The National Geographic Magazine, 
NOW PUBLISHED MONTHLY, 
miinbers among its contributors the following well-known writers on the different 
branches of geographic science: 
Mr. Cyrus C. Adams, New York. 
Dr. Cyrus Adler, Smithsouiau Institution. 
Mr. Marcus Baker, U. S. Geological Survey. 
Capt. John R. Bartlett, U. vS. N. 
Dr. Francis Brown, Union Theol. Seminary. 
Hon. Jefferson B. Browne, Collector of Cus- 
toms at Key West. 
Dr. E. L. Corthell, C. E., New York. 
Dr. Elliott Coues. 
Hon. William E. Curtis, ex-Director of the 
Bureau of the American Republics. 
Mr. Frank Hamilton Cushing, Bureau of 
American Ethnology. 
Dr. Charles W. Dabney, Jr., Assistant Secre- 
tary of Agriculture. 
Dr. Win. H. Dali, Smithsonian Institution. 
Dr. George Davidson, President of the Geo- 
graphical Society of the Pacific. 
Mr. Arthur P. Davis, U. S. Geological Survey. 
Mr. Wm. M. Davi.s, Profes.sor of Physical Geog- 
rapln- in Harvard University. 
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-Secretary of State. 
Mr. Henry Gannett, Chief Geographer, U. S. 
Geological Survey and iith Census. 
Mr. G. K. Gilbert, U. S. Geological Survey. 
3en. A. W. Greely, U. S. A., Chief Signal 
Officer, War Department. 
Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard, President of the 
National Geographic .Society. 
Dr Mark W. Harrington, President of the Uni- 
versity of the State of Washington. 
Lieut. Everett Hayden, U. S. N., Secretary of 
the National Geographic Society. 
Mr. Robert T. Hill, U. S. Geological Survey. 
Mr. Wm. II. Holnie.s. Dir. of the Dept, of .■An- 
thropology', Field Coluni. Museum, Chicago. 
Dr. Emil Holub, Vienna, Austria. 
Dr. Sheldon Jackson, U. S. Commissioner of 
Education for .Alaska. 
Mr. Willard D. Johmson, U. S. Geol. Survey. 
Mr. Mark B. Kerr, C. E. 
Mr. George Kennan. 
Prof. William Uibbey, Jr., Princeton Coll., N. J, 
Prof. E. McClure, University of Oregon. 
Prof. W J McGee, Bureau of American Eth- 
nology. 
Mr. John E. McGrath, U. S. Coast Survey. 
Admiral R. W. Meade, U. S. N. 
Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, President of the Poly- 
technic Institute, Worcester, Ma.ss. 
Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Ornithologist and Mam- 
malogist, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
Hon. John H. Mitchell, U. S. S. 
Prof. W. L- Moore, Chief of Weather Bureau. 
Mr. Frederick H. Newell, Chief Hy'drographer 
of the U. S. Geological Survey. 
Mr. Herbert G. Ogden, U. S. Coast Survey. 
Lieut. Robert E- Peary, U. S. N. 
Mrs. Robert E. Peary. 
Hon. Geo. C. Perkins, U. S. vS. 
Mr. William H. Pickering, Professor of Astron- 
omy in Harvard University. 
Major John W. Powell, Director of the Bureau 
of American Ethnology. 
Prof. W. B. Powell, Superintendent of Schools, 
District of Columbia. 
Hon. John R. Procter, Pre.sident of the U. S. 
Civil Service Commission. 
Mr. Israel C. Russell, Professor of Geology in 
the University of Michigan. 
Dr. N. S. Shaler, Professor of Geology in Har- 
vard University. 
Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, Hydrographer 
to the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Dept. 
Miss Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore. 
Commander Z. L- Tanner, U. S. N. 
Mr. F'rank 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. 
PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF RECENT NUMBERS. 
JANUARY. — Russia in Europe, with map, Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard; The Arctic Cruise 
of the U. S. Revenue Cutter “Bear,” with illiustrations. Dr. Sheldon Jackson; The 
Scojie and Value of Arctic Phxploration, Gen. A. W. Greely, U. S. A. 
FEBRUARY. — Venezuela: Her Government, People, and Boundary, with map and illustra- 
tions, William E. Curtis; The Panama Canal Route, with illu.slrations. Prof. Robert!'. 
Hill; The Tehuantepec Ship Railway, with maps, 1C. L. Corthell, C. 1C., LL. D. ; The 
Present State of the Nicaragua Canal, Gen. A. W. Greely ; iCxplorations by the Bureau 
of .American ICthnology, W J McGee. Also map of the Orinoco valley^ sho7vini> territory 
drained by that walenn'ay and its beariny^ on the I 'eneznelan Itoundary Question. 
MARCH. — The So-Calle<l “Jeannette Relics,” Prof. Wm. H. Dali ; Nansen’s Polar ICxjiedi- 
tion, Gen. A. W. Greely; Tiie Submarine Cables of the World, Gustave Herrle ; The 
Survey and Subdivision of Indian Territory, with map and illustration, Henry Gannett ; 
“ I'ree Burghs” in the Unileil States, James H. Blodgett, rllso chart, /g .v jo inches, 
showing Submarine Telegraph Cables of the World and Principal Land Lines. P'ull- 
pas^e portraits of I)r. Nansen and Prof. IPm. II. Dull. 
APRIL. — Seriland, with map ainl illustration, W J McGee and Willard 1). Johnson ; The 
01vmj)ic Country, with maj), the lale S. C. Gilman ; The Discovery of Glacier Bay, 
Ala.ska, Eliza Ridiamah Scidim)re ; Hydrography in the United States, loederick H. 
Newell ; Recent Triangnlation in the Ca.scades, ,S. ,S. Gannett ; The Altitude of Mt. 
Ailams, W.'Lshington, ICdgar .McClure. 
may.- -A frica .since iSH8, with sjiecial reference to .South Africa and .Al)yssinia, with map, 
■ Hon. Gardiner G. Hnbbanl ; I'nndamental Geogr.ijihic Relation of the !'hree .Americas, 
with map. Prof. Robert!'. Hill ; The Kansas River, .Arthur P. Davis, .llso portrait of 
lion. Gardiner G. Hubbard, President of the National Geographic Society. 
25 Cents per Number or $2.50 per Year. 

