The romance of Czechoslovakia

EUROPE.

La Lorraine Métallurgique: Axel, Somme, Nancy, etc. Paris: Editions Berger‐Livrault, 1930.

Abbeys of Old Romance. By Charles G. Harper. London: Cecil Palmer, 1930. Price 15s.

Russia at Random. By Oliver Tweedy. London: Jarrolds, 1931. Price 7s. 6d.

European Encounters. By Hubert Griffith. London: John Lane (The Bodley Head Ltd.), 1931. Price 8s. 6d.

1. Between the River and the Hills. By Sisley Huddleston. London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1931. Price 12s. 6d.

2. Travels in Normandy. By Roy Elston. London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd., 1931. Price 7s. 6d.

3. Folktales of Normandy. By W. Branch Johnson. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1929. Price 7s. 6d.

Russia Unveiled. By Panait Istrati. Translated from the French by R. J. S. Curtis. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1931. Price 10s.

French Leaves. By E. V. Lucas. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1931. Price 5s.

Beautiful Mountains: In the Jugoslav Alps. By F. S. Copeland. Split: The Jugoslav Bureau, n.d. Price 5s.

Italy Yesterday and To‐Bay. By A. Marinoni. New York: The Macmillan Company Ltd., 1931. Price 21s.

The Economic Life of Soviet Russia. By Calvin B. Hoover, Ph.D. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1931. Price 12s. 6d.

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A Journey to China, or Things which are Seen. By Arnold Toynbee. London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1931. Price 15s.

The Japanese Population Problem: The Coming Crisis. By W. R. Crocker. London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. 1931. Price 10s. 6d. net.

Conflict: Angora to Afghanistan. By Rosita Forbes. London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1931. Price 15s.

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Across Africa on Foot. By Ronald A. Monson. Photographs by J. Hunter Wilson. London: Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1931. Price 18s. net.

The Lonely Island. By Rose Annie Rogers. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1931. Price 7s. 6d.

The Red Men of Nigeria. By Captain J. R. Wilson‐Haffenden, T.R.G.S., F.R.A.I. London: Seeley, Service and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 21s. net.

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New Brunswick, Canada: Its Natural Resources and Development. By L. O. Thomas, B.Sc. Ottawa: Natural Resources Intelligence Service, 1930.

British Policy and Canada, 1774–1791. By Gerald S. Graham. London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 10s. 6d. net.

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Little America. By R. E. Byed. London: G. P. Putnam's Sons Ltd., 1931. Price 21s.

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The Mysterious Universe. By Sir James Jeans. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1930. Price 3s. 6d. net.

Jungle Islands: The "Illyria” in the South Seas. By Sidney N. Shurcliff. London: G. P. Putnam's Sons Ltd., 1930. Price 42s.

Trodden Ways: 1895–1980. By Sir Ian Malcolm. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 12s. 6d.

The Island of Penguins. By Cherry Kearton. London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 10s. 6d.

Turkey: Yesterday, To‐day, and To‐morrow. By Sir Telford Waugh. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1930. Price 18s.

Dark Trails: Adventures of a Naturalist. By George K. Cherbie. With a Foreword by Kermit Roosevelt. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons Ltd., Price 15s.

Changing Conditions of Imperial Defence: Essays on Military Geography. By Capt. D. H. Cole, M.B.E. London: Sifton, Praed and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 6s.

Downhill Ski‐Racing. By Harold Mitchell. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1931. Price 5s.

Vancouver—A Life: 1757–1798. By George Godwin. London: Philip Allan and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 15s.

Kultur im Spiegel der Landschaft. Das Bild der Erde in seiner Oestaltung durch den Menschen. Ein Bilderatlas. Von Nikolaus Creutzburg. Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut A.G., 1930. Preis RM. 45.

Peru from the Air. By Lieutenant George R. Johnson. With Text and Notes by Raye R. Platt. New York: American Geographical Society, 1930. Price $5.

The Autobiography of a Wanderer. By Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore, F.R.G.S. London: Hurst and Blackett Ltd., n.d. Price 18s. net.

Through the Caucasus to the Volga. By Fridtjof Nansen. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd.. 1931. Price 12s. 6d. net.

Chorus to Adventurers. By Roger Pocock. London: John Lane (The Bodley Head Ltd.), 1931. Price 12s. 6d.

Impacts: The Trip to the States, and other Adventures of Travel. By Douglas Goldring. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. Price 7s. 6d.

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Geographische Kausalprofile: Eine Beispielsammlung aus der Praxis fur die Praxis. Von Dr. Kurt Keause. Breslau: Ferdinand Hirt, 1930. Preis RM. 2.50.

The Peoples of the World. Vol. II. People and Homes in Many Lands. By F. G. Moss, B.A. Illustrated. London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1930. Price 2s. 6d.

An Introduction to Regional Surveying. By C. C. Fagg and G. E. Hutchings. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1930. Price 7s. 6d.

Introductory Studies in Geography. By E. Irene Daughtry, B.A. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930. Price 2s. 3d.

