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The National Geographic Magazine 



Indians of the Painted Desert Region, 

 By George Wharton James. Illus- 

 trated. Pp. 268. 6 by 8^ inches. 

 Boston : Little, Brown & Co. 1903. 

 $2.00 net. 



Indians of the Southwest. By George 

 A. Dorsey, Ph. D. Illustrated. Pp. 

 222. 5^2 by 7^ inches. Chicago: 

 Passenger Department, Atchison, To- 

 peka and Santa Fe Railway. 1903. 

 $0.50. 



Round Kangchenjunga. A narrative 

 of mountain travel and exploration. 

 By Douglas W. Freshfield. With 

 illustrations and maps. Pp. xvi + 

 373- 6^ by 10 inches. London : 

 Edward Arnold. New York: Long- 

 mans, Green & Co. 1903. $6.00 net. 



Irrigation in India. (Second edition.) 

 By H. M. Wilson. Illustrated. Pp. 

 238. 6 by 9 inches. Washington : 

 Geological Survey. 1903. 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



In view of the present widespread interest in 

 the Republic of Panama and of the paramount 

 importance to this country of the Panama 

 Canal, the Lecture Committee have altered the 

 program previously announced and have made 

 arrangements for two addresses on the Panama 

 question. 



The first of these will be by Hon. Wm. H. 

 Burr, member of the Isthmian Canal Commis- 

 sion and Professor of Engineering in Columbia 

 University, and will be given on Friday even- 

 ing, January 15. 



The second address will be given on Satur- 

 day evening, January 30. The name of the 

 speaker will be announced later. 



The committee have also changed the subject 

 of the afternoon course of lectures during Feb- 

 ruary and March from that previously au- 

 nounced, "The Growth of Diplomacy," and 

 announce instead a course of five addresses on 

 ' ' The Countries of South America. ' ' 



The completed program for the remainder 

 of the season is as follows : 



REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY 



The annual meeting will be held in the large 

 hall of Columbian University, and succeeding 

 meetings at the Cosmos Club until Hubbard 

 Memorial Hall is completed ( about February 1 ) . 



January 8, 1904. — Annual meeting, followed 

 by an address by Prof. Wm. 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 

 Fisheries." Dr Barton 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 COURSE 



National Rifles' Armory, 920 G street, 

 at 8 p. m. 



Friday, January 15. — " The Republic of Pan- 

 ama." Hon. Wm. H. Burr, of the Isthmian 

 Canal Commission. 



Saturday, January 30. — "Panama and the 

 Panama Canal." 



Saturday, February 20. — ' ' Joys of the Trail." 

 Mr Hamlin Garland, author and lecturer. 



Friday, February 26. — ' ' Travels in Arabia 

 and Along the Persian Gulf." Mr David G. 

 Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



Friday, March 11. — "Little Known Peoples 

 of Mexico." Dr Carl Lumholtz, author of 

 "Unknown Mexico," etc. 



Friday, March25 — " The Louisiana Purchase 

 Exposition." President David R. Francis. 



Friday, April 11. — "The Ancient People of 

 Bolivia." Mr Adolph F. Bandelier, American 

 Museum of Natural History. 



AFTERNOON COURSE OF LECTURES 

 In the large hall of Columbian University. 



General subject : The Countries of South 

 America. 



February 27. — [Colombia and Venezuela. 

 Hon. F. B. Lootnis, Assistant Secretarv of 

 State. 



March 5. — Peru. His Excellenc}' Manuel 

 Alvarez Calderon, E. E. and M. P. from Peru. 



March 12. — Brazil. Hon. Robert Adams, 

 Jr., M. C. , formerly Minister to Brazil. 



March 19. — Argentine Republic. 



March 26.— Chile. Mr Charles M. Pepper. 



