Vol. XI AUGUST, 1900 No. 8 



THE 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 



MAGAZINE 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 

 MAP OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE, JAPAN, AND THE RUSSIAN- 



MANCHURIAN RAILWAY . Fiontispiece 



PROBLEMS IN CHINA JAMES M. HUBBARD 297 



'With Illustrations 



CHINA AND HER PEOPLE. . COMMANDER HARRIE WEBSTER, U. S. N. 309 



W^ith Illustrations 



THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY'S ECLIPSE EXPEDITION 



TO NORFOLK, VA MARCUS BAKER 320 



THE SCIENTIFIC W^ORK OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY'S 



ECLIPSE EXPEDITION TO NORFOLK. SIMON NEWCOMB, LL. D. 321 



HYDROGRAPHIC W^ORK OF THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 324 



"With Portrait of F H. Newell 



RAILWAYS, RIVERS, AND STRATEGIC TOWNS IN MANCHURIA.... 326 



THE FIRST AMERICAN CENSUS OF PORTO RICO 328 



U. S. BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES 329 



THREE BOOKS ON CHINA 333 



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