The Seal Princess, by C. A. Dawson Scott, and With the Australian Aborigines, by E. L. Grant Wilson. “New Prospect” Readers. London: George Philip and Son Ltd., 1930. Price 8d. each.

The World‐Wide Geographies. Book IV. The World We Live In. By J. H. Stembridge. London: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1930. Price 1s. 9d.

Individual Geographies: North America. By R. Finch. London: A. and C. Black Ltd., 1930. Price 1s. 6d.

Progressive Studies in Geography. Book II. The Atlantic Hemisphere. Book III. Euro‐Asia. By H. Sankey and E. A. Meerett. London: George Philip and Son Ltd., 1930. Price, Book II., 10d.; Book III., 9d.

A Text‐Book of Geography. By G. C. Fey, M.Sc. 7th Edition. London : University Tutorial Press, 1930. Price 6s. 6d.

Earth and Sky. By C. H. Dobinson, M.A., B.Sc., F.G.S. London: A. and C. Black Ltd., 1930. Price 3s. 6d.     

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Flight into Portugal. By R. Bodley. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xi+224. London : Jarrolds Ltd., 1941. Price 16s.

Heart of Spain. By G. G. King. Illustrated. 10×7. Pp. 179. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1941. Price $3.00.

Snowdonia through the Lens. By W. A. Poucher. Illustrated. Fcap. fol. Pp. 124. London : Chapman &; Hall Ltd., 1941. Price 18s.

The Land of Britain. Edited by L. D. Stamp. London : Geographical Publications, 1941. Price 1s. 6d each.

At Slieve Gullion's Foot. By W. J. Murphy. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp.115. 1940. Price 3s. 6d.

On Our Hill. By Annette Barlee. Illustrated. Small 4to. Pp. 100. Price 3s. 6d. Dundalgan Press, Dundalk.

English Woodland. By John Rodgers. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. xii+132. London : Batsford, 1942. Price 10s. 6d.

The Nazi New Order in Poland. By Jon Evans. Demy 8vo. Pp.184. London : Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1941. Price 6s.

Russia in Flux. By Sir John Maynard. Demy 8vo. Pp. 301. London : Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1941. Price 7s. 6d.

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Ports of Piscataqua. By W. S. Saltonstall. Illustrated. 11×7#fr1/2>. Pp. viii+244. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1941. Price 20s.

Cape Horn. By F. Riesenberg. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 487. London : Robert Hale Ltd., 1941. Price 18s.

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Dawn Watch in China. By Joy Homer. Demy 8vo. Pp. 288. London : Collins Ltd., 1941. Price 12s. 6d.

Soviet Asia : Progress and Problems. By E. S. Bates. Map. Demy 8vo. Pp.191. London : Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1942. Price 8s. 6d.

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After C.T. Studd. By N. Grubb. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp.185. London : R.T.S., 1941. Price 3s. 6d.

Economic Geography. By C. F. Jones. Illustrated. Crown fcap. Pp. xxii+626. New York : The Macmillan Company Ltd., 1941. Price $4.25.

Geography and World Power. By J. Fairgrieve. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 376. London : Univ. of London Press, 1941. Price 7s. 6d.

The Earth and its Resources. By Finch, Trewartha, and Shearer. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 634. New York and London: M'Graw‐Hill Book Co. Price 17s.

Wanderings with a Shotgun. By Sir Edward Durand. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Pp. 184. London : Jarrolds Ltd., 1942. Price 16s.

British Mountaineers. By F. S. Smythe. Illustrated. 9×6#fr1/2>. Pp.48. London : Collins Ltd. Price 4s. 6d.     

The deserts of the Kashmir‐Tibetan frontier

Abstract

Semi-arid landscapes are vulnerable to cultivation, overgrazing and climate variability, although it is difficult to identify the relative significance of these three factors. In the South African Karoo, the ‘desertification debate' seeks to explain a change to more shrubby vegetation in heavily grazed areas. We examine these issues in catchments where farm reservoirs provide sediment stores with 137Cs, 210Pb, geochemical and mineral magnetic signatures. Rainfall data and stocking numbers are reported and current erosion rates are estimated. Sediment accumulation in the reservoirs increases between 1935 and 1940, probably due to rises in the frequency of rainfall events of >25mm day. Significant increases in sedimentation rates (×8) occur during rain-fed wheat cultivation. In an uncultivated catchment, sediment yields remain relatively high and reflect increases in erosion from hillslopes, colluvial storage, and cultivated land sources. Gully systems have acted as transport routes rather than sediment sources over the last ～70 years. Badland erosion rates average ca. 50t ha^?1 yr^?1. At Ganora, their development in the 1920s strongly influences peak sedimentation between 1970 and 1980. Any delay between badland initiation and increased sediment yield appears to be a function of landscape connectivity. Recovery following disturbance is occurring slowly and is likely to take >100 years. De-stocking and better management systems are reducing erosion rates but may be offset by increases in rainfall intensity.