, and Melbourne : Ward, Lock, and Co., 1890. Pp. 548. Price 2s.

Island Life; or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, including a Revision and attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates. By Alfred Russel Wallace. Second and Revised Edition. London : Macmillan and Co., 1892. Pp. xx + 563. Price 6s.

The Chinese, their Present and Future: Medical, Political, and Social. By Robert Coltman, Jr., M.D. Illustrated with Fifteen Fine Photo‐Engravings. F. A. Davis : Philadelphia and London, 1891. Pp. 212.

Arménie, Kurdistan, et Mésopotamie. Par le Comte de Cholet. Paris : E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1892. Pp. 394.

Mexico: Its Progress and Commercial Possibilities. By E. J. Howell, F.S.S. London : W. B. Whittingham and Co., Limited, 1892. Pp. x + 203. Price 5s.

The Mediterranean Shores of America. Southern California: Its Climatic, Physical and Meteorological Conditions. By P. C. Remondino, M.D. Fully Illustrated. F. A. Davis : Philadelphia and London, 1892. Pp. 160.

Phases of Animal Life, Past and Present. By R. Lydekker, B.A. London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. Pp. 248. Price 6s.

Nomina Geographica. Sprach‐ und Sach‐Erklärung von 42,000 Geographischen Namen aller Erdräume. Von Dr. J. J. Egli. Zweite vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. Erste Lieferung. Leipzig: Fr. Brandstetter, 1892. Pp. viii. + 40.

Geography of Africa south of the Zambesi, with Notes on the Industries, Wealth, and Social Progress of the States and Peoples. By the Rev. William Parr Greswell, M.A. Oxon., F.R.C.I. With three Maps. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1892. Pp. xii + 400. Price 7s. 6d.

Elementary Geography of the British Colonies. By George M. Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S., Assistant Director, Geological Survey of Canada, and Alexander Sutherland, M.A., Carlton College, Melbourne. With Illustrations. London : Macmillan and Co., 1892. Price 3s.

Sound the Empire. For the use of schools. By George E. Parkin, M.A. With a Preface by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, K.T. London : Cassell &; Company, 1892. Pp. 263. Illustrated. Price 1s. 6d.

About England: or, First Lessons in English Geography. By M. J. Barrington‐Ward, M.A. London : George Bell and Sons, 1892. Price 1s. 4d.

Bartholomew's Pocket Guide, to Edinburgh and Neighbourhood. With 9 Maps and Plans. John Bartholomew and Co.: The Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1892. Pp. 87. Price 1s.

Cassell's Complete Pocket Guide to Europe. Revised and Enlarged. Planned and edited by Edmond C. Stedman. Compiled by Edward King. New York : Cassell Publishing Company, 1892. Price 6s.

The Canadian Guide‐Book. The Tourist's and Sportsman's Guide to Eastern Canada and Newfoundland. By Charles G. D. Roberts. London : Wm. Heinemann, 1892. Pp. 270.

Meyers Konversations‐Lexikon. Band xix. Heft 1. Vierte Auflage. Bibliographisches Institut. Leipzig und Wien: 1892. Pp. 64. Price 50 Pfennig.

Geographical Society. Illustrated with a set of 14 maps specially designed by E. G. Ravenstein, F.R.G.S. Second Edition. London and Liverpool: George Philip &; Son, 1892. Pp. vii + 307. Price 7s. 6d.

The Year‐Book of Commerce for 1892. Compiled under the authority of the London Chamber of Commerce, and edited by Kenric B. Murray. London : Cassell &; Co., Limited. Pp. 282.

The Year Book of Science. Edited for 1891 by Professor T. G. Bonney, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S. London : Cassell and Co., Limited, 1892. Pp. xii.+473.

The Distribution of the Produce. By James C. Smith. London : Kegan Paul and Co., 1892. Pp. 77.

Comparative View of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Governments of the United States, France, England, and Germany. By John Wenzel. Boston, U.S.A. : D. C. Heath and Co., 1891. Pp. 22.

Air and Water. By Vivian B. Lewes, F.I.C., F.C.S. London: Methuen and Co., 1892. Pp. 183. Price 2s. 6d.

Tours in Norway, Denmark, and Germany. The Leith, Hull, and Hamburg Packet Company.

The Hand‐Book for Travellers in Spain. By the late Richard Ford. Revised and Corrected. Eighth Edition. London: John Murray, 1892. In Two Parts. Price 20s.     

Beira,the ocean gateway to Rhodesia and Nyasaland

The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times. By Edward A. Freeman, M.A., Hon. D.C.L., LL.D. 2 Vols.: Pp. 609 + 583. With Maps. Oxford : at the Clarendon Press, 1891.

Denmark. Edited by H. Weitemeyer. With a Coloured Map. London : W. Heinemann. Copenhagen : A. F. Host and Son. Pp. 268.

New Light on Dark Africa: being the Narrative of the German Emin Pasha Expedition. Related by Dr. Carl Peters, the Commander of the Expedition. Translated from the German by H. W. Dulcken, Ph.D. London: Ward, Lock, &; Co., 1891. Maps and Illustrations. 1 vol., pp. 597.

Rulers of India: The Earl of Mayo. By Sir W. W. Hunter. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1891. Pp. 201.

