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A Gazetteer of the Philippine Islands 77 



A Map of Mount Hood and Vicinity 77 



Texas Petroleum 77 



The Census Office 77 



The Progress of the United States in Material Industries 77 



Stieler's Hand Atlas 77 



Guide to the Great Siberian Railway 77 



The Bureau of American Republics 77 



Geographic Literature 78 



"Through the First Antarctic Night " (F. A. Cook) 78 



" Descriptive Geography from Original Sources : North America " (A. J. Herbertson) . 78 



' ' Dutch Life in Town and Country ' ' (T. M. Hough 1 79 



' ' The Bolivian Andes ' ' (Sir Martin Conway ) 79 



" South Africa a Century Ago " (Lady Anne Barnard) 79 



" History of Geology and Palaeontology " (K. A. Von Zittel) 79 



" Macmillan's Guides, 1901" 79 



Isthmian Canal Routes 80 



National Geographic Society 80 



The Possibilities of Alaska ; by C. C GeorGESON 81 



Sarichef 's Atlas. 1826 ; by Marcus Baker 86 



Magnetic Survey of the United States ; by L. A. Bauer 92 



Sven Hedin in Tibet 96 



American Progress in Cuba 97 



Cuban Railways ; by Albert G. Robinson 108 



The Storm of February 25-28, 1902 ; by Alfred J. Henry. no 



Agriculture in Alaska ; by Henry Gannett 112 



Geographic Notes 113 



Dr Bell's Survey in Baffinland ; by W J McGEE 113 



Notable Work on Alaska 113 



Mount Athos 114 



Bureau of Forestry 114 



Loss of Life by Lightning 115 



U. S. Geological Survey 115 



Treasury Bureau of Statistics 1 16 



Atlas of the Philippines 116 



Argentina-Chile Boundar}' Dispute 117 



Geographic Literature 117 



"Wanderings in Three Continents " (Richard F. Burton) 117 



" Cram's Atlas of the World " (E. Murray- Aaron) 117 



National Geographic Society 118 



Recent French Explorations in Africa ; by Charles RaboT 119 



Proposed Surveys in Alaska ; by Alfred H. Brooks 133 



Ocean Currents in 1902 ; by James Page 135 



Geographic Notes 143 



French Exploration in Africa 143 



Mount Foraker 143 



Rocky Mountain Coal Fields 143 



World's Sugar Production and Consumption 144 



The Coast and Geodetic Survey 144 



A Topographic Map of Philadelphia and Vicinity -.-T7"i44 



