474 The National Geographic Magazine 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY THE U. S. 

 GOVERNMENT 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Birds of a Maryland Farm. A Local 

 Study of Economic Ornithology : Sylves- 

 ter D. Judd. 



The Animal Industry of Argentina: 

 Frank W. Bicknell. 



Egyptian Irrigation. A study of irri- 

 gation methods and administration in 

 Egypt : Clarence T. Johnston. 



Japanese Bamboos and Their Intro- 

 duction into America : David G. Fair- 

 child. . 



Three New Plant Introductions from 

 Japan : Mitsumata, a Japanese paper 

 plant ; Udo, a new winter salad ; 

 Wasabi, the horseradish of the Japa- 

 nese : David G. Fairchild. 



Storage of Water on Cache La Poudre 

 and Big Thompson Rivers: C. E. Tait. 



The Diminished Flow of the Rock 

 River in Wisconsin and Illinois and its 

 Relation to the Surrounding Forests: 

 G. Frederick Schwarz. 



A Working Plan for Forest Lands in 

 Hampton and Beaufort Counties, South 

 Carolina: Thomas H. Sherrard. 



U. S. FISH COMMISSION 



Aquatic Products in Arts and Indus- 

 tries — Fish Oils, Fats, and Waxes, Fer- 

 tilizers from Aquatic Products: Charles 

 H. Stevenson. 



Utilization of the Skins of Aquatic 

 Animals: Charles H. Stevenson. 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Mid- 

 dle Atlantic States: Barton W. Ever- 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY 



THESE meetings will be held in the 

 Assembly Hall of Cosmos Club at 8 p. 

 m. until the new home of the Society, 

 Hubbard Memorial Hall, is completed. No 

 tickets are required for these meetings. 



December 4. — "The Work of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry." Dr B. T. Galloway. 



December 18. — " Early Spanish Cartography 

 of the New World," by Prof. E L. Stevenson, 

 of Rutgers College. 



January 8, 1904. — Annual Meeting; followed 

 by an address by Prof. Win. M. Davis, of Har- 

 vard University, on "A Summer in Turkestan." 



January 22. — " The Work of the Bureau of 

 Insular Affairs." Col. Clarence R. Edwards. 



February 5. — "The Work of the Bureau of 

 Statistics " Hon. O. P. Austin. 



February 12. — " The Work of the Bureau of 

 Fish and Fisheries." Dr B. W. Evermann. 



March 4.— "The Work of the National Bu- 

 reau of Standards." Dr G. M. Stratton. 



March 18 " The Work of the U. S. Biolog- 

 ical Survey. " Dr C. Hart Merriam. 



POPULAR LECTURES 



The Popular Lectures will be delivered in 

 the National Rifles' Armory, 920 G street, at 

 S p. m., on the following dates (tickets are 

 required ) : 



Saturday, December 12. — ' ' Marches and 

 Movements of Arnold and Andre." By Mr 

 W. W. Ellsworth, of the Century Company. 

 Illustrated. 



Friday, January 15, 1904. — ' ' Travels in Ara- 

 bia and Along the Persian Gulf," by David G. 

 Fairchild, Special Agent of the U. S. Depart 

 ment of Agriculture. Illustrated. 



Saturday, January 30. — " Joys of the Trail," 

 by Mr Hamlin Garland, author of "The Cap- 

 tain of the Gray Horse Troop, ' ' etc. Illustrated. 



Announcement of definite dates for the fol- 

 lowing lectures in this course will be made 

 later : 



"Conditions in Macedonia," by Dr Edwin 

 A. Grosvenor, of Amherst College. Illustrated. 



"The Louisiana Purchase Exposition. " By 

 Hon. David R. Francis, President of the Lou- 

 isiana Purchase Exposition. Illustrated. 



Provisional arrangements have also been 

 made for addresses on — 



Little Known Peoples of Mexico. 



Russia and Japan in Korea. 



The Alaskan Boundary Decision. 



The general subject of the Afternoon Course 

 of popular lectures is " The Growth of Diplo- 

 mac5'." The special topics and the names of 

 the speakers will be announced in a later pro- 

 gram. The first of the series will be given on 

 Saturday, February 27, and the succeeding 

 lectures on March 5, 12, 19, and 26. 



These lectures will be illustrated. 