Wild Beasts and their Ways. By Sir Samuel W. Baker, F.R.S., P.R.G.S., etc. London : Macmillan and Co., 1891. Pp. 455.

Log of a Jack Tar; and Captain O'Brien's Captivity in France. Edited by Commander Lovett Cameron, R.N. “ Adventure Series.” London: Fisher Unwin, 1891. Pp. 379. Price 5s.

Portugal. By H. Morse Stephens, “ Story of the Nations “ Series. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Pp. xxiv+450. Price 5s.

Industrial Ireland: A German View of the Irish Question. By J. B. Keller. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Pp. 48.

A Lady's Letters from Central Africa : A Journey from Mandala, Shiri Highlands, to Ujiji, Lake Tanganyika, and back. By Jane F. Moir. With an Introduction by Rev. T. M. Lindsay, D.D. Glasgow: J. MacLehose and Sons, 1891. Pp. 91.

Manica: Being a Report addressed to the Minister of the Marine and the Colonies of Portugal. By J. Paiva de Andrada, Colonel of Artillery. With a Sketch‐Map by E. G. Eavenstein. London : George Philip and Son, 1891. Pp. 63. Price 1s.

Matabeleland and Mashonaland. Being a Special Number of South Africa. London : at the Offices of South Africa, 1891. Pp. 146. Price 2s.

The Bermuda Islands: A Contribution to the Physical History and Zoology of the Somers Archipelago, with an examination of the Structure of the Coral Beefs. By Angelo Heilprin, , F.G.S.A., etc. etc. Published by the Author. Philadelphia, 1889.

Wanderings in South America, etc. By Charles Waterton. Illustrations and Index. Pp. xxxix + 367. Thomas Kelson and Sons, 1891. Price 4s.

The Malay Archipelago : The Land of the Orang‐utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. By Alfred Russel Wallace. London and New York : Macmillan and Co., 1890. Pp. xvii + 515.

The Opening of the Arctic Sea. By H. A. N. Demsford, C.E. London : Eidgway, 1890.

The Cruise of the Dunottar Castle. By W. Scott Dalgleish, M. A. Edinburgh : T. and A. Constable, 1890. Pp. 94. Illustrated.

The Cyclists’ Route‐Book of Great Britain. By W. J. Spurrier. London : Iliffe and Son, 1890. Pp. 170. Price 1s.

History of Newport and the Parish of Forgan ; and Rambles round the District. By J. S. Neish. Dundee: W. and D. C. Thomson, 1890. Pp. vii+256. Price 3s.     

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Note on The Lake‐Dwellings of Europe.

The Realm of Nature—An Outline of Physiography. By Hugh Robert Mill, D.Sc., Edin., F.R.S.E. London : John Murray, 1892. Price 5s.

Galloway in Ancient and Modern Times. By P. H. M'Kerlie. Edinburgh : William Blackwood and Sons, 1891. Price 7s. 6d.

The Trade Policy of Imperial Federation from an Economic Point of View. By Maurice H. Hervey, Principal of Illawarra College, New South Wales. London : Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1892. Pp. x. + 182. Price 2s. 6d.

Two Happy Years in Ceylon. By C. F. Gordon Cumming. Illustrated, in 2 vols. Edinburgh and London : W. Blackwood and Sons, 1892. Price 30s.

Travels in the Mogul Empire, 1656–1668. By François Bernier. Edited by Archibald Constable, M.As. Soc. Beng., F.S.A. Scot. Vol. I. of Constable's Oriental Miscellany. Westminster : Archibald Constable and Co., 1891. Pp. li + 498. Price 6s. net.

The Real Japan : Studies of Contemporary Japanese Manners, Morals, Administration, and Politics. By Henry Norman. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.

Japanese Girls and Women. By Alice Mabel Bacon. London : Gay and Bird, 1891. Pp. 333. Price 5s.

Coomassie and Magdala. The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa. By Henry M. Stanley. New Edition. Pp. x + 402. Price 3s. 6d

The Great Lone Land: A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North‐West of America. By Colonel W. F. Butler, C.B., F.R.G.S. Fourteenth Edition. Pp. x + 386. Price 3s. 6d. London : Sampson Low, Marston, &; Company, Limited, 1891.

Untrodden Jamaica. By Herbert J. Thomas. Kingston : Aston W. Gardner and Co., 1890. Pp. 90.

The New Jamaica. By Edgar Mayhew Bacon and Eugene Murray Aaron, Ph.D. New York : Walbridge and Co. Kingston: Aston W. Gardner and Co., 1890. Pp. xi + 243.

The Statesman's Year‐Book, 1892. Edited by J. Scott Keltie, Assistant‐Secretary to the Royal Geographical Society. Pp. 1151. Price 10s. 6d.

The Northern Counties Red Book and Chronicle Almanac for 1892. Inverness: Northern Chronicle Office. Pp. 88. Price 3d.

Smith American Railways. Argentina and Uruguay. By J. K. Carter, F.G.S. London : Fred. C. Mathieson &; Sons, 1891. Pp. xii.+ 204. Price 2s. net.

