THE 



Geographic^ 

 Magazine^ 





Vol. XII 



FEBRUARY, 1901 



No. 2 



CONTENTS 

 AN AROUND-THE-WORLD AMERICAN EXPOSITION. BY HON. page 

 O. P. AUSTIN, CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS . 49 



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 THE CAUSES THAT LED UP TO THE SIEGE OF PEKIN. BY 



DR. W. A. P. MARTIN. ILLUSTRATED 53 



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 SINGAN— THE PRESENT CAPITAL OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE. 



BY JAMES MASCARENE HUBBARD 63 



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 THE MIDNIGHT SUN IN THE KLONDIKE. BY ALICE ROLLINS 



CRANE. ILLUSTRATED ......... 66 



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 JAPAN AND CHINA— SOME COMPARISONS. BY COMMANDER 



HARRIE WEBSTER, U. S. N. ILLUSTRATED .... 69 



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 GEOGRAPHIC NOTES. ILLUSTRATED ..... 77 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY . 88 

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