APPLETONS' WORLD SERIES. 



A New Geographical Library. 



Edited by H. J. Mackinder, M. A., Student of Christ Churchj 

 Reader in Geography in the University of Oxford, Principal of 

 Reading College. i2mo. Cloth, ;g 1.50 each. 



A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD. 

 The series will consist of twelve volumes, each being an essay de- 

 scriptive of a great natural region, its marked physical features, and 

 the life of its people. Together, the volumes will give a complete 

 account of the world, more especially as the field of human activity. 



LIST OF THE SUBJECTS AND AUTHORS. 

 I. BRITAIN AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC. By the Editor. 

 li. SCANDINAVIA AND THE ARCTIC OCEAN. By Sir Clements 



R. Markham, K. C. B., F. R. S., President of the Royal Geographical 



Society. 



3. THE ROMANCE LANDS AND BARBARY. By Elis£e Reclus, 



author of the " Nouvelle Geographic Universelle." 



4. CENTRAL EUROPE. By Dr. Joseph Partsch, Professor of Geog- 



raphy in the University of Breslau. 



5. AFRICA. By Dr. J ScoTT Keltie, Secretary of the Koyal Geo- 



graphical Society ; Editor of " The Statesman's Year-Bcok." 



6. THE NEAR EAST. By D. G. Hogarth, M. A., Fellow of Magda- 



len College, Oxford ; Director of the Biitish School at Athens ; Author 

 of " A Wandering Scholar in the Levant." 



7. THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. By Prince Krapotkin, author of the 



articles ' ' Russia " and ' ' Siberia " in the Encycloj>^dia Britanmca. 



8. THE FAR EAST. By Archibald Little. 



9. INDIA. By Sir T. Hungerford Holdich, K. C. L E., C. B., R. E., 



Superintendent of Indian Frontier Surveys. 



10, AUSTRALASIA AND ANTARCTICA. By Dr. H. O. Forbes, Cu- 

 rator of the Liverpool Museum ; late Curator of the Christ Church 

 Museum, N. Z. ; Author of " A Naturalist's Wanderings in the East- 

 ern Archipelago." 



n. NORTH AMERICA. By Prof I. C. Russell, University of Michigan. 



12. SOUTH AMERICA. By Prof. John C. Branner, Vice-President of 

 Lelcind Stanford Junior University. 



MAPS by J. G. Bartholomew. 

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