Britannic Confederation : A Series of Papers by Sir John Colomb, Professor Edward A. Freeman, George G. Chisholm, Professor Shield Nicholson, Maurice H. Hervey, and the Bight Honourable Lord Thring. Edited, with an Introduction, by Arthur Silva White, Secretary and Editor, Eoyal Scottish Geographical Society. With a new map of the British Empire. London: George Philip and Son, 1892. Pp. 180. Price 3s. 6d.     

National functions of the imperial institute

Fragments of Earth Lore. By Professor Geikie, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., etc. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew and Co., 1893. Pp. 428.

Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical, and Historical. New Edition. Edited by Francis H. Groome. London: William Mackenzie, N.D. Vols. 1. and 11. Aan to Eynort. Pp. 288 and 272.

Geografia y Geológia del Ecuador. Publicada por Órden del Supremo Gobierno de la Kepública por Teodoro Wolf, Dr. Phil., Antiguo Profesor de la Escuela Politecnica de Quito y Geó1ogo del Estado. Con 12 Laminas autotípicas, 47 Ilustraciones en el texto, y 2 Cartas. Leipzig: Tipografía de F. A. Brockhaus, 1892. Pp. xii + 671.

Venice: An Historical Sketch of the Bepublic. By Horatio F. Brown. With Maps and Plan. London: Percival and Co., 1893. Pp. xxiii + 434. Price 16s.

Lettres sur l'Inde. Par Monseigneur Laouenan, de la Société des Missions‐étrangères, Archevêque de Pondichéry. Publiées par Adrien Launay, de la même Société. Paris: Librairie Victor Lecoffre, 1893. Pp. 296.

Russia. Note e Ricordi di Viaggio. Di Giuseppe Modrich. Torino‐Roma: L. Roux e C., 1892. Pp. 550. Price 5 L.

Historic Towns: York. By James Raine, M.A., D.C.L. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. Pp. xi + 223. Price 3s. 6d.

Scotland Before 1700: From Contemporary Documents. Edited by P. Hume Brown. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1893. Pp. xx + 368.

Sunny Manitoba: Its Peoples and its Industries. By Alfred 0. Legge. With Map and Iilustrations. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. Pp. 297.

Carnet d'un Voyageur. Au Pays des Veddas, Ceylan. Par Emile Deschamps, Officier d'Académie, etc. etc. Avec 116 figures d'après les croquis et photographies de l'auteur, et une carte. Paris: Société d'Editions Scientifiques, 1892. Pp. iv + 492.

A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and other Papers of Importance relating to British Affairs in Malabar. Edited with notes by W. Logan, Madras Civil Service. Second Edition. Madras: Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1891. Pp. xxvi + 402 + xlv.

Four Months in Persia, and a Visit to Transcaspia. By C. E. Biddulph, M.A., etc. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., 1892. Pp. 137. Price 3s. 6d.

Letters from Queensland. By The Times Special Correspondent. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. Pp. 110. Price 2s. 6d.

Amerika. Eine allgemeine Landeskunde. In Gemeinschaft mit Dr. E. Deckert und Professor Dr. W. Kükenthal herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Sievers. Leipzig und Wien, 1893.

Longmans’ School History of India. By the Rev. G. U. Pope, D.D., sometime Fellow of the Madras University. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. Pp. 303. Price 2s. 6d.

Philips's Geographical Manuals. The Geography of the British Colonies and Dependencies, Physical, Political, Commercial. By William Hughes, F.R.G.S., and J. Francos Williams, F.R.G.S. London: George Philip and Son, 1892. Pp. viii + 232. Price 2s. 6d.

Practical Guide to the Geography of the British Isles and General Geography. By R. Burnett. Aberdeen: John Adam, 1893. Pp. 132. Price 1s. 6d.

The Geography of Asia: A Brief Handbook for Students. London: Blackie and Son, Limited, 1893. Pp. 38. Price 6d.

The Elements of Physiography. By John I. Prince. Part II.: Advanced Stage. Seventh Edition. London: John Heywood, 1889. Pp. 176. Price 1s. 6d.

To the Other Side. By Thomas Rhodes. With Maps and Illustrations. London: George Philip and Son, 1893. [Edinburgh: Sold by J. and H. Lindsay.] Pp. 106. Price 1s.

Carlsbad: A Medico‐Practical Guide. By E. Kleen, M.D. Pp. 101. G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York and London, 1893.

Where to Go Abroad: A Guide to the Watering‐Places and Health‐Resorts of Europe, the Mediterranean, etc. Edited by A. E. Hope Moncrieff. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1893. Pp. 466. Price 3s. 6d.

Liberton in Ancient and Modern Times. By George Good. With Introduction by Kev. W. H. Gray, D.D. Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1893. Pp. xx + 185.

A Ride from Land's End to John o’ Groats. By Evelyn Burnaby, M.A., S.C.L. London: Sampson Low, Marston, and Company (Limited), 1893. Pp. xxiv + 146.

Kamerun und Sudan. Von H. Jäger. Berlin: F. K. Beuge, 1893. Pp. 162.

Un Voyage au Yunnan. Par le Dr. Louis Pichon (of Shanghai). Paris: Plon, Nourrit et C^ie., 1893.

