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Map Showing: Alaskan Boundary Decision .... Supplement 

 The Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, with Map. By John W. 



Foster, LL. D., Formerly Secretary of State \ 



The Reclamation of the West. By F. H. Newell, Chief 



Engineer of the Reclamation Service. Illustrated ... J5 



Snow Crystals. Illustrated 30 



The U. S. "Weather Bureau. By the Secretary of Agriculture, 



Hon. James Wilson 37 



Marcus Baker. With Portrait. By Dr Wm. H. Dall ... 40 

 Controlling- Sand Dunes in the United States. By A. S. 



Hitchcock. Illustrated 43 



Timberlines. By Professor Israel C. Russell 47 



Statistical Atlas of the United States. Illustrated 50 



Geographic Literature. Illustrated 52 



National Geographic Society 56 



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