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Where Women Vote ; by Baroness AllETTa Kor:?? 487 



Notes on Finland 493 



Costa Rica — -Vulcan's Smithy; by H. Pittier, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



For 15 Years Director of the Physical Geographical Institute of San Jose, Costa 



Rica 494 



The Erratic; by O. A- LjungstedT, of the U. S. Geological Survey 525 



A Primitive Gyroscope in Liberia ; by G. N. Collins 531 



European Tributes to Peary 536 



Book Reviews 541 



The Date Gardens of the Jerid ; by Thomas H. Kearney 543 



Carrying Water Through a Desert. The Story of the Los Angeles Aqueduct ; by BurT 



A. Heinly 568 



Guatemala, the Country of the Future ; by Edine Frances TisdEL 596 



Angola, the Last Foothold of Slavery 625 



The Southwest. Its Splendid Natural 'Resources, Agricultural Wealth, and Scenic 



Beauty ; by N. H. Darton, of the U. S. Geological Survey 631 



A Land of Eternal Warring ; by Sir Wieerid T. GrEnfeEE 665 



Notes on the Deserts of the United States and Mexico 691 



Camp Fires on Desert and Lava 715 



Book Reviews 718 



Notes on the Only American Colony in the World ; by Edgar AelEn Forbes 719 



Conditions in Liberia 729 



The Greatest Volcanoes of Mexico 741 



The Fringe of Verdure Around Asia Minor ; by Ellsworth LIuntington 761 



Notes on Normandy ; by Mrs Geo. C. Bosson, Jr 775 



Our Greatest Plant Food ; by Guy Elliott Mitchell 783 



Curious and Characteristic Customs of China ; by Kenneth F. Junor, M. D 791 



Book Reviews 806 



Impressions and Scenes of Mozambique ; by O. W. BarrETT 807 



The Lost Wealth of the Kings of Midas ; by Ellsworth Huntington 831 



A Talk About Persia and Its Women ; by Ella C. SykES 847 



The Greatness of Little Portugal ; by Oswald Craweurd 867 



The Woods and Gardens of Portugal ; by Martin Hume 883 



Glimpses of Korea and China ; by William W. Chapin, of Rochester 895 



A New Source of Power. Billions of Tons of Lignite, Previously Thought Too Poor 



Coal for Commercial Use, Are Made Easily Available; by Guy Elliott MiTchell. . 935 



Kboo, a Liberian Game ; by G. N. Collins 944 



The Pest of English Sparrows ; by N. Dearborn 948 



Mr Roosevelt's "African Game Trails" 953 



The Mistletoe 965 



Our Colored Pictures 965 



The Man Without the Hoe 967 



Among the Cannibals of Belgian Kongo 969 



National Geographic Society 972 



Race Prejudice in the Far East; by Melville E. Stone, General Manager of the Asso- 

 ciated Press 973 



Some Mexican Transportation Scenes ; by Walter W. BradlEy ' 985 



The Isthmus of Tehuantepec, "The Bridge of the World's Commerce" ; bj^ HELEn 



Olsson-Seffer 991 



Hewers of Stone; by Jeremiah Zimmerman, D. D., LL. D 1002 



Agricultural Possibilities in Tropical Mexico; by Dr Pehr Olsson-SeffEr, Late Com.- 



missioner of Tropical Agriculture to the Mexican Government 1021 



An Interesting Visit to the Ancient Pyramids of San Juan Teotihuacan; by A. C. 



Galloway 1041 



A North Holland Cheese Market; by Hugh M. Smith, Deputy Commissioner, U. S. ■ 



Bureau of Fisheries 1051 Wi 



An Ideal Fuel Manufactured Out of Waste Products; by Guy Elliott Mitchell 1067 



National Geographic Society 1074 



