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Sumatra's West Coast ; by David G. Fairchild 449 



What is the Tide of the Open Atlantic? by Mark S.W. Jefferson. . 465 



The Peak of Itambe 476 



Geographic Aspects of the Monroe Doctrine 476 



Geographic Literature (The Louisiana Purchase and our Title West - 



of the Rocky Mountains, Hermann ; The State, Wilson) 477 



Miscellanea 480 



The Five Civilized Tribes and the Survey of Indian Territory ; by 



C. II. Fitch 481 



Cloud Scenery of the High Plains ; by Willard D. Johnson 493 



Atlantic Coast Tides ; by Mark S. W. Jefferson 497 



President Alexander Graham Bell on Japan [John Hyde] 509 



Geographic Literature (Cuba and Porto Pico with the Other Islands 



of the West Indies, R. T. Hill ; Railway Economics, Newcomb ; 



The Philippine Islands and Their People, Worcester; Volcanoes 



of North America, Russell) 512 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society 519 



