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AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY, published foF the 

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Cfitef S/gnaf Officer, U. S. Army 



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Chief Geographer, U. S. Geological 

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Chief of the Biological Survey, U. S. 

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Assistant Secretary of State 



BLXZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE, 



Author of '^ Jaya, the Garden of 

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(/. S. Geological Survey 



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IDA M. TARBELL, 



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