The National Geographic Magazine, 
NOW PUBLISHED MONTHLY, 
numbers among its contributors the following well-known writers on the diflerent 
branches of geogra})hic science : 
Mr. Cyrus C. Adams, New York. 
])r. Cyrus Adler, Smithsonian Institution. 
Mr. Marcus Baker, U. S. Geological Survey. 
Capt. John R. Bartlett, U. S. N. 
Dr. Francis Brown, Union Theol. Seminary. 
lion. Jefferson B. Browne, Collector of Cus- 
toms at Key West. 
Dr. H. L. Corthell, C. E., New York. 
Dr. Elliott Cones. 
Hon. William E. Curtis, ex-Director of the 
Bureau of the .\merican Republics. 
Mr. Frank Hamilton Cushing, Bureau of 
American Ethnology. 
Dr. Charles W. Dabney, Jr., Assistant vSecre- 
tary of Agriculture. 
Dr. Win. H. Dali, Smithsonian Institution. 
Dr. George David.son, I’resident of the Geo- 
graphical Society of the Pacific. 
Mr. Arthur P. Davis, U. ,S. Geological Survey. 
Mr. Win. M. Davis, Profe.ssor of Pli}'sical Geog- 
raphy 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. 
H«ni. John W. P'oster, ex-,Secretary of State. 
Mr. Henry Gannett, Chief Geographer, U. S. 
Geological .Survey and nth Census. 
IMr. G. K. Gilbert, U. S. Geological Survey. 
Gen. 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 Hayddn, U. S. N., Secretary of 
the National Geographic Society. 
Mr. Robert T. Hill, U. S. Geological Survey. 
Mr. Win. H. Holnie.s, Dir. of the Dept, of An- 
thropology, Field Colum. Museum, Chicago. 
Dr. Emil Holub, Vienna, Austria. 
Dr. Sheldou Jackson, U. S. Commissioner of 
Education for Alaska. 
Mr. Willard D. Johnson, U. S. Geol. Survey. 
Mr. Mark B. Kerr, C. E. 
Mr. George Kennan. 
Prof. William Libbey, 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, Mass. 
Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Ornithologist and Mani- 
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 Hydrographer 
of the U. S. Geological Surve 3 ^ 
Mr. Herbert G. Ogden, U. S. Coast Surve 3 ^ 
Lieut. Robert E. Peaiy, U. ,S. N. 
Mrs. Robert E. Pear)^ 
Hon. Geo. C. Perkins, U. S. S. 
Mr. William H. Pickering, Professor of .Astron- 
omy in Plarvard University. 
Major John W. Powell, Director of the Bureau 
of American Ethnology. 
Prof. W. B. Powell, Superintendent of Schools, 
District of Columbia. 
Ploti. John R. Procter, President of the U. S. 
Civil Service Commission. 
Mr. Israel C. Russell, Professor of Geology in 
the Univer.sit 3 ' of Michigan. 
Dr. N. vS. Shaler, Professor of Geology in Har- 
vard University. 
Commander Charles D. Sig.sbee, H}'drograplier 
to the Bureau of Navigation, Nav)' Dept. 
Miss Eliza Rnhaniah Scidmore. 
Commander Z. L- Tanner, U. vS. N. 
Mr. Frank 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 illustrations. Dr. ,Sheldon Jackson; The 
Scope and Value of Arctic Exploration, Gen. A. W. Greely, U. S. A. 
FEBRUARY. — Venezuela: Her Government, People, and Boundary, with map and illustra- 
tions, William IC. Curtis ; The Panama Canal Route, with illu.strations, Prof. Robert T. 
Hill; The Tehuante])cc Ship Railwaj’, with nia])s, E. L. Corthell, C. E., LL. D. ; The 
Pre.sent State of the Nicaragua Canal, Gen. A. W. Grecl}' ; lCx])loralions by the Bureau 
of American Ethnolog)’, W J McGee. W/.vt; ;«<//> of thf Orinoco vaUev, showiui^ tcrrilory 
lirained bv that roaicnoav its bearing on the Venezuelan Itoniuiary Question. 
MARCH. — The So-Called “Jeannette Relics,” Prof. Win. H. Dali ; Nansen’s Polar Expedi- 
tion, Gen. /\. W. Greely; The .Submarine Cables of the World, Gustave llerrle ; The 
Survey’ and Subdivision of Inilian Territory, with map and illu.slration, Henry Gannett ; 
“ I'ree Burghs’’ in the United States, Janies II. Blodgett, .llso charts n) .v jio inches, 
s/um'iny Submarine ’I'eley;raph ('ables oj the World and Principal l.aud Lines. L'nll- 
pay^c portraits of Dr. Nansen and Prof. IVm. J 1. Dull. 
APRIL. — Seriland, with map and illustration, W J McGee and 'Willard I). Johnson; The 
Olynijiie Country, with nia]), the late S. C. Gilman; The Discovery of Glacier Bay, 
Alaska, Eliz.a Kuhamah Scidmore; 1 lydrograiihj' in the United States, l*'rederick 11. 
Newell; Recent Triangulalion in the Ca.scades, S. ,S. Gannett; The .Altitude of Mt. 
Adams, WiLshington, Edgar McClure. 
MAY. — Africa since i.SSH, with special reference to South .Africa and .Abyssinia, with inaji, 
Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard ; 1‘undainental th-ographic Relation of the 'I'liree .Americas, 
with inaj), Prof. Rfibert T. Hill ; 'I'he K.insas River, .Arthur P. Davis. Also portrait of 
Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard, President of the National Geographic Society. 
25 Cents per Number or $2.50 per Year. 
