The National Geographic Magazine, 
NOW PUBLISHED MONTHLY, 
numbers among its contributors the follo^Ying well-known writers on the different 
branches of geographic science: 
Mr. Cyrus C. Adams, New York. 
Dr. Cyrus Adler, Smith.soiiiau Institution. 
i\Ir. Marcus Baker, U. S. Geological Survey, 
Capt. John R. Bartlett, U. S. N. 
Dr. Francis Brown, Union Theol. Seminary. 
Hon. Jefferson B. Browne, Collector of Cus- 
toms at Key West. 
Dr. E. L. Cortliell, C. E., New York. 
Dr. Elliott Coues. 
Hon. William E. Curtis, ex-Director of the 
Bureau of the .\nierican Republics. 
IMr. Frank Hamilton Cushing, Bureau of 
American Ethnology. 
Dr. Charles W. Dabney, Jr., .•Assistant Secre- 
tary ot Agriculture. 
Dr. Wm. H. Dali, Smithsonian In.stitution. 
Dr. George Davidson, President of the Geo- 
graphical Society of the Pacific. 
Mr. Arthur P. Davis, U. S. Geological Surve}'. 
^Ir. Wm. M. Davis, Professor of Ph}’sical Geog- 
raphy in Harvard University. 
Dr. David T. Daj', Chief of the Div. of Mining 
Statistics and Technology, U. S. Geol. Sur 
Mr. J. S. Diller, U. S. Geological Survey. 
Hon. John W. F'oster, ex-Secretary of State. 
Mr. Henry Gannett, Chief Geographer, U. S. 
Geological .Survey and nth Census. 
lUr. G. K. Gilbert, U. S. Geological Surve 3 ^ 
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. 
Uieut. Everett Hayden, U. S. N., Secretarj^ of 
the National Geographic Society. 
Mr. Robert T. Hill, U. S. Geological Survey. 
Mr. Wm. H. Holmes. Dir. of the Dept, of An- 
thropology, Field Colum. Museum, Chicago. 
Dr. Emil Holub, Vienna, Austria. 
Dr. .Sheldon Jackson, U. S. Commissioner of 
E<Lucation for Alaska. 
Mr. Willard D. Johnson, 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 Surve}'’. 
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 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 Hj’drographer 
of the U. S. Geological Survey. 
Mr. Herbert G. Ogden, U. S. Coast Survey. 
Lieut. Roljert E. Peary, U. S. N. 
Mrs. Robert E. Peary. 
Hon. Geo. C. Perkins, U. S. >S- 
Mr. William PI. Pickering, Professor of Astron- 
omj’ in Plarvard University. 
Major John W. Powell, Director of the Bureau 
of American Ethnolog^^ 
Prof. W. H. Powell, Superintendent of Schools, 
District of Columbia. 
Hon. John R. Procter, President of the U. S. 
Civil Service Commission. 
Mr. Israel C. Russell, Profe.s.sor of Geology in 
the Univer.sit}' of Michigan. 
Dr. N. S. Shaler, Professor of Geology in Har- 
vard Universit)'. 
Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, Hydrograplier 
to the Bureau of Navigation, Nav}' Dept. 
Mi.ss Eliza Ruhaniah Scidmore. 
Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. ,S. N. 
Mr. P'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. — Ru.ssia in Europe, with map, Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard ; The .Arctic Cruise 
of the U. S. Revenue Cutter “Bear,” with illustrations. Dr. Sheldon Jack.son ; The 
Scope and Value of Arctic Exploration, Gen. A. W. Greely, U. ,S. A. 
FEBRUARY. — Venezuela: Her Gf>vernment, People, and Houndar^-, with maj) and illustra- 
tions, William IC. Curtis ; The Panama Canal Route, with illustrations, Pn>f. Robert T. 
Hill ; The Tehuantej)ec Ship Railwaj’, with maps, E. L. Cortliell, C. E.. LL. D. ; The 
Present State of the Nicaragua Canal, Gen. W. Greelv : Exjilorations by the Bureau 
of American Ethnologv-, W J McGee, ina/> of Hie Orinoco vaU'-" 'HuKv'iiff territory 
drained by that xvalcrway and its bearing .on the I’eneziielan Hoiindai '’>es/ion. 
MARCH. — The So-Calletl “Jeannette Relics,” Prof. Wm. II. Dali ; Nauseii ■ ar Expedi- 
tion, Gen. W. Greely; The Submarine Cables of the World, Gusuue 11 -rrle ; The 
Surve)’ and Subdivision of Indian Territory, with map and illustraliou, lUmry Gannett ; 
“Free Burghs” in the United States, James II. Blodgett, .llso chart, fg .v j;o inches, 
showing Submarine Telegraph Cables of' the World and Principal t.anit Lines. P'utt- 
page portraits of Dr. Nansen and Trof. Win. II. Datt. 
APRIL. — Seriland, with map and illu.stration, W J McGee and Willard I). Johnson; The 
Olympic Country, with map. the late S. C. Gilman ; The Discovery of Glacier Bay, 
Alaska, liliza Ruhamah Scidmore ; Hydrography in the United .States, h'rederick II. 
Newell ; Recent Triangulation in the Ca.scades, S. S. Gannett ; The Altitmle of Ml. 
Adams, Washington, Edgar McClure. 
may. — .A frica since r88.S, with special reference to South Africa and .Al)yssiiiia, with ma]), 
Hon. (rardinerG. Hubbanl ; Fundamental Geograjihic Relation of the Three .Americas, 
with map. Prof. Robert T. Hill ; The Kansas River, .Arthur P. Davis. . Itso portrait of 
Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard, IVesident of ■ the National Geographic .Society. 
25 Cents per Number or $2.50 per Year. 
