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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LITERATURE OF THE WEST INDIAN ERUPTIONS PUBLISHED 



IN THE UNITED STATES 



BY EDMUND OTIS HOVEY 



Ailes, Milton E. What the United States did to relieve the West Indian suf- 

 ferers. Collier's Weekly, vol. 29, May 31, 1902. Authoritative account of the 

 manner in which President Roosevelt, Congress, and the Departments of State, 

 War, Navy, and Treasury cooperated in providing the means for organizing 

 and dispatching the relief ship Dixie and others. 



Anonymous. The principal illustrated weeklies published in New York, viz., 

 Collier's Illustrated Weekly, Harper's Weekly, and Leslie's Weekly, for the weeks 

 ending May 24 and 31 and June 7, 14, 21, and 28, 1902, contain many inter- 

 esting and valuable photographs showing mont Pele and the Soufriere before 

 and after the eruptions began. Descriptive articles detailing some of the ob- 

 servations made by the correspondents of the periodicals were published in 

 connection with these issues. The more important of the unsigned articles are 

 listed in this bibliography under the heading Anonymous ; the signed articles 

 are listed under the names of their authors. Of these the series in Collier's 

 Illustrated Weekly is the most complete. 



. The disaster in the West Indies and its explanation. Sci. Am. , vol. lxxxvi> 



p. 365, May 24, 1902. Early details as gathered from telegraphic accounts of 

 newspaper correspondents, with statements of theories of vulcanism and 

 seismism. 



. A scientific witness of Pelee's eruption. lb., vol. lxxxvi, p. 392, June 7, 



1902. Cites observations made by R. T. Hill. 



. Earthquake recorders in America. lb., vol. lxxxvi, p. 400, June 7, 1902. 



No trace of disturbance in seismographs in Baltimore from eruptions on Mar- 

 tinique and Saint Vincent. 



. The destruction of Saint Pierre. Harper's Weekly, vol. xliv, p. 716, 



June 7, 1902. 



. A daring investigation of Mont Pelee. Sci. Am., vol. lxxxvi, p. 410, 



June 14, 1902. Editorial description of A. Heilprin's ascents of May 31 and 

 June 1, citing observations made. 



. The ruins of Saint Pierre. lb., vol. lxxxvi, p. 433, June 21, 1902. Of 



interest for the illustrations. 



. The magnetic disturbance caused by the eruption of mont Pelee. Nat. 



Geog. Mag., vol. xiii, pp. 208-209, June, 1902. 



. The National Geographic Society expedition in the West Indies. lb., 



vol. xiii, pp. 209-212, June, 1902. 



. Volcanic islands of the West Indies, with map. lb., vol. xiii, p. 213, 



June, 1902. 



— . Analysis of mont Pelee's volcanic dust. Sci. Am., vol. lxxxvii, p. 19, 

 July 12, 1902. Gives general statements only regarding the chemical compo- 

 sition of dust from eruption of the Soufriere of Saint Vincent, not of mont 

 Pelee. 



— . The destruction in Martinique. The World's Work, vol. iv, pp. 2268-2268tf , 

 July, 1902. 



— . Assistance rendered by the United States to the sufferers from the vol- 

 canic eruption at Martinique. Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of the 

 United States, 1902, pp. 412-417, Washington, 1903. Official documents and 

 reports. 