Louis Agassiz: His Life and Work. By Charles Frederick Holder, LL.D., Author of The Life of Charles Darwin, Living Lights, etc. (Leaders in Science Series.) 12mo, pp. xviii + 327. 28 Illustrations. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892. Price $1.50.

Argentine, Patagonian, and Chilian Sketches, with a Few Notes about Uruguay. By C. E. Akers. London: Harrison and Sons. N. D. Pp. vi + 190.

The Australians: A Social Sketch. By Francis Adams. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. Pp. 314.

Letters from South Africa. By The Times Special Correspondent. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. Pp. 116.

Tropical America. By Isaac N. Ford. London: Edward Stanford, 1893. Pp. 409. Price 10s. 6d.

Shearer's Illustrated Guide to Stirling, Stirling Castle, Bannockburn, Wallace's Monument, and Neighbourhood. Stirling: K. S. Shearer and Son, 1893. Pp. 108.

Northumberland: its History, its Features, and its People, by the Rev. James Christie, B.A. London. Carlisle: Charles Thurnam and Sons; Newcastle: Mawson, Swan, and Morgan; London: Presbyterian Publication Committee, 1893. Pp. 152.     

The Siberian Railway

History of the New World called America. By Edward John Payne, Fellow of University College. Volume I. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1892. Pp. xxviii + 546.

Travels in Africa during the Years 1882–1886. By Dr. Wilhelm Junker, Translated from the German by A. H. Keane, F.R.G.S. Illustrated. London: Chapman and Hall, 1892. Pp. viii + 586. Price 21s.

Up the Niger. Narrative of Major Claude Macdonald's Mission, to the Niger and Benué Rivers, West Africa. By Captain Mockler‐Ferryman, F.R.G.S. F.Z.S. With Maps and Illustrations. London : George Philip and Son, 1892. Pp. 326. Price 16s.

Cinq Années de Séjour aux Iles Canaries. Par le Dr. R. Verneau, Chargé de Missions Scientifiques. Ouvrage illustré de 42 gravures, 4 planches, et 1 carte. Couronné par l'Académie des Sciences. Pp. xvi + 412. Paris : A. Hennuyer, 1891.

Studies in Mohammedanism, Historical and Doctrinal, with a chapter on Islam in England. By John B. Pool. London: A. Constable and Co., 1892. Pp. xvi + 420. Price 6s.

Sicily (Story of the Nations): Phænician, Cheek, and Roman. By Edward A. Freeman, M.A., Hon. D.C.L., LL.D. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. Pp. xvi + 378. Price 5s.

Afrihanische Petrefahten. Ein Versuch die grammatischen Bildungen und Formwurzeln der afrikanischen Sprachen durch Sprachvergleichung festzustellen. By A. W. Schleicher. Berlin : Theodor Fröhlich, 1891. Pp. 93.

Die Triangulation von Java, ausgeführt vow, Personal des geographischen Dienstes in Niederländisch Ost‐Indien. Dritte Abtheilung. Von Dr. J. A. C. Oudemaks. Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, 1891. Pp. 180.

Das Verebnen der Kugeloberflache fur Qradnetzentiviirfe. Von Dr. A. Bretjsing. Leipzig : Verlag von H. Wagner und E. Debes, 1892. Pp. 69. Price 3 m.

Appleton's General Guide to the United States and Canada. Illustrated. With Railway Maps, Plans of Cities, and Table of Railway and Steamboat Fares. Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1892.     

Some shore features in South‐East Ireland

The Peoples and Politics of the Far East: Travels and Studies in the British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese Colonies, Siberia, China, Japan, Korea, Siam, and Malaya. By Henry Norman. With 60 Illustrations and 4 Maps. Pp. xvi + 608. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Price 1 Guinea.

The Story of Africa and Its Explorers. By Robert Brown, M.A., Ph.D., etc. Vol. IV. Europe in Africa—Colonies and Colonists—The Scramble for an Empire—A Continent under Companies. With 200 . original Illustrations. London : Cassell and Co., Limited, 1895. Pp. 300 and Index to the four volumes. Price Is. 6d.

A travers l'Afrique Australe. Par Jules Leclercq. Paris: Plon, 1895. Pp. 312.

The Diversions of a Prime Minister. By Basil Thomson. Edinburgh : Black‐wood and Sons, 1894. Pp. viii + 407. With a Map and numerous Illustrations. Price 15s.

Mes Grandes Chasses dans L'Afrique Centrale. By Edouard Foa, Explorateur. Paris: Firmin‐Didot, 1895. Gr. 8vo, pp. 340. 76 Figs.

Korea—Eine Sommerreise nach dem Lande der Morgenruhe, 1894. Von Ernst von Hesse‐Wartegg. Dresden and Leipzig : Carl Eeissner, 1895. Pp. iv + 220.

La République d'Haïti : Son Présent, Son Avenir Économique. Par Paul Vibeht. Paris : Berger‐Levrault &; Cie., 1895. Pp. 360. Price 5 frs.

The Story of the L.M.S., 1795–1895. By C. Silvester Horne, M.A. With Maps and many Illustrations. London : Snow &; Co., 1894. Pp. 444. Price 2s. 6d

Letters and Sketches from the New Hebrides. By Maggie Wiiitecross Paton. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1894. Pp.382. Illustrations and Map. Price 6s.

