The work of Dr. Taylor, professor of geography at the Uni- 

 versity of Sydney, is unusually varied in its scope. Formerly physiog- 

 rapher in the Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology, 

 Melbourne, he distinguished himself by his fruitful application of 

 climatology to the problems of settlement and human adaptation 

 to environment in general. He was acting Commonwealth geologist 

 at Canberra, and as senior geologist he accompanied Scott on his 

 last expedition, also serving on this expedition as leader of the 

 western parties. A few of his many publications are: "The Austra- 

 lian Environment, Especially as Controlled by Rainfall," (Common- 

 wealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry Memoir No. i, 

 Melbourne, 1918); "Australia in Its Physiographic and Economic 

 Aspects," 4th edit., London, 1925; "The Frontiers of Settlement in 

 Australia" (Geogr. Rev., Vol. 16, 1926); "The Climate and Weather 

 of Australia" (with H. A. Hunt and E. T. Quayle), Melbourne, 

 1913; "The Climatic Control of Australian Production" (Com- 

 monwealth Bur. of Meteorol. Bull. No. 11, 1915); "Geographical 

 Factors Controlling the Settlement of Tropical Australia" (Queens- 

 land Geogr. Journ., Vol. 32-33, 1918); "Australian Meteorology," 

 London, 1920; "Climatic Cycles and Evolution" (Geogr. Rev., Vol. 

 8, 1919); "The Evolution and Distribution of Race, Culture, and 

 Language" (Geogr. Rev., Vol. 11, 1921); "The Distribution of Fu- 

 ture WTiite Settlement" (Geogr. Rev., Vol. 12, 1922); "Environment 

 and Race," London, 1927; "With Scott: The Silver Lining," 

 London, 1916; "The Physiography of the McMurdo Sound and Gran- 

 ite Harbour Region" (British Antarctic Expedition, ,1910-1913, 

 Reports, London, 1922); "Scientific Travel in Antarctica" (in H. 

 A. Brouwer, edit.: Practical Hints to Scientific Travellers, Vol. 4, 

 The Hague, 1926). 



