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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.     

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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.     

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.     

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Brehm's Tierleben; Allgemeine Kunde des Tierreichs. Bde i.‐iii., Die Säugetiere. Von Dr. Alfred E. Brehm, Unter Mitwirkung von Dr. Willh. Haacke neubearbeitet von Professor Dr. Pechuel‐Loesche. Vol. i. (Monkeys, Lemurs, Bats, and Carnivores), pp. xliv. + 702, 19 Pls., 139 Figs. Vol. ii. (Carnivores, Insectivores, Eodents, Edentates), pp. xii. + 708, 19 Pls., 149 Figs. Vol. iii. (Ungulates, Cetaceans, Sirenians, Marsupials, Monotremes) pp. xii.+ 744, 21 Pls., 150 Figs., 4 Maps. Gr. 8vo, Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig and Wien, 1890–1891.

Das Marokkanische Atlasgebirge. Quellenmässig dargestellt von Dr. P. Schnell. Mit Karte. (Ergänzungsheft No. 3 zu Petermann's Mittheilungen. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1892. Pp. 120.

A travers le Royaume de Tamerlan (Asie Centrale): Voyage dans la Sibérie occiden‐tale, le Turkestan, la Boukharie, aux bords de l'Amou‐Daria, à Khiva et dans l'Oust‐Ourt. Par Guillaume Capus, Docteur ès‐Sciences, etc. etc. Illustré de 66 gravures par Paul Merwart, d'après les documents de l'auteur. Avec 2 Cartes. Paris : A. Hennuyer. Pp. xvi. + 434.

A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa. By Robert Louis Stevenson. London, etc.: Cassell and Co., 1892. Pp. 322. Price 6s.

Where shall we Go? a Guide to the Watering‐Places and Health‐Resorts of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Edited by A. R. Hope Moncrieff. Twelfth edition. London and Edinburgh : A. and C. Black, 1892. Pp. xxv. + 348.

Mediaæval England (Periods of English History) From the English Settlement to the Reformation. Edited by W. Scott Dalgeish, M.A., LL.D. London, Edinburgh, and New York : T. Nelson and Sons, 1892. Pp. viii. + 276. Price 2s.

Trophies from African Heathenism. By Robert Young, F.R.S.G.S. London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1892. Pp. 216. Map and Index.

Famous British Explorers and Navigators from Drake to Franklin. By Richard Rowe. London : Charles H Kelly, 1892. Pp. 240. Price 2s. 6d.

Recent Explorations in Bible Lands. By the Rev. Thomas Nicol, B.D. 76 pp. 1 Map. Edinburgh : George Adam Young and Co., 1892. Price 1s.

Meyers Konversations‐Lexicon. Band xix. Jahres‐Supplement, 1891–92. Vierte, gänzlich umgearbeitete Auflage. Leipzig und Wien : Bibliographisches Institut. 1892. Pp. xiv + 1018. Price 10 Mark.

The Maritime Provinces of Canada. A Handbook of General Information. 14 Illustrations and Map. Pp. 122. 1892.

The Statistical Year‐Booh of Canada for 1891. By Sydney C. D. Roper. Published by the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Pp. 564, and Index.

Tasmanian Official Record, 1892. By R. M. Johnston, F.L.S. Tasmania: Strutt, 1892. Pp. 489. Index and Maps.

Sketches of Durban and its Harbour in 1891. By Cathcart W. Methven, M. Inst. O.E., F.R.S.E., Engineer‐in‐Chief, Natal Harbour Board. Durban : P. Davis and Son, 1891. Pp. xv. + 35.

Paraguay: the Land and the People; Natural Wealth and Commercial Capabilities. By Dr. E. de Bourgade la Dardye. London : George Philip and Son, 1892. Pp. 243. Price 7s. 6d.

The Forest Cantons of Switzerland: Lucerne, Schwyz, Uri, Unterwalden. By J. Sowerby, M.A. Pp. viii.+ 288. Map. London: Percival and Co., 1892. Price 3s. 6d.

The Landquart‐Davos Railway [Nos. 133, 134]. By J. Hauri, Pastor. 60 pp.

The Kuranstalt W. J. Holsboer [No. 135]. Grand Hôtel, Kurhaus Davos. 35 pp.

The Kursaal Maloja, in the Upper Engadine and its Environs [Nos. 143, 144]. By Wilh. Altenburg. 51 pp.

The Vosges Mountains [Nos. 139, 140, 141, 142]. By Fritz Ehrenberg. 137 pp.

Craigmillar and its Environs. With notices of the Topography, Natural History, and Antiquities of the District. By TOM SPEEDY. Selkirk : George Lewis and Son, 1892. Illustrated.