Supplement au Volume V. du T'oung‐Pao. Die Lander des Islam nach chinesischen Quellen. Von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Hirtii. Leyden : E. J. Brill, 1894. Pp. 64.

Instructions to Observers of the Indian Meteorological Department. By J. Eliot, M.A., F.E. Met. Soc., Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1894. Pp. iv + 103. Price 3 Rupees.

Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel (new issue). Africa: Vol. I., North Africa. By A. H. Keane, F.R.G.S. London: Edward Stanford, 1895. 8 Maps, and 77 Illustrations. Pp. 624. Price 15s.

The Great Dominion. Studies of Canada. By George R. Parkin, M.A., Hon. LL.D., University of New Brunswick. With Maps. London : Macmillan &; Co., 1895. Pp. viii + 251.

Outlines of English Industrial History. By W. Cunningham, D.D., and Ellen A. M'Arthur. Cambridge : University Press, 1895. Pp. xii+274.

Egypt. Handbook for Travellers. Edited by Karl Baedeker. Part First: Lower Egypt and the Peninsula of Sinai. With 14 Maps, 7 Views, and 7 Vignettes. Third Edition, revised and augmented. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1895. Pp. 280 and Index. Price 12s.

Leitfaden der Qeographie für höhere Lehranstalten. Von Dr. E. Lanqenbeck, Oberlehrer am protestantischen Gymnasium zu Strassburg. Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann, 1894. 2 Teile. Pp. viii + 125 and vi + 340. Price 2 M. 10 Pf.; boards, 2 M. 40 Pf.

L'Afrique : Anthologie Géographique. Par Noël Garnier. Paris : Delagrave, 1894. Pp. 566. Price 4 Frs.

D'Alger à Tanger. Par Marius Bernard. 120 Illustrations, par A. Chapon. Paris : Henri Laurens, n.d. Pp. 388. Price 10 Frs.; bound, 13 Frs.

Bibliotheca Geographica, herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin. Bearbeitet von Otto Baschin unter Mitwirkung von Dr. Ernst Wagner. Band i. Jahrgang 1891 und 1892. Berlin : W. H. Kühl, 1895. Pp. 506.     

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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.     

New books

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.     

Books eeceived

A Life of John Davis, the Navigator, 1550–1605. By Clements R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S. London : George Philip and Son, 1889. Pp. 269. Index, Maps, and Illustrations. Price 3s. 6d.

The Ancient History of the Maori: His Mythology and Traditions. By John White. Sampson Low and Co. 4 vols. Price 42s.

The Year‐Book of Commerce. Edited by Kenric B. Murray. London : Oassell and Co., 1889. Pp. 292. Price 5s.

The Land of the Dragon. My Boating and Shooting Excursions to the Gorges of the Upper Yangtze. By William Spencer Percival, H.M.’s Civil Service, China. With Map of the Author's route. London : Hurst and Blackett.

A Suburb of Yedo. By the late Theobald A. Purcell, Surgeon‐Major A.D.M. “With Illustrations. London : Chapman and Hall.     

Educational

The Scenery of Scotland viewed in connection with its Physical Geology. By Archibald Geikie, LL.D., F.E.S., etc. 2d Edition, pp. 472. Two Maps, Index, and copious Illustrations. London: Macmillan and Co., 1887. Price 12s. 6d.

St. Kilda and the Kildians. By Robert Connell. London and Glasgow : Thos. D. Morison, 1887. Price 2s. 6d.

The British Umpire. By Sir George Campbell, M.P. Cassell and Co., London, 1887. Pp. 184. Price 3s.

The Great Silver River. Notes of a Residence in Buenos Ayres in 1880 and 1881. By Sir Horace Rumbold, Bart, K.C.M.G. With Illustrations, partly from Sketches by R. S. Wilkinson, C.E. London : John Murray. 1887. Pp. xiv. + 330. Price 12s.

Ten Tears in Melanesia. By the Rev. Alfred Penny, M.A., late of the Melanesian Mission. With Chart and six Engravings. Pp. 232. London : Wells Gardner and Co., 1887. Price 5s.

Uebersichten der Weltwerthschaft. Von Dr. F. X. von Neumann‐Spallart. Jahrgang 1883–84. Stuttgart, 1887.

The Teaching of Geography: Suggestions regarding Principles and Methods for the Use of Teachers. By Archibald Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S. Mac‐millan and Co., London, 1887. Pp. 202. Price 2s.

Longman's New Geographical Readers: The First Reader for Standard I. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1887. Pp. 128. Price 9d.

Great Waterfalls, Cataracts, and Geysers. By John Gibson. Thomas Nelson and Sons, London and Edinburgh, 1887. Pp. 238. Price 2s. 6d.     

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.     

World maps and atlases

The Viking Age: The Early History, Manners, and Customs of the Ancestors of the English‐speaking Nations. Illustrated from the Antiquities discovered in Mounds, Cairns, and Bogs, as well as from the Ancient Sagas and Eddas. By Paul B. du Chaillu. With 1366 Illustrations, and Map. 2 vols. London: John Murray, 1889. Price, 42s.

Hindu‐Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and beyond the Himalayas. By Major‐General Donald Macintyee, V.O. With Illustrations. Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons. Pp. xx., 464. Price 21s.

