CONTENTS 



Tiie Gold Coast, Aylianti, and Kmuassi ; by (lEoiiciE K. FuKNtir . . . . 1 



All around the Bay of Passaniaqnoddy ; by Ai.ukrt S. Ga'1"schkt. ... 10 



Ketnrn of the llourst Ni^er Expetlition ; by Eunest de Sassevim.e. . 24 



Geographic Serials ; [Henry Gannett] 25 



Geographic Notes 20 



iNIiscellanea 27 



Proceedings of the Naiional Cieographic Society 28 



The National Geographic Society : Syno])sis of a course of lectures on 

 the effects of geographic environment in develojiing the civiliza- 

 tion of the v.'orld ; Gakoiner G. HrnuAun 29 



Crater Lake, Oregon ; by J. S. Dili.ek .>5 



The Utilization of the vacant Public I>ands ; l)y Emory F. Besst.... 4!) 



The Mazamas ; J. S. Dii.i.er 58 



Geographic Literature (Elementary Geolog\', Tarr ; The Lessons of 

 P^rosion Due to Forest Destruction ; Preliminary Report on the 

 Income Account of Railways in the United States; Virginia Car- 

 tography, Phillips) 59 



Geographic Serials ; [Henry GannettI 01 



Proceedings of the National (leographic Society 0;> 



Miscellanea 04 



Storms and Weather Forecasts ; l)y Wiijjs L. Moore 05 



Rubber Forests of Nicaragua and Sierra Tjeone ; by A. W. Gkeely. . 8;> 



Recent Explorations in p](iuatorial Africa ; Ernest de Sassevili.e. . . 88 

 Geographic Literature (Tiaboratory Practice for Beginners in Botany, 



Setchell ; An Introduction to Geology, Scott) 91 



Geographic Serials ; [Henky Gannett] 92 



Proceedings of 1 he National Geographic Society 94 



Geographic Notes 95 



A Summer Voyage to the Arctic ; by G. R. Putna.m 97 



Area and Drainage Basin of Lake Superior; by Mark W. Harring- 

 ton " Ill 



The Siberian Transcontinental Railroad ; A. W. Greei.y 121 



Geographic Literature (Glaciers of North America, Russell; A Treatise 



on Rocks, Rock Weathering, and Soils, IMerrill) 124 



Geographic Serials ; [Henry Ganneh] 127 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society 128 



A Winter Voyage through- the Straits of Magellan ; by R. W. :Meai)ic. 129 



Admiral R. Vv. Meade, U. S. N. ; [John Hyde] 142 



Costa Rica ; by Ricaroo Vii.i.aeranca 14;') 



Applied Physiography in South Carolina ; by L. C. Glenn 152 



Sheik Said ; F^rnest de Sasseviij-e 155 



Geographic Literature ; [Jotix Hyde] 150 



Geographic Serials ; [Henry Gannett] 157 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society 159 



(iii) 