The Glasgow Series of Elementary Geography. By Lionel W. Lyde, M.A. (1) British North America; (2) New Zealand and Tasmania. London Percival and Co., 1892.

Philips’ Geographical Manuals. The Geography of Australia and Polynesia. By J. Francon Williams, F.R.G.S. London: George Philip and Son, 1892.

Murby's Geography and Atlas, consisting of the "Elementary Geography for Schools,” by A. H. Dick, B.Sc., M.A., LL.D., F.R.G.S. London : Thomas Murby.

Physiography : Advanced Course. By the late Andrew Findlater, M.A., LL.D. New Edition by David Forsyth, M.A., D.Sc. London and Edinburgh : W. and R. Chambers, 1892.

The Health Besort of Franzensbad, Bohemia (with 47 illustrations by J. Weber), with a Map. Illustrated Europe, Nos. 145, 146, 147. Zürich : The Art Institute Orelli‐Füssli.     

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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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

The Swiss abroad

Europe

A Camera in the Hills. By F. S. Smythe. Demy 8vo. Pp. 147. London: A. and C. Black Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

British Hills and Mountains. By J. H. B. Bell, E. F. Bozman and J. Fairfax Blakeborough. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. viii+120. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1940. Price 8s. 6d.

Island Tears. By F. Fraser Darling. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xii+300. London: Bell and Son Ltd., 1940. Price 12s.

Hertfordshire. Edited by Arthur Mee. Illustrated. Buckinghamshire. Edited by Arthur Mee. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. ix+256 and ix+284. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1940. Price 7s. 6d. each.

By Many Waters. By A. R. B. Haldane. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Pp. x+223. Edinburgh: T. Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1940. Price 10s. 6d.

Highland View. By James Bramwell. Demy 8vo. Pp. 230. London: Robert Hale Ltd., 1939. Price 8s. 6d.

The Medieval Fenland. By H. C. Darby. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xvii+200. London: Cambridge University Press Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

The Draining of the Fens. By H. C. Darby. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xix+312. London: Cambridge University Press Ltd., 1940. Price 21s.

Down River. By J. Lehmann. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xii+291. London: Gresset Press, 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

Sketches of Finland. Illustrated. 4to. Pp. 135. Helsinki: Suomen Kirja Ltd., 1939. Price 8s. 6d.

Footsteps in Finland. By Joan and Peggy Webster. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 256. London: Skeffington and Son Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

Finland. By Agnes Rothery. Demy 8vo. Pp. ix+257. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1940. Price 6s.

Ikons and Oxen. By P. Thornton. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 300. London: Collins and Co. Ltd., 1939. Price 12s. 6d.

Buffer States of the Balkans. By Harry Gregson. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 239. London: Hutchinson and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

In Old Romania. By H. Baerlein. Demy 8vo. Pp. 287. London: Hutchinson and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

Stalin. By Eugene Lyons. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 255. London: Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 9s.

The Russian Enigma. By A. Ciliga. Demy 8vo. Pp. xi+304. London: Routledge and Sons Ltd., 1940. Price 7s. 6d.

Mountaineering Holiday. By F. S. Smythe. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xi+229. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

Alpine Pilgrimage. By J. Kugy. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 367. London: John Murray, 1940. Price 6s.

Problems of the Baltic. By W. F. Reddaway. Pp.120. London: Cambridge University Press Ltd., 1940. Price 3s. 6d.

Mediterranean Problems. By Gordon East. Edinburgh: T. Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1940. Price 2s. 6d.

Africa

Mauretania, Warrior, Man and Woman. By Sacheverell Sitwell. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 328. London: Duckworth and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 15s.

A History of the Gambia. By J. M. Gray. Imperial 8vo. Pp. x+508. London: Cambridge University Press Ltd., 1940. Price 30s.

The Swazi. By B. A. Marwick. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xvii+320. London: Cambridge University Press Ltd., 1940. Price 18s.

Portrait of a Colony. The Story of Natal. By A. F. Hattersley. Illustrated. Demy. Pp. viii+233. London: Cambridge University Press Ltd., 1940. Price 8s. 6d.

Livingstone the Liberator. By J. I. Macnair. Crown 8vo. Pp. 382. London: Collins and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 2s. 6d.

Lions on Trust. By Cleland Scott. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 317. London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

America

Ecuador the Unknown. By V. W. Von Hagen. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 296. London: Jarrolds Ltd., 1939. Price 15s.

Riddle of Hell's Jungle. By Schulz‐Kampfhenkel. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 242. London: Hurst and Blackett Ltd., 1940. Price 16s.

To the Lost World. By P. A. Zahl. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 242. London: Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 11s.

Refuge in the Andes. By Rudolph Messel. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 285. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1940. Price 10s. 6d.

Americas to the South. By J. T. Whitaker. Demy 8vo. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1939. Price 12s. 6d.