The River Karún: An Opening to British Commerce. By William Francis Ainswoeth, Ph.D., F.S.A., F.E.G.S. London: Wm. Allen and Co., 13 Waterloo Place, 1890.

A Visit to the Azores; with a Chapter on Madeira. By Mrs. Charles Roudell. Pp. 197. London: Bickers and Son, 1889.

H. M. Stanley, the African Explorer. By Arthur Montefiore, F.R.G.S. London : S. W. Partridge and Co., n.d. Pp. 160. Price 1s. 6d.

One Man's Power: The Life and Work of Emin Pasha in Equatorial Africa. By the Rev. Henry W. Little, Author of Madagascar: its History and People; How to save Egypt, etc., etc., etc. With Portrait and Map. London: J. S. Virtue and Co., 1889. Pp. 112.

Swiss Travel and Swiss Guidebooks. By W. A. B. Coolidge, Editor of The Alpine Journal. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. Pp. 336. Price 10s. 6d.

The Mount Pilatus Railway. By J. Hardmeyee. With 32 Illustrations. Zurich : Orell Füssli and Co., 1889. Price 1s.     

The southern highlands from Gourock

The British Mission to Uganda in 1893. By the late Sir Gerald Portal, K.C.M.G., C.B., the British Commissioner. Edited, with a Memoir, by Rennell Rodd, C.M.G. With the Diary of the late Captain Raymond Portal, and an Introduction by Lord Cromer, G.C.M.G. Illustrated from photographs by Colonel Rhodes. London: Edward Arnold, 1894. Pp. 351 and map. Price 21s.

Durch Massailand zur Nilquelle. Beisen und Forschungen der Massai‐Expedition des Deutschen Antisklavereikomite in den Jahren 1891–1S93. Von Dr. Oscar Baumann. Berlin. Geographische Verlagshandlung, Dietrich Reimer, 1894. Pp. 377, Index, Map, and 27 Plates. 140 Illustrations in text.

Die Liparischen Inseln. Erstes Heft, Vulcario : Zweites Heft, Salina. Prag: Heinrich Mercy, 1893.

Polar Gleams : An Account of a Voyage on the Yacht ” Blencathra.” By Helen Peel. With a Preface by the Marquis of Dufferin, and Contributions by Captain Joseph Wiggins and Frederick G. Jackson. London : Edward Arnold, 1894. Pp. 211. Price 15s.

Die Beise S.M. Schiffes ” Zrinyi “ nach Ost‐Asien. (Yang‐tse‐kiang und Gelbes Meer) 1890–91. Verfasst im Auftrage des k. undk. Reichs‐Kriegsministeriuins Marine‐Section, unter Zugrundelegung der Berichte des k. und k. Schiffs‐commandos, und ergänzt nach Consularberichten und anderen authentischen Quellen. Von Jerolim, Freiherrn von Benko, k. und k. Fregatten‐Capitän d. R. Mit einer Keiseskizze und acht lithographirten Tafeln. Wien : Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1894. Pp. xi + 439.

Andalusien. Eine Winterreise durch Südspanien und ein Ausflug nach Tanger. Von Ernst von Hesse‐Wartegg. Leipzig : Verlag von Carl Eeissner, 1894. Pp. viii + 443.

Some Salient Points in the Science of the Earth. By Sir J. William Dawson, C.M.G., LL.D., etc. With Forty‐six Illustrations. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1893. Pp. x + 499. Price 7s. 6d.

Life of General Sir Hope Grant, with Selections from his Correspondence. Edited by Henry Knollys, Colonel (H.P.) Royal Artillery, his former A.D.C. William Blackwood and Sons, 1894. Two volumes, pp. 359 and 362, with Index and Illustrations.

Rulers of India: Sir Thomas Munro and the British Settlement of the Madras Presidency. By John Bradsiiaw, M.A., LL.D., Inspector of Schools, Madras. Oxford : At the Clarendon Press, 1894. Pp. 233. Price 2s. 6d.

Japan ("The Story of the Nations” Series). By David Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. Pp. v + 420. Price 5s.

Elementary Meteorology. By William Morris Davis, Professor of Physical Geography in Harvard College. Boston, U.S.A.: Ginn and Company, 1894. Pp. xii + 355. Price 10s. 6d.

Land Systems of Australasia. By William Epps, author of The People and the Land. London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. Pp. 184.

Special Report on the Agricultural Resources of Canada. By Robert Wallace, F.L.S., F.E.S.B.

Scotch Tenant‐Farmers on the Agricultural Resources of Canada. The Eeports of Mr. John Steven and Mr. Alexander Fraser on their visit to Canada in 1893.

Canadian Agriculture. A Report of a Visit to the Dominion in 1893. By Professor James Long. London: 1894.

Le Père Huc et ses Critiques. Par Henri‐Ph. d'Orléans. Paris: Calman Lévy, 1893. Pp. 65.

Anson's Voyage round the World in the Years 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744. By Richard Walker, M.A., Chaplain of the Flag‐ship Centurion. London, Glasgow, and Dublin : Blackie and Son, Limited, 1894. Pp. 220. Price 1s. 4d.

