CONTENTS 



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Beacons of the Sea: Lighting the Coasts of the United States, by Gkorge R. Putnam. i 

 The Discovery of Cancer in Plants : An Account of Some Remarkable Experiments by 



the U. S. Department of Agriculture 53 



From Jerusalem to Aleppo, by John D. Whiting 71 



Honors to Amundsen and Peary 113 



Map of Central America, Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Islands of the Caribbean Sea.... 131 



The Recent Eruption of Katmai Volcano in Alaska, by George C. M.\rtix 131 



Do Volcanic Explosions Affect Our Climate? by G. C. Abbott 181 



The Changing Map in the Balkans, by Frederick Moore 199 



The Countries of the Caribbean, by William Joseph Showalter 227 



National Geographic Society 251 



Oysters : The World's Most \^aluable Water Crop, by Hugh M. Smith.'. 257 



Greece and Montenegro, by George Higgins Moses 281 



Megaspelseon, the Oldest Monastery in Greece, by Carroll Storrs Alden 310 



Mysterious Temples of the Jungle : The Prehistoric Ruins of Guatemala, by W. F. 



Sands 325 



Excavations at Quirigua, Guatemala, by Sylvanus Griswold Morlev 339 



Saving the Ducks and Geese, by Wells W. Cooke 361 



Wandering Islands in the Rio Grande, by Mrs. Albert S. Burleson 381 



In the Wonderland of Peru — The Work Accomplished by the Peruvian Expedition of 

 1912, under the Auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society, 



by Hiram Bingham, Director of the Expedition .'. 387 



Panorama of Mount Robson Peak and Glaciers, 16x44 inches, by Charles D. 



Walcott ' 575 



Monsters of our Back Yards, by David Fairchild 575 



The Monarch of the Canadian Rockies, by Charles D. Walcott 626 



The Lama's Motor Car, by Ethan C. Le Munvon 641 



A Geographic Achievement 667 



Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard 669 



Birds May Bring You More Happiness than the Wealth of the Indies, bv Frank M. 



Chapman ' 699 



Chinese Pigeon Whistles 715 



The Nation's Capital, by James Bryce 717 



Curious Scenes in Out-of-the-way Places 751 



Wild Animals that Took Their Own Pictures by Day and bv Night, bv George Shiras, 



3RD ■;....: -^ti 



L'ntoured Burma, by Charles H. Bartlett 835 



Scenes in Out-of-the-way Places 854 



The Ascent of Mont Blanc, by Walter Woodburn Hyde 861 



Gems of the Italian Lakes, by Arthur Ellis Mayer 943 



The Resurrection of Ancient Egypt, by James Baikie 957 



Reconstructing Egypt's Historj', by Wallace N. Stearns 1021 



The Sacred Ibis Cemetery and Jackal Catacombs at Abydos, by Camden M. Cobern.. 1042 



Rumania and Her Ambitions, by Frederick Moore 1057 



An Island in the Sea of History, by George Kennan 1087 



The Mysterious Life of the Common Eel. by Hugh M. Smith 1 140 



Our Army versus a Bacillus 1 146 



The Non-Christian Peoples of the Philippine Islands, by Dean C. Worcester 1157 



Religious Penances and Punishments Self-inflicted by the Holy Men of India, by Rev. 



W. M. ZuMBRo 1257 



The Marriage of the Gods, by John J. Banninga 1314 



Texas, Our Largest State, by N. H. Darton 1330 



