THE OCTOBER NUMBER 
1 
win contain an illustrated article on 
CALIFORNIA, 
Bv THE HON. GEORGE C. PERKINS, 
United States Senator ; 
ALSO 
■\ -'v: 
THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS 
OF SOIL EROSION, 
Bv DR N. S. SHALER, 
Professor of Geology in Harvard University and Dean of the 
Scientific School ; 
AND 
SOME RECENT NOTABLE 
EXPLORATIONS IN ASIA. 
JUDD & DETWEILER, PRINTERS, WASHINGTON, D. C. 