The County Directory of Scotland (for 1893–1896), containing the Postal Addresses of Mansions and other Rural Residences in Scotland; their Occupants; nearest Telegraph Office and Distance;—also, the Postal and Telegraph Addresses of all Towns, Villages, etc. ; and various Information appertaining thereto. Postally edited by George Massie, General Post Office, Edinburgh. Proprietor and General Editor, Arthur Giles, F.R.S.G.S. Edinburgh : K. Grant and Son, 1894. Pp. xxx+ 1048.     

Report of the progress of the ordnance survey

The Great Frozen Land : Narrative of a Winter Journey across the Tundras, and a Sojourn among the Samoyads. By Feed. George Jackson, F.E.G.S., leader of the Jackson‐Harmsworth Polar Expedition. Edited from his Journals by Arthur Montefiore. London : Macmillan and Co., 1895. With 46 Illustrations and 3 Maps. Pp. xviii + 297. Price 15s. net.

A Vagabond in Spain. By C. Bogue Luffmann. London : John Murray, 1895. Pp. xv+ 345.

Vikings of To‐day ; or, Life and Medical Work among the Fishermen of Labrador. By Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.E.O.S.E., L.R.C.P. Illustrated from original photographs. London: Marshall Bros., 1895. Pp. xvi + 240. Price 3s. 6d.

Five Years in Canada. By W. M. Elkington. London : Whittaker and Co.; Eugby : Geo. E. Over, 1895. Pp. 138. Price 2s. 6d. net.

Sport on the Pamirs and Turkistan Steppes. By Major C. S. Cumberland. With Frontispiece, Map, and Index. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. Pp.274.

Au Congo: Comment les Noirs travaillent. Par le Lieutenant Lemaire (Ch.). Bruxelles : Imprimerie Scientifique, 1895. Pp. 139.

Nord‐Kamerun. Schilderung der im Auftrage des Auswärtigen Amtes zur Erschliessung des nördlichen Hinterlandes von Kamerun während der Jahre 1886–1892 unternommenen Reisen. Von Eugen Zintgraff. Berlin : Verlag von Gebrüder Paetel, 1895. Pp. ix + 468.

Vedic India, as embodied principally in the Big‐Veda. By Zénaïde A: Ragozin, Member of the Eoyal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, etc. etc. ; Author of “The Story of Chaldæa,” “The Story of Assyria,” “The Story of Media, Babylon, and Persia,” etc. London : T. Fisher Unwin, Paternoster Square. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, mdcccxcv. Pp. xii+457. Price 5s.

Glimpses of the Eastern Archipelago: Ethnographical, Geographical, Historical. Translated from the Dutch by Geo. G. Batten. Pp. 137.

Daendels—Raffles: A Dissertation on the two Celebrated Governors of Java. By M. L. van Deventer. Translated from the Indische Gids by Geo. G. Batten. London : E. Marlborough and Co., n.d. Pp. 128.

Bogen wad Pfeil in Central‐Brasilien. Ethnographische Studie von Dr. Herrmann Meter. Leipzig: Druck vom Bibliographischen Institut, n.d. Pp. vi + 54.

Anthropogeographische Beiträge, Zur Gebirgskunde, vorzüglich Beobachtungen über Hohengrenzen und Hohengürtel. Herausgegeben im. Auftrage des Vereins fur Erkunde und der Carl Ritter‐Stiftung zu Leipzig. Von Friedrich Ratzel. Mit zehn Karten und zahlreichen Illustrationen. Leipzig: Verlag von Duncker u. Humblot, 1895. Pp. 362.

Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks under the Microscope. By Alfred Harker, M.A., F.G.S. (Cambridge Natural Science Manuals.) Cambridge : University Press, 1895. Pp. viii + 306. Price 7s. 6d.

Ritters Geographisch‐Statistisches Lexikon. Erster Band. A—K. Leipzig: Otto Wigand, 1895. Pp. 1064. Eighth edition. Edited by Jons. Penzler. Pp. 1064.

A New Geography on the Comparative Method. With Maps and Diagrams. By J. M. D. Meiklejohn, M.A., Professor of the Theory, History, and Practice of Education in the University of St. Andrews, etc. Thirteenth Edition— Seventieth Thousand, Revised and Corrected. London : Alfred M. Holden, 1895. Pp. 1 + 504. Price 4s. 6d.

London in 1895. Originally Compiled by Herbert Fry. London : W. H. Allen and Co. Pp. 252. Price 1s.

Horne's Guide to Whitby.’ Whitby: Horne and Son, Gazette Office, 1895. Pp. 136. Price: Paper, 6d; Cloth, with Maps, 1s.

Illustrated Guide to Perthshire and Central Scotland. By Thomas Hunter. Perth : Thomas Hunter, 1895. Pp. 15 + 262.

Deeside. By Alex. Inkson M'Connochie. Aberdeen : Lewis Smith and Son, 1895. Pp. 157. Price, Boards, 1s.; Cloth, 2s.

Bruckmann's Illustrated Guides. The Highlands of Bavaria, with Salzburg and the Adjacent Parts of the Tyrol. By Dr. Gsell Fels. Pp. xvi + 238. Price 2s. 6d. Munich. By Dr. Gsell Fels. Pp. xvi+61. Price 1s. Munich: A. Bruckmann ; London : Asher and Co., 1895.

