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The National Geographic Magazine 



Albanian and Bulgarian Captives in Macedonia 

 From "The Balkan Trail." Macmillan Co. 



The Indian's Book. An offering by the 

 American Indians of Indian Lore, Musical 

 and Narrative, to form a record of the 

 songs and legends of their race. Recorded 

 and edited by Natalie Curtis. Pp. 573. 

 10^ X y^ inches. Illustrated. New York : 

 Harper & Bros. 1907. 



The American Indian. As a product of en- 

 vironment, with special reference to the 

 Pueblos. By A. J. Flynn, Ph. D. Pp. 275. 

 S>^x8 inches. Illustrated. Boston: Little, 

 Brown & Co. 1907. 



Handbook of the Trees. Northern States 

 and Canada. By Romeyn Beck Hough, 

 B. A. Pp. 470. 9-)4 X yy^ inches. Illus- 

 trated. Published by the author. Lowville, 

 N. Y. 1907. $8.00. 

 Mr Hough gives photographic illustrations 

 of the fresh leaves, fruits, leafless branchlets 

 and typical bark of every American tree east 

 of the Rocky Mountains, with a map showing 

 its geographic distribution. With this book as 

 a guide any person can identify any tree east 



of the Rockies in winter, spring, summer or 

 autumn. Years were required to obtain this 

 photo-descriptive record, owing to the many 

 difficulties met. 



"Chief among these were the 'off' years, dur- 

 ing which a species does not bear fruit. For 

 example : One season I could not find a single 

 tree of the common sugar maple bearing fruit, 

 though I examined many from northern New 

 York to North Carolina and westward to Mis- 

 souri. One winter not a solitary twig could I 

 find of the Yellow Birch bearing its dormant 

 catkins, and, naturally, not a tree bearing flowers 

 or fruit the next summer. I searched in vain 

 two successive seasons for the pistillate flowers 

 of the common butternut, so regularly did the 

 late frosts of spring destroy them, though the 

 staminate flowers appeared annually. 



"The shortness of the period, too, during 

 which the flowers or fruits of certain trees are 

 in their prime, or even exist on the trees, has 

 necessitated close watch. The exact time must 

 be ascertained by observation, and if, per- 

 chance, I miss it I must wait until another year 

 for another opportunity. Then I may find it an 



