tourist will grasp the real working of the community he visits, and not 

 merely its curiosities and antiquities ; and the merchant will realize the 

 varied circumstances of his markets. 



MAPS AND DIAGRAMS. 



Each volume is to be illustrated by many maps printed in colors and 

 by diagrams in the text ; and it will be a distinguishing characteristic of 

 the series that both maps and diagrams will be drawn so that each of them 

 shall convey some salient idea, and that together they shall constitute a 

 clear epitome of the writer's argument. With a like object the pictures also 

 will be chosen so as to illustrate the text, and not merely to decorate it. 



When possible, the books will be written from the point of view of 

 the region described, and every effort will be made to avoid bias, patri- 

 otic or other. 



List of the Subjects and Authors. 



1. Britain and the North Atlantic. By the Editor. 



2. Scandinavia and the Arctic Ocean. By Sir Clements R Markham, K. C. B., 



P. R. S. , President of the Royal Geographical Society. 



3. The Domancc Lands and Barbary. By Elisee Reclus, author of the " Nou- 



velle Geographie Universelle." 



4. Central Europe. By Dr. Joseph Partsch, Professor of Geography in the 



University of Breslau. 



5. Africa. By Dr. J. Scott Keltie, Secretary of the Royal Geographical 



Society ; Editor of " The Statesman's Year-Book." 



•6. The Near East By D. G. Hogarth, M. A., Fellow of Magdalen Col- 

 lege, Oxford ; Director of the British School at Athens ; Author of 

 " A Wandering Scholar in the Levant." 



7. The Russian Empire. By Prince Krapotkin, author of the articles " Rus- 



sia" and "Siberia" in the Encvclopcvdia Britannica. 



8. The Far East By Archibald Little. 



9. India. By Sir T. Hungerford Holdich, K. C. I. E., C. B., R. E.. Su- 



perintendent of Indian Frontier Surveys. 



10. Australasia and Antarctica. By Dr. H. O. Forbes, Curator of the Liver- 



pool Museum ; late Curator of the Christ Church Museum, N. Z. ; 

 Author of " A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago." 



11. North America. Bv Prof I. C. Russell, University of Michigan. 



12. South America. By Prof. John C. Brouner, Vice-President Leland Stan- 



ford Junior University. 



Maps by J. G. Bartholomew. 



