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On Eskimo Geographic Names Ending in miut ; by John Murdoch. 190 



Geographic Literature (Geographical and Statistical Notes on Mexico, 



Romero ; Report to Congress on Agriculture in Alaska, including 



reports of Evans, Killin and Jackson; Rand, McNally & Co.'s 



Maps of Alaska; Golden Alaska, Ingersoll ; The Golden North, 



Tuttle) 191 



Cuba ; by Robert T. Hill 193 



The Florida Coast Line Canal 242 



The Origin of West India Bird Life ; by Frank M. Chapman 243 



Trade of the United States with Cuba ; [John Hyde]. . . 247 



Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, U. S. N. ; [Henry Gannett] 250 



Reception to Captain C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N. ; [John Hyde] 251 



Geographic Literature (Rand-McNally War Atlas; Bulletin of De- 

 partment of Labor, No. 16; Statistical Abstract of the United 

 States, 1897; Ninth Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways 



in the United States, 1895-1896) 253 



Geographic Serials 256 



The Philippine Islands ; by F. F. Hilder 257 



Notes on Some Primitive Philippine Tribes ; by Dean C. Worcester. 284 



Commerce of the Philippine Islands ; [John Hyde] 301 



The Disposition of the Philippines ; [Charles E. Howe] 304 



American Geographic Education ; by W J McGee 305 



Origin of the Physical Features of the United States ; by G. K. 



Gilbert 308 



Geographic Development of the District of Columbia; by W J McGee. 317 

 The Historical Development of the National Capital ; by Marcus 



Baker 323 



Geographic Work of the General Government; by Henry Gannett. 329 



The Geologic Atlas of the United States ; [W J McGee] 339 



The Topographic Atlas of the United States ; [ W J McGee] 343 



Papagueria ; by W J McGee 345 



Gomez and the New York Gulf; [L. D. Scrsco]. . . 371 



Wellman Polar Expedition ; [John Hyde] 373 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society 375 



The Growth of the United States ; by W J McGee 378 



Bitter Root Forest Reserve ; by Richard U. Goode 387 



Atlantic Estuarine Tides ; by Mark S. W. Jefferson 400 



The Forest Conditions and Standing Timber of the 'State of Wash- 

 ington ; by Henry Gannktt 410 



American Association for the Advancement of Science [John Hyde]. 412 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society 414 



Amendments to By-Laws .... 414 



Lake Chelan ; by Henky Gannett 417 



Frederic W. Putnam ; [John Hydic] 429 



Mesa Yerde ; by F. H. Newell 431 



The Geospheres ; by W J McGee 435 



Proposed Collection of Forestry Statistics 448 



Miscellanea 448 



