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The National Geographic Magazine 



nouncing vocabulary of Scripture proper 

 names ; pronouncing vocabulary of 

 Greek and Latin names ; pronouncing 

 vocabulary of common English Chris- 

 tian names ; quotations, words, phrases, 

 proverbs, and colloquial expressions, 

 from the Greek, the Latin, and modern 

 foreign languages ; abbreviations and 

 contractions used in writing and print- 

 ing, also arbitrary signs used in writing 

 and printing ; 70 quarto pages contain- 

 ing 5,000 pictorial illustrations, in ad- 

 dition to the thousands of text figures 

 in the Dictionary and Supplement. 



Carpenter's Geographical Reader ; Aus- 

 tralia, our Colonies, and other Islands 

 of the Sea. By Frank G. Carpenter. 

 Illustrated. Pp. 388. 5^ by 7^ 

 inches. New York: American Book 

 Company. $0.60. 



A well illustrated, well written, and 

 trustworthy reader. It is the fifth book 

 of Mr Carpenter's admirable series, the 

 others, North America, South America, 

 Europe, and Asia, being in general use 

 throughout the United States. A vol- 

 ume on Africa is in press. 



Handy World Atlas and Gazetteer. 



3^x6 inches. New York : F. Warne 



& Co. 40 cents. 



For the price, this is an admirable 

 pocket atlas. It contains 120 maps and 

 10,000 entries in the Gazetteer. The 

 maps are by John Bartholomew & Co. 



The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898. Vol- 

 ume XII. 1601-1604. By Blair and 

 Robertson. Illustrated. Pp. 321. 6}4, 

 by 9% inches. Cleveland, Ohio: Ar- 

 thur H. Clark Company. 1904. 

 The documents contained in volume 

 XII cover 1601 -'03. The two notable 

 events of this period are the great fire 

 and the Chinese revolt, which ended in 

 the slaughter or expulsion of all the 

 Chinese on the islands. Frequent refer- 

 ences are made to the raids of the Min- 

 danao pirates. The special feature of 

 the book is the first appearance in Eng- 



lish of Chirino's " Relacion," giving an 

 able description of the peoples, their 

 customs, life, etc., and of the missions 

 during 1 595-1 602. 



Six Mois Dans L'Himalaya, Le Kara- 

 komin, et L' Hindu- Kush. Dr J. 

 Jacot Guillamond. With maps and 

 illustrations. Pp. 360. 6% by 9^ 

 inches. Neuchatel. W. Sandoz, ed- 

 iteur. 1904. 



This is the account of explorations 

 in 1902 among the highest mountains 

 of the world by the author and O. Eck- 

 enstein, A. E. Crowley, and M. G. 

 Knowles. It is printed in large type 

 and on heavy paper. The illustrations 

 of scores of superb peaks and massive 

 glaciers are wonderfully beautiful and 

 impressive. 



Early Western Travels, J 748- J846. Vol . 



II. John Long's Journal, 1768-1782. 



Pp.329. Cleveland: The Arthur H. 



Clark Co. 1904. 



John Long, to whose travels the sec- 

 ond volume of this admirable series is 

 devoted, was an Indian interpreter and 

 trader. His travels covered the region 

 of the Great Lakes and the country to 

 the northward. 



A biographical sketch of the author 

 of each journal precedes it, and the notes 

 and annotations are admirable, enabling 

 the reader to follow the routes, filling 

 in and amplifying the scanty references 

 to incidents, customs, etc. The series 

 of volumes will serve a very valuable 

 purpose in rescuing from loss a body of 

 early history of which our knowledge 

 is very meagre. H. G. 



Japan Today. By James A. B. Scherer. 



Illustrated. Pp. 323. Philadelphia : 



J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1904. 



A series of sketches and descriptions, 



rather disconnected but very pleasantly 



drawn, by a teacher in the public schools 



of Japan. There is visible here, as in 



most recent books on Japan and her 



people, a notable tendency to exaggerate 



