THE 



National; 



Geographic 

 Magazine 



Vol. XIV DECEMBER, 1903 No. ia 



CONTENTS 



PA.GB 



THE VALUE OF ARCTIC EXPLORATION. BY COMMANDER 



ROBERT E. PEARY, U. S. N • 4*9 



SURVEYING THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. BY GEORGE R. 



PUTNAM. ILLUSTRATED . 437 



MUIR GLACIER. BY C. L. ANDREWS. WITH A NOTE BY 



G. K. GILBERT. ILLUSTRATED 44* 



THE GRAPE-GROWING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES. 



ILLUSTRATED • • -445 



PRECIOUS STONES. ILLUSTRATED . -45* 



NOTES ON PANAMA AND COLOMBIA. ILLUSTRATED . .458 



THE U. S. SIGNAL CORPS 467 



DAVIDSON'S BOOK ON "THE ISLAND OF FORMOSA.'' ILLUS* 



TRATED 468 



GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE 47* 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY -474 



INDEX TO VOLUME XIV -475 



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