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Miscellanea 160 



The Effects of Geo^^raphic Environment in the Development of Civ- 

 ilization in Primitive Man ; by Gakdinkk G. Hthhakd Kil 



Tiie National Forest Reserves ; by Fuedkkick; H. Nkwum 177 



George W. Melville, Engineer-in-chief U. S. N. ; [A. W. Gimcioia-]. . . 187 



Geographic Serials ; [Hkn'ky GAN>5ii;i'T] 190 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society 191 



The Veneznelan Bonndary Commission and its Work ; by ]\rARt'rs 



Bakek 19-5 



Mineral Production in the United States ; [Jonx Hvdk] I'Ol 



The Forests and Deserts of Arizona; by Berniiard E. Fernow 203 



Mount St. Helens ; by Chari-es P. Elliott 226 



Geograpbic Literature (INIagnetic Declination in the United States, 

 Gannett; Carpenter's Geographical Reader ; Studies in Indiana 



Geography, Dryer) 2;:}0 



Modification of the Great Lakes by Earth JMovement ; by G. K. 



Gilbert 233 



The Toronto Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement 



of Science ; [John Hyde] 247 



The Great Unmapped Areas on the Earth's Surface Awaiting the Ex- 

 plorer and Geographer ; by J. Scott Keltie 251 



The Compass in Modern Navigation ; by G. W. I^iutleiiales 266 



The Enchanted Mesa ; by F. W. Hooge 273 



Electric Street Railways ; [.Iohx Hyde] 284: 



Geographical Research in the United States; by Gardiner G. Hub- 

 bard and Marcus Baker 285 



A Brief Account of the Geographic Work of the U. S. Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey ; by T. C IMendexiiall and Otto H. Tittmann. . . . 294 



United States Daily Atmospheric Survey ; by Willis L. Moore 299 



Geographic Notes 304 



Patagonia ; by J. B. Hatcher 305 



Hatcher's Work in Patagonia ; [ W J McGee].. 319 



The Sushitna River, Alaska ; by W. A. Dickey 322 



A Winter Weathei' Record from the Klondike Region ; by E. W. Nel- 

 son 327 



The Russian Census of 1897 ; [A. W. Grekly] 335 



The Washington Aqueduct and Cabin John Bridge ; by D. D. Gail- 



i,akd 338 



Gardiner Greene Hubbard ; [John Hyde] 345 



Pollution of the Potomac River; by F. H. Nevveli 346 



The Delta of the Mississippi River ; by E. L. Couth ef.l 351 



The Annexation Fever ; Henry Gannett 354 



Sir John Evans and Prof. W J McGee ; [Joirx Hyde] 358 



Some Recent Geographic Events ; [John Hyde] ; 359 



Geographic Literature 362 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society 3(55 



Geographic Notes 367 



Index ; [W J McGee] 3(>9 



