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tions from New Mexico, as tlie fragment 

 of chain mail tends to prove. 



Altogether Professor Udden's work is 

 worthy of high praise. It is regrettable 

 that ' ' this will be his last as well as his 

 first paoer bearing on topics of this 

 kind." ^ F. W. Hodge. 



The Romance of the Earth. By A. W. 



Bickerton. Illustrated. Small 8vo, 



pp.181. New York: The Macmillan 



Co., 1900. $0.80. 



As indicated by the title, the author 

 aims to describe the past and present of 

 the earth in the form of a story. The idea 

 and its execution are capital. The author 

 naturally has not adhered strictly to the 

 limits of known science. Where human 

 knowledge can throw no light, he per- 

 mits himself "to speculate, to make 

 deductions from the accepted laws of 

 nature ' ' in order that no chapters in the 

 romance may be missing. The book is 

 instructive and interesting, and espe- 



cially valuable to stimulate younger 

 minds to learn more of the great ' ' ro- 

 mance of the earth." 



The Philippines — The War and the 



People. By Albert G. Robinson. 



Pp. 407. New York. McClure, 



Phillips & Co. 1901. 



The volume consists of letters written 

 by Mr Robinson to the New York Even- , 

 ing Post while he was staff correspond- 

 ent for that journal in the Philippines. 

 Mr Robinson is inclined to believe "that 

 development in the islands would be im- 

 possible without the patient, submissive, 

 industrious Chinaman," who is " a sort 

 of necessary evil." The book contains 

 much valuable information about the 

 islands and their people, though it is 

 doubtful if many Americans will agree 

 with the author's pro-Filipino tenden- 

 cies. Specially interesting chapters are, 

 ' ' The Moros of Mindanao ' ' and ' ' The 

 Moros of Sulu." 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL 

 GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



Popular Meetin§:s.* 



March /, igoi. — President Graham Bell in 

 the chair. Mr. Gilson Willetts delivered an 

 illustrated address, "The Recent Famine in 

 India." 



March 15, igoi. — Vice-President McGee in 

 the chair. Mr. H. L,. Bridgman, Secretary of 

 the Peary Arctic Club, and Dr. Frederic A. 

 Cook, of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 

 delivered illustrated addresses on "The Two 

 Ends of the Earth — Peary and the North 

 Pole, and The Cruise of the Belgica in the 

 Antarctics." 



March sg, igoi. — President Graham Bell in 

 the chair. Mr. Alexander Hume Ford deliv- 

 ered an illustrated address, "The Railways 

 and Waterways of the Russian Empire.'' 



* The proceedings of the technical meetings 

 during March will appear in the May number. 



Afternoon Meetings. 



March s, igoi. — President Graham Bell in 

 the chair. Talcott Williams, LL. D., de- 

 livered an illustrated address, "Western. 

 Asia." 



March 12, /90/.— President Graham Bell in 

 the chair. Hon. John Barrett delivered an 

 illustrated address, " Eastern Asia — China." 



March 22, igoi. — President Graham Bell in 

 the chair. Prof. H. Morse Stephens, of Cornell 

 University, delivered an address, "Southern 

 Asia — India." 



Match 26, igoi. — President Graham Bell in 

 the chair. Prof. Edwin A. Grosvenor, of Am- 

 herst College, delivered an illustrated address, 

 " Northern Asia — Siberia." 



April 2, igoi. — President Graham Bell in 

 the chair. Vice-President McGee delivered 

 an illustrated address, "Asia — The Cradle of 

 Humanity." 



