THE 
National Geographic Magazine, 
PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH, 
nurnbers among its contributors the following well-known writers 
on the different branches of geographic science : 
Mr. Catus C. Adams, New York. 
IJr. Cyrus Adler, Smithsonian Institution. 
Mr. Marcus Baker, U. S. Geological Survey. 
CajJt. John R. Bartlett, U. S. N. 
Dr. Francis Brown, Union Theol. Seminary. 
Mr. K. Iv- Corthell, C. F., New York. 
Dr. Elliott Cones. 
I\Ir. hrauk Hamilton Cushing, Bureau of 
American Ethnology. 
Dr. Charles W. Dabne}', Jr., Assistant Secre- 
tary of Agriculture and President (on leave) 
of the Tennessee State University. 
Dr. Win. H. Dali, Smithsonian Institution, 
ITes. of the Phil. Society of Washington. 
Dr. George Davitlson, President of the Geo- 
graphical Society of the Pacific. 
Mr. Arthur P. Davis, U. S. Geological Surve}'. 
.Mr. Wm. M. Davis, Profe.ssorof Ph 3 >-sical Geog- 
raphy in Harvard Universitj'. 
Dr. David T. Day, Chief of the Div. of Mining 
Statistics and Technology, U. S. Geol. Sur. 
Mr. J. S. Diller, U. S. Geological Survey. 
Hon. John W. I'oster, ex-vSecretary of State. 
.Mr. Heur}’ Gannett, Chief Topographer, U. S. 
Geol. Sur. and Geographer of'iith Census. 
Mr. G. K. Gilbert, U. S. Geological Survey', 
Pres, of the Geol. Society of Washington. 
'^^rcn. A. W. Greely, U. S. A., Chief Signal 
Officer, War Department. 
Hon. (lardiner G. Hubbard, President of the 
National Geographic Society. 
Dr ilark W. Harrington, President of the Uni- 
versity of the State of Washington. 
Lieut. Ivverett Hayalen, U. ,S. N., Secretary of 
the N’ati<mal Geographic vSocietv. 
Mr. Will. H. Holmes. Dir. of the Dept, of An- 
thropology, P'ield Cohim. Mu.seum, Chicago. 
Dr. Jviiiil Holub, Vienna, Austria. 
Dr. Sheldon Jackson, U. S. Commissioner of 
Education for Alaska. 
Mr. George Kennan. 
Prof. William Libbey, Jr., Princeton Coll. N. T. 
Prof. W J McGee, Bureau of American’ Eth- 
nology. 
Mr. John E. McGrath, U. S. Coast Survey 
Adiniral R. W. Meade, U. S. Nv 
Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, President of the Poly- 
technic Institute, Worcester, lilass. 
Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Ornithologist aiid Mam- 
malogist, U. S. Department of Agriculture 
Hon. John H. Mitchell, U. S. S. 
Prof. W. L. Moore, Chief of Weather Bureau. 
1^^^* Frederick H. Newell, Chief Hydrotrranher 
of the U. S. Geological Survey. 
Mr. Herbert G. Ogden, U. S. Coast Survey 
Eieut. Robert E- Peary, U. ,S. N. 
Mrs. Robert E. Peary'. 
Hon. Geo. C. Perkins, U. S. S. 
Mr. William H. Pickering, Professor of Astron- 
omy in Haryard Uniyersity. 
Major John W. Powell, Director of the Bureau 
of American Ethnology and President of the 
Anthropological Society of Washington. 
Prof. W. B. Powell, Superintendent of Schools 
District of Columbia. ’ 
Hon. John R. Procter, President of the U. ,S. 
Ciyil Seryice Commission. 
Mr. Israel C. Russell, Profe.ssor of Geology in 
the Univensity of Michigan. 
Dr. N. S. Shaler, Profes.sor of Geology in Har- 
vard University. 
Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, Hvdrographer 
to the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Dept. 
Mi.ss Eliza Ruhainah Scidmore. 
Commander Z. L- Tanner, U. ,S. N. 
Mr. Prank ’Vincent, New York. 
Hon. Charles D. Walcott, Director of the U.S. 
Geological Survey. 
Mrs. Fannie B. Ward. 
Mr. Bailey Willis, U. S. Geological Survey. 
Among the contents of fortlicoming numbers will be articles, for 
the most part illustrated, on the Geography, People, and Resources 
of Costa Rica, by General Richard Villafranca, Commissioner-General 
to the Atlanta l^xposition ; on Some Recent Ifxplorations in the Foot- 
iiills of the Andesof Jeeuador, by Mr. Mark B. Kerr; on 1 lydrograibhy 
dithe United State.s, by Mr. Frederick II. Newell; on P'ree Burghs 
n the United States, by Air. James II. Blodgett; on the 'Topographic 
Work of the United States (;eological Survey, by Mr. I lenry Gannett, 
inJ on the lapestry- Producing Nations, by Mr. C. M. Foulke. 
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