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Fellows of the National Geographic Society 220 



Gustave Herrle ; by G. W. LiTTlEhalES 221 



Crater Lake, Oregon 221 



The Royal Geographical Society 221 



The Geographical Society of Philadelphia 221 



Geographic Literature 221 



"Finland : Its Public and Private Economy " (N. C. Fredricksen) 221 



"The Earth's Beginning " (Sir Robert Ball) 222 



" The Statesman's Year-book for 1902 " (J. Scott Keltie) 222 



"A Geological Study of the Fox Islands, Maine " (Geo. O. Smith) 222 



" First Across the Continent " (Noah Brooks) 222 



Report by Robert T. Hill on the Volcanic Disturbances in the West Indies 223 



The Recent Volcanic Eruptions in the West Indies ; by Israel C. Russell 267 



Volcanic Rocks of Martinique and St Vincent ; collected by Robert T. Hill and 



Israel C. Russell ; described by J. S. Diller 285 



Chemical Discussion of Analyses of Volcanic Ejecta from Martinique and St Vincent ; by 



W. F. HlLLEBRAND 296 



Reports of Vessels as to the Range of Volcanic Dust ; compiled by James Page 299 



Problems of the Pacific — the Commerce of the Great Ocean ; by O. P. Austin 303 



Shortening Time Across the Continent ; by Henry Herbert McClure 319 



Fieldwork of .the U. S. Geological Survey for Season of 1902 322 



Topographic Work of the U. S. Geological Survey for Season of 1902 in Washington and 



Oregon 326 



Geographic Notes 328 



New Key to the Reports of the U. S. Geological Survey 328 



Decisions of the U. S. Board on Geographic Names 3 2 9 



Commercial Alaska 33° 



The Mazamas '. 33° 



Meridian Measurements in the Arctics 33° 



Geographic Literature 33° 



"Mosaics from India " (Margaret B. Denning) 33° 



"Bird Life" (Frank M. Chapman) 331 



" Practical Forestry " (John Gifford) 33 1 



"A Ride in Morocco Among Believers and Traders " (Francis Macnab) 331 



"Altitudes in the Dominion of Canada " (James White) 33 2 



Problems of the Pacific— the Great Ocean in World Growth ; by W J McGee 333 



Problems of the Pacific— New Zealand ; by Henry DemaresT Lloyd 34 2 



Summer Meeting of the American Forestry Association 35 2 



The Michigan Forest Preserve ; by Thos. M. ShERRARD 353 



Relation of Soils to Distribution of Forests in Middle Michigan ; by Burton E. Living- 

 stone 353 



Forest Botany Suggests What for the New Forests of Michigan ? by Charles A. Davis . 354 



The Management of Michigan Hardwood Forests ; by Walter C. Winchester 354 



The Jack Pine Plains of Michigan ; by FilibERT Roth 355 



The Chippewa Forest Reservation in Minnesota ; by Herman H. Chapman 355 



The Climate of the White Pine Belt ; by ALFRED J. Henry 355 



The Shifting Sand Question ; by John C. Gifford 35& 



The Periodicity of Tree-growth ; by E. F. BoGUE 35 6 



The Trespass Problem ; by Ernest BrunckEn 356 



The Fire Problem, and How to Solve it ; by H. B. Ayres 357 



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