Caribbean Treasure. By I. T. Sanderson. Illustrated. Imperial 8vo. Pp. 292. London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

Tristan da Cunha, 1506–1002. By J. Brander. Demy 8vo. Pp. 336. London: G. Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

The Lonely Island. By E. Christopherson. Demy 8vo. Pp. xii+243. London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

North America. By E. G. Ashton. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Pp. 383. London: Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 8s. 6d.

Steam Conquers the Pacific. By A. C. Wardle. Demy 8vo. Pp. 200. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1940. Price 10s. 6d.

Asia

The Story of Jericho. By J. and J. B. E. Garstang. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xv+200. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1940. Price 8s. 6d.

Once in Sinai. By J. M. C. Plowden. Demy 8vo. Pp. ix+302. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

A Winter in Arabia. By Freya Stark. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xii+328. London: John Murray, 1940. Price 16s.

Burma Road. By Nicol Smith. Demy 8vo. Pp. 320. London: Victor Gollancz, 1940. Price 16s.

The Baiga. By Verrier Elwtn. Demy 8vo. Pp. xxxi+550. London: John Murray, 1940. Price 30s.

Himalayan Honeymoon. By B. Pares. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 301. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1940. Price 15s.

Land of a Thousand Buddhas. By T. Bernard. Demy 8vo. Pp. 320. London: Rider and Co., 1940. Price 18s.

The Wandering Lake. By Sven Hedin. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. x+293. London: Routledge and Sons Ltd., 1940. Price 18s.

Chaos in Asia. By Hallett Abend. Demy 8vo. Pp. 313. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1940. Price 10s. 6d.

A Cavalier in China. By A. W. S. Wingate. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 327. London: Grayson and Grayson Ltd., 1940. Price 15s.

Inner Asian Frontiers of China. By Owen Lattimore. Demy 8vo. Pp. xxiii+585. Oxford: University Press, 1940. Price $4.00.

Journey into China. By Violet Cressy‐Marcks. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp.320. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1940. Price 21s.

Turkestan Tumult. By A. K. Wu. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xiii+279. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

Phoenicia and Western Asia. By R. Weill. Crown 8vo. Pp. 208. London: Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 6s.

Sea Power and Empire. By F. C. J. Hearnshaw. Demy 8vo. Pp. 192. London: Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 10s. 6d.

Miscellaneous

Suez and Panama. By A. Siegfried. Demy 8vo. Pp. 400. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1940. Price 10s. 6d.

Life of Captain Cook. By H. Carrington. Demy 8vo. Pp. ix+324. London: Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd., 1940. Price 16s.

Velvet Voyaging. By E. Wasserman. Demy 8vo. Pp.316. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1940. Price 12s. 6d.

The Adventures of a Mountaineer. By F. S. Smythe. Demy 8vo. Pp. viii+228. J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1940. Price 7s. 6d.

An Escaper's Log. By D. Grinnell‐Milne. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Pp. vii+306. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1940. Price 3s. 6d.

Edward Whymper. By F. S. Smythe. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 330. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1940. Price 21s.

Approach to the Hills. By C. F. Meade. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 265. London: John Murray, 1940. Price 10s. 6d.

Educational

The Gifts of the Earth. By E. Brooks and R. Finch. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 272. London: University of London Press, 1940. Price 3s. 6d.

Twenty Essential Studies in Geography. By G. Noyle. Demy 8vo. Pp. vii+184. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1940. Price 2s. 6d.

Structural and Field Geology. By James Geikie, revised by R. Campbell and R. M. Craig. Illustrated. Imperial 8vo. Pp. xxiv+395. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd Ltd., 1940. Price 25s.

Kingsway Social Geographies. Book I. Hunters and Fishers, Book II. The Herders. Book III. The Cultivators. Book IV. Miners and Manufacturers. Book V. Traders and Carriers. Edited by Ernest Young. London: Evans Brothers Ltd., 1940. Price 1s. 6d. each.     

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.     

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.     

Diffused light and sunlight in relation to relief and settlement in high latitudes

The Mameluke or Slave Dynasty of Egypt. By Sir William Muir, K.C.S.I., LL.D., D.C.L., Ph.D. (Bologna). London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 1896.

Hausaland; or, Fifteen Hundred Miles through the Central Soudan. By Chas. Henry Robinson, M.A. London : Sampson Low and Co., 1896. Pp. 304.

Terre d'Espagne. Par René Bazin. Paris : Calmann Lévy, 1896. Pp. 336. Price 3 fr. 50 c.

The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn: A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia. By John R. Spears. New York and London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. Pp. x + 319.

Parts of the Pacific. By A Peripatetic Parson. London : Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1896. Pp. 388. Price 10s. 6d.

