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their recent progrese and achievements, 

 even while admitting their faults. When 

 it is stated in one breath that illiterate 

 Japanese are practically unknown, and 

 in the next that only about 10 per cent 

 of the population attend school — i. e., 

 half the proportion of this country, 

 where illiterates are found — one finds 

 himself disposed to question other state- 

 ments. The story of the growth of 

 Japan during the half century of her 

 emancipation is strange enough, with- 

 out recourse to exaggeration of her 

 present condition. H. G. 



Handbook of Commercial Geography. 



By George G. Chisholm. 4th edition. 



Illustrated. Pp. 639. New York : 



Longmans, Green & Co. 1903. 



This work, the pioneer text-book in 

 commercial geography, was first issued 

 in 18S9, and has since held its position 

 as the standard work on the subject. 

 Since its first publication, and in some 

 measure at least as a result, the subject 

 of commercial geography has grown to 

 great importance, and is now taught in 

 most of our high schools and in many 

 colleges. It is unnecessary to charac- 

 terize this book, as it is well known 

 wherever the English language is used 

 and commercial geography is taught. 

 It is sufficient to say that in its success- 

 ive editions the author has kept pace 

 with the development of his subject, 

 and the book is still the standard au- 

 thority. 



Turkish Life in Town and Country* 



By Lucy M. J. Garnett. Pp. 336. 

 1904. 



Austro-Hungarian Life in Town and 



Country. By Francis H. E. Palmer. 



Pp. 301. 1903. 



The above volumes are parts of a 

 series of " Our European Neighbors," 

 edited by William H. Dawson and pub- 

 lished by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New 

 York. 



Both volumes are interesting accounts 

 of the home life of people little known 



to American readers. The first, besides 

 treating adequately of the institutions 

 of the country and the home life of its 

 people, gives the reader a view of the 

 harem and of the Sultan's household at 

 Yildiz Kiosk. It tells also of the other 

 peoples besides Turks who are under 

 the Sultan's sway — the Albanians, Mace- 

 donians, Armenians, and Hebrews — 

 closing with a chapter on the brigands, 

 without which the story of Turkey 

 would be incomplete. The reader feels 

 that here he has a dispassionate account 

 of the Sultan's peoples. 



The story of the Austro-Hungarians 

 is equally well told, and, while the home 

 life of the various races which go to 

 make up this strangely assorted mon- 

 archy is graphically described, much 

 attention is given to the complex polit- 

 ical conditions produced by harnessing 

 together these incongruous peoples, Ger- 

 mans, Magyars, Slavs, and others, and 

 to the economic condition of the peoples. 



H. G. 



ARTICLES FROM MAY MAGAZINES. 



Geology and Geo-botany of Asia, Prince 

 Kropotkin. Popular Science Monthly. 



Japan of Today, Hiroshi Yoshida. New 

 England. 



Tasmania's Halcyon Isle, R. E. Macnaghten. 

 Pall Mall. 



Russia in the Far East, Count Cassini. 

 North American Review. 



England and Russia in Tibet, Oscar T. 

 Crosby. Do. 



Size of the World's Great Cities, A. T. 

 Dolling. Strand. 



The Italian Marshes, L- D. Handley. Out- 

 doors. 



The Fleet on the Labrador, Norman Dun- 

 can. Harper's. 



Aeronautic Spiders, H. C. McCook. Do. 



The Passing of Finland, Gilson Willetts. 

 Everybody's. 



Somaliland, R. A. M. Hardy. Scot. Geog. 

 Journal. 



Opal Formations of Australia, R. M. Mac- 

 donald. Do. 



The Burden Bearers of the World. Outing. 



On Lonely Bird Key, Herbert K. Job. Do. 



The Two Pacifies : If Japan Should Win, 

 Harold Bolce. The Booklovers' Magazine. 



The Yellowstone National Park, Arnold 

 Hague. Scribner's Magazine. 



