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" Geology of Worcester, Mass. " (J. H. Perry and B. K. Emerson) 89 



" Early Western Travels " (R. G. Thwaites). 89 



" Irrigation Institutions " (Elwood Mead) 90 



' ' The Philippine Islands " 90 



National Geographic Society 90 



Map of Manchuria and Korea, 36 x 42 inches 



The Philippine Islands and their People ; by Henry Gannett, Assistant Director Philip- 

 pine Census 91 



Russian Development of Manchuria ; by Consul Henry B. MiixER 113 



Manchuria and Korea 128 



Lumbering in Manchuria 131 



Weather Proverbs ... 133 



Geographic Literature 134 



' ' The Russian Advance " (A. J. Beveridge) 134 



Geographic Notes .... 135 



U. S. Geological Survey Flag 135 



Map of Republic of Panama 135 



Map Showing Commander Peary's Recent Discoveries 135 



Diplomatic and Consular Service of the United States 135 



Geographic Literature 135 



" The Philippine Islands " (Blair and Robertson) 135 



" New Physical Geography " (Ralph S. Tarr) 135 



" Longman's School Geography " (Chisholm and Leete) 135 



" Turkish Life in Town and Country " (Lucy M. J. Garnett) 135 



" Mediaeval England " (Mary Bateson). . . 135 



" La Japon d'aujourd'hui " (G. Wenlersse) 135 



Place Names in Eastern Asia 136 



National Geographic Society 136 



Travels in Arabia and Along the Persian Gulf ; by David G. Fairchild, of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture 139 



The American Deserts ; by F. V. CovileE, Botanist of the Department of Agriculture . . . 153 



Consul Skinner's Mission to Abyssinia 165 



The Sailing Ship and the Panama Canal ; by James Page, of the Naval Hydrographic 



Office 167 



The New Home of the National Geographic Society ... 1 76 



Geographic Notes 1 85 



Wokas 1 85 



A Labrador Expedition . 185 



The Antarctic Continent 185 



The Natural Gas, Oil, and Coal Supply of the United States 186 



The Dealings of the United States with the Nations of Europe 186 



Indian Baskets 188 



The Mining Year Book of the U. S. Geological Survey 188 



Commercial Korea in 1904 188 



Commercial China in 1904 , . . 188 



A Memorial to Professor Le Conte 188 



Topographic Sheets Recently Published by the U. S. Geological Survey 188 



Geographic Literature 189 



" Korea " (.Angus Hamilton) 189 



"A Handbook of Modern Japan " (E. W. Clement) 189 



' ' Greater Russia ' ' (Wirt Gerrare) 1 89 



