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OBITUARY— GEOGliAPIIIC LITER A TIRE 
OBITUARY 
Dr Robert Brown, the distinguished botanical geographer, died Octo- 
ber 20. He was in command of the Vancouver island exj)loration of 1804 
and was in the Whymper West Greenland expedition of 1867, his glacial 
and natural history work attracting much attention. His “Manual of 
Botany” is his best work, although it is less widely known than are his 
“Peoples of the World,” “Countries of the World,” “Our Earth and 
its Story,” “Africa,” and “ Science for All,” which aggregate 24 volumes. 
Admiral R. B. Pearse, R. N., died in November. He served as mate in 
H. M. S. Resolute, 1850-’51, and made a sledge journey of 208 miles, from 
Griffith to Bathurst island, during which he and one of his men were 
badly frozen. He rendered distinguished service to his country during 
the Chinese war of 1858-’60. 
Henry Seebohm, the eminent ornithologist, died November 20. His 
investigations carried him over the greater part of the world. Two of his 
most interesting works, “ Siberia in flurope ” and “ Siberia in Asia,” were 
the outcome of his bird trips to the Lower Petchora in 1875 and the 
Yenisei in 1877, his ship being wrecked on the latter occasion. Seebohm’s 
great works are the “ History of British Birds,” “ Geographical Distribu- 
tion of Plovers,” and “ Birds of Japan.” 
Rear Admiral Shufeldt, U. S. N., who died November 7, has left a record 
of unusual brilliancy. His most important geogra^ihical work was done 
while he was in command of the Tehuantepec and Nicaragua surveying 
expeditions. His reports, valuable documents illustrated by plates and 
maps, were printed by the Government in 1872 and 1874. The greatest 
service that Shufeldt rendered to .America, and, it may be added, to the 
world in general, was the negotiation, in 1882, of the treaty by which 
Korea was thrown open to tlie commerce of the United States, first of all 
nations. 
GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE 
Elemeniar;/ Physical Geofimphy. By Ralph S. Tarr, Assistant Professor of 
Dynamic Geology and Physical Geography at Cornell University. Pp. 
488, with maps and 267 illustrations. New York : Alacmillan & Co. 
1895. ?1.40. 
This book appears well adapted to serve as a text-book of physical 
geography. It will commend itself by its perspicuous style to the favor- 
able attention of those who may desire information concerning the most 
recent developments in this important field, without the labor of examin- 
ing ptirely professional papers, and who do not care to depend on irre- 
sponsible newspaper reports. The chapters devoted to geology are, as 
might be e.xpected, unexceiJtionable. In its treatment of ocean currents,. 
