GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE 



A Gazetteer of Alaska, by Marcus 

 Baker, is in the printer's hands and 

 will soon be ready for distribution by 

 the U. S. Geological Survey. Gazet- 

 teers of Cuba and Texas are being com- 

 piled by Henry Gannett, also to be pub- 

 lished by the Survey. 



Reports on Military Operations in 

 Soath Africa and China, just published 

 by the Military Information Division 

 of the War Department, forms a con- 

 cise and excellent summary of military 

 events in these respective parts of the 

 world until April i, 1901. Thevolurne 

 is accompanied by many maps, one of 

 South Africa being especially valuable. 



** Boundaries of the United States, States 

 and Territories, with Outline of History 

 of Important Changes," by Henry Gan- 

 nett, is the title of Bulletin No. 171, re- 

 cently issued by the U. S. Geological 

 Survey. As the title indicates, the re- 

 port gives a sketch of the successive 

 boundaries of the United States, of its 

 states and territories, as defined by 

 treaty, charter, or statute. The text is 

 well illustrated by maps and diagrams. 



Recent Important Publications by the 



Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury 

 Department are ' ' National Debts of the 

 World," " Porto Rico, Hawaii, Philip- 

 pine Islands, Guam, Samoan Islands, 

 and Cuba, their area, population, agri- 

 cultural and mineral products, imports 

 and exports by countries, and the com- 

 merce of the United States therewith," 

 and "Commerce of Mexico, Central and 

 South America, and the West Indies, 

 with share of the United States and 

 other leading nations therein, 1821- 

 1900." 



A List of Maps of America in the Li- 

 brary of Congress, by P. Lee Phillips, 

 Chief of the Division of Maps and Charts, 

 has been recently published by the Li- 

 brary of Congress. This very valuable 

 volume is preceded by a list of books re- 

 lating to cartography. The maps are 

 listed chronologically and include such 

 as were in the Library at the time of the 

 opening of the new building, in No- 

 vember, 1897. Since that date there 

 have been many important editions, 

 which will be included in a supple- 

 mentary volume. 



A bibliography of geographic publica- 

 tions of 1900 is issued as the September 

 number of A nnales de Geog raphie. The 

 908 entries are very comprehensive, in- 

 cluding memoirs published in govern- 

 ment reports and in the proceedings of 

 societies and in leading periodicals. The 

 volume is edited by Louis Raveneau, 

 with whom are associated some forty 

 eminent geographers, Drs. Wm. M. 

 Davis and R. De Courtney Ward, of 

 Harvard University, representing the 

 United States. Sixty entries are of sub- 

 jects relating to the United States, a 

 larger number than that of any other 

 country. 



The High Plains and Their Utilization 



is the subject of a report by Willard D. 

 Johnson in the Twenty-first Annual Re- 

 port of the U. S. Geological Survey and 

 now published in separate form. Mr. 

 Johnson believes that the great plains 

 and arid regions west of the Rockies 

 that form Colorado and New Mexico 

 and the western portions of Nebraska, 

 Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas were 

 formed by deposits from the mountain 

 chain. Gradually, however, the region 



