Geographic Literature 



411 



"Lost on the Ice Cap," by Hugh J. 

 Lee, a member of Peary's expedition of 

 1 893-' 94, is the author's experience 

 of being lost on the ice cap in winter 

 and wandering two nights and one day 

 without food before regaining camp. 

 It is a story of fortitude and pluck that 

 has few equals. 



But "The White World" has its 

 more cheerful chapters as well. Mrs. 

 F. L. Lee contributes "An Arctic 

 Honeymoon ; ' ' Albert Operti several 

 pages on "An Artist in the Frozen 

 North ; " the editor, Rudolf Kersting, 

 a chapter on ' ' Photography in the Far 

 North," and Robert Stein something 

 about Eskimo music. 



Vienna and the Viennese. By Marie 

 Homer Lonsdale. Illustrated. Phil- 

 adelphia : Henry T. Coates & Co. 

 1902. 



Miss Lonsdale is the author of ' ' Scot- 

 land — Historic and Romantic," pub- 

 lished by the same firm several months 

 ago. From her latest work one ob- 

 tains an admirable impression of what 

 Vienna is like. Many anecdotes are 

 told about the famous statesmen and 

 emperors who for centuries made his- 

 tory at the great capital. The volume 

 will be specially interesting to those 

 who have been fortunate enough to 

 have visited the city. 



Mineral Resources of the United States, 

 Calendar Year 1901. By David T. 

 Day. Washington : U. S. Geolog- 

 ical Survey. 1902. 



This valuable volume contains a se- 

 ries of interesting reports by experts on 

 the development of the mineral indus- 

 tries of the United States in 1901. The 

 value of our mineral productions during 

 that year exceeded one billion dollars 

 for the second time in our history. 

 The " Introduction and Summary " are 

 by Dr David T. Day ; the reports on 

 Iron Ores and Manganese Ores by John 



Birkinbine ; Statistics of American Iron 

 Trade, by James M. Swank ; Copper, 

 Lead, Zinc, by Charles Kirchoff ; Gold 

 and Silver, by George E. Roberts ; 

 Aluminum, Platinum, etc., by Joseph 

 Struthers ; Coal and Coke, by E. W. 

 Parker ; Petroleum and Natural Gas, 

 by F. H. Oliphaut ; Precious Stones, 

 by George F. Kunz ; Mica, Asbestos, 

 etc. , by Joseph Hyde Pratt ; Ores of 

 Economic Importance, by E. O. Hovey. 



Picturesque Sicily. By William Agnew 

 Paton. Illustrated. New York and 

 London : Harper & Bros. 1902. 

 This is a new and revised edition of 

 a work first published in 1897. It is 

 mainly a description of the picturesque 

 island as it is today, but the author does 

 not forget the historical interest which 

 clings to every town and hamlet in the 

 island that for centuries was the battle- 

 field of the Greek, the Carthaginian, the 

 Roman, the Saracen, and the Norman. 

 Some unusually fine pictures illustrate 

 the text. 



Stanford's Compendium of Geography. 



Vol. I : South America. Vol. II : 



Central America and West Indies. 



With many maps and illustrations. 



By A. H. Keane. Edited by Sir 



Clements Markham. New York. 



1 901. 



Useful and interesting information 

 is contained in these two volumes. For 

 a general knowledge of South and Cen- 

 tral American resources and geography, 

 one could not do better than consult 

 them. In the former series of Stan- 

 ford's Compendium South and Central 

 America filled the pages of only one 

 volume, but in recent years so much 

 more has been learned about these coun- 

 tries, and so much greater interest is 

 felt in them, that the editor has now 

 devoted two large volumes to the sub- 

 ject. Some excellent maps and illus- 

 trations accompany the text. 