Folk og Natur i Finmarken. Af Hans Reusch. Kristiania : i Kommission hos T. O. Brögger, 1895. Pp. 176. Price 3 Kr.

National Geographic Monographs, prepared under the auspices of the National Geographic Society. New York, Cincinnati, Chicago : American Book Company, 1895. Vol. i., large 8vo, pp. 336. Price $1.50.

Elementary Physical Geography. By Ralph S. Tare, B.Sc., F.G.S.A. New York : Macmillan and Co., 1895. Pp. xxxii + 488; illus. 267 + plates 29. Price 7s. 6d. net.

Ice‐work, Present and Past. By T. G. Bonney, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., etc., Professor of Geology, University College, London. London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., Limited, 1896. 8vo, pp. 295. Price 5s.

Ethnology. In Two Parts. I.—Fundamental Ethnical Problems; II.—The Primary Ethnical Groups. By A. H. Keane, F.R.G.S. Cambridge : At the University Press, 1896. Pp. xxx + 442. Price 10s. 6d.

Bibliographie du Congo, 1880–1895. Catalogue méthodique de 3,800 Ouvrages, Brochures, Notices, et Cartes. Par A. J. Wauters. Bruxelles : Administration du Mouvement Géographique, 1895. Pp. 356.

Postal Directory of the Madras Circle, showing the Name of each Village in the, Madras Presidency and of the Post Town through which it is served. First edition. 3 vols. folio, pp. 1506. Madras, 1893 [not for sale].

Pacific Line Guide to South America, containing information for Travellers and Shippers to Ports on the East and West Coasts of South America. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; Liverpool: Rockliff Brothers, 1895. Pp. 157. Price 2s. 6d. net.

Cocoa : All about it. By Historicus. London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Co., 1896. Pp. 99.     

Notes on the British association meeting at Glasgow, 1901

Im Australischen Busch, und an den Küsten des Korallenrneeres ; Reiseerlebnisse und Beobachtungen eines Naturforschers in Australien, Neu Guinea, und den Molukken. Von Richard Semon, Professor in Jena. Mit 85 Abbildungen und 4 Karten. Leipzig: Engelmann, 1886. Pp. xvi + 569. Price M. 15 ; bound 16"50.

Monomotapa (Rhodesia). Its Monuments and its History from the Most Ancient Times to the Present Century. By the Hon. A. Wilmot, Member of the Legislative Council, Cape of Good Hope. With Preface by H. Rider Haggard. Maps and Plates. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. Pp. 260. Price 6s.

In New South Africa: Travels in the Transvaal and Rhodesia. By H. Lincoln Tangye. London : Horace Cox, 1896. Pp. viii + 432.

Der Amazonas: Wanderbilder aus Peru, Bolivia, und Nordbrasilien. Von Damian Freiherrn von Schütz‐Holzhaiisen. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herdersche Verlagshandlung, 1895. Pp. xix + 444. Price 7M

Streifzüge durch Grossbritannien. Von Gustap F. Steffen. Aus dem schwedischen von Dr. Oskar Keyher. Stuttgart: Hobbing und Büchle, 1896. Pp. 387. Price 7 Marks.

Autour du Tonkin. Par Henri Ph. D'Orléans. 4me édition. Paris : Calmann Lévy, 1896. Pp. 535. Price 3.50 Frs.

A History of Egypt during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Dynasties. By W. M. Flinders Petrie, D.O.L., LL.D. With 160 Illustrations and 4 Maps. Pp. 353. London : Methuen and Co., 1896. Price 6s.

The History of Mankind. By Professor Friedrich Batzel. Translated from the second German edition by A. J. Butler, M.A. With Introduction by E. B. Tylor, D.C.L., F.E.S. Vol. I. London : Macmillan and Co., 1896. Pp. xxiv+486.

Leitfaden zur Geschichte der Kartographie in tabellarischer Darstellung. Von Dr. W. Woleenhauer, in Bremen. Breslau : Ferdinand Hirt, 1895. Pp. 93.

Complete Geography. By Alex. Everett Frye. Boston, U.S.A., and London: Ginn and Co., 1896. Pp. 208. Price $1.25.

Man and Ms Markets: A Course in Geography. By Lionel W. Lyde, M.A. London : Macmillan and Co., 1896.

Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc. A Guide by Edwaed Whymper. London : John Murray, 1896. Pp. xiv + 189. Price 3s. net.

Western Australian Year‐Booh for 1894–95. By Malcolm A. C. Fraser, Registrar‐General of Western Australia, F.R.G.S., F.R.C.Inst. Perth: Richard Pether, Government Printer, 1896. Pp. 393.

The Island of Capri: A Mediterranean Idyll. By Ferdinand Gregorovius. Freely translated by M. Douglass Fairbairn. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. Pp. 155.     

New books

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

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.