An Oriental Holiday. Bosnia and Herzegovina. A Handbook for the Tourist. By Henri Moser. Drawings by Georges Scott. London: 14 Cockspur Street, 1895. Pp. 76.

The Guide, to South Africa for the Use of Tourists, Sportsmen, Invalids, and Settlers. Edited annually by A. Samler Brown and G. Gordon Brown, London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. ; Cape Town : J. C. Juta and Co.. 1895. Pp. xlii + 354. Price 2s. 6d.

Guides of the Swedish Tourists Club, No. 8. Swedish Scenery and Places of Interest. Some Hints for Visitors to the “Land of the Midnight Sun.” Second edition. Stockholm : Wahlström and Widstrand, 1894. 14 Illustrations. Pp. 56.

Wegweiser des Schwedischen Touristenvereins, No. 10. Stockholm, die Havptstadt Schwedens. Stockholm : Wahlström and Widstrand. Leipsig : K. F. Koehler. With 60 Illustrations. Pp. 147.     

The Amundsen expedition to the magnetic pole

AFRICA

Behind God's Back. By N. Farson. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 448. London : Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1940. Price 10s. 6d.

EUROPE

The Place‐Names of Nottinghamshire. By J. E. B. Gover, Allen Mawer, and F. M. Stenton. Demy 8vo. Pp. xlii+348. London : Cambridge University Press Ltd., 1940. Price 21s.

Prehistoric England. By Grahame Clarke. Illustrated. Pp. viii+120. London : B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1940. Price 8s. 6d.

Lincolnshire in the 17th and 18th Centuries. By Charles Brears. Demy 8vo. Pp. xv+192. London : A. Brown and Sons Ltd., 1940. Price 7s. 6d.

AMERICA

The American Empire. A Study of the Outlying Territories of the United States. Edited by William H. Hass. Illustrated. Pp. xi+408. University of Chicago Press, 1940. (Published in Great Britain by the Cambridge University Press Ltd.) Price 24s.

I Lived with the Eskimos. By S. Montague. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. ix+223. London : Jarrolds Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

Arctic Pilot. By Walter Gilbert, as told to Kathleen Shackleton. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 256. London : T. Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1940. Price 7s. 6d.

ASIA

Old Routes of Western Iran. By Sir Aurel Stein. Illustrated. Imperial 8vo. Pp. xxviii+432. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 42s.

The New Burma. By W. J. Grant. Crown 8vo. Pp. 156. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1940. Price 7s. 6d.

AUSTRALASIA

Australia. By Griffith Taylor. Demy 8vo. Pp. xv+455. London : Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 21s.

GENERAL

The Story of the Pacific. By H. van Loon. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp.315. London : George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 8s. 6d.

Coconut Quest. By J. S. Phillips. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 254. London : Jarrolds Ltd., 1940. Price 16s.

Ten Great Mountains. By R. L. G. Irvine. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xii+213. London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

Helvellyn to Himalaya. By F. S. Chapman. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xv+285. London : Chatto and Windus, 1940. Price 18s.

A Long Look Back. By Two Victorians. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 256. London : Seeley Service Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

I Married Adventure. By Osa Johnson. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 376. London: Hutchinson and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 10s. 6d.

Rolling Home. By Surgeon‐Commander A. G. Bee. Demy 8vo. Pp. xi+495. London: Bale, 1940.

Savoy ! Corsica ! Tunis ! By Bernard Newman. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 282. London : Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1940. Price 10s. 6d.

Courtship and Display among Birds. By C. D. Stonor. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp.xv+139. London: Country Life Ltd., 1940. Price 8s. 6d.

Old Morningside. By Wm. Mair. Illustrated. Pp. 40. Edinburgh : John Menzies and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 1s.

English Lakeland. By Doreen Wallace. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. viii+120. London : B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1940. Price 8s. 6d.

Chiltern Country. By H. J. Massingham. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. viii + 120. London : B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1940. Price 8s. 6d.

Middlesex. By Arthur Mee. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. ix+232. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1940. Price 7s. 6d.

EDUCATIONAL

Map Approach to Modern Problems, tgig‐iggg. By W. E. Coysh and A. W. Brown. Small quarto. Pp. 64. London : University Tutorial Press, 1940. Price 2s. 3d.

Elements of Political Geography. By S. van Valkenburgh. With Maps. Imperial 8vo. Pp. xix+401. London: Pitmans Ltd., 1940. Price 18s.

Economic Geography. By C. Colby and A. Foster. Illustrated. Imperial 8vo. Boston (U.S.A.) : Ginn and Co., 1940. Price 10s. 6d.

Synopsis of the Mineral Resources of Scotland. By M. Macgregor and Others. Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain, Vol. xxxiii, 59 pages. One Text Figure. H.M. Stationery Office. Price 1s.

A Map Book of Africa and South America. By A. Ferriday. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 1s. 9d.

Outlines of Structural Geology. By E. S. Hills. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Pp. x+172. London : Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 6s. 6d.

Asia and Australia. By A. Mamour. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 348. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1940.

The World and Ourselves. By E. White. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 207. Edinburgh: W. and A. K. Johnston Ltd., 1940. Price 2s. 9d.