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The University of Chicago Press 



The Weather and Climate of Chicago. {Bulletin No. 4, Geo- 

 graphic Society of Chicago.) By Henry J. Cox, Professor of 

 Meteorology, United States Weather Bureau, and John II. 

 Armington, Local Forecaster, United States Weather Bureau. 



396 pages, 8vo, cloth; $3.00, postage extra (weight 3 lbs. 1 oz.) 



This book, of general interest because of its character and 

 authority, will naturally be of peculiar interest to residents of 

 Chicago and the Middle West. Its importance is indicated by 

 the fact that it is issued under the auspices of the Geographic 

 Society of Chicago, and has been prepared by two of the best 

 known weather experts in the country. It includes discussions 

 of a great variety of subjects, such as temperature, precipitation, 

 atmospheric moisture, cloudiness and sunshine, wind direction 

 and velocity, barometric pressure, and storm tracks; and among 

 the interesting appendixes to the book are one on the weather of 

 holidays and another containing journal entries relative to the 

 great Chicago Fire of 1871. 



The volume contains also a remarkable series of tables with 

 reference to temperature, precipitation, atmospheric moisture, 



and atmospheric pressure — one hundred and forty-seven in all, 



with more than one hundred figures and plates. 



Of especial interest and importance to teachers in connection 

 with The Weather and Climate of Chicago is the preceding Bul- 

 letin of the Geographic Society edited by Professor Cox, and 

 by Professor J. Paul Goode of the University of Chicago. It 

 was prepared by a committee of the Geographic Society of 

 Chicago and is entitled Lantern Slide Illustrations for the Teach- 

 ing of Meteorology. It will be found an admirable aid in 

 interesting students in the phenomena of weather and climate. 



Unpopular Government in the United States. By Albert M. Kales, 



Professor of Law in Northwestern University. 



372 pages, i2mo, cloth; $1.50, postage extra (weight 1 lb. 8 oz.) 



This volume by a prominent member of the Chicago bar is 

 an especially timely book, presenting with great clearness and 

 cogency some of the political needs of the country, particularly 

 the necessity of the short ballot. The author defines unpopular 



