VaPX 



JANUARY, 1899 



The 



No. 1 



National Geographic 



Magazine 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY 



Editor: JOHN HYDE 



Associate Editors 



A. W. GREELY W J McGEE HENRY GANNETT 



C. HART MERRIAM ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE 



CONTENTS 



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 THE STIKINE RIVER IN 1898. ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE. 1 



■With illustrations. 



THE U. S. BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES AND ITS FOREIGN 



CRITICS. 16 

 THE WEST INDIAN HURRICANE OF SEPTEMBER 10-11, 1898. 



PROF. E. B. GARRIOTT. 17 



COLONIAL SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD. O. P. AUSTIN. 21 



LLOYD'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE GREAT PYGMY FOREST. 26 



GROWTH OF MARITIME COMMERCE. 30 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY'S PRIZE OFFER. 31 



SENOR DON MATIAS ROMERO 32 



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